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Of aviation was — only rich people and famous people flew in aeroplanes in the 1920s and �*30s. then it became a whole industry. now, millions of people fly every day. if you were around back then, are you saying, "stop wasting your money on this stunt"? "this biplane thing — this is a stunt"? so, dare i say — though you are the host of this programme — that im glad people with attitudes such as that do not win the day among those who are trying to advance what civilisation can be, and...

I dont have a problem with that. this is what the dawn of aviation was — only rich people and famous people flew in aeroplanes in the 1920s and �*30s. then it became a whole industry. now, millions of people fly every day. if you were around back then, are you saying, "stop wasting your money on this stunt"? "this biplane thing — this is a stunt"? so, dare i say — though you are the host of this programme — that im glad people with attitudes such as that do not win the day among those ...

Technology can empower it. as the host of this programme... laughs ..i actually want to bring you back down to earth. and i want to ask you a question which i suspect youre not going to find easy to answer. but you — having become one of americas most famous popularisers, sort of messengers for science, you, in recent years, ran into some significant personal trouble. you faced allegations from women you had worked with, from academic colleagues, of abusive behaviour. now, they never reached a...

But you — having become one of americas most famous popularisers, sort of messengers for science, you, in recent years, ran into some significant personal trouble. you faced allegations from women you had worked with, from academic colleagues, of abusive behaviour. now, they never reached a courtroom. nothing was ever put before a jury or a court. so then why are you mentioning it? only because i would like you to reflect on what that taught you not just about the world you study, or the unive...

The success of his presidency. and its a challenge that he was facing when he was inaugurated last year. a challenge hes facing now. im wondering what you think of how hes handled the pandemic since hes taken office now that were approaching one year of his presidency. >> sure. and first, no one said it would be easy. this is a novel virus. and so the science and the cdc and our health officials and scientists are really doing a remarkable job given how novel this is. the president is doing abso...

People need to be held accountable. that was a terrible day in our history. you know, that focus group also found the antics of anti-january 6 republicans dont seem to be gaining a lot of support. do you think folks like marjorie taylor greene, matt gate, paul gosar think they can attract new voters or are they just playing to their base? >> theyre just playing to their base. i dont think they are in any position to attract voters. as a matter of fact i think kevin mccarthy is worried about them...

Found the antics of anti-january 6 republicans dont seem to be gaining a lot of support. do you think folks like marjorie taylor greene, matt gate, paul gosar think they can attract new voters or are they just playing to their base? >> theyre just playing to their base. i dont think they are in any position to attract voters. as a matter of fact i think kevin mccarthy is worried about them turning off voters because they are not the voice of most republicans right now within the gop. they are th...

Be serious and awful and knock people out for a period of time. it is true in the data and also anecdotally.s a lot of people i know who have gotten it the last few weeks have described it that way. one thing that gets clearer and clearer, and this is real world data not stuff in a lab, just out there in the world the efficacy of the vaccines in preventing serious illness. i mean, a remarkable, remarkable, game changing tool in battling this virus. but despite that the u.s. in green continues to...

Maybe informant or a possible target, that tends to focus them on this. however important other things are, we really are running out the clock on democracy itself. the leading expert on civil wars around the world, barbara walter, from the university of california, san diego, has a book, in which she says, by all objective messengers, were about 50% of the way toward a civil war. not the standard old blue costume, versus gray costume civil war. utter chaos. breakdown of the rule of law. the rul...

Seeing an emphasis on rapid testing, some supplies, and now after the announcement yesterday on shoring up the health care system that is crumbling under the weight of unvaccinated covid cases, recognizing that they can only do so much. the last thing that i think they can and should and are doing is working with community leaders. i think were at a point where the vaccine and the virus has been so politicized that statements from biden, honestly even statements from trump, arent going to move p...