anthony lucas book prizes awarded to journalists and author patrick. radden kiefer for empire of pain the secret history of the sackler dynasty. patrick is an author and a staff writer at the new yorker. the judges right in their citation that empire's pain is a revelatory. look inside the rise of one of the most powerful and ruthless dynasties in america whose indifference toward the consequences of their actions is enabled by the astronomical wealth and privilege. that's shield them with reporting and research of impressive depth and breadth patrick gratin kief weaves. the facts figures depositions firsthand interviews and original documents into a harrowing and heartbreaking reading experience empire of pain is a searing portrait of a massive public health crisis one of the most devastating in recent memory as well as the ambition greed and insularity of the family at its center patrick couldn't be here with us tonight, but we salute him. the mark linton history prize is awarded annually to a work of history on any subject that best combines intelle

we are here for the j anthony lucas pries a project honoring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. i am nick lemmon i am ex dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school. i'm especially happy to be here because i was, back in 1997 i guess, 25 years ago, part of the founding crew that set up this program. tony lukas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter. who is not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. this kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say. but it is a distinct community of people really care about it, help and support each other. it was very important to tony to be part of that community. he put on with me as sort of his deputy have big conference on nonfiction writing at new york state writers institute in albany and 91 or 92. the time of his death he was the president of the authors guild. he did as much n as he could possibly do we really pleased this program named after him has become. i never got to know mark he had died by the time we started this program. i gather he was an equally man. i cann

we are here for the j anthony lucas pries a project honoring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. i am nick lemmon i am ex dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school. i'm especially happy to be here because i was, back in 1997 i guess, 25 years ago, part of the founding crew that set up this

we're here for the j anthony lucas prize pride project ceremony will be honoring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. i'm nick lemon. i'm x dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school, and i'm especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997. i guess 25 years

anthony: started off with a bang. uh-huh. >> yeah. so this is right here, this is kiella, the younger sister of one of our characters, luca. any on "black-ish." so -- >> anthony: no. we weren't having that. >> this is a new junior -- but this is my first sex scene. it was super -- at first it was supposed to be me just kind of standing behind her and she's leaned over the sink. and then eventually they were like all right, marcus, we actually need you to, you know, thrust a little bit. we need to see a little hip action. i got stiff hips. i'm 22 but i'm not very flexible. but i was -- i did it. so here we are. [ applause ] >> anthony: is that how they do it nowadays? you keep the t-shirt on? [ laughter ] >> so i actually had a discussion because i just saw on tiktok recently that girls don't find it attractive when a guy has his shirt on and no bottom on. it's called winnie the poohing. [ laughter ] >> anthony: yeah. >> and i was like a little -- i was a little irate after the fact when i found out that i was kind of humiliated on tv. >> anthony: well, i've just got to say this. if you're going to do it you need to go all

anthony gonzalez said he feared for the safety of his wife and children will scott lucas is in the mirror. it has professor at the university of birmingham in the u. k. he says that what's happened to las chinese doesn't necessarily mean the don't. trump will be president again, you're like why, why homing, which is not very densely populated. it says that trumpets can, when at the local level that they can unseat their perceived foes, such as lead shanie, despite all the prestige, despite all the headline or political background that she brings. however, i think we need to be cautious here. it does not necessarily mean that the trumpets have taken over the republican party. let alone america. don't trust the president 2024. it's only the time of the announcement that we wait for. now, the bigger question here is, does he succeed? does his spectacle overtake reality? and there are 2 factors to watch here. the 1st is, is that a lot of republicans are not really persuaded that donald trump is the way to go. you might call them establish republicans, mainstream republicans. but with all his

lucas tomlinson on new york special election coming up in a couple of days. >> that's right, the winner of upstate new york will be in office four months filling the seat of anthonylieutenant governor. many see as midterm bellwether and considered swing district. donald trump won in 2016. joe biden 2020. the district stretches from poughkeepsie to town. former mayor at the age of 19, 19, griff, focused on the economy and fixing inflation, the democrat patriaian and west point army veteran say he will vote to preserve abortion rights. the two candidates civil on opposite sides of hudson river. they want you to trust them. on august 23rd, you tell them enough is enough. we are here to take our government back. lucas: in a tweet patriaian said, quote, how can be afree country if the government tries to control women's bodies. that's not the country i fought defend. the august 23rd, special election, the first house election since supreme court overturned roe v. wade, many say which issue is important to voters. will serve the rest of delgado's term which expires not too far away. griff: lucas tomlinson kicking things off. thank you. gillian: republican presidential