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AMNA: GOOD EVENING.
I''M AMNA NAWAZ. GEOFF: AND I''M GEOFF BENNETT.
ON THE ""NEWSHOUR" TONIGHT,
CIVILIANS IN GAZA GET ANOTHER
DAY OF REPRIEVE FROM WAR. WE SPEAK TO THE HEAD OF UNICEF
ABOUT THE URGENT HUMANITARIAN
NEEDS OF THE WAR''S YOUNGEST
VICTIMS AND THE RISKS SHOULD FIGHTING RESUME.
AMNA: THE LATEST UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CONFERENCE OPENS IN
DUBAI AMID GLOBAL TENSIONS AND
SKEPTICISM THAT THE WORLD WILL
MOVE AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS. GEOFF: AND A MASTERFUL DIPLO
MAT OR AN INSTIGATOR OF VAST HUM
AN SUFFERING?
THE CONTROVERSIAL FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY
KISSINGER DIES AT AGE 100. >> I THINK HENRY WILL STAND
OUT AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
INTERNATIONAL FIGURES IN THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS.
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NEWSHOUR" HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY.
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, THOUGHT I''D LET YOU KNOW THAT WITH CONSUMER CELLULA
R, YOU GET NATIONWIDE COVERAGE WITH NO
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HAVE A NICE DAY. >> THE KENDEDA FUND, COMMITT
ED TO ADVANCING RESTORATIVE JUS
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T OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, AT CARNEGIE.ORG.
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C BROADCASTING AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS
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GEOFF: WELCOME TO THE
""NEWSHOUR." HAMAS HAS RELEASED MORE ISRA
ELI HOSTAGES AFTER AN 11TH-HOUR DEAL EXTENDED THE TEMPORA
RY GAZA CEASEFIRE THROUGH TONIGHT. AND MEDIATORS ARE WO
RKING TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO ADDITIONAL
DAYS. AMNA: TWO WOMEN WERE THE FIRST
HOSTAGES TO BE HANDED OVER TODAY.
THEY WERE REUNITED LATER WITH
THEIR FAMILIES IN ISRAEL. AND THIS EVENING, SIX MORE W
ERE RELEASED INTO EGYPT, IN EXCH
ANGE FOR 30 PALESTINIANS HELD BY
ISRAEL. MEANTIME, SECRETARY OF STATE
ANTONY BLINKEN RETURNED TO THE
REGION. HE PRESSED ISRAEL TO PROTECT
CIVILIANS IF FIGHTING RESUMES.
>> ISRAEL HAS THE MOST -- ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED
MILITARIES IN THE WORLD. IT IS CAPABLE OF NEUTRALIZIN
G THE THREAT POSED BY HAMAS WH
ILE MINIMIZING HARM TO INNOCENT
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.
AND IT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO DO
SO. GEOFF: AMID THE EFFORTS TO
PROLONG THE CALM IN GAZA, THERE WAS NEW VIOLENCE INSIDE
ISRAEL. TWO PALESTINIAN GUNMEN KILLE
D AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE AT A BUS
STATION OUTSIDE JERUSALEM, BEFORE BEING KILLED.
HAMAS SAID IT WAS RETALIATION
FOR ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAID IT SHOWS ISRAEL IS JUSTIFIED IN TRYING TO ROOT
OUT HAMAS. >> WE SWORE, AND I SWORE, TO
ELIMINATE HAMAS. NOTHING WILL STOP US.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS WAR UNTIL
WE ACHIEVE THE THREE GOALS, TO RELEASE ALL OUR ABDUCTEES,
TO ELIMINATE HAMAS COMPLETELY,
AND TO ENSURE THAT GAZA WILL NEV
ER AGAIN FACE SUCH A THREAT. AMNA: THE WAR IN GAZA HAS HA
D A DEVASTATING IMPA
ON CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR. UNICEF SAYS MORE THAN 5300 K
IDS IN GAZA HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY
KILLED. THAT MEANS MORE THAN 115
CHILDREN HAVE DIED EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WAR.
AND DURING THE OCTOBER 7 HAMAS
ATTACKS, 35 ISRAELI CHILDREN WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 30
WERE ABDUCTED. TO DISCUSS THE BRUTAL TOLL O
N THE WAR''S YOUNGEST VICTI
MS, WE TURN NOW TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF, CATH
ERINE RUSSELL, WHO''S BACK IN
NEW YORK AFTER VISITING GAZA IN RECENT
WEEKS. CATHERINE, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THIS P
AUSE WE''RE IN RIGHT NOW. FIGHTING HAS BEEN ON A TEMPO
RARY CEASE FIRE SINCE LAST FRIDAY.
IN THAT TIME, HOW MANY AID TRUCKS -- WHICH WE KNOW ARE
SO DESPERATELY NEEDED -- HOW MANY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO GAZA?
WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENCE CAN THEY MAKE?
CATHERINE: THE PAUSE HAS BEEN
REALLY A GODSEND FOR US AND A
SORT OF A RAY OF HOPE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, BECAUSE
WE''VE BEEN ABLE TO GET -- IT REALLY VARIES THE NUMB
ERS OF TRUCKS THAT GO IN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT''S A COUPLE OF HUNDRED TRUCKS HAVE
GONE IN. YOU MENTIONED I WAS THERE.
I STARTED AT THE RAFAH BORDER AND THE CROSSING THERE.
IT''S AN AMAZING THING TO SEE WITH ALL THESE TRUCKS
LINED UP. A LOT OF THEM ARE EGYPTIAN
GOVERNMENT AND THE EGYPTIAN RED CRESCENT, U.N. TRUCKS, B
ILATERAL PARTNERS ARE SENDING IN TRUC
KS. SO THERE
IS A HUGE
EFFORT TO TRY AND GET
RESOURCES IN THERE.
AND FOR A WHILE, THAT WAS VERY
CHALLENGING. BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING STAR
TED, THEY WOULD ROUTINELY GET ABOUT 500 TRUCKS A DAY INTO
GAZA. AND THAT''S WHERE COMMER
CIAL TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS, NOT REALLY AID T
RUCKS IN THE SAME WAY. BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF
THE NEEDS.
AND NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS AND GET
TING MORE TRUCKS IN, WE''RE N
OT GETTING CLOSE TO THE RESOURC
ES THAT WE NEED TO GET IN THERE
. AMNA: WE ARE NOW NEARING EIG
HT WEEKS OF WAR. WE MENTIONED OFFICIALS SAYIN
G OVER 5300 CHILDREN KILLED IN GAZA. IT''
S LEADING US TO SEE COUNTLESS VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE.
I''M SURE YOU''VE SEEN SO M ANY.
THIS IS A MAN NAMED KHALID NABHAN, AND HE''S MOURNI
NG THE DEATH OF HIS GRANDSON, TAREK
, AND HIS THREE-YEAR-OLD
GRANDDAUGHTER, REEM. HE CALLS HER IN THIS VIDEO T
HE SOUL OF MY SOUL.
HE SAYS THEY SHARED THE SAME BIRTHDAY. HE WEA
RS HER EARRING AS A BADGE. NOW, UNICEF HAS CALLED GAZA
A GRAVEYARD FOR CHILDREN.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT''S THE CONTEXT FOR THIS L
OSS OF LIFE IN THIS AMOUNT O F TIME?
CATHERINE: WELL, LET ME SAY THIS FIRST.
IT IS ALWAYS THE CASE THAT WAR
AND CONFLICT ARE TERRIBLE FOR
CHILDREN. IN EVERY SITUATION THAT I''
'VE EVER SEEN.
WHAT WE''VE SEEN HERE IS THE
SCALE HAS BEEN ENORMOUS. AND IT ALSO THE PACE OF THE
TERROR, THE BOMBINGS AND THE ATTACKS EARLY ON WERE REALLY
QUITE DRAMATIC. AND SO IT WAS VERY HARD TO S
EE THESE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN WH
O ARE DYING EVERY DAY.
AND, OF COURSE, THAT COMES ON TOP OF THE CHILDREN FROM ISR
AEL WHO WERE KILLED, AS WELL AS
CHILDREN WHO WERE ABDUCTED. AND SO IN EVERY SITUATION AN
D IN EVERY ASPECT OF THIS SITUATI
ON, I WOULD SAY THE CHILDREN ARE THE
ONES WHO ARE REALLY SUFFERING.
AND I THINK IT''S INCUMBENT UPON THE ADULTS IN THE RO
OM TO TRY TO DO BETTER TO PROTECT THESE
CHILDREN. AMNA: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS
RAEL IS ABIDING BY INTERNATIONAL
LAW? CATHERINE: YOU KNOW, THOSE A
RE ACTUALLY LEGAL DETERMINATION
S THAT GET MADE.
I MEAN, WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS THAT ALL PARTIES HAVE THESE
OBLIGATIONS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THESE CONFLICTS ON
CHILDREN. I MEAN, IDEALLY, THERE WOULD
BE NO CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD, B
UT THAT''S NEVER BEEN THE CASE.
THAT''S WHY THERE ARE RULES OF LAW THAT SAY YOU HAVE
TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON NOT J
UST CHILDREN, BUT CIVILIANS MORE
GENERALLY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERY
ONE HAS A STORY.
EVERYONE HAS A SIDE TO THEIR TO THEIR ARGUMENT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERY ONE OF US HAS AN OBLIGAT
ION TO DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE MOST INNOCENT HERE, WHO HAVE NOTHING
RIGHT NOW, NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THIS CONFLICT AND NO ABILITY TO STOP IT.
BUT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE SUFFERING. AND
THE VIDEOS THAT YOU SHOWED DEMONSTRATE THE INCREDIBLE LOSS
THAT PEOPLE FEEL. AND I THINK FOR ALL PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHILDREN IN OU
R LIVES WE LOVE SO MUCH AND CA
N HARDLY IMAGINE WHAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING THROUGH, EITHER HAVING CHILDREN ABDUCTED FOR MONTHS
OR CHILDREN WHO ARE KILLED OR
BURIED IN THE RUBBLE. I MEAN, IT''S ALL HORREN
DOUS. AMNA: THOSE DOZENS OF ISRAEL
I CHILDREN WHO WERE ABDUCTED,
WE KNOW THEY''VE BEEN PRIORI
TIZED FOR RELEASE AS PART OF THE
EXCHANGE OF PEOPLE HELD DURING THIS PAUSE IN FIGHTING.
WE ALL KNOW THE STORY OF THIS ONE LITTLE GIRL IN PARTICULA
R, ABIGAIL MOORE IDAN.
SHE MARKED HER 4TH BIRTHDAY AS A HOSTAGE IN GAZA. SHE
IS NOW AN ORPHAN. HER PARENT S WERE KILLED IN THAT HAMAS
ATTACK. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN?
HAVE YOU HAD ANY ACCESS TO THEM? WHAT HAVE THEY ENDURED?
CATHERINE: IT''S JUST GOD AWFUL.
FOR THESE CHILDREN IT IS SO TRAUMATIZING.
AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AT UNICEF ARE
VERY WORRIED ABOUT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE IMMEDI
ATE IMPACT ON CHILDREN, BUT THE LONG
TERM IMPACT, THE STRESS, THE STRAIN OF LIVING THROUGH
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, EITHER, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
ABDUCTED AND OBVIOUSLY LIVING IN SITUATIONS THAT WE DON''
'T REALLY HAVE FULL VISIBILITY INTO YET, OR CHILDREN WHO,
YOU KNOW, HAVE PARENTS WHO THEY''VE LOS
T OR OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY''
VE LOST. WHEN I WAS IN GAZA, ONE OF T
HE STAFF PEOPLE THERE WAS PROUD
LY TELLING ME ABOUT THIS WATER
SANITATION PROJECT THAT SHE''D WORKED ON.
AND THEN SHE SAYS, KIND OF AS AN ASIDE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I''
'VE LOST 17 MEMBERS OF MY EXTENDED
FAMILY. I MEAN, I COULDN''T BELI
EVE IT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST THE SC
ALE OF THE LOSS AND THE TRAUMA AND
THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
STILL TRYING SO HARD TO GO ON AND MAKE A LIFE FOR THEMSE
LVES. AND THAT COMMUNITY WAS REALL
Y STRIKING TO ME.
