invited to join the board of fell lows at harvard medical school, and was fÊted as the world's youngest self-made female billionaire because, by early 2014, theranos -- she was worth almost $5 billion at that opinion. so in a nutshell, that's the store of theranos. >> we're going to loop back, but one thing that is interesting is -- well two thing is thought of. it wasn't that these blood tests became available. they became available retail. >> guest: right. >> host: so you didn't need a doctor to go through. >>> exactly. the first part of theranos' history, the business model had been different. she pitched pharmaceutical companies and the idea was that pharmaceutical companies would use those user-friend, fast, painless finger fingertip tests and patients in the clinical trials would have the theranos blood testing device in anywhere home and would prick themselves several times a day some pharmaceutical companies could save billions billions of dollan clinical trials or so she claimed. and it was only later in -- starting in 2010 that she pivoted to a direct to consumer mode

registrar at harvard medical school and said i would like to come in the coming class. and i remember her saying well, one guy dropped out. we have got a spot if you are here on monday, it's yours. i grabbed a toothbrush. i didn't pack. i got on a plane and i left. now, when i woke up in boston the next day i thought to myself oh my god what i have done? >> there's an internet story out there that i dove into an empty pool and i traced the source of it to ar arthur schlessinger he wrote that in his diaries. never spoke to me. doesn't know anything about me. if that's a reflection of the accuracy of the histories he wrote, then he is a master of fiction. i see it likes a if it happened in a film. it was the end of my first year medical school. we are doing neurology. we are studying the spinal cord of all things. my classmate and i decide to skip the morning session. beautiful july day. we're going to -- we play tennis instead. we're now headed over to class for the second session. we're very sweaty. it's very hot, very beautiful day. so we drop in next door to the medical school to the ch

various awards. invited to join the board of harvard medical school which is a very prestigious body. and was headed as the world youngest health meet female billionaire because by early 2014 she had a valuation of more than $9 billion she had kept more than half of the equity she was was almost $5 billion at that point. so in a nutshell that is the story. >> so we will look back but one thing that is interesting that it wasn't that they became available but it was retail that you didn't have to go to the doctor. >> exactly. the first part of her history of that business model was different that she pitched pharmaceutical companies with the idea that they would use the user-friendly fast and painless stick tests in a clinical trial to test drugs in the patients enrolled would have this blood testing device in their home to prick your finger several day and the results would be beamed to the trial sponsor and the pharmaceutical companies could save billions of dollars on trials. and it was only later starting in 2010 that she pivoted to the direct to consumer model. and there wer

host defense of at present trump against many of it. paul collins arrives. harvard medical school in 1849. and the succeeding trial. mike scardino recalls his time working on a new york city ambulance. it's coming to an end in life after google. they recall of the 19th century. watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv on c-span two. i note that they believe it. that's how i live my life. they just write down the thoughts. i used to get mad at my mom. why are you here. in the middle of know your pure -- nowhere. god is with us. why are we going through this. we kept going. i wrote my book my sophomore and junior and senior year. it was really hard. a lot of math classes and exams. after memorize my had to memorize my lines and do plays and step. i get very very skinny. i can survive getting there. i went up to my friend. with only one measure. i'm going to do two. it's only four years. i'm just can a second and do my best to get a couple degrees. in two days later i drove to california which is like a 20 hour drive. i'm in a good la. [indiscernible] it got me. i dro

fashion ten years ago. callum knows far from harvard medical school was among the participants she specialized in fashion research early on as a doctor she was often at a loss to know how to treat patients with chronic back pain she decided to delve further into the problem. is there's a lot of people who have back pain clinic back pain but when they have x. ray or m r i's of their spine which is usually where people go to look off for a cause of that being the studies are normal are they there's no indication as to what will be causing the pain conversed lee a lot of people have terrible of thing m.r.i. is you know degenerative disks but they don't have any pain so we thought well what about that right along our fashion because it's a huge structure in the back it really essentially connects the shoulders with a it's it's a big sheet of connective tissue. as we can see from an ultrasound picture of an arm the fashion is arranged in layers when we move they slide back and forth. this also applies to the fashion in the back and how research compare. during the tissue of people who s

graduated from emory college in atlanta in 1958 and from harvard medical school in 1963. i did my psychiatric training at harvard and came to n.i.h. for research training. when i finished that in 1932, it was time for me to find my first job. up until that time i had been in training. one day a week during his -- my residency, i worked for the state prison which was distinguished as the place where malcolm x served six years and i really fell in love with the prisoners and the prisons as a career thought. and i thought i really care about these people. i want to help them. i want to make a career in this area and find some way to use my medical knowledge to do something about that. so come my time, i finished my training july 1st of 1968, which is very important time for what we're talking about, i went to work for the district of columbia department of corrections. now, understand what happened next. you have to understand that at the time washington, d.c. was a federal city. the mayor had just been appointed by lyndon johnson, walter washington and the city was run by the federa

