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This program originally livestreamed on facebook and youtube and is part of a series of Online Events intended to keep visitors connected with mount vernon during its closure to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bradburn here we are again. Welcome back. My name is doug bradburn. It is my delight to have these opportunities to talk about George Washington. Last wednesday, we were in our museum. This is our Education Center here at mount vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. It gives a grand sense of why he matters. Last time, we were looking at his youth, a yout...

Im the owner. For a little bit of history, the strand was founded by my grand father benjamin bass in 1927 in an area thats just a block over aalok along 4th avenue. It was called book row. There were 48 used bookstores at its height. In the 92 years since then, all of the stores have shuttered except for the strand. And thanks to readers, were Still Family Owned and still thriving. Tonight im so excited to welcome the founder and the editor of the wildly popular leftist magazine to discuss this book the socialist manifesto, the case of radical politics in an area of extreme inequality. Since ...

And in the 92 years since then they have all shuddered except for the strand and thanks to you for racialist readers. Founder and editor of the leftist magazine the socialist manifesto the case for radical politics and extreme inequality. And noam chomsky has described as a light and dark time the manifesto present socialism and and argument to the end of inequality and we couldnt be more thrilled. We are excited to be recording conversation from our friends at cspan. And a writer with the current affairs, boston review. Also cohost of the podcast please join me to welcome bhaskar sunkara. [ap...

Will gohead to head for the democratic president ial nominee and tuesdays primary why some experts say it could be make or brk for sanders ill have that story coming up. Still ahead the coronavis outbreak has a lot of sports fans worried about attending games. Swat teams are doing to try and keep the fans and the players safe and working to read a corovirus outbreak in bay area jails th the best way to predict the future is to create it and change the world. Here at abie, were inventing medicines of the future to create tomorrows that will be healthier. And happier, whilmaking medicines that h...

In of George Washington. Guest good morning, welcome to mount vernon. Behind me you see George Washington, the first president , being sworn in at federal hall in new york city in 1789 in were thet how well duties and powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . Guest they were not defined at all. The presidency was a brandnew institution. There had not been anything like it certainly in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who at one point would be the head of state, like a ki...