AMNA: THAT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF, CATHERIN
E RUSSELL, JOINING US TODAY. CATHERINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. CATHERINE: THANK YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH. ♪
GEOFF:
IN THE DAY''S OTHER HEADLINES, FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS UNDER A GAG ORDER AGAIN
IN HIS CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL IN NEW
YORK. A STATE APPEALS COURT TODAY
REINSTATED THE BAN ON HIS CRITICIZING COURT STAFFERS.
IT HAD BEEN ON HOLD, PENDING THE RULING.
TRIAL JUDGE ARTHUR ENGORON IMPOSED THE ORDER AFTER MR.
TRUMP POSTED DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT HIS CLERK.
COURT OFFICIALS SAID THE COMMENTS SPARKED HUNDREDS OF
THREATS. SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE IS
SIGNALING HE''S READY TO END HIS
BLOCKADE OF HUNDREDS OF HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY NOMINATIONS.
THE ALABAMA REPUBLICAN HAS BEEN
HOLDING UP PROMOTIONS FOR NEARLY A YEAR.
HE''S TRYING TO FORCE AN END TO PAYING FOR U.S. TROO
PS TO TRAVEL FOR ABORTIONS.
TODAY THOUGH, AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, HE SAID HE''D LIKE
TO GET SOME OF THE PROMOTIONS MOVING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
SO. >> WE''VE HAD REAL GOOD
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT
THE PROPER WAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO STAND UP
FOR LIFE AND THE TAXPAYERS NOT
HAVING TO PAY FOR ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH ABORTION, AN
D GET THESE PEOPLE THAT NEED T
O BE PROMOTED, PROMOTED.
GEOFF: TUBERVILLE DID NOT SAY
HOW MANY PROMOTIONS HE''S WILLING TO LET THROUGH.
HE SPOKE AS DEMOCRATS, AND A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS, ARE
WORKING ON A WAY TO GET AROUND
THE PROMOTION FREEZE. SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT META SAYS
IT HAS ELIMINATED A NETWORK OF FAKE
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS DESIGNED TO
INCREASE POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN THE U.S. IN A
LL, CLOSE TO 4800 ACCOUNTS WERE RE-POSTING POLARIZING
MESSAGES FROM X, THE FORMER TWITTER.
META SAYS THE ACCOUNTS APPEARED TO COME FROM AMERICANS,
BUT THEY ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN CHINA. IN RUSSIA, THAT CO
UNTRY''S SUPREME COURT TODAY BANNED W
HAT IT CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL
LGBT MOVEMENT IN A LONG-RUNNING
CRACKDOWN ON GAY, LESBIAN, AND TRANSGENDER RIGHTS.
A JUDGE IN MOSCOW READ THE RULING AFTER A FOUR-HOUR CLOSED
HEARING. HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES SAID IT
EFFECTIVELY BANS LGBTQ ACTIVISM
IN RUSSIA. >> THE JUSTICE MINISTRY DEMA
NDED THAT THE COURT LABEL A NONEXISTENT ORGANIZATION, THE
INTERNATIONAL LGBT MOVEMENT, AS
EXTREMIST. BUT IT COULD HAPPEN THAT RUS
SIAN AUTHORITIES WILL ENFORCE IT
AGAINST LGBTQ GROUPS THAT WORK WITHIN RUSSIA, CONSIDERING
THEM A PART OF THIS INTERNATIONAL
MOVEMENT. GEOFF: THE RUSSIAN JUSTICE
MINISTRY ARGUED THAT GAY, LESBIAN, AND TRANS ACTIVISTS A
RE EXTREMISTS WHO INCITE SOCIAL
AND RELIGIOUS DISCORD.
THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRAISED THE COURT''S ACTI
ON. SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER OIL
PRODUCING STATES MADE NEW ATTEMPTS TODAY TO REDUCE OUT
PUT AND SHORE UP LAGGING PRICES.
THE OPEC-PLUS MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
THEY''LL MAINTAIN AND ADD NEW
CUTS, TOTALING MORE THAN TWO MILLION BARRELS A DAY, THROU
GH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.
THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT BRAZIL
WILL JOIN THE ALLIANCE IN JANUARY.
IT''S ONE OF THE WORLD''S
FASTEST-GROWING PRODUCERS. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY, NEW DATA
SHED MORE LIGHT ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
CONSUMER PRICES WERE UNCHANGED
FROM SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER. YEAR OVER YEAR, PRICES WERE UP
3%, THE SLOWEST PACE IN 2.5 YEARS.
AND THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAID
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COLLECTING
JOBLESS BENEFITS HIT A TWO-YEAR HIGH IN MID-NOVEMBER, AT
NEARLY TWO MILLION. AND ON WALL STREET, STOCKS H
AD A LACKLUSTER DAY TO FINISH THEIR
BEST MONTH SINCE LAST YEAR. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVE
RAGE GAINED ONE POINT TODAY TO CL
OSE NEAR 35,951.
THE NASDAQ FELL 32 POINTS. THE S&P 500 ADDED 17.
FOR THE MONTH, THE DOW AND THE
S&P ROSE 9%. THE NASDAQ SHOT UP NEARLY 11
%. STILL TO COME ON THE "PBS
NEWSHOUR," ELON MUSK LASHES OUT
AT ADVERTISERS LEAVING HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM OVER A
RISE IN HATE SPEECH. AND ARTIST SIMONE LEIGH GIVE
S SPACE TO UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLE WITH HER TOWERING WOR
K. >> THIS IS THE "PBS NEWSHOUR
" FROM WETA STUDIOS IN WASHING
TON AND IN THE WEST FROM THE WAL
TER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALIS
M AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
AMNA: THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE
CONFERENCE, COP 28, BEGAN TODAY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRA
TES. NEGOTIATORS FROM NEARLY 200
COUNTRIES ARE HOPING TO HAMMER OUT AGREEMENTS TO LIMIT TH
E POLLUTION THAT''S WARMIN
G THE PLANET, AND TO AGREE ON AID
FOR THE NATIONS MOST IMPACTED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE. WILLIAM BRANGHAM JOINS US FOR A
PREVIEW OF WHAT''S TO COME. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO THIS IS THE 28TH
SUCH CLIMATE SUMMIT HOSTED BY THE
U.N. WHAT ARE AND INGRATIATE
HER''S HOPING TO WORK OUT IN
THI ONE?
WILLIAM: THE BACKDROP FOR ALL
OF THIS IS WE ARE LIVING THROUGH THE
HOTTEST YEAR
EVER IN RECORDED HUMAN HISTORY.
AND THAT
WARMER WORLD CREATES HAVOC ALL OVER THE P
LANET. IN EXTREME
EVENTS, DROUGHT,
FIRE, FLOODS. THAT
COST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND KILLS PEOPLE
. SO THE GOAL OF THIS
SUMMIT IN ESSENCE IS TO STOP THAT DAMAGE.
THERE IS A NEW
FOCUS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN RECENT YEARS WH
ICH IS,
WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT
THE DEVELOPED WORLD
THAT IS
PRINCIPALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, WHAT DOES TH
E DEVELOPED WORLD OWE
TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD
THAT IS
SUFFERING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WHO DID NOTHING T
O CAUSE THIS? THERE
WAS A FUND
FOR THE FIRST
TIME ESTABLISHED TODAY
TO TRY AND OFFER
SOME AID
TO THOSE NATIONS. SO THAT IS A START. AMNA:
WE KNOW
WE CANNOT MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE WITHO
UT REDUCING FOSSIL RENEWABLE ENERGY.
HOW
ARE THE NATIONS DOING ON THOSE?
WILLIAM: NOT
GREAT. U.N. SECRETARY ANTONIO
GUTERRES HAS BEEN VERY
HARSH ABOUT NATIONS THAT TALK A GOOD
GAME BUT FAILED TO DELIVER.
THE FACT IS PROGRESS IS NOT
HAPPENING NEARLY WEEKLY ENOUGH.
THE
HARD PART IS WE
LIVE IN A FOSSIL FUEL WORLD.
EVERYTHING ARE AROUND
US, THE LIGHTS, THE
STABLE, THE CONCRETE ON THE FLOOR, HOW WE GOT TO
WORK, ALL POWERED BY FOSSIL FUELS.
TRANSITIONING AWAY
FROM THAT IS COSTLY AND
COMPLICATED. IT IS A
HARD THING TO DO. THAT TRANSITION IS HAPPENING.
RENEWABLE ENERGY IS COMING ON
LIKE GANGBUSTERS, AS MY MOM
LIKES TO SAY. BUT
IT I
S NOT HAPPENING NEARLY FAST ENOUGH.
CRITICS CONTEND THIS COST OF INACTI
ON IS AN UNACCEPTABLE COST TO PAY.
AMNA: THIS ONE
SUMMIT WAS
ALSO BESET BY CONTROVERSY BEFORE IT EVEN BEGAN.
WHAT HAPPENED? W
ILLIAM: PEOPLE
ARGUE, WHY ARE YOU HAVING A
CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN A
NATION KNOWN FOR EXPORTING OIL AND GAS?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CURRENT
COP IS A
N OIL
EXECUTIVE IN THE UAE. AND
SO PEOPLE ARGUE THIS IS A CL ASSIC EXAMPLE
O F THE
FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE.
THE BBC
AND THE CENTER FOR CLIMATE
REPORTING REPORTED THAT HE WAS
FOUND TRYING TO MAKE OIL AND
GAS DEALS IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS EVENT.
SO PEOPLE
ARE DUBIOUS O F
WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS.
AND EARLIER THIS WEEK I TRIED TO
GET SOME
CONTEXT FOR ALL OF THIS.
I SPOKE TO A
VETERAN OF THESE PRIOR U.N. CLIMATE
TALKS AND WE BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THIS
CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE COP
PRESIDENT. >>
CAUGHT RED-HANDED,
THE COP
PRESIDENCY,
FRANKLY, HAS NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO
UNEQUIVOCALLY STEP UP ITS
TRANSPARENCY, ITS
RESPONSIBILITY, AND ITS
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
WHICH THEY ARE LEADING THIS PROCESS.
NOW, FROM A PLANETARY PERSPECTIVE,
FRANKLY, WE CANNOT AFFORD FOR
THEM NOT TO DO SO. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.
WILLIAM: HE CERTAINLY
SAYS HE
APPRECIATES THERE HAS TO BE
A TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL
FUELS, THAT WE HAVE TO CUT EMISSIONS DRASTICALLY.
50% IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
HE SEEMS TO ARGUE HE IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO HEL
P LEAD THIS
COP AND
HELP LEAD THE WORLD IN EMISSIONS RED
UCTIONS. >> AND WE ALL NEED HIM TO DO
THAT. THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
WE ALL NEED HIM TO DO THAT.
NO ONE CAN AFFORD FOR HIM TO WAVER ON
THAT. SO YES,
I CAN TOTALLY AGREE THAT THAT IS HIS
JOB, THAT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY.
AND IF HE REALLY SETS HIS HEAD
TO WHAT, HE CAN DO
IT. HE IS A
VERY, VERY INTELLIGENT PERSON. WILLIAM:
BUT YOU AND
MANY OTHERS HAVE ARGUED IF WE CONTINUE ON OU
R CURRENT PATH, WE ARE
CONDEMNING CURRENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS TO
AN INCREASINGLY
UNLIVABLE PLANET OF FAMINE,
DISEASE, CONFLICT.
DO YOU WORRY THAT THE SENSE OF
URGENCY ON THAT FRONT IS
DIMINISHING? >> WE
HUMANS HAVE A VERY
INTERESTING,
CONTRASTING REACTION
TO ACUTE AND CHRONIC SITUATIONS.
WE A C
T PRETTY WELL WHEN THERE IS AN
ACUTE THREAT.
THAT HITS US,
HITS US REALLY
HARD, AND THEN WE ADDRESS
IT AND THEN WE PASS.
A PANDEMIC BEING A PRETTY
GOOD CASE IN POINT.
WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE ABOUT DE ALING
WITH CHRONIC THREATS.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT
THEY MAY BE LIFE-THREATENING.
BUT IF
HEY ARE CHRONIC AND
SUSTAINED OVER TIME,
AND GRADUALLY HITTING US,
W E ARE JUST TERRIBLE AT THAT.
WE CANNOT DEAL
WITH THAT. AND SO THE NEW
MUSCLE THAT WE HAVE TO EXERCISE HERE
IS, HOW DO WE DEPLOY
THOSE MEASURES AND THAT
DECISION, THAT COMMITMENT
THAT WE BRING TO ACUTE THREATS, TO GET THROUGH ACU
TE THREATS --
HOW DO WE DEPLOY IT FOR CHRONIC
THREATS? THAT IS THE
LESSON THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN.
