applause] >> every year book tv covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here is a look at some coming up this fall, in september look for us at the brooklyn book festival at new york city and southern festival of books in nashville. the following week the boston book festival welcomes 300 speakers and wisconsin book festival anticipates 15,000 people in attendance, later in the month tune in for coverage of texas book festival in austin, for more information about upcoming book fairs and festival, quick the book fairs tab on website at booktv.org. >> c-span online store has products, see what's new for book tv and all the c-span products. [inaudible >> you're watching c-span2, television for serious leaders, libertarian conference in las vegas, we are talking with authors, new york times reporter tom whose most recent book is this, the true story of the american frontiers first gunfighter, what do we know about wild bill, what should we know about him? >> not much. there hasn't been -- there hadn't been biography since 1960's, most of what we know is fabrications, famous outlaw, he was one of the most dynamic marshals, lawmen of the wild

because we are at the brooklyn book festival here. rooklyn courtroom that feels disheartening to an extent. mark twain and the - - are all in your book. >> and walt whitman. >> what do you think the role of artists and writers is today? >> it's very similar actually been those people, particularly mark twain is fascinating because we think of a later twain. this is an early twain when he was a political journalist and one of the most farseeing and insightful political journalists that there was. covering what was going on in washington in the early part of the trial until he got so disgusted, he left. washington altogether. i think journalists like twain and artists have a bigger role to play, precisely because of what annette was just saying. because the media is so prevalent. because there is so much social media. because people can talk and write and organize and also breast from the 24-7 coverage of trump. they can - - covers themselves which i think would be enormously helpful. so i think, definitely. >> any questions? let's start

book fairs and festivals around the country. here is a look at some coming up this fall. in september look for us at the brooklyn book festival in new york city. on october 11 to the 13th it's the southern festival book in nashville. the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15,000 people in attendance. also later in the month tuning for our coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fair tab on our website book tv.org. >> joining us on booktv is alan crawford, here is his book "how not to get rich: the financial misadventures of mark twain". mr. crawford, what you want people to learn if they pick up your book and read it? >> i wrote it in part as a spoof of books about successful people. and how if you just do what they did then you too can be a great success in life because having read a lot of these books i find them all woefully useless. there is even one you might've heard of called the art of the deal, te

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival, featuring an they a discussion on the trump administration. election with020 matt to eb -- taibbi. and a look at historical resistance. >> there is this recurring theme that they really do believe, on that radical far left side, they throw out these labels like fascists and all these really negative terms. is exactlythem doing what they claim to the president was doing. in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it is a recurring theme. malkinnalist michelle gives her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy. she is interviewed by texas republican congressman chip roy. they have donated to many of these deep-pocketed nonprofit organizations that are crusading for illegal alien right. you wonder how it is that they have instant representation in over every last trump initiative to enforce the law. big business in the u.s. chamber of commerce are huge reason for that. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-

because we are at the brooklyn book festival here. he brooklyn courtroom that feels disheartening to an extent. mark twain and the - - are all in your book. >> and walt whitman. >> what do you think the role of artists and writers is today? >> it's very similar actually been those people, particularly mark twain is fascinating because we think of a later twain. this is an early twain when he was a political journalist and one of the most farseeing and insightful political journalists that there was. covering what was going on in washington in the early part of the trial until he got so disgusted, he left. washington altogether. i think journalists like twain and artists have a bigger role to play, precisely because of what annette was just saying. because the media is so prevalent. because there is so much social media. because people can talk and write and organize and also breast from the 24-7 coverage of trump. they can - - covers themselves which i think would be enormously helpful. so i think, definitely. >> any questions? let's s

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival. featuring a discussion on the trump administration with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon-reid and historian brenda wineapple. race and the 2020 election with author and journalist matt taibbi and a look at historical resistance with author and activist deray mckesson. at 8:00 eastern, his latest book, "power grab," jason kcha visit argues the -- >> there's this recurring theme in here that they really do believe on that radical far-left side, they throw all these labels like fascist and all these really negative terms on donald trump but what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the 1st amendment's in place, they need to take away our rights under the 1st amendment. i mean, it's just a recurring theme. >>> at 9:00 on "afterwards," journalist michelle malkan offers her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy, in her book, "open borders incorporate

