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Tiya Miles - All That She Carried
In South Carolina in the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Rose gives a simple cotton bag to her daughter Ashley. Ashley is about to be separated from her mother, sold as chattel to the highest bidder. The bag contains all her worldly possessions, and precious reminders about her family.
From Harvard historian and National Book Award-winning author Tiya Miles comes 'All That She Carried'. Blending first-class historical research and literary creativity, Miles traces Ashley’s Sack through the ages, and with it, the story of a Black family during slavery, and of a people and a nation. She not only delves into the historical archive, but also imagines the journey of Ashley’s Sack when the trail seemingly runs cold, writing Ashley and her descendants back into history as an act of justice.
The result is a powerful narrative where Ashley’s Sack becomes more than an object alone: it is transformed into an embodied memoir of Black women travelling from slavery to freedom, from South to North, carrying relics and hopes as they seek new lives.
On 17 June, 2024, Tiya Miles joined us on stage to look deep into African American history through the eyes of one family and to discuss the importance of storytelling and resilience.
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Terrance Hayes: Poetics and Politics - American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin
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In 70 poems Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of America, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency, the poems are haunted by the country’s past and future errors, as well as its dreams and nightmares. Hayes’ brilliant turns of phrase have earned him a National Book Award for his 2010 work 'Lighthead' (2010), as well a...
Lionel Shiver, American Contrarian on her latest book Mania
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In her latest novel, 'Mania', iconoclastic author Lionel Shriver investigates the fallout around the fictional 2011 “Mental Parity Movement” in the United States in an alternative yet all too recognizable near past. Dubbed the “last great Civil Rights fight” by its progenitors, Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence: or, that...
Yaël Eisenstat: Democracy’s Cyber Defendant
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In 2018, Yaël Eisenstat joined Facebook as the head of Global Elections Integrity for political ads. Six months later, she left, disappointed and disillusioned, exposing how Facebook profits financially from voter manipulation. In her talk at the John Adams Institute, she will be addressing the outsized and worrisome role that social media and artificial intelligence play in politics, both in t...
Jennifer Carlson: Democracy by Bullet?
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Gun sellers aren’t just merchants of guns but are also agents of conservative politics and ideals. That’s because gun sales in America aren’t only an economic exchange, but also a cultural one, with serious implications for society at large. In 'Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy,' Jennifer Carlson’s warning is clear: armed conservatives are working toward ...
Quincy Club Lecture Highlights
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A compilation of our high school lectures 2020 and 2021 about the presidential elections and Silicon Valley. For the full video's, click here for the election event: ua-cam.com/video/4qSRwYDp02o/v-deo.html and here for the one on Silicon Valley: ua-cam.com/video/Wf3pibJks2E/v-deo.html
Back to The Wild West with Kenneth Manusama
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On Super Tuesday, the most important day of the American primaries, the John Adams dove dive into the weaknesses and instabilities of America’s democratic system. As the 2024 presidential elections loom, legal, racial, and religious controversies are already stretching the country to a breaking point. In his new book, 'Democratie van het Wilde Westen' Kenneth Manusama does just that. He investi...
Franklin Foer: On Joe Biden’s White House and the Struggle for America’s Future
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From author and The Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer comes a gripping biography of Joe Biden, following his first term in office: The Last Politician. With unequaled access to inner circle advisors who have surrounded Biden for decades, Foer crafts a high-definition portrait of a presidency 50 years in the making at a critical moment in America’s history. From the January 6th Capitol attack ...
Miriam Toews: On Film and Literature
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Miriam Toews is the award-winning author of nine books, including 'Women Talking', which won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay at the 2023 Academy Awards, and 'All My Puny Sorrows' . Known for her light, oftentimes humorous touch, Toews finds moments of brightness and humanity in even the darkest of narratives. Her latest novel, 'Fight Night', is a tribute to perseverance and love in an int...
Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk: On Innovation and the Demons that Drive it
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Isaacson’s latest inside story is filled with tales of triumph and turmoil, and addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? Isaacson cuts through the noise as he examines Musk’s origins and rise to fame. His psychic scars and epic sense of mission have ensured he’s rarely out of the spotlight: from celebrity cage fighting matches w...
Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future
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Uniting science and politics, and giving voice to our most ardent hopes and our worst fears, American climate fiction pioneer Kim Stanley Robinson’s book 'The Ministry for the Future' is a gripping portrayal of a world grappling with the devastating consequences of climate change and the urgent actions needed to forge a sustainable future. In a world that is rapidly warming and where the conver...
Stamped from the Beginning: Ibram X. Kendi (the book) and Roger Ross Williams (the film)
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Note: the trailer and clips from 'Stamped from the Beginning' mentioned in this video cannot be shown due to copyright. The full documentary is available on Netflix. In his book 'Stamped from the Beginning', the Black academic Ibram X. Kendi chronicles the story of racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Racist thinking does not arise from ignorance or hate,...
Paul Theroux: On Missionaries, China and Dickens
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From Hemingway to Dickens, from Nabokov to Twain, from Isak Dinesen to Graham Greene, many of the world’s great writers were also great travel writers. Paul Theroux, arguably the most renowned living travel writer, has capped a fifty year writing career with 'The Tao of Travel', a collection of travel stories - by himself and others. Join us for a trip around the world with the man who gave us ...
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III
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Living with history: A people’s journey, a nation’s story Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the highest position of leadership within the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. He is the first historian and the first African American to hold this position. Previously, he became the first director of the National Museum of African America...
Robert Reich: The Flipsides of Capitalism
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President Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor argues in his important book that in the last thirty years capitalism has flourished at the expense of democracy. Robert Reich - one of America’s most renowned economists - says people now see themselves as buyers and sellers first and citizens only later, if at all. The rise of supercapitalism has meant fantastically increased choices for cons...
Strangers to Ourselves: Mental Health, Diagnosis & Identity with Rachel Aviv
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Strangers to Ourselves: Mental Health, Diagnosis & Identity with Rachel Aviv
Teju Cole: NYC, Open City
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Teju Cole: NYC, Open City
Welcome to the John Adams Institute
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Welcome to the John Adams Institute
Jill Lepore: New York Burning
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Jill Lepore: New York Burning
Rickey Jackson and Mark Godsey: Surviving Injustice
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Rickey Jackson and Mark Godsey: Surviving Injustice
Nikole Hannah Jones: 1619 - A New American Origin Story
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Nikole Hannah Jones: 1619 - A New American Origin Story
Highlights - Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America
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Highlights - Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America
Bill Browder: Freezing Order
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Bill Browder: Freezing Order
Immigration, Transformation and Society: Theater & Talk
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Immigration, Transformation and Society: Theater & Talk
Cecilia Kang: The Dark of Facebook
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Cecilia Kang: The Dark of Facebook
Mark Leibovich: Thank You for Your Servitude
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Mark Leibovich: Thank You for Your Servitude
Carol Anderson: A Fatally Unequal America
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Carol Anderson: A Fatally Unequal America
Lauren Groff: Matrix
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Lauren Groff: Matrix
Spike Lee: Doing the Right Thing
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Spike Lee: Doing the Right Thing
David Sedaris: On Fire
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David Sedaris: On Fire

