this imagery was unique to nast? the online exhibition says in 1873, tweed was convicted and served a year and prison. he fled to spain, where officials put him on trial. could you expand on the circulation of these images throughout the atlantic and his impact outside the u.s.? thank you for a fascinating top. the two questions were, are animals unique and then about the capture of tweed. >> it is totally not unique. >> one of the things that pat said, and it was true, and also the central figure behind pat's chair is pat. so it's absolutely the case, that nast did not invent the democratic donkey. so if anybody is familiar with the cartoonist joseph keppler or matt morgan, they routinely would use the stuff, and sometimes they would portray nast as a monkey with a pencil in his tail. and the donkey is a much older image. it had been used for democrats for sometime, because of its -- other name because of. and i don't know if there is biological difference between the two but in terms of symbolism it is the same. bu

nast had defended roosevelt.when roosevelt was the commissioner of police in new york and was trying to shut down bars, nast had defended him, yes, shut down all the drinking on sunday. and that was one of the basis for their affinity. when nast was out of money, he called the new roosevelt administration and said "help." and they gave out diplomatic posts to all kind of people. brett heart got one in scotland which is kind of nice. i don't know if he was too late, you have to get at the front of the line, but he got ecuador which was famous for yellow fever. he made friends, he was friends with the british consulate. his letters home to sally are pretty sad because they had a powerful love affair. he was sad to be separated from her, but he wouldn't let her come because it was dangerous. he was right. he got sick and got into his hammock on a monday and by friday he was gone. it's really sad. the worst part is that the state department never sent her a condolences telegram and she was very angry. >> i'll be righ

we'll be speaking on the life of thomas nast. nast was a pioneer in american political cartoons. he created or popularized the republican elephant, the democratic donkey, and the modern depictions of santa claus. while he helped create modern american visual culture, he also presented conflicting and sometimes disturbing depictions of african-americans. these two experts will help us better understand nast and his legacy. fiona deans halloran is the author of "thomas nast: the father of modern political cartoons." she holds a phd in american history from ucla and has been supported in her research by grants from the neh, the huntington library and the university of oxford. she now teaches in san diego, california. pat bagley is the longest continually employed full-time editorial cartoonist in america. he has created over 10,000 cartoons in the 40 years he's worked at the "salt lake tribune." he has won dozens of awards, including being a finalist for the pulitzer prize and was just selected as a national cartoonist society's cartoonist of the year. following their conversation,

beginning with a picture of nast himself. to show you this is my favorite picture of thomas nas both because i think he looks particularly handsome in this picture. he was a person who was very humble in the sense that he was often self-deprecating, but he was also actually quite proud of his talent and happy with the celebrity that he earned in the 19th century, and i think that you see that in this picture how much funnies having he and his friend napoleon serenity who was a photographer used to sort of play dress up and take pictures and that's what's happening here. is that he put on this rough and a blanket and his posing for cerrone in his studios in new york. thomas nast um was a immigrant to the united states. he arrived in new york at six in 1846. and came with his mother and his sister. they left his native landau bavaria because his father was outspoken politically which turned out to be a family trait as it happened and had to leave in anticipation of the revolution of 1848 and nastin his mother and sister made a

and i believe most people credit thomas nast with really sort of creating the uncle sam that the rest us recognize and cartoonists utilize all the time. but this is a -- this is not -- this is the lithographic print and the nice thing about "puck" in the wonderful golden age of cartooning, they gave us lots of space. nowadays, we get shrunk down like that. this is some of the best color printing especially at the time to display a political cartoon. in 2018, cartoonists are working in a digital realm and the biggest audience for our cartoons are on smartphones and ipads and retina displays let us do all sorts of elegant water color and other nuance that begins to rival the kind of cartoon that you could do on a big scale like keppler got to do. in some ways, we're getting back to this kind of cartooning. these cartoons are from "the washington post." ann does political cartoons that are often animated gifs. she won the pulitzer prize back -- i think it was in 2000 for her static political cartoons and it has moved on to animation. these were studies that ann did for a cartoon she crea