at the top of the page. >> here's conversation on historical political movements, live fro brooklyn book festival. >> good evening, everyone. it's almost evening. let's say late afternoon on the last day of summer. i would like to let you in the that book biz the authors in this program can be purchased from barnes & noble outside the building where the authors will be signing the book after the program. authors, me talking to you, at the conclusion of this program, please go directly no your signing tables. at the conclusion of the program we ask the that arch leave the room sew audience members can be seated. the reality there ises no next program. so i also have taken acknowledge liberty in having an opportunity to have more q & ar-time with the authors so hopefully we can do that as well as long osgood we're not intruding upon everyone's sunday evening schedule. i'm anative new yorker, i like to say ninja for democracy, and the new york executive director of a national nonprofit call generation citizen weapon focus on transforming how civics education is taught in schools, something we might

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administratione gordon read and historian brenda wineapple. and then the race with author matt tiebi. and then at 8:00 p.m. eastern in the latest book "power grab" former utah congressman jason chaffetz says that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there is a recurring theme in here that they do believe on the radical far left side, and they throw all of the labels like fascist, and all of the really negative terms on donald trump, but what i see them doing is exactly what they call him that the president is doing, and in order to protect the freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure that first amendment is in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it is just a recurring theme. >> at 9:00 over"after words" jennifer mallkin is going to offer her words of immigration policy called "open borders incorporated" and she is interviewed by texas congressman chip roy. >> tim cook and jeff bezos have donated to many of the deep-pocketed nonpro

live coverage of the brooklyn book festival.e we wait for the next author event which is a conversation about lgbt issues. we want to show you a portion of tonight's "after words" program. our guest is michelle - - and she is discussing u.s. immigration policy.>> the vatican and conference of u.s. bishops are actively involved in subverting our orders. but i didn't know how deep and how many billions of dollars were at stake. many of them in the form of government contracts for the refugee resettlement. in the case of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops. subcontracts dealing with sheltering and paying for foster care for unaccompanied children, unaccompanied minors from south of the border and central america. what's alarming is you've got many unwitting catholics giving money to catholic relief services or catholic charities or campaign for human development. who don't understand that these organizations have been hijacked in some cases by social justice warriors. or it's in their dna that they were in alliance with - - in

applause] >> every year book tv covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here is a look at some coming up this fall, in september look for us at the brooklynbook festival at new york city and southern festival of books in nashville. the following week the boston book festival welcomes 300 speakers and wisconsin book festival anticipates 15,000 people in attendance, later in the month tune in for coverage of texas book festival in austin, for more information about upcoming book fairs and festival, quick the book fairs tab on website at booktv.org. >> c-span online store has products, see what's new for book tv and all the c-span

. >> every yearbook to the covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here's a look at some coming up this fall. in september look for us at the brooklyn book festival in new york city and october 11, through the 13th it's the southern festival of books in nashville in the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15000 people in attendance. also later in the month the texas book festival in austin

applause] >> every year booktv covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here's a look at the events on the calendar. this weekend we are live at the brooklyn book festival, the largest free literary event in new york city and then from october 11th to the 13th it is the southern festival of books in nashville. the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes 300 speakers and the wisconsin book festival anticipates 15,000 people in attendance. later in the month tune in for live coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming bookers and festivals, you can watch our previous festival coverage, flip the book fairs tag on a website, booktv.org. >> kevin williamson of the "national review" your latest book is called "the smallest minority: independent thinking in the age of mob politics". in this book you write that i come not to praise democracy but to bury it. what do you have? >> i liken reject the idea of somebody becoming better or more important and more respectable b

book fairs and festivals around the country. here is a look at some coming up this fall. in september look for us at the brooklynyork city. on october 11 to the 13th it's the southern festival book in nashville. the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15,000 people in attendance. also later in the month tuning for our coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fair tab on our website book

