i'm really thrilled to be talking today with eric berkowitz. ic is truly one of the finest writers i know especially when it comes to tackling in on the subjects like the history of the censorship in the west. i love this book. most authors would be intimidated i think by the huge subject matter but eric has this great talent of taking a big subject and serving it up in oficious little morsels history. he's a great storyteller and these are page turning stories full of betrayal and heroism and sex which is always helpful. and burning at the stake and all of those amazing dramatic things. one reviewer has called this book a masterpiece, astounding, a comprehensive entertaining historical account of censorship, and that was not his mother. that was a real reviewer. don't give a spit take, eric. one of the major takeaways for me, and i loved this book, after reading it it seems to me a major theme is censorship never really works. at least in the long run. is that how you see it? you have all of these examples but in the end all of these attempts t

i'm really thrilled to be talking today with eric berkowitz. eric is truly one of the finest know especially when it comes to tackling enormous subjects like the history of censorship in the west. and i love this book. most authors would be intimidated i think by the subject matter but eric has this great talent of taking a big subject and serving it up and delicious little morsels of history to the great storyteller and these are page turning stories full of the trail in heroism and which is always helpful and all of those amazing dramatic things. it was called a masterpiece, astounding a comprehensive account of censorship and that was not his mother. there was a real reviewer. one of the major takeaways for me and i love this book after reading it, it seems to me a major same is that censorship never really works at least in the long run. is that how you see it to?ow to have all these examples that in the end all these attempts to censor thoughts and words in whatever form fails. is that true? >> i thinkec it's almost entirey true because the

. >> everybody, the book is "dangerous ideas" and the author is eric berkowitz. thank you again judy for being in conversation tonight. it was a lovely conversation. we had excellent conversations and chat. thank everybody who showed up. it was an interesting discussion as well that happened in there that was very, very entertaining. i was glad to be part of it. if you'd like to purchase the book you can from book passage.com. the link has been posted in the chat. you can follow it there. if you happen to new live our store you can pick it up if you'd like itn even if you don't live nearit us we will ship anywhere in thed united states directly to your doorstep. in addition to that if you have a local bookstore we really, really well not begrudge you if you purchase from them. we love all in these all across the country not just us although if you want to purchase or must we be very happy. again, if you enjoyed the conversation tonight please consider subscribing to the youtube channel. if you would join the conversation a little more, you can click the button an

i am thrilled to be talking today with eric berkowitz and is one of the finest writers i know when it comes to tackling enormous subjects like the history of censorship in the west and i love this book most authors would be intimidated i think by the subject matter but eric has a great talent to take a big subject to serve it up and delicious little morsels of history. he's a great storyteller these are page turning stories and sex which is helpful and burning at the stake one reviewer has called the same masterpiece astounding comprehensive historical account of censorship one of the major takeaways for me after reading it that censorship never works at least in the long run is that how you see it? you have all of these examples and what ever form. >> i think that is entirely true there is a difference between censoring a book or a picture or shutting down a demonstration or even killing someone from the idea that it is embodied from what is said from one form or another the effort of authorities whether the mob or the government or a church is disturbed by the idea so to eradicate a

[laughter] >> i'm thrilled to talk with eric berkowitz one of the finest writers i know, especially when tackling a number of subjects like the history of censorship in the west. i love this book. most authors would be intimidated i think by that huge subject matter, but eric has a great talent of taking a big subject and serving it up in delicious little morsels of history. he's a great storyteller, and these are page-turning stories, full of betrayal and heroism which is always helpful and burning at the stake, all those amazing dramatic things. one reviewer has called this book a masterpiece, astounding, a comprehensive entertaining historical account of censorship, and that was not his mother. that was a real reviewer. [laughter] one of the major take aways for me, eric, and i love this book, after reading it, it seems to me a major theme is that censorship never really works, at least in the long run, is that how you see it too? i mean, you've got all these examples, but in the end, all these attempts to censor thoughts and words in whatever form fail, is that true? >> i think it's