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  • @randyriley3860
    @randyriley3860 День тому

    Awsome topic. Definitely busted some seriously flawed myths (photographic memory...I've always doubted that this existed). Your using science and research to prove your points was top notch. You get an A+ for your frank honesty. Harry Lorrayne covered a large number of memory techniques and published them years ago. It is unfortunate that I went through 24 years of education and don't recall anyone in the system recommending these techniques. Fortunately for me, I stumbled on the topic when I started college . I used it to memorize my American History lectures. Our professor had a lot of essay questions on her exam, and I aced it. I have used the techniques to retain important, professionally relevant facts with solid retention and recall. I like your breakdown of the topic. It has cleared up many questions that I have had over the years about memory techniques (especially your comment about revisiting). Some of the memory experts have made ludicrous claims that you will never forget anything once you use their techniques. Thank you so very much for speaking out as an authority who has truly done his research.

  • @DJS11811
    @DJS11811 4 дні тому

    Bravo.

  • @mariahenrich9602
    @mariahenrich9602 7 днів тому

    Trumpism? You misspelled SANITY.

  • @djsandy303
    @djsandy303 9 днів тому

    This book blows my mind. Its so ambitious and the stories so brilliantly told.

  • @babyirene3188
    @babyirene3188 12 днів тому

    Ellroy strikes me as someone who's read Raymond Chandler and decided "I can do better." 😂😂😂

  • @Brandon-tk2rw
    @Brandon-tk2rw 13 днів тому

    looking at Martin's impressive ouvre (and the noticable dropoff in quality towards the end) it becomes evident that the adage is correct: as soon as an artist gets political, their work turns to sh*t, or vice versa