WILLIAM:
THE WAR IN UKRAINE CERTAINL Y SENT
AN INCREDIBLE SHOCK THROUGH TH
E ENERGY INDUSTRY.
THERE IS CONCERN WHAT IS HAPP ENING IN THE MIDDLE
EAST RIGHT NOW WITH ISRAEL AND
GAZA COULD ALSO SPREAD WIDER.
DO YOU SHARE THE CONCERN
THAT
THE TUMULT
IN THE ENERGY MARKET PUSHES THE COMMITMENT TO
RENEWABLES AND THE GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION TO THE
SIDE OR TO THE BACK
BURNER? >> NO. TO
THE CONTRARY.
WILLIAM, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO END
THAT SENDS COMPLETELY IN THE OPPO
SITE DIRECTION. THE
WORRY ABOUT ENERGY DEPENDENCE PUS
HES COUNTRIES TOWARD
DOMESTIC ENERGY
PRODUCTION THAT, BY AND LARGE,
IS ACTUALLY RENEWABLE ENERGY DI
RECTION. AND
THAT WE
HAVE SEEN SINCE THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
WE HAVE SEEN INVESTMENT INTO
RENEWABLE ENERGIES WORLDWIDE GO UP.
TWO YEARS
AGO WE
HAD $1 TRILLION INVESTED IN FOSSIL FUELS
STILL, OH MY GOD.
THIS YEAR WE
STILL HAVE $1 TRILLION INVESTED IN
TO OIL AND GAS, AND $1.7
TRILLION INTO
RENEWABLES. WHY?
BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY STRENGTHENS
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
THAT STRENGTHENS
SECURITY, STRATEGIC NATIONAL
SECURITY. AND
SO, THE INVASION OF UKRAINE IS
A TRAGEDY,
AND COMPLETELY CANNOT BE
JUSTIFIED UNDER ANY ACCOUNT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND
I T HAS HAD A
VERY INTERESTING ACCELERATING
EFFECT ON
THE ENERGY
SYSTEM OF
THE WOR
LD. IT
HAS ACCELERATED THE DECARBONIZATION OF
THE ENERGY
SYSTEM. WILLIAM: ON THAT REVOLUTION
IN RENEWABLE AND GREEN
ENERGY THAT IS UNDERWAY, AS YOU
SAY, WHAT IS IT THAT MOST GIVES YOU
HOPE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT INDUSTRY?
WIND AND SOLAR,
PRICES ARE DROPPING AND PRODUCTION
IS GOING
UP. WHAT GIVES YOU THE MOST
HOPE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT FIELD? >>
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT GIVES ME
HOPE, THE FACT THAT THIS IS NO LONGER
LINEAR. THE
FACT THAT WE NOW SEE VERY,
VERY CLEARLY THE S-SURVES,
THE EXPONENTIAL
CURVES OF
ALL OF THOSE SOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES. WIND
IS DEFINITELY ON
AN EXPONENTIAL CURVE.
SOLAR,
DEFINITELY. BATTERIES,
DEFINITELY. EV''S
ALREADY SHOWING THAT
INITIAL INDICATION OF BEING ON THAT CURVE.
SO, WHAT GIVES ME
HOPE IS THE FACT
THAT THE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN HELP US T
O REDUCE GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS ARE
ON AN
EXPONENTIAL CURVE OF
IMPROVEMENT,
DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT.
THAT OF COURSE MEANS
THAT WE
ARE,
FRANKLY, ON
A RACE
HERE BETWEEN
TWO EXPONENTIAL CURVES.
TH E EXPONENTIAL CURVE OF
SOLUTIONS, WHICH I HAVE JUST
DESCRIBED, BUT ALSO THE EXPONENTIAL CURVE OF THE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAT WE ARE SEEING.
SO WE ARE SEEING
TWO EXPONENTIAL CURVES
THAT IN MY
BOOK ARE RACING AGAINST EACH OTHER.
WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO
INTERSECT, WE DON''T KNOW.
BUT WE
DO KNOW WHICH OF THOSE EXPONE
NTIAL CURVES HAS
TO WIN THE RACE.
WILLIAM: THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK
WITH US. >> THANK
YOU, WILLIAM.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
♪
GEOFF: HENRY KISSINGER,
AMERICA''S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL AND
CONTROVERSIAL SECRETARY OF STATE, DIED LAST NIGHT AT TH
E AGE OF 100. HE REACHED THE PEAK OF HIS P
OWER IN THE 1970''S, AND AS NI
CK SCHIFRIN REPORTS, HE REMAINE
D HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL UNTIL THE
VERY END. NICK: HE WAS A TITAN OF AMER
ICAN FOREIGN POLICY, AN AMERICAN
IMMIGRANT, WHO BECAME AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL.
>> AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN TRUE TO ITSELF UNLESS IT MEANT
SOMETHING BEYOND ITSELF. NICK: FROM CHINA.
>> THE CLOSEST COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED
STATES IS ESSENTIAL. NICK:
TO CHILE. FROM VIETNAM, TO THE MIDDLE
EAST. >> THE UNITED STATES IS
COMMITTED TO BRING ABOUT A JUST
AND LASTING PEACE. NICK:
KISSINGER''S IMPACT ON AMERICAN POLICY IS MEASURED
IN DECADES. TO HIS SUPPORTERS, A HERO.
>> I THINK HENRY WILL STAND OUT AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPOR
TANT INTERNATIONAL FIGURES IN THE
LAST HUNDRED YEARS. NICK:
TO HIS DETRACTORS, A VILLAIN.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO
FIND SOMEBODY ELSE AS COMPARABLE
AS HENRY KISSINGER IN TERMS OF
THE DAMAGE THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
NICK: HEINZ ALFRED KISSINGER WAS
BORN IN GERMANY IN 1923 TO A JEWISH FAMILY.
WHEN HE WAS 15, THEY FLED NAZI
GERMANY FOR NEW YORK. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE AMER
ICAN MILITARY, AND DEPLOYED TO HI
S HOME COUNTRY TO HELP WITH
DE-NAZIFICATION. HE TAUGHT AT HARVARD, GIVING
HIM ACCESS TO ELITE FOREIGN POLI
CY CIRCLES, UNTIL PRESIDENT RIC
HARD NIXON NAMED HIM NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR, AND, LATER SIMULTANEOUSLY, SECRETARY OF
STATE. >> THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN TH
E WORLD WHERE IT IS CONCEIVABL
E THAT A MAN OF MY ORIGINS COU
LD BE STANDING HERE, NEXT TO TH
E PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
NICK: THE MOMENT THAT WOULD MAKE
HIM FAMOUS LED TO WHAT NIXON CALLED THE WEEK THAT CHANGED
THE WORLD. A SECRET 1971 TRIP TO BEIJIN
G, ENDING MORE THAN TWO DECADES
OF MUTUAL HOSTILITY.
THE NEXT YEAR, NIXON MADE HIS OWN TRIP, SETTING A PATH TO
U.S.-CHINA NORMALIZATION. IN THAT ROOM THAT DAY, KISSI
NGER AIDE AND LATER AMBASSADOR TO
CHINA, WINSTON LORD. >> MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE HAPPE
NED AT SOME POINT, BUT IT WAS STILL
A VERY COURAGEOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL MOVE IN THE EA
RLY 1970''S.
THIS MEETING SET THE STAGE FOR
THE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS AND THE OPENING UP THE RELATIO
NSHIP, WHICH HAD A MAJOR IMPACT
IMMEDIATELY BY IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIETS, IT
HELPED US END THE VIETNAM WAR. IT RESTORED MORALE IN THE UN
ITED STATES THAT WE WERE AN ABLE
DIPLOMATIC ACTOR DESPITE ALL OUR
PROBLEMS, AND RESTORED AMERICAN
CREDIBILITY AROUND THE WORLD.
NICK: BUT BEFORE HE COULD END
THE VIETNAM WAR, KISSINGER HAD
EXPANDED IT. BEGINNING IN 1969, THE U.S.
SECRETLY BOMBED CAMBODIA TO TRY AND DISRUPT NORTH VIETNA
MESE SUPPLY ROUTES. THE CAMPAIGN IS ESTIMATED TO
HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS.
>> HE HAD A REMARKABLE INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN SUFFER
ING. NICK:
GREG GRANDIN IS A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT YALE
AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "KISSINGE
R''S SHADOW, THE LONG REACH OF
AMERICA''S MOST CONTROVERSIAL STATESMAN."
HE ARGUES KISSINGER AND NIXON
UNNECESSARILY EXTENDED THE VIETNAM WAR BY FOUR YEARS.
>> HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF U.S. SOLDIERS DIED AS A RESULT
OF THAT? HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE
SOLDIERS DIED OF THAT? HIS SECRET AND ILLEGAL BOMBI
NG OF CAMBODIA RESULTED IN 100,
000 CIVILIAN DEATHS.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, IT RADICALIZED WHAT HAD BEEN A
SMALL NUCLEUS OF EXTREMELY MILITANT COMMUNISTS.
THAT BROUGHT POL POT TO POWER.
AND THAT LED TO THE KILLING FIELDS AND THE MILLIONS DEAD
. HE DOES HAVE INORDINATE AMOUNT OF BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.
NICK: BY 1973, KISSINGER AND HIS
TEAM NEGOTIATED AN END TO THE
VIETNAM WAR IN PARIS, WHERE WINSTON LORD WAS AGAIN AT HI
S SIDE.
>> HENRY AND I WENT OUT IN THE
GARDEN AND WE SHOOK HANDS AND HE
LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID,
WE''VE DONE IT. AND THIS HAD PARTICULAR
POIGNANCY, BECAUSE I''D ALMOST
QUIT OVER OUR CAMBODIA-RELATED POLICY TO VIETNAM A COUPLE
OF YEARS EARLIER ON THAT VERY
SUBJECT. AND SO AFTER ALL WE''VE B
EEN THROUGH, THIS WAS A MAJOR
MOMENT. NICK:
THE MOMENT ALLOWED KISSINGER TO SHARE THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE WITH HIS NORTH VIETNAMESE COUNTERPART.
BUT TWO YEARS LATER, THE U.S.
FLED SAIGON. AND NORTH VIETNAM AND VIET C
ONG TROOPS CONQUERED U.S.-ALLY S
OUTH VIETNAM.
>> THE WITHDRAWAL FROM VIETNAM WAS AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.
NICK: KISSINGER NEVER EXPRESSED
REGRET OVER VIETNAM OR ANY DECISION.
IN 2003, HE TOLD JIM LEHRER THE
PRIORITY WAS TO PUT VIETNAM ASIDE SO HE COULD FOCUS
ELSEWHERE. >> ALL YOU COULD DO IS TRY T
O PRESERVE A MINIMUM OF DIGNIT
Y AND SAVE AS MANY LIVES AS YO
U COULD.
NICK: KISSINGER''S PEACE EFFORTS
EXTENDED TO THE MIDDLE EAST. IN OCTOBER 1973, EGYPT AND S
YRIA ATTACKED ISRAEL ON YOM KIPPUR.
KISSINGER HELD SO MANY REGIONAL MEETINGS, HE HELPED CREA
TE THE TERM SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY.
IT HELPED LEAD TO ISRAELI-EGYPT
NEGOTIATIONS, AND EDGED THE SOVIET UNION OUT OF THE MIDD
LE EAST.
KISSINGER''S CONCERN OVER COMMUNISM, AND HIS REALPOLIT
IK, PEAKED IN CHILE.
IN 1973, THE U.S. HELPED THE MILITARY OVERTHROW THE DEMOCR
ATICALLY ELECTED SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT AND INSTALL GENER
AL AUGUSTO PINOCHET.
PINOCHET''S MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
CAUSED THE DEATH, DISAPPEARANCE,
AND TORTURE OF MORE THAN 40,000
CHILEANS. BUT KISSINGER''S PRIORITY
WAS PREVENTING COMMUNIST DOMINOS
FROM FALLING, AS HE TOLD THE NEWSHOUR''S ELIZABETH FA
RNSWORTH IN 2001. >> FIRST OF ALL, HUMAN RIGHT
S WERE NOT AN INTERNATIONAL IS
SUE AT THE TIME THE WAY THEY HAV
E BECOME SINCE. WE BELIEVED THAT THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CASTRO-ITE REGIME IN CHILE WOULD CREA
TE A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN ALL OF
, AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN CONE OF L
ATIN AMERICA, THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY
INIMICAL TO THE NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STAT
ES, AT A TIME WHEN THE COLD WAR
WAS AT ITS HEIGHT.
