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Here is a little damp and cold, we just drove back en route to from williamstown, massachusetts. So our first snow of the year in, of all places, the top peaks en route to in the berkshires, in the town of wait for it, florida and florida, mass situations. I always thought that was some kind of a joke. But anyway, it gets the first snow. This year and just a little harbinger of things to come and not enough to make the roads impassable, which will happen later on in the year. But anyway, i want to first thank a couple of folks who are here to thank our friends from cspan, who are going to be r...

loud and dangerous but must be handled with care like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. >> reporter: to what extent has vladimir putin been weakened by recent events? >> it's hard to tell, but he's clearl-y losing the war in iraq. tom: sorry, mr. president, theer war isry in ukraine.t some stories are like cherry womans -- bombs, if you're not paying attention, they can snear up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [background sounds]>> [laughter] tom: and some are roman candles. they get your attention, but they don't pack a lot ...

loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin -- >> sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. they're not as dangerous but if you're not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh -- >> and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy's car because he claimed the man was threatening him. you know what the threat was? he had a biden suck...

loud, and dangerous, but must be handled with care. like when the leader of the free world gets confused by the biggest story of the year. vladimir putin -- >> sorry mr. president, the war is in ukraine. some stories are like cherry bombs. they're not as dangerous but if you're not paying attention they can sneak up on you like this fisherman and this gator. [inaudible conversations] oh -- >> and some are roman candles they fizzle out like this rhode island democrat who keyed a guy's car because he claimed the man was threatening him. you know what the threat was? he had a biden suck...

Radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was fou...