  • @findbridge1790
    @findbridge1790 15 днів тому

    MFA/CIA/MONEY LAUNDERING

  • @KooQua
    @KooQua 15 днів тому

    That was AWESOME - to 43:13

  • @KooQua
    @KooQua 15 днів тому

    Single for 10 years 💪🏽😎

  • @KooQua
    @KooQua 15 днів тому

    20:05 - love 🎯 this

  • @timmellis5038
    @timmellis5038 16 днів тому

    It's a great book: 'Empire of Pain.' The Sacklers: a family of scurrying rats. It is awful and annoying how the Sackler-type corrupt behavior goes on with the powerful in our society. Pat Keefe explains how they control everything including the narrative so well, explaining how it's done- use the same Doctors (for recommendations), use the same Accountants, same Lawyers, own the magazines who print the stories and ads, shroud yourself in secrecy. And, in this case, inject the mice (humans) with whatever they (Sacklers) want, i.e. Valium, OxyContin, and watch the bank account grow. Usually these people get away with it, and are worshipped by the masses, so it's nice to see them get caught at least once in a while. People like the Sacklers aren't our friends.

  • @richardnieuwhof2028
    @richardnieuwhof2028 17 днів тому

    Good interview: Shriver is sharp, perceptive and funny, and what an appropriate surname for a writer.

  • @smallzinc
    @smallzinc 17 днів тому

    Oh to hear what he would have to say about the global state of affairs now. Wow

  • @sebaceous
    @sebaceous 17 днів тому

    it was a good read but I'll never want to read it again. it's not Shakespeare.

  • @user-td1me4tv3u
    @user-td1me4tv3u 17 днів тому

    I watched this Documentary it’s racist and trash 🗑️ disgusting.

  • @Pleistoneax
    @Pleistoneax 19 днів тому

    Hitchens' opponent is obviously very well read, but maaaaan. He DROOOONED on and on and only caressed something similar to a point

    • @VatniksAreFascists
      @VatniksAreFascists 4 дні тому

      I don't know if that was sarcasm that I missed, but after opening with "I want to assure you that the earth is flat because in the Qu'ran it says "habala haba", so we know it's established fact and we can move on"... I just automatically zoned out and stopped listening.

  • @patrickvernon4766
    @patrickvernon4766 20 днів тому

    The interviewer is insufferable.

  • @JohnPaynePayne
    @JohnPaynePayne 20 днів тому

    Thanks very much.❤

  • @qqq111444
    @qqq111444 25 днів тому

    The interviewer cracks me up. He’s clearly got one prejudiced agenda and wants to hyper-focus on that and the author doesn’t fall for it

  • @elaineash1557
    @elaineash1557 26 днів тому

    A very good interview, but sound is uneven and hard to listen to. A sound guy could balance the levels.

  • @jljones6343
    @jljones6343 28 днів тому

    Listening to this 5 years later, knowing what Dr. Snyder said has worked its way to 2024, is a horror. We dodged a bullet in the 1930s, but can we do so now?

  • @JohnPaynePayne
    @JohnPaynePayne Місяць тому

    Oh dear I found Christopher Hitchens very late in life. I didn't know the awful details of all organized religions. I have seen the evils first hand of the worst of humanity. It is the history of the poets ans scribes trying to account for this wonderful gift of life and creation. Then evil steps in against love. I have discovered life and creation are all about and are love. I have discovered that life and creation are about infinite perfection. And those who are evil do not know love and are quite defective just born blind to life's beauty and the perfection of all that is created.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @joope11
    @joope11 Місяць тому

    Carol Anderson, I have always wanted to ask a question, but I didn't know who until I watched your videos. Carol, the white man, has met so many other races in our world. Why is it that for the last 600 or 700 years we have met white people? Why are we such an existential threat to them? What is this fear of the black man, and where is it coming from?

  • @erikbetsfights8378
    @erikbetsfights8378 Місяць тому

    I just finished 'She's Come Undone' for the 12th time--and the first time in audiobook form. It's my favorite book of all time. Every so often, I google the book and read some reviews and whatnot, and this time, I happened to find this video.

  • @emceegreen8864
    @emceegreen8864 Місяць тому

    The “real” proposal of Carbon Quantitative Easing and the inspiration of the the novel is the work of Dr Delton Chen. It’s credited in Chapter 42 as the “Chen plan” and Carbon QE is eventually adopted by central banks. The real proposal is quite brilliant and more practical as the banks have a minor role of supporting a price floor of the asset. Research Global Carbon Reward for a deeper understanding.

  • @costeris35
    @costeris35 Місяць тому

    He is such a hard writer to interview. I’ve seen him a number of times when he came to the Netherlands on booktours, there is always an undercurrent of akwardness, he really does not seem to enjoy it. The Shards is a great book.

  • @somethingdiscreet
    @somethingdiscreet Місяць тому

    Wow, here I am 100 pages into Anna Karenina and Jeffrey Eugenides has to come and spoil the whole plot for me. Nice going :( interesting talk though

  • @dougwalsh9282
    @dougwalsh9282 Місяць тому

    All Americans might want to go from their position of certainty around their ideology to a position of curious.