NICK: KISSINGER''S COLD WAR
STRATEGY CALLED FOR DETENTE WITH
THE SOVIET UNION. IN 1972, PRESIDENT NIXON AND
SOVIET PREMIER LENOID BREZHNEV
SIGNED SALT, THE FIRST LIMITS ON
SOVIET AND U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILES, AND BALLISTIC MISS
ILE DEFENSE.
IT OPENED DECADES OF ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS.
>> THE BENEFITS THAT ACCRUE TO
THE UNITED STATES ARE THE BENEFIT THAT WILL ACCRUE TO
ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, FROM AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROSPECTS OF
PEACE. NICK:
BY THEN, KISSINGER HAD REACHED HIS POPULAR, AND POL
ICY PEAK.
HE WAS CHARMING, FUNNY, CRAVED
PROXIMITY TO POWER, AND WAS, IN
HIS SUPPORTERS'' EYES, A STEADY STEWARD OF AMERICAN
INTERESTS. AFTER NIXON''S RESIGNATIO
N, HE REMAINED PRESIDENT FORD''
S SECRETARY OF STATE.
>> I THINK HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT WAS HOLDING TOGE
THER AMERICA AND ITS FOREIGN POLI
CY IN THE WAKE OF WATERGATE AND
THE ENDING OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
KISSINGER REMAINED UNTAINTED BY
THE SCANDALS, PURSUED REMARKABLE
DIPLOMACY UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND MAINTAINE
D AMERICA''S POSITION IN TH
E WORLD, AS WELL AS RESTORING SOME MO
RALE IN THE UNITED STATES ITSELF.
IT WAS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
NICK: BUT TO HIS CRITICS,
KISSINGER SYMBOLIZED THE PURSUIT
OF ORDER OVER JUSTICE, AND THE
KIND OF PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION THAT
PAVED THE WAY FOR CONTINUOUS WAR.
>> I THINK HE WAS ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE IN CREATING A
SENSE OF KEEPING THE UNITED STATES ON A PERMANENT WAR
FOOTING. THIS WAR WITHOUT END, IN WHI
CH EVERYTHING IS SELF-DEFENSE.
EVERY DRONE ATTACK CAN BE JUSTIFIED.
NICK: HIS INFLUENCE ENDURED TO
THE END. DOZENS OF BOOKS, HUNDREDS OF SPEECHES
. CONSULTATIONS OR ADVICE TO 1
2 PRESIDENTS. PERHAPS NO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
BEFORE, OR SINCE, HAS EXERCISED
SO MUCH CONTROL OVER U.S. POLICY.
HENRY KISSINGER WAS 100 YEARS
OLD. FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR," I''
'M NICK SCHIFRIN. ♪
GEOFF: ELON MUSK, THE OWNER OF
X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, IS
DIALING UP THE PRESSURE ON HIS
OWN COMPANY EVEN MORE AFTER CURSING ADVERTISERS WHO PAUS
ED ADS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM. THE ADVERTISING FREEZE FROM
MAJOR COMPANIES LIKE DISNEY AND
APPLE CAME AFTER MUSK ENDORSED AN ANTISEMITIC CONSPIRACY
THEORY ON X EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IN AN INTERVIEW AT THE NEW YORK
TIMES'' DEALBOOK SUMMIT YESTERDAY, HE DENIED THE
ACCUSATION OF ANTISEMITISM AND TOLD COMPANIES NOT TO ADVERT
ISE. HE EVEN CALLED OUT THE CEO OF
DISNEY, BOB IGER, WHO WAS AT THE EVENT.
>> YOU DON''T WANT THEM TO
ADVERTISE? >> NO.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> IF SOMEBODY''S GONNA
TRY TO BLACKMAIL ME WITH ADVERTISIN
G, BLACKMAILING WITH MONEY, GO
-- YOURSELF. BUT, GO -- YOURSELF.
IS THAT CLEAR? I HOPE IT IS.
HEY BOB, IF YOU''RE IN THE
AUDIENCE. GEOFF:
NPR TECH REPORTER BOBBY ALLYN
JOINED JUST NOW.
THERE IS NO POSSIBLE BUSINESS
BENEFIT, AT LEAST NOT ONE I CAN THINK OF,
TO ELON
MUSK SITTING ON STAGE CURSING OUT
THE ADVERTISERS WHO HE NEEDS TO
BUY ADS ON X TO
KEEP THAT COMPANY AFLOAT.
IT RAISES THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES ELON MU
SK WANT WITH X RIGHT NOW?
IS HE TRYING TO TAKE THE
COMPANY? BOBBY:
IT SURE DID SEEM LIKE IT. THIS WAS AN ACT OF PURE SEL
F SABOTAGE. 90%
OF X''S
REVENUE COMES FROM ADVERTISERS.
SINCE ELON MUSK
MADE WAVES BY ENDORSING AN ANTI-SEMITI
C CONSPIRACY THEORY, THERE HAS BEEN AN EX
ODUS OF MAJOR CORPORATIONS AWAY FROM X.
LINDA YACCARINO WHO WAS BROUGHT IN AS
X''S NEW
CEO HAS
BEEN TRYING TO COURT
SOME OF
THOSE FLEEING ADVERTISERS BACK TO THE PLATFORM.
BUT NOW WE HAVE THE
WORLD''S RICHEST MAN WHO RUNS
X LITERALLY TROLLING THE BRAND
S TO GO
F-THEMSELVES, CURSING THEM
OUT. I
CANNOT IMAGINE THIS DOES ANYTHING
BUT MAKE THE PROBLEM MUCH WORSE
. MUSK EVEN SAID
HIMSELF FROM
THAT VERY STAGE THAT ADVERTISERS ARE GOING TO KILL THE
COMPANY. HE
SEEMS EVEN TO
BE SAYING BUT MANY OUTSIDE
OBSERVERS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A
WHILE, WHICH IS THAT IT SURE DOES
SEEM LIKE BANKRUPTCY IS A FATE A COMPLETE.
IT IS
JUST NOT A MATTER OF IF BUT
WHEN X
FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY. GEOFF: THE NEW YORK
TIMES REPORTED X COULD
LOSE AS MUCH
AS $75ILLION
IN ADVERTISING REVENUE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU
MENTIONED LINDA YACCARINO
WHO WAS BROUGHT ON TO BRING ADVERTISERS BACK TO
X AFTER ELON MUSK TOOK IT OVE
R IN 2022.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HER AND
THE JOB SHE WAS HIRED TO DO?
ELON MUSK IS NOT MAKING HER JOB
ANY EASIER. BOBBY: NOT AT
ALL. LINDA
YACCARINO TODAY IS IN CRISIS CONTROL M
ODE. REMEMBER,
HER MAIN JOB
HAS BEEN TO TRY AND BRING SOME OF
THESE SKITTISH ADVERTISERS BACK TO THE PLATFORM.
SHE
ISSUED A STATEMENT TODAY SAYING THAT
X I S A
T A UNIQUE AND AMAZING INTERS
ECTION OF MAIN
STREET AND FREE SPEECH.
SHE''S TRYING TO SPIN HER
BOSS''S COMMENTS IN THE MOST POSITIVE WAY P
OSSIBLE. BUT THINK ABOUT
IT, IF
YOU ARE SOMEONE
WHOSE JOB IT IS TO BRING CORPORATIONS TO THIS
PLATFORM AND TO TRY AND PLACE ADS
ON THIS PLATFORM
, AND THE PERSON WHO LEADS IT I
S BASICALLY CURSING YOU OUT A
ND SAYING HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO
RESPECT FOR YOUR CONCERNS, THAT''S
GOING TO
BE A REALLY HARD BUSINESS CASE.
IT IS
GOING T
O BE REALLY HARD TO BE A SALESPERSON IN THE WAKE OF
THESE COMMENTS WERE ELON
MUSK DOES SEEM TO BE TRYING TO DRIVE HIS
COMPANY DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND.
I CANNOT IMAGINE ANY OTHER OU
TCOME BUT THAT. LIKE I
SAID, HE SAID
IN NO
UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THIS ADVERTISER BOYCOTT WILL LIK
ELY DECLINE THE COMPANY INTO BANKRUPTCY. GEOF
F: BIG
PICTURE, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CANNOT
SEEM TO QUIT ELON MUSK EVEN IF IT W
ANTED TO. THE PENTAGON NEEDS HIS
SATELLITES, NASA NEEDS HIS ROCKETS,
THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE NEEDS HIS ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AS A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS GREEN
ECONOMY THEY ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE. HOW
IS THE
GOVERNMENT CONTENDING WITH THE
FACT THAT SO
MANY OF HIS COMPANIES ARE WOVEN INTO THE
FA IC OF AMERICAN
CULTURE, AND
ARE
SO INEXTRICABLY LINKED
TO NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS
? BOBBY:
THAT IS COMPLETELY RIGHT. THE NEW
YORKER HAS CALLED THIS
ELON''S SHADOW
RULE. SOME SAY ELON MUSK IS LIKE AN
UNELECTED OFFICIAL. HE HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
POWER,
WHETHER IT I S
WITH HIS STARLINK SATELLITES
IN UKRAINE WHICH ARE ON THE FRONT LINES
OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA,
WHETHER IT IS THE EV CHARGING
STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
REMEMBER, ELON MUSK''S
COMPANY, TESLA,
CONTROLS 60%
OF THE EV CHARGING STATIONS AR
OUND THE COUNTRY. SO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
CANNOT PUSH ITS
GREEN ENERGY POLICIES WITHOUT WOR
KING WITH ELON MUSK.
WE CANNOT SEND ASTRONAUTS FROM AMERICAN
SOIL TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION UNLESS WE WORK WITH SPACEX. SO,
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO CHOICE
BUT TO PLAY NICE AND TO DO BUSINESS WITH THIS VERY
MERCURIAL, ERRATIC
BUSINESS LEADER
WHO IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNHINGED BY THE
DAY. SOME U.S. GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS SAY IT IS JUST TOO LATE.
WE WISH WE COULD''VE DONE
SOMETHING SOONER, BUT THIS
ENTREPRENEUR JUST HAS SO
MANY DEEP INROADS INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THIS
POINT. GEOFF: BOBBY ALLYN
, THANKS
AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
BOBBY: THANK
YOU. ♪
AMNA:
LAST YEAR, ARTIST SIMONE LEIGH REPRESENTED THE U.S. A
T WHAT IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TH
E WORLD''S MOST IMPORTANT
EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, THE VENICE BIENNALE.
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO
HAVE THAT HONOR. NOW, THERE''S A CHANCE T
O SEE HER WORK IN A RETROSPECTIVE TOUR
ING THE COUNTRY.
JEFFREY BROWN MEETS THE ARTIST
FOR OUR ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES,
"CANVAS." JEFFREY:
OUTSIDE THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
A MONUMENTAL BRONZE SCULPTURE,
A 24-FOOT FEMALE FORM, TITLED SATELLITE.
INSIDE, SMALLER BUT NO LESS STRIKING WORKS, IN WHICH ART
IST SIMONE LEIGH EXPLORES THE
REPRESTATION OF BLACK WOMEN,
BY PULLING TOGETHER DIFFERENT
MATERIALS AND FORMS, AND PULLING
FROM DIFFERENT TRADITIONS. >> IT MAKES SOMETHING NEW.
SOMETIMES IT COLLAPSES TIME. SOMETIMES IT MAKES SIMILARIT
IES THAT MAY HAVE
HAPPENED OVER A MILLENNIUM MORE OBVIOUS.
IT''S JUST ONE OF THE JOYS OF SCULPTURE.
JEFFREY: LEIGH WENT REALLY BIG,
IN HER WORK AND THE ATTENTION IT
GAINED, IN 2019 WITH BRICK HOUSE, TOWERING OVER NEW YORK'
'S HIGH LINE PARK. THE EXHIBITION NOW IN
WASHINGTON, SOME 29 WORKS SPANNING 20 YEARS, MOSTLY
SCULPTURES BUT ALSO SEVERAL VIDEOS, WAS ORGANIZED BY THE
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN
BOSTON. IT INCLUDES MAJOR WORKS THAT
WERE PART OF HER ACCLAIMED VENICE BIENNALE PROJECT, AND
A FEW NEW ONES.
