roosevelt library and museum in hyde park new york in 2010. it is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming to this talk. for supporting the book, and thank you so much to the roosevelt library for offering this invitation. the new deal is often characterized as progressive, even revolutionary. nuanced economic policies coupled with a sense of executive emergencies led many americans to celebrate the roosevelt administration as a symbol of change and progress. in the minds of new deal administrators, these programs would alleviate suffering for american families, but they also have the potential to create an inclusive, participatory democracy. as cultural visionary louis mumford reflected on this impulse in the 1930's, he pronounced, "more public good has come out of the bankruptcy of the economic quarter than ever came out of its flatulent prosperity." did mumford statement, however, applto all americans? more specifically, did the new deals inclusionary mission african-americans who , had arguably been suffering the most extreme poverty? asologic

host: james, new hyde park new york. independent. caller: thank you for taking my call.'d like to make a couple comments on how this whole summit resulted. yearin september 3 of last .hey tested a hydrogen bomb after that there was a 6.3 earthquake along the chinese north korean border followed by a 4.1 earthquake. after that the mountain collapsed on top of the nuclear test facility. , kim jong-un went to meet xi jinping in china. meeting withecret in april. april, news reports about this collapse. the facility was tried. hundreds of people were killed and there was one day of news. this is the reason north korea came to the table. this is why all of a sudden it happened. because of the failure of the nuclear test facility to be used anymore. not to mention hundreds of pe b killed. also, the fact that there is radiation leakage from the test site leaking out into the atmosphere. i don't understand why this is not on the new cycle but it should be. host: at 9:00 we will be talking with daryl kimball, executive director of the arms control association. we will talk about

--y traveled by train to you new york where they briefly fair andhe world's were driven to hyde park. they had an informal dinner after which the king and the president stayed up late discussing the crisis in europe. apparently the president thought that war was inevitable while the king thought it might be averted. sadly, the president was the better forecaster because, fewer than three months later, the united kingdom and empire were at war with germany and with italy and japan. the following day, the two couples, the president's mother and 150 guest enjoyed a hot dog picnic. it occasioned the 1939 equivalent of a media frenzy. after which the president drove the two couples around hyde park. this is a memorable drive who later claimed that the president did not look at the road while driving at high speeds and it was more frightening than the blitz. that evening he drove them to station way -- railway and -- which took them back to canada and thence to the boat where they sailed back home. , if notfficult impossible, to ascertain the importance of this visit. it was a roaring succe

hyde park. he's been at it for decades working side by side with his late wife. wrapping the german parliament in fabric just after the fall of the berlin wall. installing 7,000 orange gates in new york's central park. even enveloping entire islands in hot pink skirts off the coast of miami. at 83 years old he shows no sign of slowing down. as spry and energetic as ever. he joined us here right after his latest work was unveiled. >> welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> it's your very first ever installation for london, right? >> yes. >> or for the uk. >> yes. >> why did you take you so long? you've been all over the world. >> i don't know. >> what does mastaba mean? >> 7,000 years ago, first urban civilization but human discord. and from the house they build a bench, two vertical wall, flattop and two slanted wall. and that is mas a -- mastaba. >> this is the form -- >> you have two vertical sides and two slanted sides. >> that's important? >> absolutely. if you are on on the slanted side, you will not see the vertical side. not like pyramid all the time seeing. >> this is beautiful. >> you see, completely different. the angle is 60 degrees, not invented by me, a cylindrical object

the royal couple traveled by train to new york, where they briefly visited the world's fair, the suppose it reason for their visit, and then were driven to hyde park. they had an informal dinner at the roosevelt house, after which the king and the president stayed up late discussing the crisis in europe. the ident ought war was inevitable. the king thought it might be averted. sadly the president was the better forecaster. the third of september, 1939, the united kingdom and empire were at war with germany and soon with italy and japan. the following day, the two couples, the president's mother, and guests enjoyed a hot dog picnic. which occasioned the 1939 equivalent of a media frenzy. [laughter] after which the president drove the two couples around hyde park. it was a memorable drive for the queen, who later claimed the president did not look at the rows while driving at high speeds, and this was more frightening than the blitz. [laughter] he drove them to the hyde park railway station, where they joined the royal train back north to canada and sailed across the atlantic to home. it is difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the importance o

roosevelt library and museum in hyde park new york in 2010. it is about 40 minutes.applause] >> thank you so much for coming to this talk. for supporting the book, and thank you so much to the roosevelt library for offering this invitation. the new deal is often characterized as progressive, even revolutionary. nuanced economic policies coupled with a sense of executive emergencies led many americans to celebrate the roosevelt administration as a symbol of change and progress. in the minds of new deal administrators, these programs would alleviate suffering for american families, but they also have the potential to create an inclusive, participatory democracy. as cultural visionary louis mumford reflected on this