  • @GavinKerr-lu7mq
    @GavinKerr-lu7mq Місяць тому

    Ty her environment engineer 😂😢😮

  • @GavinKerr-lu7mq
    @GavinKerr-lu7mq Місяць тому

    Freud ov Thomas 🎉❤❤❤ ❤

  • @unappreciatedtreehouse821
    @unappreciatedtreehouse821 Місяць тому

    How ashamed Adams would be of Harvard today, headed by plagiarist and antisemites.

  • @unappreciatedtreehouse821
    @unappreciatedtreehouse821 Місяць тому

    How ashamed Adams would be of Harvard today, headed by plagiarist and antisemites.

  • @Edward-my9nk
    @Edward-my9nk Місяць тому

    Boy this is one fierce Lady! Intellect of the highest order! Wow!

  • @marshallbjohnson
    @marshallbjohnson 2 місяці тому

    Wonderful it’s got 2 comments. Lightweight neoliberal secular Jew comes to Amsterdam to talk about “fear” Wonder if he realizes epi-genetics are more at play here than his less than courageous plea for humans to oppose tRump, antisemitism and other boogie men lurking around his leafy, liberal and loaded townhouse located somewhere west of Gaza. Free Gaza Foer. And stop acting like a neocon.

  • @dmoney668
    @dmoney668 2 місяці тому

    He's an amazing orator writer narrator. He actually takes my mind off nonsense social media and people like Donald Trump and refocuses it on history

  • @edgregory1
    @edgregory1 2 місяці тому

    Why no English language audio books?

  • @LoveyDovey-zt3oe
    @LoveyDovey-zt3oe 2 місяці тому

    Depunked

  • @anuradhainamdar8967
    @anuradhainamdar8967 2 місяці тому

    Mr.Carr is correct when he says that internet is a interrupting technology, it doesn't help us to become more imaginative, contemplative, empathetic because it is a source of mere information. Just as T.S .Eliot says that ' we don't have wisdom any more, but only knowledge, and only information rather then true knowledge, we aren't able to pause and go into a thought ful reverie but are over loaded with information. We need to cut back our internet usage.

  • @ericwatts-et2nl
    @ericwatts-et2nl 2 місяці тому

    It's a shame it was cut off. Like Amis himself.

  • @HestiaSmart
    @HestiaSmart 2 місяці тому

    Aristotle used to be true sexist. Anaksagor is much more worthy to mention.

  • @wabdatl
    @wabdatl 2 місяці тому

    A monumental mind.

  • @Deea88
    @Deea88 2 місяці тому

    Keep the children away from this stuff. No, they do not really learn, and if they do, the damage is far far worse than whatever little knowledge they can acquire this way. Read the book "Glow kids" along with Carr's book.

  • @BlessedLifeOriginal
    @BlessedLifeOriginal 2 місяці тому

    Amy Tan is my favorite author (tied with Steinbeck), and The Hundred Secret Senses is my favorite of her books. She is something special.

  • @cartagenafaytong
    @cartagenafaytong 2 місяці тому

    Bought it past week. I started it today morning. I'm really excited for what's to come. Greetings from the New World 🍌

  • @user-ev9to4xx2o
    @user-ev9to4xx2o 2 місяці тому

    Stephen.spielberg.ductumentation.of the.founding.of america.by.the years from.the.time of the.first.thanking.and going foward in.episodes.comender.and.post.as.it.was shown before it will compliment.your.dissicions..a.s.p.❤❤❤

  • @wignet
    @wignet 2 місяці тому

    I don't know what to believe. He falsely accused other human beings of a horrible crime to elevate his own status within his tribe.

  • @rmorris5604
    @rmorris5604 2 місяці тому

    Most Trump supporters that I have seen don’t know the name Timothy Snyder, nor do they have even an inkling of what he is saying- yet he speaks often, and is available for free on UA-cam. Why? Somehow the media space is fractured and something like a watertight hatch exists between them. How do we get Timothy Snyder to speak to a Trump rally? Ideas?

  • @SabbathSOG
    @SabbathSOG 2 місяці тому

    When Peter denied Christ three times are you telling me he never met Christ?

  • @SabbathSOG
    @SabbathSOG 2 місяці тому

    So the brothers of Jesus Christ never met him?

  • @DE-vd8sf
    @DE-vd8sf 2 місяці тому

    It’s amazing to me it’s alarming that a representative of the surveillance state calling for suppression of free speech and weaponizing section 230 is being platformed by the John Adams institute.