HEADY STUFF, PERHAPS. BUT AT 56, LEIGH IS HARDLY A
N OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. >> I WAS TOLD THAT I WASN''
'T GOING TO MAKE IT A THOUSAND
TIMES.
SO I THINK THAT YOU -- JEFFREY: YOU SMILE AS YOU SA
Y THAT.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE THERE''S AN IDEA THAT ART CAN BE AN
YTHING. BUT I WAS BEING TOLD, "BUT I
T CAN''T BE THAT."
JEFFREY: "THAT" IS CERAMICS,
WORKS MADE OF CLAY AND RAVISHING
GLAZES, USUALLY SHAPED BY HAND
AND FIRED IN SOMETIMES ENORMOUS
KILNS. IT WASN''T SEEN AS HIGH A
RT BY MANY WHEN SHE WAS STARTING O
UT, SHE SAYS, BUT SHE LOVED THE
LABOR THAT WENT INTO IT, THE CONTROL, AND LACK OF IT.
>> THE INEXHAUSTIBILITY OF CERAMICS. EVEN N
EXT WEEK, I DON''T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT''S GOING TO COME OUT
OF THE KILN. THERE''S A LOT OF
UNPREDICTABILITY INVOLVED. I ENJOY THAT.
I ENJOY THAT THERE''S STILL
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT ARE
UNANSWERED ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO
WITH THE MATERIAL AND HOW FAR I
CAN PUSH IT. JEFFREY:
LEIGH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CHICAGO''S SOUT
H SIDE.
HER FATHER IMMIGRATED FROM JAMAICA AND SERVED AS AN
EVANGELICAL PREACHER. CARIBBEAN MOTIFS RUN THROUGH
HER SCULPTURES, SOMETIMES IN THE
FORM OF PLANTAINS. SHE ALSO LOOKS TO AFRICA,
INCLUDING NIGERIAN POTTERY SHE
STUDIED LONG AGO AS AN INTERN AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF A
FRICAN ART. NOW SUCH FORMS BECOME PART O
F A HUMAN FIGURE, AS IN THE
SCULPTURE, JUG. IN CUPBOARD, SHE COMBINES A
COWRIE SHELL, ANOTHER FAVORITE
MOTIF, WITH RAFFIA, THE FIBER
FROM TYPE OF PALM TREE.
>> IT ALSO REFERS TO KIND OF MAKESHIFT BUILDING AND
DWELLING. IT ALSO --
JEFFREY: BUT THE HUT HERE BECOMES A SKIRT.
>> AND THE HUT ALSO BECOMES A
SKIRT. I LIKE THAT COMBINATION.
I LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT HISTORIES THAT COME TOGETHER
AS THEY''RE CARRIED BOTH BY
THE MATERIAL ITSELF AND ALSO THE
FORMS REFERENCED. JEFFREY: SO, EACH DIFFERENT
KIND OF MATERIAL HERE IS ALSO
CARRYING -- >> CARRIES HISTORIES WITH IT
, YES.
JEFFREY: MANY OF LEIGH''S WOMEN
LACK EYES, SHE SAYS THEY'''RE BOTH FIGURATIVE AND ABS
TRACTIONS. AND HER WORK ALWAYS BEGINS W
ITH IDEAS OF HOW WE VALUE CRAFT
AND LABOR VERSUS ART.
MOST OF ALL, HOW BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED,
MISREPRESENTED, OR SIMPLY IGNORED, INCLUDING IN POPULA
R CULTURE. SOME OF HER EARLY WORK
REFERENCED UHURA, A CHARACTER ON
"STAR TREK." >> I REMEMBER PLAYING STAR T
REK WITH MY FRIENDS WHEN WE WERE
YOUNGER, AND WE HAD THE COMPLICATION OF THERE WAS ON
LY ONE BLACK GIRL CHARACTER. AND SO WE WOULD FIGHT OVER W
HO GOT TO BE UHURA.
SO, IT''S ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING
THAT EVEN SUBCONSCIOUSLY I WAS
AWARE OF. JEFFREY:
CUPBOARD ITSELF PLAYS OFF THE RACIST IMAGERY OF
MAMMY''S CUPBOARD IN NATCHEZ,
MISSISSIPPI, CAPTURED IN A 1941 PHOTO BY EDWARD WESTON.
>> I HOPE THAT MY WORK SHOWS A
MORE NUANCED, MORE SUBTLE, MORE
BOLD, MORE COMPLICATED, AND MORE
VARIED REPRESENTATION OF BLACK
WOMEN. JEFFREY:
AND LEIGH REFRAMES COLONIAL IMAGERY.
SHE COVERED THE U.S. PAVILION AT VENICE WITH A RAFFIA, HU
T-LIKE FACADE, AN ECHO TO A 1931 INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL
EXHIBITION IN PARIS. IN THE RUNUP TO THE VENICE
EXHIBITION, MUCH ATTENTION FOCUSED ON LEIGH AS THE FIRS
T BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT THE
U.S. SHE SAYS THAT WAS IMPORTANT
TO HER, BUT AS PART OF A LARGER
COMMUNITY AND DEEPER HISTORY. >> THERE WERE MANY, MANY A
RTISTS BEFORE ME THAT WOULD HAVE SH
OWN IN THE VENICE BIENNIAL, BLAC
K WOMEN ARTISTS, HAD WE HAD A
DIFFERENT HISTORY. I''VE BEEN THINKING RECEN
TLY OF THE METAPHOR OF A RELAY RACE
. IT''S JUST I WAS THE ONE
THAT''S HAD THE BATON MORE RECENTLY.
JEFFREY: SIMONE LEIGH''S EXHIBITION IS HERE UNTIL MAR
CH AND THEN TRAVELS TO LOS ANGE
LES WHERE IT WILL SHOW AT THE LO
S ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
AND THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERI
CAN MUSEUM. FOR THE "PBS NEWSHOUR," I''
'M JEFFREY BROWN AT THE HIRSHHORN
MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ♪
GEOFF: AND WE''LL BE BACK SHORTLY
WITH A STORY FROM OUR STUDENT REPORTING LABS ABOUT HOW Y
OUNG PEOPLE IN HAWAII ARE WORKING TO
ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN GIRLS''
HEALTH. AMNA: BUT FIRST, TAKE A MOME
NT TO HEAR FROM YOUR LOCAL PBS
STATION. IT''S A CHANCE TO OFFER
YOUR SUPPORT, WHICH HELPS KEEP
PROGRAMS LIKE OURS ON THE AIR.
>> HI.
I'M JAMES STEINBACH. I'M A
VOLUNTEER HER
E AT PBS
WISCONSIN. WE'RE
TAKING JUST A
REAL QUICK BREAK FROM THE
"NEWSHOUR." AND THE
THING I LOVE
ABOUT THE
"NEWSHOUR," IT'S HARD
TO SAY
YOU LOVE A
NEW S
SHOW BECAUSE THE
CONTENT IS
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NOW ,
BUT IS
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IT'S ALL
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YOU, RESPECTS
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FOR A SECOND
AND THINK ABOUT
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- This city in Wisconsin sits o
n the Fox River,
both sides of it.
- Announcer:John McGivern's
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♪ I'm on my way ♪
♪ Oh it's time to hit the road ♪
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- In southeastern Wisconsin, th
ere's a village...
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♪ 'Cause these are main stree
ts ♪
♪ Something 'bout a hometown s
peaks to me ♪
♪ There's nowhere else I'd ra
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♪ The heart and soul of commu
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♪ On these main streets ♪
- This is De Pere, Wisconsin on t
he mighty Fox River.
About 25,000 people live in th
is community,
and it's home to St. Norbert C
ollege.
It is located just south of Gre
en Bay,
tucked between Highways 41 and
43,
and the Fox River runs right th
rough the middle of town.
And, of course, the river was th
e engine of commerce
for this community.
- And the river was the border
between two separate cities.
- Hi, Emmy. - Hi, good to see
you.
- Good to see you.
- De Pere was on the east side
of the river.
- John: Yeah.
- Emmy: And West De Pere was on t
he west side.
- John: And then they came togeth
er?
- Emmy: No, then West De Pere actua
lly got renamed
to the city of Nicolet after Je
an Nicolet,
the French explorer.
- John: Oh, and then they merge
d.
- No, one more name change.
The city on that west side became
the city of West De Pere.
- Come on, Emmy.
When did they finally get toge
ther?
- Thanks for sticking with us.
We made it to that part of the
story.
- Oh, good.
- 1890, they merged together to
form the De Pere
that we know today.
So, their fire and their police
departments came together.
- John: Came together.
- Their school districts have rem
ained separate.
You have the Unified School Dis
trict of De Pere
on the east side, and on the wes
t side,
the School District of West De P
ere.
It's the only city in the state o
f Wisconsin
with two separate school districts
.
- John: Is there a rivalry?
- Emmy: Oh, you better believe
it.
- John: A good one? - That sto
ry's coming later.
- Go, Redbirds! - Go, Phantoms
!
- Yeah, okay, relax here, Emmy.
- West side!
[gentle music]
- Visitors flock to the river in De
Pere,
and when I say flock, I mean f
lock.
They're not human; they are pel
icans.
White American pelicans love t
he small islands
and the sandbars to build nests.
And what they really love is to
eat.
They love to eat fish.
And they have figured out that fis
h love this side
of the dam.
So what this is, it's like a pe
lican fast food restaurant.
And in the winter, they spend
their time on the Gulf Coast
and in Mexico, and in the summer
, they come to De Pere.
So, I call them the original s
nowbirds.
Oh, shut up; it was fine.
[upbeat music]
So, you can't stop in De Pere
without stopping here.
- I can't.
- No, I know you can't.
Can we talk about the history
of this place?
- Joe Seroogy: Sure, started in 1
899.
- John: Wow. - My great-grandfath
er, Richard,
started out in the restaurant b
usiness.
He made a batch of fudge one day
,
put it out on the counter, sold
it for 5 cents apiece,
and it sold like crazy.
It all started with a batch of f
udge, right.
[both laughing]
- John: The product line is huge.
- Joe: We have about 243 differen
t varieties of candies
that we make.
- Are we gonna make something?
- Oh, yeah.
- And am I gonna make it with you?
- No. [both laughing]
We keep this area at 62 degrees
and 40% humidity year-round.
- What is this?
- This is where we pour our me
lt-away base.
So, it's like pouring cement.
- John: This is one big chocol
ate bar, mister.
- Joe: It sure is.
- John: Do you ever fall in the
re?
- No, not yet.
- And just go slowly? - Yep, y
ep.
- Can I go to the other side no
w? [chuckles]
Look at that.
- Our turtles are also very popu
lar.
- Turtles, yeah.
Because turtles is a trademark,
so you call 'em snappers, but th
ey're the same.
- They are. - Okay.
- Except they're better. [both la
ughing]
- This is Melissa.
She is topping the snappers.
Do you want me to do it? - Yes.
- Whoops, ooh, that was a bad o
ne.
Melissa! - What? What is it?
- Not bad, huh? - No, very goo
d job.
- I'm on a diet, so I'm only g
onna have one.
Maybe I'll start my diet tomorrow.
Toffee?
- That's the oldest recipe we h
ave, 1832 from England.
It is the best toffee in the w
orld.
Why don't you try one?
Go ahead, just... - Here we have
it.
This is delicious, yeah.
- There you go.
- I don't think it's so bad fo
r my first tray.
- No, no, no. - Yeah.
- Wanna do another one or what?
- Are you crazy? [both laughing]
- Joe: I like our maple creams.
- John: When you say it's a cre
am,
what does that mean, really? -
Joe: Soft center.
- Soft center. - Yeah.
It's a favorite of people who ha
ve difficulty
negotiating hard centers, you know
.
I guess what I'm trying to say
is people who have bad teeth, yo
u know.
[John laughing]
- People with bad teeth love the
creams.
That's hilarious.
- The 25-mile Fox River Recrea
tional Trail
is perfect for jogging and biki
ng.
Originally, Native Americans ma
de footpaths
through the woods to travel be
tween their villages.
Then, French explorers built th
eir posts along these trails.
In the early 1800s, before Wisc
onsin was even a state,
the trails were used by one mailm
an, this guy,
Alexis Clermont.
His job was to pick up the mail
in Chicago on foot.
He would walk 240 miles.
That would take him about a mo
nth to get there.
