Look easy, and lee does it incredibly well. And i, in a presentation i did yesterday, i said that one of the very best things about the profession of of being a writers that it introduces me to so many people who are very passionate about the work they do, and they became experts out of enthusiasm. And out of thinking that what they do is the most fascinateing thing in the whole world. Lee dugatkin is a prime example of that thesis. Lee and i met out here in this allegedly real world about two hours ago, but weve known each other for years. We met through our books, and weve communicated electronically for many years. So i want to mention that before i knew that lee is professor of biology at the university of louisville, i knew him as the author of mr. Jefferson and the giant moose which is a very vivid and detailed, wonderful book about Natural History early in the time of a country that, at that time, had a president who was very interested in facts. So lee has over the years writte
Interesting thing was it was building a network with women entrepreneurs, the loneliness, you hear about so and collaborative. It is not, working together introducing to investors, advisors, mentors, build her confidence, she got home and her husband looked at her and said who are you . Wheres the old carrie . This is the new carrie, she is so confident. Fran meyer, cofounder of match. Com, one of the advisors at the women start up lab. She says i want to partner with, take your vision and scale it and make it into a billiondollar company so fran meyer is her cofounder and ceo and carrie is the techy one and they spread the company to 40 different markets across the country and it is booming. Back to the collaboration, sisterhood of finding people who will help you not just scale your business and find investment but build the confidence that you can do it, youre not alone. You have a network of supporters. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Reporting on an ev
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
Make larry thank you for that. Good luck, mr. Speaker. President trump started the day adding to the drama with the tweet calling the appointment of the special prosecutor the single greatest witch hunt of politician in american history. The situation changing by the minute. This is what happened. Hours after saying that Michael Flynn wouldnt comply with the subpoena the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee correcting himself saying that the panel hadnt gotten a response from flynns lawyers yet. We learned that the former c. I. A. Director john brennan will appear before the house Intelligence Committee next week to talk about the allegations that russia meddled in the u. S. President ial election. Earlier in the day, utah congressman Jason Chaffetz announced he will leave congress june not but it is unclear what the early departure of the head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee means for the investigation. Alison in the midst of all the madness with the in
Going to rip the bandaid off and get right to some of the topics. You may not want to discuss or may not want to discuss all the time. And then were gonna get right into not my first rodeo lessons from the heartland. Heartland. Youre brand new book. Have you ever thought generally speaking about running for president . Well people ask me about it quite a bit. So then of course you you have to but im really focused on staying in south dakota. Im running for reelection this year. Hope that people of our state trust me to serve them another four years and and thats really what my goal is beyond that. I i know we do need good leadership in this country. Im sure theres a lot of people that are interested in that job. Have you ever given specific thought to running for president in 2024 . No, i havent. You know people speculate. I think thats the nature of politics, but i specifically have not im not convinced that that has to be me in that position. Fair enough i wanted to ask you and do a