Good afternoon, everybody. How is everybody doing . All right. Love this festival. Were talking about how much its grown over the years. Pretty phenomenal. Pretty wonderful. We are going to in a few minutes, give folks sometime to spill into the room. Just to let everybody know, we are being live streamed on cspan2, so tweets and tell your friends would also turn your ringers off on your phones, please. Im heather mcghee, president of demos, and i am really excited thank you. [applause] i am so excited to turn the tables today on my dear friend chris hayes whos often when interviewing me, and i get to do the same today. And for a little bit longer than we get to have on the air on his show. This is five minutes, right . Out go to commercial ties and i will talk over you most of the time. [laughing] just getting. I would not do that to you. Im really so thrilled to be in this conversation with you, chris, and to bring your stellar stellar book, yazidis audits your to the brooklyn book f
Time. [laughing] just getting. I would not do that to you. Im really so thrilled to be in this conversation with you, chris, and to bring your stellar stellar book, yazidis audits your to the brooklyn book festival, book this will also to the use of the live stream at home. I think anybody knows who chris hayes is Everybody Knows that he is the editor at large of the nation magazine. He is on our Television Screens and on our social media feeds, seems nearly constantly as he broke on to the scene, when was it . Winded when did i break . 2011. Which was really when thoughtful policy discourse joined cable news and usually been able to bring that to his nightly new show at 8 p. M. , all in. Chris also a New York Times bestselling book twilight of the elites, america after a meritocracy. And then this spring release this book, a colony in a nation. So lets get started. Chris, why did you write this book . Who did you want to read it and what did you want them to feel when they finished th
Julian malvo, steve forbes and nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. Of this is a topic that interests you go to our website at booktv. Org and in the search bar type economics book and you will find a large archive of authors and materials would all of these are available to watch online. Host welcome to nashville and the southern festival of books. He will hear from many offers throughout the weekend including National Book Award Finalist Patricia Bell scott and nancy maclean, talk radio host eric erickson, basilica other liza monday and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org or follow along on social media sites on facebook, twitter and instagram at booktv. We are kicking off todays coverage with biographer jonathan i on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspan2. [silence bracket good morning, everyone, thank you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce jon
Talk radio show host eric erickson. Liza randy and many others. For a complete schedule visit booktv. Org. We are Facebook Twitter and instagram. Were kicking off todays coverage on the life and politics of mohammed ali. This is live coverage on cspa cspan2. [inaudible] of money. Think you for coming and welcome to the 29th southern festival of books. It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce our author. Another that i really admire and have been reading his work for years. Hes here to talk about his biography of mohammed ali. This is only his third stop so thats an honor for us. Before he speaks the book festival is free but if youd like to contribute to the cause you can do that at the headquarters for the book festival outsider online. Also remind you that after the remarks will be heading over to the signing tent seeking to have him cite your book over there. Is one of the typewriters of nonfiction a fantastic author in addition to writing for bestselling books jonatha
[inaudible conversations] afternoon. Thank you for joining us here. And the museums historic curator and we have an extra special treat today on an event that even existed a week ago. We were able to put together quickly and we appreciate you coming out. We couldnt miss the opportunity to have this man, jack barsky in front of you today on. If you dont know his background, well talk about it today. This is as probable as it comes. We talk at the museum about how pop culture is not necessarily true in many ways about how it over exaggerate what it actually is. Here we are going to see a true story that really got its beginning in the helpful east germany. Returning to it downright fascinating story about a man recruited by the kgb to infiltrate the United States. 10 years actively spying for the soviets. He resigned in a choke earlier im not sure that you can actually do that, from the kgb. But there is a very successful second career and Information Management. I was finally discovered