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If you have not seen, make sure you do that today. A few of our upcoming programs include author of snicket on cap september 23. October 29, we have Award Winning journalist and finally october 10, cleo weight. A few housekeeping details, make sure you interact with us online. Please make sure that your screens are turned all the way down before you take the stage. Last 15 minutes, we will take questions. Keep them short so we can get to as many as possible. Mary will let you know when we are re...

Recreation use of marijuana but should marijuana and it derivatives be used for health purposes. A very controversial issue, one in which frequently there is far more heat than light and where we frequently see people who seem to be immune to data. We have experts tonight to talk about this, it will be moderated by doctor david who is chief of Palliative Care at pennsylvania. Im a psychiatrist and i often think that most people including physicians dont understand what psychiatry is. Nobody unde...

Controversial issue and one in which frequently theres forward more heat than light and where we frequently see people who seem to be immune to data. But we have experts tonight to talk about this, and it will be moderated by dr. David casarett who is chief of college of care at university of pennsylvania. Im a psychiatrist, and i often think most people including many physicians dont really understand what psychiatry is. Nobody understands what Palliative Care is, and its a wonderful branch of ...

I think up until well, really, up to the year 1600 when we didnt have any particular tools to investigate the natural world, our five senses were the primary means by which we obtained all information about the universe, and not even knowing that our five senses had limits. If its everything you know you think its everything the universe is trying to give you, but in fact its not. And so around 1600 with the invention of the microscope in one direction and then the telescope in the other directi...

And not even knowing their five senses had limits. If its everything you know you think its everything the universe but try to give you but in fact, its not. And so around 160 1600 was inven of the microscope, one direction, and the telescope in the other direction. Each event it was a decade of one another. All of a sudden pieces of the universe, available to us that transcend our senses. Effectively, look inside a drop of pond water and see microorganisms just like just like doing the backstro...

Primary meanis theprimary meansl information about the universe not even knowing 160 around 1600 was the invention of the microscope in one direction and a telescope in the other direction. Its like doing the backstroke that your sensory systemed wouldnt detect it were it not for the microscope and you could think if that made sense to have entire living creatures inside a drop of water. Its what you normally do when you make a discovery and they thought he was drinking too much gin. They were i...

Degrasse tyson, director of Hayden Planetarium in new york city and the author of many books including welcome to the universe, death by black hole, and his latest, astrophysics for people in a hurry. Host dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson, in your new book, astrophysics for people in a hurry, you open it by saying that the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. What does that mean . Guest get over it. [laughter] i think up until, well, really up til the year 1600 when we didnt have any par...

I think. Shes probably the reigning expert on all things related to firing line line, so please hele welcome Heather Hendershot to the podium. [applause] thank you. Its really great to be here, typically to speaker at the Hoover Institution because the hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. I was out at stanford were all the papers are and, of course, they have preserved all the episodes and so on for the papers and transcripts, i really couldnt have done without the Hoover I...

On the left side of all the hearings and president ial events of the day and then right underneath that on the left si side. They appear in the order that they are on the network. You can search for a persons name. They contain the video and on that page is a search box and you put in a word so lets say they talked about climate chan change. The public statements of those demanding full support on the clean powerplant. Put in those words and that will get you to the particular small pieces almos...

Antiwar book. We can do with the other way around if youd like. Please stand up and wait for the microphone above you. What is your next book . Excellent question. I wish i knew. I am always open to suggestions. So if you have something, let me know because im open to ideas. You will be next. Whats the oddest thing you found that you wrote about in your book . What would be the oddest thing i found. I learned that maggots breed through their butt. Among their many features, they go down and imme...