uncle sam being a creation of political cartoonists, and i believe most people credit thomas nast with really sort of creating the uncle sam that the rest of us recognize and cartoonists utilize all the time. but this is not, this is the actual lith graphic print, and the nice thing about puck, and the wonderful golden age of editorial cartooning is that they give cartoonists lots of space, cartoonists these day, we get shrunk down more like that when we're in print. but back to my sort of optimistic wrap on editorial cartooning, this is perhaps some of the best color printing, especially at the time, to display a political cartoon, but in 2018, cartoonists are working in the digital realm, and the biggest audience for cartoons are now on smartphones and ipads, and retina displays actually let us do all sorts of elegant water color and other kind of nuance that begins to rival the kind of cartoon can do on a big scale like kepler got to do so in some ways we're getting back to this type of cartoon. these two cartoons are by one who draws for the "washington post" on the digital side an

come out of this bets in any case and in russia too and he recently became the leader of germany's nast big tent party and was seen as pretty much a given to then also be on the election ticket on the 26th of september now that is no longer going to easily happen and even if he prevails if his majority in the institution the d.n.a. of the c.d.u. prevails he would be damaged and we can watch the green party just lean back and watch that even getting pity that's how bad this is so this conservative camp coming out of this bruised with just elections a couple months away all right did abuse chip political editor nick elocution i thank you for that. bro castro has announced his resignation as the head of cuba's ruling communist party putting an end to 6 decades of rule in the country by members of the castro family raul who took over as president from his brother fidel in 2008 has said he is passing leadership to a new generation and will probably send a few as for me my task as 1st secretary of the central committee of the communist party of cuba before ends with the satisfaction of having

and as a part of that physical show, we had intended to dedicate one room to thomas nast, the fatherf american political cartoons.

then the new yorker was bought by the new house family which owned condÉ nast magazine company for severalyears. they allowed it to operate as a separate entity and gradually they started folding it into the rest of the magazine company to save money on back office stuff and all that other stuff. then it moved into the headquarters in condÉ nast, a dinges become another magazine but not quite a special. >> i've been to the offices that are down in the replacement of the world trade center. >> yes where they've been there for a few years now. >> one of the things i loved about ballpark was the research he did into the earliest ballparks and how emphatic you are with baseball as an urban game, not a game played in iowa corn fields -- >> despite field of dreams which is everybody's favorite tearjerker. but it is not an accurate statement avoid baseball really is about. >> i'm an urban biden which -- i'm an urban midwesterner, but even specifically in new york you talked about this according to some historians who were nearly 100 baseball teams in brooklyn, new york by 1858. >> new york was a

then it moved into the headquarters of condÉ nast, it becomes not quite another magazine but not quite special. >> i've been to the offices that are down in the replacement of the world trade center. >> yes where they've been there for a few years now. >> one of the things i loved about ballpark was the research he did into the earliest ballparks and how emphatic you are with baseball as an urban game, not a game played in iowa corn fields -- >> despite field of dreams which is everybody's favorite tearjerker. but it is not an accurate statement avoid baseball really is about. >> i'm an urban midwesterner, but even specifically in new york you talked about this according to some historians who were nearly 100 baseball teams in brooklyn, new york by 1858. >> new york was a huge center for baseball. not the only one but a huge one. it was a game that in the early years was -- it really grew big in a lot of the both northeastern and mid western industrial cities, and it was played a lot by working class immigrants. >> yeah! >> brooklyn had all these teams and it was sometimes made up of m

and then "the new yorker" was bought by the newhouse family, which owned conde naste. for several years, they allowed it to operate as a separate entity then gradually, they started folding it into the rest of the magazine company to save money on you know, back office stuff and accounting and the other stuff. then it moved into the headquarters of conde nast and became not quite just another magazine, but not quite as special and different. >> i've been to the offices that are down in the replacement of the world trade center. >> yeah, the world trade center where they've now been for a few years, yeah. >> one of the things i loved about ballpark was the research you did into the earliest ballparks and how emphatic you are that it's an urban game. not a game played in iowa corn fields. >> despite field of dreams, which is everybody's favorite tear jerker, but it's not an accurate statement of what baseball has been about. >> i'm an urban mid westerner, so i'm fine with that. the beginnings of it, maybe even specifically a new york game. you talk about this that accord