And then, he would walk back.
I salute you, Mr. Mailman.
- So, you know, there's this b
eautiful building
in downtown De Pere that says
C.A. Lawton,
which is where I wanted to get
into,
and this is where they sent me.
- Well, you would've been in apart
ments there now.
- That's what those are, aren't t
hey?
- Yes.
- That is your first home, thou
gh, yes?
The Lawton Company?
- Randall Lawton: Maybe not th
e first home,
but the first substantial home.
The first Lawton that came was,
came about 1851.
- John: What's an elevator spee
ch on this company?
- Randall: We make industrial ma
chinery and components.
Components are things like parts
for air conditioning systems, pa
rts for rock crushers,
parts for paper machines.
- Are you still working full-t
ime for the company?
- No. - No.
- I retired when Alex came on.
- John: Alex is your son? - My s
on, Alex.
But now, they don't ask me for mu
ch anymore.
[both chuckling]
- This is a multi-generation fa
mily business, right?
So, I grew up around the busin
ess.
I went off in, you know, about 20
years ago.
But I came home to help briefly,
and it stuck.
Here in De Pere, we make our own
patterns or tooling,
and we're in the pattern shop rig
ht now.
- John: Size-wise, goes from wh
at to what?
- Alex Lawton: For our foundry,
all this tooling
or all these patterns support
our foundry operation,
which makes castings from around
400 or 500 pounds in size.
- John: Okay.
- Alex: Up to 15,000, sometimes
20,000 pound in size.
You're gonna take that tool,
and it's gonna go over to the fo
undry,
which is very much an assembly
operation, right?
And you create almost a negative
of the part you're trying to ma
ke.
And then, they're gonna melt m
etal, looks like lava.
[machinery whirring]
And they're gonna pour that in
the cavity
and you're gonna create that spac
e.
- John: In this show, we go to
all these manufacturers,
and it's always my favorite th
ing to take a walk through.
It makes America, these manufact
urers.
- I like that play on words.
So, I think for a long time, we d
idn't do a great job
supporting businesses like this,
and I think there's been a nic
e turnback
in the last 10 or so years.
But somebody needs to be making s
tuff, mining stuff.
- John: Yeah.
- There needs to be something ta
ngible in this economy.
And we're trying to be one tiny
piece of that pie.
- John: You're terrific.
- The Union Hotel and Restaurant
.
It's been here a while.
It's the oldest continuously ru
nning hotel and restaurant
in the state of Wisconsin, dating
back to the 1860s.
People lived here.
One guest moved in temporarily
and wound up staying
for 40 years.
The nightly rate included dinner a
t the restaurant,
which is now a supper club,
the very best kind of restauran
t.
They have amazing relish trays
and they still use the recipe
from Great-Grandma for their home
made rolls.
Of course, you'd stay for 40 year
s.
[funky music]
- John: How long has it been here?
- This building has been here
since 1913,
and we've been here since 2000.
- John: When you look back in tha
t, those 20 years,
were you naive or did you have
pretty well set
when you showed up?
- It was a good mix of those. [b
oth chuckling]
I think you have to be a bit na
ive to do this.
This is the coffee we brought
up to roast today.
It's the Mexican coffee beans, so,
but it doesn't have any of the
coffee flavors in it yet.
We're gonna bring that out when w
e roast it.
- John: And how long does a roa
st take?
- Mark Patel: It'll take about 12 m
inutes.
- John: Okay.
- And then you can push that a
nd we'll start.
- Go ahead? - Yep.
[machine whirring]
Now, the heat's off,
so we're just letting the beans
get to their low temp.
You'll see a lot of changes in
the color.
Now, it's turning brown.
- John: Is it warm? - It's prett
y hot, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Doing this so many years,
you don't really feel the end of
your fingers as much.
[John laughing] - Are they all
blistered up?
- Mark: And you let 'em out, and
that's the finished product.
They could be roasted differen
tly,
but, essentially, every bean ha
s kind of like a sweet spot
that you wanna get to that bri
ngs out
the best of its characteristics.
- John: Is there a school for co
ffee roasters?
- It's learn as you go kind of
thing.
- It is? - Yeah.
This is a quick version of what's
called a cupping.
- John: Cupping.
- Mark: So, we're taking a samp
le of the two beans
that we combine.
We're gonna do a coarse grind of
these.
We're gonna add hot water to the
cup.
You're gonna see a crust form
on top,
and then you're gonna be able to
move the crust aside,
take in the aromas, taste them a
little bit.
[Mark slurping] - Okay, you're
serious.
- It's the only way to spread it
all the way around your palate
and get all those flavors.
[both slurping]
- Completely different.
Hit the Road,John McGivern's
Main Streetscoffee blend.
I helped make this, and it is
delicious, yeah.
Originally, St. No
%
>> HI.
I'M JAMES STEINBACH. I'M A VOLUNTEER
HERE AT PB
S WISCONSIN.
I GOT
TO TELL
YOU, WE ARE
PRETTY DARN
EXCITED ABOUT
THIS NEW
SEASON OF JOHN MCGIVERN.
THESE SHOWS
ARE JUST
WONDERFUL FOR
AUDIENCES, FOR
THE STATE.
THEY'RE JUST TERRIFIC.
IN A WHILE,
WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE JOHN
IN AN
INTERVIEW AND
WE'LL FIND
OUT A LITTLE
BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT'S
COMING UP IN
THE SEASON.
RUMOR HAS
IT THAT
WE'RE GOING TO
BE
SEEING CITIES WE'VE
NEVER SEEN
BEFORE, MADISON,
WAUKESHA AND A
COUPLE OTHERS,
I THINK.
STAY TUNED
FOR THIS
BREAK BECAUSE
IT'S NOT
JUST US
TALKING ABOUT
SENDING US MONEY.
SO IT'S
PRETTY EXCITING.
CALL US
AT 1-800-236-3636.
THIS PROGRAM --
I SHOULDN'T
SAY THIS PROGRAM.
JOHN MCGIVERN HAS BEEN
ON OUR
AIR
FOR SEVEN,
EIGHT YEARS
NOW, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. THIS PROGRAM IS
THE LATEST
INCARNATION OF THAT. HE
JUST KEEPS
GOING AND
GOING.
T IT NEEDS
YOUR SUPPORT.
1-800-236-3636. >> HI.
I'M AIMEE GRANGER. I'M A MEMBER OF THE
S TAFF
HERE AT PBS WISCONSIN.
IT GOES
WITHOUT SAYING
IF YOU'RE
WATCHING THE
SHOW TONIGHT, YOU'RE
PROBABLY A JOHN MCGIVERN FAN.
WE HAVE LOTS O
F FANS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
WHO LOVE
THIS PROGRAM.
SO IF
YOU DECIDE
TO PLEDGE
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE
SOME SPECIAL
GIFTS THAT YOU
MIGHT ESPECIALLY
ENJOY BECAUSE OF THE JOHN
MCGIVERN CONNECTION. IF
YOU DECIDE
TO PLEDGE
AT THE
$10 PER
MONTH SUSTAINER
LEVEL ,
T US THANK YOU
WIT H
THIS REALLY NEAT
BOOK. 1,000
PLACES TO SEE
IN THE UNITED
STATES AND
CANADA BEFORE
YOU DIE. THIS
IS NOT
ONLY A TRAVEL GUIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU
CAN SIT
AND ENJOY IF
YOU'RE NOT
TRAVELING. YOU
CAN ENJOY
THE PHOTOS
AND THE
EXPERIENCES. BUT
IT'S A GREAT
GUIDE FOR
PLANNING YOUR
NEXT TRIP.
AT THE
$12 A MONTH
SUSTAINER LEVEL WE
HAVE THIS
NEAT MUG,
JOHN MCGIVERN'S "MAIN STREETS"
AND THEN HIT
THE ROAD
COFFEE. SO
ENJOY THE
MORNING WITH
COFFEE FROM JOHN
MCGIVERN. WHEN
YOU PLEDGE
$20 A MONTH,
LET US THANK YOU
WITH THE BOOK,
THE MUG AND
THE COFFEE
BY GIVING
US A CALL AT
1-800-236-3636. >> HI. I'M ERIC
GREILING. I'M
THE DIRECTOR
OF FRIENDS
OF PBS WISCONSIN.
PBS WISCONSIN
INVESTED IN
BRINGING JOHN MCGIVERN'S
NEW SHOW, JOHN
MCGIVERN'S "MAIN STREETS" BECAUSE OF
YOU. WE
WANT YOU TO BE
ABL E
TO WATCH
GREAT SHOWS
ABOUT WISCONSIN
AND ALL
LOCATIONS WITHIN
300 MILES
OF
JOHN'S FRONT
DOOR, BUT
ALSO BECAUSE
YOU'VE EXPRESSED HOW
MUCH YOU LIKE
THE SHOW
THROUGH SURVEYS
AND YOU
R COMMENTS.
PLEASE CONSIDER BECOMING A
SUSTAINER AND GIVE US
A CALL
RIGHT NOW AT
1-800-236-3636. BECOMING A
SUSTAINER SIGNALS
YOUR SUPPORT
FOR PROGRAMS
LIKE JOHN MCGIVERN.
SO CALLING
NOW LETS
US KNOW
THAT THIS
PROGRAMMING MATTERS TO YOU. BEING A
SUSTAINER JUST
MEANS IT'S A
SIMPLE, EASY,
AUTOMATIC, ONGOING
MONTHLY DEDUCTION
FROM YOUR CREDIT
CAR D OR
FROM YOUR
CHECKING ACCOUNT. IT'S
EASY FOR
US. IT'S
EASY FOR Y
OU. AND IT
ALLOWS US
TO RELY
O N YOUR
GIFT. PLEASE GIVE
US A CALL
RIGHT NOW,
1-800-236-3636. >> OKAY. SO I
TOLD YOU
YOU'RE G
OING TO SEE
JOHN AND
JOHN JOINED
US IN
OUR STOOD !
STUDIOS
RECENTLY. >> IN
THE STUDIO, JOHN
MCGIVERN. YOU'RE
HERE WITH
US IN
THE STUDIO TODAY BUT
THE SHOW
WE'RE
OKING AT
IS DEPERE.
YOU'VE BRANCHED
OUT FROM
MILWAUKEE. HOW
DID DEPERE
JUMP UP TO THE
TOP OF THE LIST?
>> WE
LOOK AT
THE STATE
AND SAY
WHERE
HAVE WE
BEE N
AND W
HERE DO WE
WANT TO GO
AND WE HAVE AN
AUDIENCE IN THE GREEN BAY
AREA AND
WE THOUGHT
L ET'S
GO TO
DEPERE.
ERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEBODY INVOLVED
WITH THE
SHOW THAT'S LIKE
I KNOW
PEOPLE THERE,
I'V E
BEEN THERE,
LET'S DO IT.
SO WE ARE
KIND OF -
- MAKE A
SUGGESTION. IF
IT GETS
PICKED UP,
WE'RE LIK E
YAY. SO
SOMEBODY IN
OUR CREW
WAS LIKE
I WANT TO GO
TO DEPERE. >>
YOU'RE SO
ENTHUSIASTIC WHEN YOU'RE ON THE AIR
AND IN
THESE PLACES. >>
I AM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>
DEPERE IS A
LOT TO BE
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT. HOW DO
YOU PICK
THE NEXT
PLACE? >> WE
ARE DOING
SIX STATES.
WE DO
TWO IN
MINNESOTA, TWO
IN IOWA, TWO
IN ILLINOIS,
TWO IN
INDIANA, TWO
IN MICHIGAN
AND THEN
THREE IN
WISCONSIN. SO
WE LOOK
AT --
AGAIN, WE
LOOK AT
THE MAP
AND WE
TRY TO GO
ALL OVER THE
STATE SO
EVERYBODY GETS A
FEEL AROUND
THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT MAP IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE MAP
IS KIND
OF WHAT
DRIVES
TO WHERE
WE'LL GO.
SO WE
JUST FINISHED
SHOOTING SEASON THREE,
AND WE
DID MADISON,
WHICH WAS VER
Y EXCITING,
MADISON, WAUKESHA,
WISCONSIN IS GOING TO BE
IN SEASON THREE.
AND THE
THIRD EPISODE
OF WHICH
ULD BE WISCONSIN
IS GOING TO
BE A STUDIO
SHOW W
HERE WE
TALK ABOUT HOW
WE MAKE
THE SHOW,
WHO'S INVOLVED IN
MAKING IT
AND HOW
WE DECIDE
WHO WE
INTERVIEW AND
WHERE WE
GO. SO
WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT
THAT. >> GREAT. SOMETHING TO
LOOK FORWARD TO.