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administration. an historian brenda wine apple, and race and the 2020 election with author and journalist matt, and a look at historical an author andh activist. then at 8:00 eastern, a former you tend that she taught republican congressman says liberals are trained to undermine the presidency. ducat there is this theme in here that there is a belief on the radical far left side, they threw all of these labels like fascist and all of these negative terms on trump, but what i see them doing is exactly what they claimed the president was doing, that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. the firsto make sure amendment is in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it is a recurring theme. 9:00 on afterwards, thoughts on immigration policy from a book open borders incorporate. the author is interviewed. tim cook and jeff bezos have donated to many of these organizations that are crusading for illegal alien right spirit you wonder how it is that they have

rafael discuss how women should run for elected office and tomorrow we are live from the brooklyn book festivalcritical thinking, the 2020 election. lgbt q issues and more. check your program guide for a complete schedule. >> a look at some of the events booktv will be covering this week. on monday we will be at the gerald ford presidential museum for garrett draft's history of september 11, 2001. on tuesday at the loft in portsmouth, new hampshire, philosophy professor michael lynch will examine how the internet has changed people's attitudes towards the truth. thursday look for us in cleveland at the 84th annual book awards. .. >> facebook or instagram. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. my name is nancy bass wyden, i'm the owner of the strand -- [applause] laugh that's nice of you. for a little bit of history, the strand was founded in 1927 by my grandfather, benjamin bass. it was part of what was

. >> today at 10 am eastern on book tv, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administration with pulitzer prize winning author and historian gordon reed and historian and the wind power race, and the 20/20 election with author and journalist heidi and a look at historical resistance with author and activist the rain mckesson. then a eastern, in his latest book power grab, former udall republican punishment jason argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there is this recurring theme that they really do believe on that radical far left side, they throw these labels like fascist and all these really negative terms on donald trump. but what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is in place they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it's just a recurring theme. >> nine on "after words", michelle malkin offers her thoughts on us immigration policy in herbook op

book and festivals around the country. and here's a look at some of the events on the calendar. this weekend, where life at the brooklynbook festival, the largest 3a if it in new york city. then from october 11th to the 13th, is the southern festival of books in nashville. the following weekend, the boston folk festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15000 people in attendance. and later in the month, tune in for a live coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and was our previous coverage, click the book fair tab on website. booktv.org. [applause]

i want to welcome you to brooklyn book festival channel and assure you that books for ale are available -- for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel. the authors will be deeply grateful for your support. and the panelists are, our esteemed panel today includes mr. matt taibbi who's a rolling stone columnist, and his latest book is hate inc., the next panelist is jonathan metzl, his book is diagnose of whiteness. and he's also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. and save you bhojwani, to my right here, is the founder and president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes incoming, new immigrants into politics, and her book is "people like us: the new t wave of candidates knockig at democracy's door." all right. so i thought we'd start with a moment of silence for bill de blasio's presidential campaign. [laughter] and now continue. [laughter] so we'll start with matt. you missed that? >> i've been moving. [laughter] >> okay, matt. tell us what is "hate inc." >> so "hate inc.," it started off as a rethink of manufacturing consent. i

i want to welcome you to brooklyn book festival channel and assure you that books for ale are available- for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel.

book and festivals around the country. and here's a look at some of the events on the calendar. this weekend, where life at the brooklyn book festival, the largest 3a if it in new york city. then from october 11th to the 13th, is the southern festival of books in nashville. the following weekend, the boston folk festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15000 people in attendance. and later in the month, tune in for a live coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and was our previous coverage, click the book fair tab on website. booktv.org. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> good evening everyone. we will. my name is allison fitzgerald. i am the 112 president of the national club. i am an incoming investigation visitor to the associated press. leave the program tonight, i don't think i've ever seen a book he met here that exists this full. thank you for coming. we invite you to listen watch and follow so long in twitter. hashtag his amc life. if you have questions, for the authors this evening, please there will be question card

. >> then on sunday, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival. featuring discussion on the trump administration with prize-winning author and historian, annette gordon creed. and historian rhoda pineapple. race on the 2020 election. with author and journalist matt. and look at historical resistance. with author and activist, terrain. then at eight eastern, in his latest book, power grab. former utah republican, argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> theirs is reoccurrence theme coming here. they really do believe in the radical far left side. they throw all of these labels like fascist and all of these really negative terms on donald trump. when i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is in place, the need to take away the rights on the first amendment. it's just a recurring theme. >> nine, thoughts on us immigration policy. in her book, open borders incorporated. she's interviewed

eastern,day, at 10:00 live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn wrote -- book festival, featuring a discussionmer utah republican congressman jason chase its argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there is this recurring theme in here that they really do believe on that radical far left side, they throw these labels like fascists, all these really negative terms on donald trump. what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing. that in order to protect their freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment applies, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it's a recurring theme. >> at 9:00 on afterwards, michelle malkin offers her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy in her book. she's interviewed by texas republican congressman chip roy. havem cook and jeff bezos donated to many of these deep-pocketed nonprofit organizations that are crusading for illegal alien writes. you wonder how it is that they have instant representation in court to sue over every last trump initiative to enforce the l

