To shelter. [laughter] how many nonfictions have you written . I dont count. Probably four or five. The first one was a jeffrey epstein, filthy rich which is now i think it just dropped the video today it is a fourpart like on the 20th of the month or Something Like that. And Erin Hernandez did that and then this when i have a jon lennon coming out in the year which is really interesting. This was connected to a house that jon and yoko owned. Theres actually a bridge between these two houses. So who used to live in your house . Nobody famous. It is a disgustingly big house. They were here for a while and he held on for a while after she was killed. Host another Famous Family why did you choose to write about the kennedys . Guest it seemed to me this was the Great American family story. Their family such it is its the american crown in my opinion. What i wanted to do is write about the whole family there plenty stories about jfk and robert et cetera. But in the same way with the crowd t
Yes. So, that was the first one and then it was Aaron Hernandez did that, and then, this one and i have a john lennon coming out later in the year which is really interesting. Actually this house is connect today a house at that john and yoko owned, theres a bridge between these two houses. Who used to live in your house . Nobody famous. But it took its a disgustingly big house as is lennons old his and yokos. They were here for a while and she held onto it for a while after he was killed. Another Famous Family were the kennedys. Why did you choose to write about the kennedys . It seemed to me, this was the Great American family story. Theyre our royalty as it is, and plenty of stories about jfk and robert, et cetera, et cetera. But in the same way that with the crown, they tell the story of that whole era through Queen Elizabeth. I thought, it was great to tell this story through the kid Kennedy Family and in almost all ways, these characters are a lot more interesting than Queen Eliz
Of this interfaith lecture series. I am especially pleased that diane winston, who holds the in media and religion at berkeleys Annenberg School is here with us. I do not know how many of you know about religion but to hold likeight chair, that is the noble prize in journalism education, so i am really glad that she is here. I will tell you more about diane in a moment, but first as i traditionally do, we will discuss the discussion. An underlying theme we have been having, the background for all of the discussions in the amphitheater, has been, how the news business, and the Civic Society can do its part. To give us the information and the values and the perspective that we need, as a Democratic Society to find our way. I was thinking of that this morning during nancy gibbss interesting conversation with david andreli. I will have a brief quiz based on this discussion. They were talking about the difficulty of having Accurate Information come across and holding its way against fake in
The noble prize in journalism education, so i am really glad that she is here. I will tell you more about diane in a moment, but first as i traditionally do, we will discuss the discussion. An underlying theme we have been having, the background for all of the discussions in the amphitheater, has been, how the news business, and the Civic Society can do its part. To give us the information and the values and the perspective that we need, as a Democratic Society to find our way. I was thinking of that this morning during nancy gibbss interesting conversation with david andreli. I will have a brief quiz based on this discussion. They were talking about the difficulty of having Accurate Information come across and holding its way against fake information which has been a very important theme in all of our discussions this week. And of course, this comes in the news with confederate statues, which obviously are the center of controversy now. I probably will not ask for a show of hands, but
[inaudible conversations] good evening, friends. Welcome to the Berkeley Hillside Club and the latest in a series of events produced by the wonderful folks at berkeley arts and letters. We are very privileged to have been as a regular contributor to our cultural events here. Evan karp is the boss and you having to think and his volunteers to thank for this come for all these wonderful events. [applause] how many of you have been in this hall before . A fair number, thats good. How many of you havent and havent a clue what this place is . Thats great because uncle to take about 30 seconds to tell you about the Berkeley Hillside Club pick the club itself was founded in 1898 by a group of berkeley women who were really concerned about the plans the city fathers had for laying a grit over this thing and paving and grading and instead they got really active physically active. We think we probably need some more about these days. But there able to get the city to turn up the wait has and a l