The extraordinary life of hamilton aellis cose the author of trana they both have a lot to add for people that are interested not only in our history but a lot of current events. Im going to give kimberly and alice a couple minutes to introduce themselves and then we will jump into discussion. Kimberly, do you want to go first . Hi, i am so delighted to be here. As i was saying before we get started, i used to live in austin, he went to ut for my phd so being a part of the texas book festival has been a dream of mine for a long time. Edited picture it would happen this way but i will take it. Im very grateful to participate and thank you so much for having me. Im a historian and ice study women, sex politics, and science and medicine. Now i live in cincinnati and i teach in oxford ohio. I contribute essays to publications like the washington post, i have an oped in there today actually about kamala harris. I also have my new book free thinker which tells the story of the fallen woman a
This book the anatomy of blackness, sites of slavery in the age of the leather. And then came last year the much diderot and the art of thinking freely which is now in paperback and im holding it up. Its a beautiful cover. Andrew, how did you go from, im curious about the through lines of the three books. How did it start with the first book which is about an intellectual history of monstrosity in literature and ideas which have a lot to do with bitter row, to what the enlightenment figures thought about race and onto the third book diderot and the art of thinking freely . First, thanks, jim pick a truly great to be here today. I have always been attracted to which my call intellectual history, tracked down an idea over time, both of the affects people and the people are affected by the idea. So very quickly about this first book, how to monstrosity was incredibly important for people of the 17th and 18th century because it was this hotly contested topic. Was god responsible for human
Whats going on. Welcome to the daily distancing show. Im trevor noah it is tuesday, august 25, and we are now just 70 days away from the election. Thats the reason youre starting to hear all the election day songs starting on the radio. The strange hope of the nations hope and fear in the r. N. C. Roy wood, jr. And desi lydic play democracys most depressing game show. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, the daily distancing show presents the Republican National convention, celebrating pressure to come. Trevor yesterday was the start of the Republican National convention, the first and only time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys,
To come. Trevor yesterday was the start of the Republican National convention, the first and only time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys, it turns out donald trump has actually done a really good job by preventing all of that from happening. From the very beginning, democrats, the media and the World Health Organization got coronavirus wrong. One leader took Decisive Action to save lives. President donald trump. The president quickly took action and shut down travel from china. Donald trumps quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid 19. President trump truly moved mountains to save lives, and he deserves credit. Just imagine what 2020 would have looked like, fighting for your lif
Time donald trump has renewed his vows. Going into the convention. I thought it would be tough for donald trump to sell himself for another four years mostly because, you know, we live in a hellscape where 180,000 people have died and we cant go to a movie or hug our grandparents. But then i watched the convention, and, guys, it turns out donald trump has actually done a really good job by preventing all of that from happening. From the very beginning, democrats, the media and the World Health Organization got coronavirus wrong. One leader took Decisive Action to save lives. President donald trump. The president quickly took action and shut down travel from china. Donald trumps quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid 19. President trump truly moved mountains to save lives, and he deserves credit. Just imagine what 2020 would have looked like, fighting for your life without donald trump fighting for it, too. Trevor imagine what 2020 would have been like without