NOW
WE LOOK
FORWARD TO
GOING BACK TO THE SHOW.
BEFORE WE DO,
PLEASE CALL
US AT
1-800-236-3636. >> AND
WE'LL TAK
E YOU
RIGHT BACK TO
THE SHOW
IN A FEW MINUTES.
WE WANT
TO GIVE
YOU A LITTLE
MORE TIME TO MAKE
Y OUR CALL
OF SUPPORT THIS
EVENING. WHAT'S
ESPECIALLY NEA T
ABOUT SOME O
F THESE THANK
YOU GIFTS, THIS IS
THE ACTUAL
COFFEE DEVELOPED DURING THIS PROGRAM
IN DEPERE.
WHAT A FUN THING
TO PLEDGE
YOUR SUPPORT
FOR AND
RECEIVE AS A THANK YOU
GIFT. AT
THE $10
PER MONTH
LEVEL, LET
US THANK YOU WITH
THE TOURING
BOOK, 1,000
PLACES TO SEE
IN THE
UNITED STATES AND
CANADA BEFORE YOU
DIE. LOOKS
LIKE A LOT
OF FUN
AND GOOD
WAY TO PLAN
YOUR NEX
T TRIP.
AT $12 A MONTH WE
HAVE THE
COFFEE, THE JOHN
MCGIVERN FORMULA OF
HIT THE
ROAD COFFEE,
ALONG WITH
THE MAIN STREETS
MUG. THAT
COMBO IS
$12 A MONTH
AS A
STAINER.AT
$20 A MONTH
SUSTAINER LEVEL LET US THANK
YOU WIT H
THE BOOK,
THE COFFEE AND
THE MUG.
THE PERFECT WAY
TO SNUGGLE
UP IN
THE WINTER MONTHS WITH
YOUR COFFEE
AND YOUR BOOK
WHEN YOU
GIVE US A
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!1-800-236-3636.>> IN ADDI
TION TO
THE W
ONDERFUL THANK YOU GIFTS,
THE BOOK,
THE COFFEE,
THE MUG
, THE
BOOK, THE
COFFEE AND THE
MUG THAT
AIMEE JUST TOLD YOU
ABOUT, LET
ME TELL
YOU ABOUT
THREE OTHER
WAYS THAT
YOU CAN BENEFIT
FRO M
CALLING US
RIGHT NOW
OR GOING
ONLINE RIGHT
NOW OR
USING THAT
QR CODE
THAT'S ON YOU
R SCREEN TO
MAKE A GIFT
OF SUPPORT
TO PBS WISCONSIN.
THE FIRST IS
JUS T
KNOWING THAT
YOU'RE DOING YOUR
PART TO
SUPPORT THIS KIND OF
PROGRAMMING, THIS KIND OF
LOCAL PROGRAMMING THAT YOU
AREN'T GOING
TO FIND
ANYWHERE ELSE,
ONLY WITH PBS
WISCONSIN. IF
THAT MATTERS TO
YOU, PLEASE
GIVE US
A CALL.
"AIRWAVES" MAGAZINE,
ONC E
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ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE "AIRWAVES" MAGAZINE
IN THE
MAIL EVERY SINGLE
MONTH. IT'S
YOUR MONTHLY
PROGRAM GUIDE.
PEOPLE WILL USE
THIS GUIDE
AND CIRCLE
THEIR FAVORITE PROGRAMS
SO THEY
KNOW WHAT
TO WATCH.
IN ADDITION TO
THAT, YOU
CAN BECOME A MEMBER
OF PASSPORT.
AT ANY ONE
OF THESE
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IT'S A
DEEP LIBRARY OF
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TREETS." GIVE US A
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>> SO
LET ME SEE
THAT COFFEE.
THANK YOU.
I ACTUALLY
HAVE NOT
HAD THIS
COFFEE, BUT I'VE
HEARD IT'S
TERRIFIC. AND
I THINK
I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO
UP MY
PLEDGE BECAUSE I
WANT SOME.
SO I'M
GOING TO
GIVE IT BACK
TO
MEE NOW.
ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT'S GREAT
TO ME ABOUT
MCGIVERN IS
HE HAS A
LOT OF FUN
WITH THE
SHOW. WE'VE
GOTTEN A CHANCE
TO SPEND
SOME TIME
WITH THEM. THEY
HAVE A LOT
OF FUN.
THEY LAUGH.
BUT THEY'RE
NEVER LAUGHING
AT THE PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE ALWAYS
LAUGHING WITH THEM.
IT'S A CLICHE,
BUT IT'S
REALLY TRUE.
THEY HAVE
SUCH A GREAT ABILITY,
JOHN AND
THE FOLKS HE
WORKS WITH, TO
DRAW PEOPLE
OUT AND
TO ENGAGE THEM
AND THEY HAVE
FUN ,
TOO. YOU
CAN TELL
JUST WATCHING
THE SHOW,
THE PEOPLE
THEY'RE TALKING
TO ARE
REALLY ENJOYING
IT. THEY'RE
ENJOYING JOHN.
THEY ENJOY WHAT
THEY DO
AND THEY
ENJOY SHARING IT.
THAT'S THE
MAGIC OF JOHN
MCGIVERN'S SHOW IS
HE GETS
INTO A NORMAL LIFE IN A NORMA
L TOWN
AND MAKES
IT SOMETHING
THAT YOU AND I
CAN APPRECIATE
AND REALLY
THINK THAT'S
PRETTY COOL. I
THINK I'LL
GO THERE.
AND THATION
!
THAT'S REALLY
THE MAIN
POINT, IS TO
SAY IN
HIS MAIN
STREETS, THESE ARE PLACES
WORTH GOING TO
AND HE'S
GOING TO GO
AROUND TO THEM
AND MAK
E IT
CLEAR THAT
INVESTING IN THESE
COMMUNITIES IN OUR
LIVES IS
SOMETHING REALLY WORTH DOING.
SO
GIVE US A
CALL AT
1-800-236-3636 AND MAKE YOUR PLEDGE
OF SUPPORT
TO JOHN MCGIVERN'S SHOW
AND TO PBS
WISCONSIN AND ALL
THE SHOWS
THAT YOU ENJOY
WATCHING ON
PBS RIGHT
NOW. CALL
US, 1-800-236-3636
. >> WE
HAVE JUST A
LITTLE MORE
TIME BEFORE WE'RE
GOING TO TACK
YOU BACK TO THIS
REALLY FUN
SHOW THIS
EVENING WITH
JOHN TOURING
DEPERE. THERE'S A BIT
MORE TIME
TO PLEDGE FOR
THESE EXCITING THANK
YOU GIFTS.
KNOW IF
YOU'RE A JOHN MCGIVERN FAN, THIS IS
PROBABLY A SPECIAL
NIGHT TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PLEDGE
YOUR SUPPORT.
AGAIN, AT THE
$10 PER
MONTH SUSTAINER
LEVEL, IT'S
THE 1,000
PLACES TO SEE IN THE UNITED
STATES, WHICH LOOKS
LIKE A REALLY WONDERFUL
BOOK FULL
OF TRAVEL
INFORMATION AND
IT EVEN
HAS PHONE
NUMBERS AND
WEB ADDRESSES FOR
PLANNING YOUR
NEXT TRIP.
AT THE
$12 PER
MONTH SUSTAINER
LEVEL IT'S JOHN
MCGIVERN'S SPECIAL
FORMULA OF
COFFE E
WITH THE
MAIN STREETS
MUG. AT
$20 PER
MONTH LET
US THANK YOU WITH THE
GIFT, THE
COFFEE AND THE
MUG WHEN
YOU PLEDGE
YOUR SUPPORT
EITHER BY
PHONE AT 1-800-236-3636
OR BY
JOINING US
ONLINE AT pbswisconsin.org.
>> JAMES
JUST TALKED
ABOUT RAISING
HIS SUSTAINING
GIFT SO
THAT WE COULD
SAY THANK YOU
TO HIM
WITH THAT
WONDERFUL COFFEE.
WHAT A WONDERFUL
IDEA. IF
YOU'RE ALREADY A
SUSTAINING
MBER, IT'S A GREAT
CHANCE FOR
YOU TO SHOW
YOUR SUPPORT
FOR "JOHN MCGIVERN'S MAIN STREETS" BY
UPPING YOU
R SUSTAINING GIFT
AND OUR
VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE HAPPY
TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT T
HE THANK YOU GIFTS YOU WOULD
BE ELIGIBLE.
AT $10 A
MONTH, CONSIDER
MAYBE GOING
TO $12 A
MONTH. IT WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY
AT $12 A
MONTH, CONSIDER GOING
TO $15.
WHATEVER YOU
THINK YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO
DO, PLEASE
MAKE A GIF
T OF
SUPPORT RIGHT
NOW AND
WE'LL THANK YOU WITH ONE
OF THESE THANK YOU
GIFTS AND IT
WILL SIGNAL YOUR
SUPPORT FOR
WONDERFUL PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. GIVE A
CALL, USE
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CODE, GO
ONLINE, 1-800-236-3636. >> ONE OF
THE THINGS
WE KNOW
ABOUT JOHN MCGIVERN'S PROGRAM IS THAT YOU
GUYS LOVE
IT. PEOPLE
LOVE THI S
PROGRAM. WE
KNOW THAT BECAUSE
WE ACTUALLY
DO GET
SOME RATINGS
AND IT
DOES BETTER IN THE
SENSE OF
MORE PEOPLE
WATCHING. BUT
ALSO PEOPLE CALL
US. THEY
SEND US
MESSAGES AND
THEY CALL US.
AND WHEN JOH
N AND
HIS CREW
ARE OUT, PEOPLE
TALK TO
THEM.
TALKED
ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT.
PEOPLE LOVE SEEING
THEM OUT
AND ABOUT
AND AROUND.
SO I
THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS A
PROGRAM THAT
PEOPLE CARE
ABOUT. WE'RE NOT
DOING IT
JUST BECAUSE
IT'S SOMETHING
TO DO.
WE'RE DOING IT
BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT IT
MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO
YOU. WE KNOW
THA T
YOU ENJOY
IT. WE
KNOW THAT
YOU ENJOY
WATCHING JOHN
TRAVEL AROUND THE STATES
AND WE KNOW
THAT THIS
PROGRAM IS
WORTH YOUR TIME.
SO MAKE A
N INVESTMENT WITH
US, WITH JOHN.
CALL US
AT 1-800-236-3636.
AND THANK YOU
FOR WATCHING.
in a few small buildings not too
far from here.
In its first year, 1898, can yo
u guess
how many students attended St.
Norbert College?
[playful music]
- The first class at St. Norbert
College had four students.
A few years later, the college
moved into Main Hall.
Way more impressive, right?
But for a while, this building
here was the entire college.
Now, St. Norbert has over 1,800
students
and sits on 116 acres.
[church organ music]
- We're on the campus of St. N
orbert.
- Yes. - And you're a Norbertin
e.
- Yes.
The Norbertine Order is one of
the oldest orders
in the world of Catholic priest
s.
We just conclude our 900th Jubile
e.
So, we were a product from Pré
montré, France.
And the order grew and grew an
d grew in Europe.
- And in 1898 is when St. Norber
t College opened, yes?
- Exactly.
- John: And not many years after
you arrived.
- Fr. James Baraniak: Yes.
We arrived in a peninsula in 1893,
and then five years later, here,
and then, Father Pennings began
to teach Latin
in what was the rectory.
That was the firm foundation,
October 10th, 1898.
- And St. Norbert College
is the only Norbertine college
in--
- Fr. James: In the world. - Jo
hn: In the world.
- Fr. James: In the entire worl
d.
- John: Right here in De Pere,
Wisconsin.
- Yes, exactly.
This church was literally built
by the Kidney Boat Factory
here in De Pere. - John: Is that
right?
- Fr. James: Where, this is an
upside-down boat.
- Oh. - See this? Here we go.
- John: Yep.
- These windows are all origin
al here.
- John: So, from the original chu
rch?
- Fr. James: From this original
church, yes.
- John: These windows came.
- Fr. James: And these windows
were.
So, these are all priceless wind
ows.
- John: Yeah.
At our parish, at Saints Peter
and Paul Parish
on the east side of Milwaukee. -
Fr. James: Yes.
