pulitzer prize-winning historical novelist geraldine brooks. the last time we saw each other was in 2018 when you did our in-depth program. >> i remember it well. it was a marathon and very enjoyable. i loved talking to the readers all over the country. >> we had talked about your books, but you have a new novel out called force. is it historical fiction? >> it is historical fiction, and the historical spine of the model concerns trouble be the greatest racehorse in american racing history. he is a 19th century racehorse called lexington. >> why is he the greatest horse? ms. brooks: he was the fastest horse of his time and possibly would be the fastest worse today in the 19th century. his races were four miles long, which is like two kentucky derby's. he may still be the fastest horse who ever lived. he had the stamina, he had the heart and courage, and he had a lovely disposition. and then when he retired from the track he produced more champion horses than any other race horses -- racehorse has ever produced. >> and this is antebellum period?

i was quite fascinated by, i realize this was a story for me. >> geraldine brooks. in 2018. spent three hours about her entire body of work. since that point, quite an eventful life. some of your viewers works like confederates in the attic. he had had a wonderful session with c-span in atlanta. he had come to washington, d.c. without any indication that he had a heart problem. my two boys, as you can imagine, was devastated by that. >> i do not mean to be insensitive. >> it took me a long time to get back to work, actually. it was about a year when i could not get the level of focus that you need to engage. it was something that ruth bader ginsburg had said to a colleague oof mine because i used to be a journalist before i took up writing. this person had had a loss in justice ginsburg had said to her,r, you must do your work. it may not be your best work, but it will be good work and it will be what saves you. and, eventually, i learned that that was true. this book, loved the subject of this book auntie had to help with researching it because he was a genius in the archiv

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you're on geraldine brooks. >> good morning, ms. brooks. >> good morning, don. >> i was calling originally a lot of question concerning miser star, a racer in the 70s and 80s and he was like 17 hands high at the shoulder and he never lost. i was wondering if his genetic line could be drawn to lexington. >> i would have to look into the books to find that out but i wouldn't be surprised because a lot of the great racehorses still can be traced back to lexington and that is theab incredible thing and also in writing this book we know a lot more about the horse and genealogy than we can know about , enslaved men who trained the horse, generally trace their lineage back to generations but hthey memorized the ages that carried the horses all the way back to the original thoroughbred from which all resources are said to descend. >> still has some alive today? >> when you look in the books you can see all the way back. >> what did you find out about lexington? >> he had a couple of owners and they were fascinating people. his first owner a

i'm joined by my guest sill geraldine percival. he's a former cia counter terrorism specialist in bangkok we have bryan, we're letting he is a jew political analyst and a former us marine. and in dublin because to shay bowes, he's an independent commentator and writer, or a gentleman, cross stock rules in effect. that means you can jump in any time you want. and i would appreciate, let's go to 1st start to philip philip, i'm the mood of alabama, at least at this moment that the website they lead article is no way to peace without further war. i think got some set up really well, considering we've had all of this ridiculous hot air coming out of washington, brussels, and care about what a negotiated end would be. they're not interested in it is in fact they want to keep this war going on as long as possible, which will seal ukraine's fate. go ahead, philip. yeah, well, i think that's an accurate analysis that you just given the. the fact is that the, the people in washington are really matter which ones who are making decisions on a

. >> meet the liews -- choy, koy liang, daughter geraldine, and sons paul and wayne. your parents met in the restaurant business? >> yes. >> we only knew about this story when we got older and the media started to interview them and say, oh, that's how they know each other. we are typical chinese. they never talk about how they met. >> in the beginning, when they're working at your mother's parents' restaurant, and then in the beginning of their eating house, how many hours a day do they work? and how many days a week? how many days vacation? >> 12 hours a day, and then he gets one day off every two weeks. >> that's hard. >> thank you. it's fantastic. wow, that's good. >> choy has been making this dish for decades. pig's feet cooked slowly in black vinegar, ginger, dried chilies, and assam. chap chye is a hainanese family favorite. cabbage and glass noodles stir-fried with bean curd, black mushrooms, pig skin, and shrimp. >> now, i've been speaking to a lot of people who talk about how singapore loves its hawker culture, it loves its food, but the general story is the

