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this is the first time i ve had to wait for him. [laughter] but he will be here shortly. i thought i might take this chance to thank you for coming out. a couple things we should get to is how the book i came about and what it s like being a co-auth co-author. somebody said gettin getting twe together to write a book is like getting three people together to make a baby. [laughter] [laughter] it really wasn t like that for us. i think we work pretty i well together. the governor reached out to me in 2011 and we met on the north side and had a late breakfast and talked about the collaboration. that went pretty well and then he decided to run for the senate and never really got engaged until about three or five years ago so it still took quite a while . in the various locations but also in the car sometimes and then of course i transcribed the tapes. i always do that myself. it s horrible but it s a way if the material gets ingrained a little bit, and i found when i have h ....
somebody said getting to people together to write a book is like getting three people together to make a baby. [laughter] it really wasn t like that for us. [laughter] i think we work pretty well together. but governor thompson actually reach out to me seven years ago in 2011 and we met out at the esquire club on the north side and had a late breakfast and talked about collaboration, shook hands, never had more of a deal than that. and ended up i interviewed him about the first race for governor. we had to do a sample chapter for ew press, our publisher. and that went pretty well. and the process seemed happy. then he decided to run for the senate. we got sidetracked. and never really got really engaged until about three or four years ago, so it still took quite a while. i did 30 hours about approximately of interviews with him. in various locations, usually out at his house. on the east side of madison. but also in the car sometimes. and then of course i transcribed th ....
from the national archives this is an hour and a half. good evening. i m david fairio the of the united states and i m pleased to welcome you to the william g mcgowan theater here at the national archive. whether you re in our thetore or joining us on the youtube station. very welcome to our c-span viewers. tonight s program, catch the wave weis presented in partnership with u.s. scgz of former members of congress, and we thank them for their support and i notice that barbara, former president of the association is with us this evening, welcome back, it s nice to see you. before we hear from our panelists i d like to tell you about two other programs that are coming up in this theater. on thursday november # 1st at 7:00 p.m., a panel of combat photographers who served in vietnam as part of the army s photographic office will discuss their role and their work. the program is presented in partnership with u.s. army center for military history and i in observance of th ....
somebody said getting people together to write a book is like getting three people together to make a baby. [laughter] we met at the esquire club at the northside and had a late breakfast and talked about the collaboration and shook hands and never had more of a deal than that and ended up i interviewed him about the first race for governor and we had to do a sample chapter for the publisher. that went pretty well and the press seemed happy. then he decided to run for the sidetracked soot it still took quite a while. i did 30 hours of interviews with him in various locations usually at his house on the east side of madison but also in the car sometimes and then i transcribed o the tapes. i always do that myself. it s horrible. but it s a material that gets ingrained in you a little bit and i found when i tab transcriptions done even by good transcribers, they miss some things and the material is not as ingrained as when you do it yourself. i also supplemented that with ....
good afternoon folks, thanks for coming. governor thompson will be here momentarily. if you can believe it this isn t the first time i ve had to wait for him. [laughter] but he did call from the car and he will be here shortly. i thought i might take this chance to thank you folks for coming out and one thing we probably weren t going to get to in our conversation is how the book came about and what it was like being the co-author. somebody said getting to people together to write a book is like getting three people together to make a baby. [laughter] it really wasn t like that for us. [laughter] i think we work pretty well together. but governor thompson actually reach out to me seven years ago in 2011 and we met out at the esquire club on the north side and had a late breakfast and talked about collaboration, shook hands, never had more of a deal than that. and ended up i interviewed him about the first race for governor. we had to do a sample chapter for ew press, ....