we are here tonight to celebrate edward humes newest book, total garbage edward humes, a pulitzer prize winning journalist and author whose 16 previous books include garp biology our dirty love affair with trash, the forever witness, mississippi mud and the penn award winning. no matter how loud i shout, ed and his family including their rescued racing greyhounds and collie live in southern california for more information, see edward sitcom. he will be joined in conversation by ryan metzger ryan metzger, the red wells ceo and co-founder cdr has overseen ridgewell since inception in 2018. at that time not satisfied with the existing for getting rid of hard to recycle around his home. ryan and his son owen started a project in seattle helping their neighbors see how simple could be to keep things from landfills. now, more than 90,000 rodwell ridgewell members in seven states have saved more than 18 pounds million of stuff. ryan, his b.a. and an mba from university and previously marketing roles at madrona venture group zoo, lee and microsoft. please join me in welcoming edward ryan. else.

to me, it is like a dream that the next name after harold macmillan, alex douglas hume and edward geath margaret thatcher. it is no less important for me that this victory was won in an open electoral struggle with four other potential leaders. i know they are disappointed, but i hope not... soon we will be working together again as colleagues, for the sake of what we believe there is a lot of work ahead, and i hope you will give me time to do it well and well. on january 19, 1976, thatcher made a speech in kensington town hall, in which she made a sharp attack on the soviet union. in response, the newspaper of the ministry of defense of the ussr named it the red star. the iron lady. she really liked this name, and soon it became associated with her image. mr. chairman, mr. president, ladies and gentlemen. today i stand before you in my red star chiffon evening dress. i know my face is soft dyed, and my blonde hair gently flutters. the iron lady of the western world. a warrior of the cold war. amazon is a philistine, even a conspirator. so be it, if that's how they want to interpret my