My cohost and digital producer wajahat is here and bringing all your feedback throughout the show. I love this idea because its what art is supposed to be about. Bringing it to everyone, bringing it to the masse massesd letting people experience something that they may not otherwise have. I am totally biased for todays show. Speaking about social media and art we have my friends Mark Gonzales a fantastic spoken word artist who tweets in amen to that. I agree. So do i. The starving artist stereo type may need to shift to the savvy artist as painters, and mural assists forego traditional routes. Some able it art disruption, changing the way we interact with and perceive works of art. In the most elite Museum Galleries are july on the ground board the metropolitan museum of art released 400 high rez works of art to the public for download so should art be free action a cesc i believe to anyone anywhere. Could the wider spread of art strip it of its cultural value. We have a great lineup t
[inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch every weekend. Fortyeight hours and people and events that help document the american story. A visit cspan. Org history for more information. In node joining us on book tv is Clive Priddle was the publisher of Public Affairs. When the Public Affairs get started . It is our birthday today. We are 17. Thank you for asking. Out it is get started . Peter ogle founded it. He wanted to set up an independent nonfiction dedicated list that would be newsy, sharp, a little edgy. And we have continued in that tradition ever since. I should mention that Public Affairs as the publisher of the cspan book we wanted to talk to you about some of the upcoming fall 2014 titles. Well, thank you. Very happy to mention a couple of them. So first of want to mention a a book called city of lives. The author is a wonderful british iranian journalist. She is a pulitzer prizewinning film maker. Her journey has taken her into the southern part of to
The next is if you have not had an opportunity to see a new permanent exhibit we installed last year about this time come find one of us and the Library Staff and will be happy to give you one of the buttons which will be you into the Museum Galleries for free today. Finally, just a quick thanks to our friends and colleagues from cspan of our family this session today, great supporters of the programs that we do and it is nice to have them back with us today. Just a little talk about how this session will go ms. Amity shlaes is going to speak for roughly 30 minutes. She likes to do things very interactively. She will talk about the process and how it came about through and how it came to fruition. A very open to questions from the audience because she would love to take as many questions as possible. We will have you come up to mike so that cspan can catch your question on tape as well as your face because you will be so enthusiastic about her talk. And then once ms. Amity shlaes is do
Our coverage from the 2014 roosevelt reading festival continues with amitiy shlase on the Great Depression. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is bob clark and im the deputy directyear her tee franklin d. Roosevelt president ial lie area and museum, and its my honor to welcome you to the 11th annual roosevelt reading festival. Before i introduce our distinguished speaker, let in go over a couple of housekeeping things. Would everyone please take out your Electronic Devices and turn them off so we dont have any interruptions of our presentation today. The next is if you havent had an opportunity yet to see our new permanent exhibit we signaled last year, come find one of us on the Library Staff and well be happy to give you an fdr button and that will get you into the Museum Galleries for free today. And then finally, just a kick quick thanks to our friends frid colleagues from cspan who are recording this session. Just a little talk about how the session will go. The author is going to
This week. Thanks for joining us. The top story we are covering is the situation in india this friday where despite the waves of protests against a state of Sexual Violence against women the last year and a half, another horrific attack has shocked the country. Having suffered multiple sexual attacks. The government has vowed to tighten laws further for failing to investigate. Abducted, rates, and hung from a tree. That is the tragic fate of two teenage girls from india. Its this very tree that you scene. That became the they protested that they launched a complaint with the officers of the Police Station but they were not dealt with appropriately. The bodies of the girls were found hanging from the case now. Two Police Officers are accused of the involvement in the crimes. They became deeply entrenched. Rate is committed those that do are often subjected to public ridicule. They came after the fate, that incident with unprecedented protest with widespread changes and cultural attitude