we are here, of course, as part of the 14th annual brooklyn book festival which will draw tens of thousands of people to downtown brooklyn over the course of the day, several thousand of those people will be passing through here at brooklyn law school where we have been a proud partner of the book festival since 2012. and that has been a wonderful and natural collaboration since the law school and the festival are committed to the free exploration and exchange of ideas in an effort to better understand our world and, ultimately, hopefully to change our world based on that understanding. so pleased to have you, pleased to be part of the festival. and as part of that spirit of inquiry and discussion, i am very pleased to be moderating today's panel and to welcome our three panelists. so very briefly identifying them, each of whom has long and impressive bios, but i will try to keep it brief. on my immediate right, rachel barko, regulatory play and policy at nyu school of law, former member for today's purposes relevantly are of the u.s. sentencing commission and, more relevantly for the book

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administration with pulitzer prize winning author and historian annette gordon reed and brenda weinapple. and a look at historical assistance with author and activist dera mckesson. at 8:00 eastern in his latest book "power grab" former utah republican congressman jason chaffetz says liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there's a recurring theme here that they really do believe on that radical far left side, they throw all these labels like fascist and all these really negative terms on donald trump. what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment's in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. i mean, it's just a recurring theme. >> at 9:00 on after words, journalist michele maulkin is interviewed by chip roy. >> tim cook and jeff bezos have donated to many of these deep-pocketed, nonprofit organizations that are crusading

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administration with pulitzer prize winning author and historian annette gordon reed and historian brenda wineapple, race and the 2020 election with author and journalist mate taib biand a look at historical resistance with author and activist mckessen, and then at 8:00 eastern in his latest book "power grab" former republican utah congressman jason chaffetz says liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there's a kind of recurring theme in here that they really do believe on the radical far left side, they throw out these labels of fascist and all these negative terms on donald trump, but what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing, that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. i mean, it's just a recurring theme. >> and at 9:00 on "after words" journalist michelle malkin offers her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy on her

. >>> then on sunday at 10:00 amy stran, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival, featuring a discussion on the trump administration with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette reed. race and the 2020 election with author and journalist and a look at historical resistance. then, at 8:00 eastern, in his latest book, power grab, former utah republican congressman jason j fitz argues that liberals are trying to undermined the trump presidency. >> there is this recurring theme that they really do believe on the radical far left side, they throw all these labels, like fascist and all these really negative terms at donald trump but what i see them doing is exactly what they think the president was doing. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. i mean, it is just a recurring theme. >> and at 9:00, michelle walken offers her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy in her book, open borders inc. she is interviewed by texas republican co

explore justice brett kavanaugh'sthen on sunday, at 10 eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festivalturing a discussion on the tropic -- the trump administration with annette --don reed and historian with author and activist -- then at 8:00 eastern, in his latest book, former utah republican congressman jason cheesman argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there is this recurring theme in the air that they really do believe on that radical far left side, they throw all these labels like fascist and all of these negative terms on donald trump. exactlyee them doing is what they claim the president is doing. that in order to protect our freedom they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment -- the need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it is just a recurring theme. onat 9:00, -- her thoughts u.s. immigration policy in her book, open borders inc.. she is interviewed by texas republican congressman chip roy. jeff bezos has sown into many of these deep-pocketed nonprofit organizations that are crusading for illegal alien

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival featuring a discussion on the trump administrationth pulitzer prize winning author and historian, annette gordon reed, and historian, brenda wineapple. race and the 2020 election with author and journalist matt taibbi, and historical resistance with author and essen.st deray mck then, former utah republican congressman jason j fits argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> there is a recurring theme here that they really believe, on that radical far left side, they throw these labels like fascist, all these really negative terms on donald trump. but what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doin. that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away. in order to make sure the first amendment is in place, they need to take our rights under the first amendment. it is just a recurring theme at 9:00 on after words a journalist offers her thoughts on u.s. immigration policy in her book "open borders incorporated." texas interviewed by republican congressman, chip roy. >> tim co

