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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we are live on capitol hill this morning for a discussion on concussions in youth sports. Parents and medical experts will be testifying this morning before the house energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Talking about Research Efforts and whats being done to protect Young Athletes from injury. This is live coverage on cspan2. It should start in just a moment or two. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] tight schedule on tights. Were here on committees ongoing examination of concussions. This hearin...

This is overheard. cheers and applause dr. Gates, welcome. Thank you. So nice to see you sir. Its an honour to be back in austin. Oh my god i love what i have seen of the series. I love it. Yeah . What do you like about it . What i love about it most is that it takes a subject that we think we know something about. The experience of black america since Martin Luther king at a moment when we need to be talking about race in this country in a serious and sober way and it looks at the political, the cultural, it looks at every conceivable aspect of life in this country and it just comes alive. It...

Of women, whats interesting to them, what matters to them. And i have to say, i was just fascinated with this statistic 92 of the women who you asked said that the Biggest Issue that they face, that theyre most concerned with as women in america today, is Domestic Violence and sexual assault. We were surprised also. We performed this study as a benchmark to the beginning. For the beginning of the 21st century to measure where women stand on a range of issues. And the question was asked whether women believed that a Womens Movement was necessary. And there was surprisingly strong support for a ...

Special prosecution force. Oh my god. And youre an artist and a writer. I dont know how you do all these things. How do you do it all . Its usually one at a time. Hinojosa laughs so not multitasking . Well, that too, on occasion. Hinojosa but fascinating, even though you devote your life to understanding communication, democracy, literacy, access, you are not one of those people who is on facebook, on twitter, communicating all the time with the masses. Well, one of the reasons i have time to do the other things is that im not on facebook and communicating with an amorphous mass of people who,...

Applause Rick Linklater, welcome. Always great to be here. Thank you very much for being here. Congratulations. You know i love this movie. Ive seen it so many times. Im the most prepared ive ever been for an interview. Thats amazing. Its great. But, you know, i think, actually, so generationally, were not the same age, but were close enough. This spoke to me as i suspect it spoke to you, and came from you, because this is the story of our lives at that point. College. You know, i made a High School Movie a long time ago, so the idea of making a College Movie hit me probably in like 2002. It t...