george who went missing while visiting harvard medical school in 1849 and succeeding trials at capture country's attention. and in bad call, mike recalls his time working on a new york city ambulance in the 1960s. also being published this week investor argues that golden age of google and silicon valley tech companieses are cooling to an nengd life after a google. and steven recalls the 19th century american seamen and merchant who is compete for trade in of the sea. look for these titles in book store this is coming week and watch for many of the authors in fear future on booktv on c-span2. and this has c-span2 at the annual publishing convention in new york city. known as book expee and often when we're here we talk to publishers and authors, we also wanted to talk to some bookstore owner, and immaterial to begin by introducing you to janet jones she's the the owner of source books, in detroit -- janet jones when did you open your bookstore or acquire

on his face and a quick wit. guest 2: he also went to harvard medical school and he made a shift in his life to this line of work. host: joining us, andrew egger and jamie stiehm. on the democrats line, good morning. caller: hello. it is nice to be on your show today. i had a comment to two of your previous callers, a gentleman from texas and a gentleman from georgia. gentlemano tell the from texas he has renewed my faith in the south and the gentleman from georgia, i suggest he get his news from a reputable source. i find it interesting he says he does not get nothing but fake news from the top three abc, nbc, cbs news channel. when one of those stories report a false story, reporters and newscasters lose their jobs on a regular basis, but sean hannity can spew lies to the nth degrees and foxnews keeps putting him on and on. i would suggest people in the south tried to get some facts. i live in tennessee and i can tell you racism is alive and well in the south and the politicians down here as well as in washington whistle call to opinion,e -- in my uneducated, and i will put that k

later, graduated from harvard medical school in 1924, and my mother, so far as we can determine, was the first greek-american young woman ever to go away to college unescorted the history of the united states. - my dad did not go to harvard or any of thleague schools. he went to the school where he thought he would get the most out of it. - he went swarthmore near philly in pennsylvania, and none of the local barbershops wot african-american students' hair, so governor dukakis, believing in social justice and wanting to make a few extra bucks, cut the african-american students' hair, and that was something that he was known for at the time. - very essence of mike dukakis is a person who wants to give back, who feels he has an obligation to give back. - he understood economic development. he understood how to create jobs, and he thinks that public service is-- is important and-- and elevating and really is the best way to lift a society. - in his first term as governor, he basically is credited with turning the massachusetts economy around. - we're creating an economic miracle in this

graduate from harvard medical school. not only was she trying to save lives, she was trying to save her at the city. >> just one month into production the is running into problems losing cast, crew and funding because of its pro-life stance. joining us with morris dr. king, executive producer of roe versus wade. thank you for being with us. >> hello. >> tell us what happened and what the controversy is. >> from the start i wanted -- this is a film that is wanting to educate the public backed up by 40 transcripts, interviews, all facts, no fake news, the characters are compelling and stunning, we have top-notch actors, john voigt, and others. i do a cameo as mildred jefferson's mother. we are serious about informing and educating the public, so much was twisted and turned around to pass roe versus wade that even norma mccorvey, another protagonist in the film it was the basis of roe versus wade became sanctity of life is important. >> now she is pro-life. >> absolutely. and also another character in the film, a real live person says i have been killing people. not enough true information at

on his face and a quick wit. guest 2: he also went to harvard medical school and he made a shift in his life to this line of work. host: joining us, andrew egger and jamie stiehm. on the democrats line, good morning. caller: hello. it is nice to be on your show today. i had a comment to two of your previous callers, a gentleman from texas and a gentleman from georgia. gentlemano tell the from texas he has renewed my faith in the south and the gentleman from georgia, i suggest he get his news from a reputable source. i find it interesting he says he does not get nothing but fake news from the top three abc, nbc, cbs news channel. when one of those stories report a false story, reporters and newscasters lose their jobs on a regular basis, but sean hannity can spew lies to the nth degrees and foxnews keeps putting him on and on. i would suggest people in the south tried to get some facts. i live in tennessee and i can tell you racism is alive and well in the south and the politicians down here as well as in washington whistle call to opinion,e -- in my uneducated, and i will put that k

dean's advisory board at harvard law school, the board of the dean's advisers at harvard is the school, the dean's council at harvard university and sink whyboard of the university school of economics and management and the board of colleges at the medical as he remains on the board of the partnership for new york city. when i took day over for lloyd as cochairman of the partnership for new york city. day, asupposed to be my big celebration for my day. lloyd grabbed the microphone and says congratulations. i want you to know i hope your two or three years as chairman of this organization are better than mine because these are the worst freaking years of my life. happened to be following 2008-2009. so i don't think it was related to the partnership of new york city, but the message was loud and clear. and i don't remember anything else, praise or recognition for me that day because it was all about lloyd. the format today is going to be a conversation, and we are delighted to have as our interviewer john nichols white -- micklethwait. you've seen him before. he is a member of eco