eastern, live coverage of the 2019 brooklyn book festival, featuring a discussion on the trump administrationith annette gordon reed and historian historian brenda wineapple. and a look at historical resistance with deray mckesen. then in his latest book "power grab" jason chaffetz argues that liberals are trying to undermine the trump presidency. >> they really do believe on that radical far left side, they throw all these labels like fascist and all these really negative terms on donald trump, but what i see them doing is exactly what they claim the president was doing, that in order to protect our freedom, they need to take it away, in order to make sure the first amendment is in place, they need to take away our rights under the first amendment. it's just a recurring theme. >> at 9:00 journalist michelle malkin discusses her thoughts and her book "open bordered incorporated." >> tim cook and jeff bezos have donated to many of these deep pocketed nonprofit organizations that are crusading for illegal alien rights. you wonder how it is that they have instant representation in court to sue o

book fairs and festivals around the country. here's a look at some coming up this fall. in september, look for us at the brooklynal in new york city. the on october 11th, through the 13th it's the southern festival of books in nashville. the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipated over 15000 people. also later in the month, set in for a coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage, with look at the book fair tap on our website. now invoked to be, we are live with author and historian, joanne freeman. her books include affairs of honor, the essential hamilton and most recently, the field of blood. violence in congress and the road to civil war. joanne freeman, you're going to hate this opening question. trace the arc of our nations history. from 1783 to 1861, the political history of our nation. >> wow, i will use the word hate. back is a little daunting. trace the art. i'm to do the historian thing and speak generally. i guess it would

book fairs and festivals around the country. here's a look at some events on the calendar. this weekend we're live at the brooklyn festival. and then from october 11 from the 13th is the southern festival of books in nashville. the following weekend the boston book festivals welcome speakers and anticipates 15000 people in attendance. later in the month of june and for live coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information and to watch our previous festival coverage put the book fairs tab on our website booktv.org. >> honor author interview program afterwards, representatives and mclean cluster of new hampshire spoke with journalist about the contribution to the opioid graces. here's a portion of the program. >> heroin like we said is a natural plan. but fentanyl is made in a lab and is 50 times stronger. so, drug dealers will now use pure heroin and cut their hair went with fentanyl because it's way to save money. it is so much cheaper to make. it's so much more powerful. the problem is, the way they mix them together is not precise. it's not scientific so you use these dealers in st. louis one that i tal

books fairs and festivals around the country. here's a look at some coming up. next weekend will be live at the brooklyn folk festival. the largest brief literary if it in new york city. that on october 11th, to the 13th, is the seven festival of books in nashville. the following weekend, the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers. it was because the book festival anticipates more than 18000 people in attendance. and later in the month, to date for our coverage of the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals. and watch our previous full coverage, but the book fairs down on her website. we put tv .org. cspan2. [background sounds] >> good afternoon. thank you for coming to our last panel. the 4:00 o'clock panel. world war ii. i'm professor we put the university, this will last about 45 minutes. then we'll have about 15 minutes for q&a. an responses for our panel, bank representatives, do we have any in the room. let's take them. now i have the pleasure [applause] now i have the pleasure of introducing our moderator. james, who it's not only an attorney we put th

books fairs and festivals around the country. here's a look at some coming up. next weekend will be live at the brooklyn folk festival. largest brief literary if it in new york city. that on october 11th, to the 13th, is the seven festival of books in nashville. the following weekend, the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers. it was because the book festival anticipates more than 18000 people in attendance. and later in the month, to date for our coverage of the texas book festival in austin.

. >> every yearbook to the covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here's a look at some coming up this fall. in september look for us at the brooklyn book festival in new york city and october 11, through the 13th it's the southern festival of books in nashville in the following weekend the boston book festival welcomes over 300 speakers in the wisconsin book festival anticipates over 15000 people in attendance. also later in the month the texas book festival in austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals in to watch our previous festival coverage click the book fair tab on our website at the tv.org. >> we recently asked representative jared huffman what are you reading. >> i'm delighted to tell you about this book written by a friend and constituent who spent 544 days in an iranian prison, the story about that, it's amazing work as a journalist, his relationship with his journalist wife, he dashes reentry into society. this is my dogeared copy of prisoner and i hope everyone watching will go out and buy prisoner available on amazon and at reputable bookstores around the country's. >> we want to hear what y