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Here to talk with us about what we became known 102 years ago as spanish flu is Catherine Arnold who poured over eyewitness accounts of the illness from its early beginnings at places like a military base in kansas to its effects on a number of american writers like John Steinbeck. She read english at the university of cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology and is the author of several books about the history oflondon and her book globe, the world of shakespeares london published by simon and schuster in 2015 and shes joining us today from the uk. Welcome catherine. Thank you for b...

Finding out about the great white shark. You fly up alongside that wolf, and you shoot a tranquilizing dart into it. In five minutes it goes down. We process the wolf. We take blood. And we attach a radio collar. And then we follow them for their life hopefully. Yellowstone wolves are fierce and territorial. The leading cause of death is attack from other wolves. And their look is uncontrollable. That look says, i aint going to conform to your rules, and ill die before i do. We flew halfway around the world to catch this photographer in action. What makes a great picture . Emotion. Were lookin...

Approaching, certainly one of the most sacred days in our nation throughout the year. And this weeks alaskan of the week, sharon long, its a day that is a particularly profound day. Sharon long is a gold star mother, lives in anchorage, and she remembers her son grant frazer every day of the year. But for her and her family and for so many people who knew grant, who served with grant, memorial day is a day when his memory is particularly honored. Mr. President , before i get into sharon longs story as well as the remarkable story of her son grant, let me talk a little bit about whats going on ...

I wrote the book to make the case for unconditional cash, but i wanted to grounde ground it in personal experience. I grew up in Hickory North carolina and my mom was a Public School teacher and my dad was a paper salesman. We had a very stable middleclass existence. In my own life i got Financial Aid to countries fancy boarding school and then we started facebook and 2004 and the rocketship rise of facebook is a pretty wellknown story. I ended up making quite a bit of money at my young age and it forced me to think about what is the most powerful way we can think about the economy so the. 1 b...

People we are privileged to represent. Mr. President , i yield the floor and i would note the absence of quorum. Mr. President , its thursday, one of my favorite times in the week it has its time i get to come down on the senate floor and recognize an extraordinary alaskan and we refer to as the alaskan of the week. Now, memorial day is fast approaching, certainly one of the most sacred days in our nation throughout the year. And this weeks alaskan of the week, sharon along, its a day that is a particularly profound day. Sharon long is a gold star mother who lives in anchorage, and she remembe...