so 1984, when mondale chooses, geraldine ferraro, the first time you have a female v.p. and then again in 2008 with john mccain choosing sarah palin, stunning most of the political world when he did it. in both of those situation, you had male candidates at the top of the ticket who were struggling politically. the polls, they were down. they were lacking energy around their candidacies. i knew palin and and ferraro as sort throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks and what excites the party choices with the fact that when he picked harris, when he laid out the metric that he was going to choose a woman is a sign of progress because. he was saying in that moment, not only was it advantageous to have a diverse ticket with a woman running him, but also at the apex of his power, he was acknowledging it powerful to bring that olympics variance and diversity on with him. and that's a departure from the last few that we've seen women as running mates. absolutely. so we've talked about kamala harris. we a little bit about kirsten gillibrand. i want to just have you share

geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are different from when they started seven years ago.y weekends and i don't get to see my son. i love being a nurse, i love what to do, but it financially i am being impacted, everything else will fall apart. i have dreams, i have aspirations. i don't want to wince and my bank account every month. the royal college of nursing says a typical full—time nurse earns roughly the same as the average full—time work in the uk. that is about £33,000. but the starting salary for a ban five nurses closer to £27,000. karen uses tick—tock to help people understand wages. apologies to leave the piece on nursing and the strike that will be and also that we will go back to egypt. the prime minister at the podium to address the council. there is always room for hope. i believe we found room for hope in glascow. with one last chance to create a plan to temperature rises to one part 5 degrees. we made the promises to keep that goal within reach. and the question today is this, can we summon the collective will to deliver them? i believe we can. when we beg

geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are different from when they started seven years ago.ll—time in the week and i gave up my weekends and i don't get to see my son. i love being a nurse, i love what to do, but it financially i am being impacted, everything else will fall apart. i don't want to wince and my bank account every month. the royal college of nursing says a typical full—time nurse earns roughly the same the average full—time work in the uk. that is about £33,000. at the starting salary for a ban five nurses closer to £27,000. karen uses tick—tock to help people understand wages. she disagrees with the idea that nurses should be happy with their pay. if people genuinely fell £27,000 was a good salary, universities would be inundated with people applying to be a nurse. nurses would not be leaving and record levels, the nhs would be retaining staff and that is not happening. so clearly, that money is not enough. what happens if union members have voted for strike action where you live? the union would give notice to the health trusts and boards where members have v

geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are very different from when they started as nurses sevendren thrive. i love empowering parents. but at the same time, i always have to think about myself outside of the nurse role. i need to live, i need to eat. i have dreams, i have aspirations. and if financially i'm being impacted, everything else will fall apart. you know, i don't want to wince at my bank account every month. the royal college of nursing says a typical full—time nurse earns roughly the same as the average full—time worker in the uk. that's about £33,000. but the starting salary for a band five nurse is closer to 27,000. karen uses tiktok to help people understand nurses' wages, and disagrees with the idea that nurses should be happy with their pay. if people genuinely felt £27,000 was a good salary, universities would be inundated with people applying to be a nurse. nurses wouldn't be leaving in record levels. nhs would be retaining staff, and that's just not happening. so clearly that money is not enough. and nobody�*s saying a nursing role is any more important or any

geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are very different from when they started as nurses sevenoth voted in favour of striking. to be able to afford things and family life, i make sure i do extra shifts on the weekend. you know, iwork full time during the week and i then also have to give up my weekends so i don't get to see my son. i love being a nurse. i love what i do. i love seeing children thrive. i love empowering parents. but at the same time, i always have to think about myself outside of the nurse role. i need to live, i need to eat. i have dreams, i have aspirations. and if financially i'm being impacted, everything else will fall apart. you know, i don't want to wince at my bank account every month. the royal college of nursing says a typical full—time nurse earns roughly the same as the average full—time worker in the uk. that's about £33,000. but the starting salary for a band five nurse is closer to 27,000. karen uses tiktok to help people understand nurses' wages, and disagrees with the idea that nurses should be happy with their pay. if people genuinely felt £27,