he wasn't a thomas nast. he wasn't a pat oliphant. he wasn't a milton caniff. he didn't introduce a new style necessarily that then got replicated everywhere. malden was like a one of a kind. he was kind of a one-off. the mold was broken after him. there was nobody quite like him before. and nobody like him after his political cartooning which was distinct from his world war ii cartooning he kind of was the apotheosis of a tradition that started with thomas nast, but he didn't transform the art of political cartooning. so i'd say that he didn't have a transformational impact on the profession of cartooning, but he had a transformational impact on the consciousness of the culture. yes. we have the one last question which i i knew i was going to ask you this the moment. i was gonna be interviewing you todd. you knew this one was coming. what are your three favorite malden cartoons, or perhaps your three favorite war time malden cartoons, we can you can play it. anyway you wish but you must have some favorites. no one is as steeped in this man's work as you are. y

uncle sam being a creation of political cartoonists and i believe most people credit thomas nast withlly sort of creating the uncle sam that the rest of us recognize and eulogize all the time. . this is the actual little graphic print and the nice thing about pollack and that wonderful golden age of editorial cartooning is they give cartoons lots of space. cartoon is these days, we get trump down more like that and we were in print. but, back to my sort of optimistic wrap on editorial cartooning. this was perhaps some of the best color printing, especially at the time to display a political cartoon but in 2018, cartoonists are working in a digital realm and the biggest audience for cartoons are now on smart phones and ipads and retina displays actually let us do all sorts of elegant watercolor and other kind of nuance that begins to rival the kind of cartoon you can do on a big scale kevlar got to do. so in some ways, we're getting back to this kind of cartoon. these two cartoons are by -- dross for the washington post on the digital side and our political cartoons that are often anim

journalist and travel writer whose features and essays have beenpublished in time, smithsonian, condc nast traveler . she's the author of the other side of paradise, life in the near cuba , the life of a former pan am executive and the pan am family, a strong network across the globe. she lives in vermontwhere she joined us today . she is literally going to fly solo tonight for her presentation so we will have time for audience questions at the end. hold your questions anytime during the broadcast and we have a place at the bottom of the screen. you can own your copy come fly the world by pressing the green button at the bottom of the screen. we appreciate each and every order and the generous donations from viewers everywhere. now without further ado i'd like to welcome julia to the stage. >> thank you for being here. >> i will see you soon. >> it's a little like the last time i was at books and books for reading but it's fun to be in miami on international women's day. we began in south florida so it feels right. >> i like to talk for a few minutes, i have one short reading i'll do befor

cartoonist pat baggily, talk about the life and work, of harper's weekly political cartoonist, thomas nast they talk about the symbols he popularized, like the democratic stomping donkey, santa claus, and the republican debate elephant. the massachusetts historical event hosted this event and provided the video. >> >> the program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition and i hope you will all check out and if you've not done so already it's a great show and incredibly relevant these days. this was planned to be a physal

treatment, trauma and complex trauma like the kind that we are seeing in so many children and adult, ken nast and compound for years, even generations. our most vulnerable are suffering. we owe it to them and to the resilience of our economy, workforce and society to ensure that they get the mental and physical health care that they need. we are fortunate to have an excellent group with us and i look forward to hearing your recommendation on how to build a stronger behavioral health system capable of meeting those needs in the years to come. you all seem to be in general agreement. we need to meet the demand for services. we look forward to hearing how you have responded to the crisis over the past year and what you see as our top priority, as we move forward. i want to yield to our young -- ranking member. with that, i yield to congressman cole. >> i would be remiss to say i'd really -- i really like those glasses this morning. pretty sporty. they make a strong statement. i want to thank the chair for holding this important meeting today. my focus has been on mental health. it is far from th