- We face the altar. - Mm-hmm.
- Take a look.
- Fr. James: Yes. - John: They f
ace each other.
- Yes, you sit here, and John, yo
u sit there.
We are eyelash to eyelash. - Ye
ah.
- That is reconciliation.
- John: And people do get conf
used as far as
contemplative monk, contemplat
ive priests.
- Fr. James: We would say that w
e are
contemplatives in action.
- John: That's, how great is t
hat?
- Fr. James: That empowers us
to now go out
to the hospitals here in the G
reen Bay area.
- John: Right.
- Fr. James: To the other schools,
to the parishes,
to this college, to our high scho
ol.
- John: And you've certainly be
come fabric
of this community.
The Norbertines are really impo
rtant in De Pere.
- Absolutely.
The kids that I once taught in
high school,
I later had their weddings.
I baptized their children.
I buried their parents.
You can't get rid of us. - Right.
- Fr. James: For better or for
worse.
- You would expect to see studen
ts moving into the dorms.
But pro football players?
In 1958, the Green Bay Packers
started using
St. Norbert's dorms as housing
for training camp.
Vince Lombardi and his epic tea
ms of the '60s
walked these sidewalks.
The Packers continued to come
here for 60 years,
the longest such partnership in
the NFL.
- The next big thing in De Pere
is the Mulva Cultural Center
being built right behind me on
the river.
It'll be the icon of this commun
ity.
And when it's all said and done,
there'll be 75,000 square feet
of space for exhibits,
classes, performances, and a vete
rans memorial.
Have you ever been inspired by
an alley?
When we walked in, you were lik
e,
"This alley used to be crap."
- Shanna Koltz: It was.
So, the city was gonna just impro
ve it,
put in some botanicals, things l
ike that.
And we saw that they were doing
a call for that.
And we said, "What about art inst
ead?"
- John: Yeah.
- Naomi Moes: We wanted to gat
her it
into more of an art museum. -
John: Right.
- Like, having art on the walls
just like if you're at a café.
- Concept-wise, what did you appr
oach the city with?
- Shanna: This.
The businesses had to agree to
it.
We had to convince them that we
could make bees interesting.
- John: Yeah.
- So, this is a combination of p
hotos and paintings.
That's actually my husband, okay
?
And he's not a beekeeper.
- John: And you build and laye
r these, then?
- Shanna: I build in layers, lo
ts of layers.
And then, the real image is creat
ed in Photoshop
after I have all the pieces.
- And you need, you had to have
one of the queen,
didn't you? - Shanna: Of cours
e.
The queen is actually a manneq
uin.
- Oh, really?
Those don't look like mannequin l
ips, do they?
- No, they don't.
- Well, ever since a little gir
l,
I always used to do sculptures
and papier-mâché,
and then I just like to be big.
I don't like to do a tiny thing.
So, started working bigger and
bigger.
- John: And when this came up
and she said bees.
- Naomi: Yep.
- John: Is this what you thoug
ht of?
- Naomi: Yeah.
- John: Are they all different or
are they all similar?
- Naomi: Well, so, the bodies
that you see are all the same,
but the wings and the legs are
all different on each one.
Flamingo, and so, this part is a
ll mold,
and then the head was another mold
.
Just, it was easier to make a
mold
than to hand sculpt each one.
- John: Yeah.
- And plus, I can make more if
I want, so.
- So, all of these can be, you
can make all of these--
- Yes.
- Over again for another alley so
mewhere else.
- For another alley, right? -
John: Yes.
- Shanna: Just watching the co
mmunity and their response,
that fills us up, you know, and
that makes us wanna do more.
- In 1952, De Pere had a moment
in the spotlight,
a moment to be proud of.
And it's because 99% of the po
pulation of this community
did something.
Can you guess what that somethi
ng was?
[playful music]
- In 1952, the Wisconsin State legi
slature
recognized De Pere as the number
one U.S. small city
for its voter turnout, 99.7%.
Way to go to De Pere!
Way to make your voice heard!
[upbeat music]
- We're on the campus of St. N
orbert.
This is called Ruth's Marketpla
ce.
- I oversee basically all food s
ervice on the college.
I'm coming outta restaurants and ca
tering,
a lot of experience with farm-to-
table and local foods
and things like that, and we d
o live cooking.
We continue to cook the items
as we go.
And it's really exciting 'cause t
he students
get really nice, fresh food.
To be here and do this and feed
this many people,
and the quality of food, it's rea
lly positive.
- This has been voted number o
ne in college food
in the state of Wisconsin. - Inde
ed.
- And number four in the country
.
- Indeed. - And the voting publi
c is who?
- Josh Swanson: The students.
- John: The students.
- Josh: So, it's as voted by stu
dents.
So, that's pretty exciting.
You know, we do 2,000-some mea
ls a day
between the three meal services.
We also feed campus community
here
and then community from the area
can come down here, as well.
- John: And what do you think
we should do together today?
- Josh: Wok's really cool
'cause it's really hot, fast c
ooking.
- John: Oil first?
- You can squirt all around; ju
st get crazy with it.
Yep, there we go.
That's good.
- And then we got this beef. - Ma
rinated beef.
- We're gonna go right in the c
enter here.
Watch out; it's gonna spit at yo
u a little bit.
- Right?
- Okay, break it up a little b
it.
Now, you're gonna want to grab '
em and kind of toss it.
Oh, yeah, see?
Okay, now spread it out to the
sides.
We're gonna do some broccoli rig
ht in there.
The students here just love bro
ccoli.
- John: Good.
It cooks fast.
- There, we'll get some bamboo
in there.
And finally, I've got some car
rots here.
Yeah, get it all mixed together.
You want it to have a little cru
nch.
That's got more nutrition for ya
.
- Oh, you should have told my mo
m that.
- And now.
- Oh my, and the smell is terrifi
c.
And look how good that looks.
- And that is our Mongolian beef
.
- It's delicious.
I'm enrolling as a student, just
so you know.
Many of the communities on the Fo
x River have a history
of paper making, and De Pere is n
o exception.
The Nicolet Paper Mill was foun
ded in 1892,
and they make specialty papers
, so,
papers used in food packaging,
in construction, in technical wor
k.
But the most specialty paper th
at I believe
that Nicolet Mills makes is this
paper
that we all know incredibly well.
Take a look.
It's the paper that houses our
Reese's Peanut Butter.
This is what they make.
It's delicious paper, is what th
is is.
[upbeat music]
Let's talk about the shop.
Let's talk about the mission, ho
w it happened.
- God's Purpose Apparel is an
inspirational apparel brand,
just motivating people to walk
with purpose.
So it's educating people in a way
, as well,
inspiring and educating. - John:
Right.
- Brittany Bell: So, like, even
when the pandemic hit,
we came out with the Faith over F
ear,
and it was one of those things
like, "Keep going."
- Can we talk about your backgro
und?
How did it lead you to this?
- So, the background of this re
ally came from my husband.
He's a pastor, yep. - John: He
's a pastor?
- And during his childhood, he
experienced homelessness.
- John: Yeah.
- And so, he felt like there wa
s inspiration
to motivate people through hard
times.
And so, we started our mission wi
th helping out
St. John's Ministries.
So, giving back financially by d
onating 100%
of specific apparel items.
Love; love is huge.
And we often do, like, a collecti
on, and so, trying--
- The love collection. - Yes.
It's love that carries you thro
ugh.
- John: That's a message that's e
verlasting right there.
Patience, goodness, gentleness,
self-control.
- We can't do 'em all, you know,
like, we're striving to get the
re.
- At least live a few of these
today.
- Yeah, right. - Yeah.
- We actually customize our ow
n shirts as well.
- Oh, that's great. - So, any
saying, they can get.
- So, they walk in and they're
like, "Oh,
but I'd rather have this, but I
don't see it."
And you're like, "Come back tomor
row at 2:00."
- Exactly. - Is that how it wor
ks?
- Yeah. - Oh, that's great.
- Not, maybe not that quick, but.
- No, no, not that quick, okay,
not that quick.
- Not that quick.
One of the things we pride ours
elf on is having
affordable prices but still qual
ity items, you know?
- John: Nice.
- We want people to be able to g
et it
and spread the message, right?
- John: Yeah.
- Brittany: It's bigger to us;
It's more about the impact.
- Remember how De Pere has two sc
hool districts?
So, two high schools, two foot
ball teams.
Well, in the early '20s, the tw
o teams played each other,
and the fans got really out of ha
nd.
Fights broke out.
The refs had to call the game an
d send everybody home.
They suspended the two schools
from any competition
for the next 30 years.
Now, there is a friendly rivalry
between east and west,
but this definitely is one commu
nity.
They come together every summer
for Celebrate De Pere,
a festival commemorating the two
sides becoming one.
- Before locks and dams,
traveling the Fox River was ro
ugh.
In fact, French settlers named
this Rapids of the Father,
Rapides de Pere,which, over t
ime, became De Pere.
This is part of a lock system
that was built
in the mid-1800s and is still in
use today.
Okay, okay.
How many locks are there in the F
ox River system, hm?
[playful music]
- There are 17 locks.
De Pere is the furthest north,
and the system extends
down to Lake Winnebago.
Thanks to the locks, Wisconsin
goods could travel
from Lake Winnebago up to Gree
n Bay
into the Great Lakes through th
e St. Lawrence Seaway
and on to anywhere in the world.
[upbeat music]
- John: We're at the most north
ern lock
in the Fox River lock system.
- This treasure is due to the h
ard work
of many historical-minded people
who really wanted to keep this p
reserved.
- John: Yeah, glad they did.
- Bill Vanevenhoven: A lot; we
're all glad we did, yeah.
- John: Yeah, so let's talk abo
ut these locks.
Could you take me through the st
eps?
- So, we have to fill the cham
ber,
about a turn and a half in a clo
ckwise rotation.
- It's pretty great here on the F
ox River, yes?
- It's a very historic system.
- Yes.
- This is the only fully restor
ed,
manually operated lock system i
n the country.
So, we're very proud of what we
have here,
and I'm very anxious to share
with others the history here.
- John: Yeah.
- Commerce actually drove the
lock system.
So, that brings water from thi
s area below the gate
into the chamber.
This was the Highway 41, you know,
of the 1850s and '60s.
Just think about it, you know,
so this was it.
This was your way in then.
- John: Continuous use since the
1800s?
- Bill: Continuous use for this p
articular lock.
- John: Yeah.
- Bill: Continuous use for the
next lock upstream.
- If you're on duty, what do yo
u have to make sure happens?
- If I'm on duty, my first respo
nsibility
is to safely get the boats throug
h.
And when I see a boat,
if I'm having a sandwich in the s
hack,
I have to drop that and-- - John
: Wrap it up.
- Bill: The boats are number one
,
so we gotta get the boat through
.
- Lee Magnuson: After he closed
the lower doors,
they have to open the valves and
let the lock fill up
before they open the upstream doo
rs.
- John: Okay; how do you know how
to do this?
- Pretty much growing up.
Back then, you had to be at least
six years old
and wear your life jacket all th
e time
before you could take the boat
out by yourself, you know.
- John: And were you doing it at
six?
- Lee: Oh, yeah. - John: How's it
look so far?
- Lee: Looking good so far. -
John: Does it look?
[both laughing]
- Lee: We haven't hit anything yet
.
- John: Do you want me to put m
y life vest on?
Look, Captain, I'm helping. -
Lee: Try not to screw up
or we'll have to throw you overbo
ard.
- Bill: So, now we have to lower
the water,
and the boat is halfway home.
- John: Is there one of these
locks along the system
that's busier than the other on
e?
- Bill: This is the busiest one.
Yeah, about 60% of our boat tr
affic comes through this one.
That's how we do it.
[upbeat music]
- Emmy, De Pere, it feels
like a small town on the verge
of really big things.
Don't you agree? - Absolutely.
Two downtowns, one city.
I love it.
- In unison: De Pere.
♪ There's nowhere else I'd rathe
r be ♪
♪ The heart and soul of commu
nity's right here ♪
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>> AND
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E'RE GOING
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NO,
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RIGHT. >> GIVE
US A LITTLE
TASTE FROM ONE
OF THOSE
TOWNS, MADISON
OR WAUKESHA. >>
MADISON WAS GREAT.
IT WAS
THE FINAL
EPISODE WE
SHOT.
DO
THE JOHN MCGIVERN
BUS TOUR.
PEOPLE GET ON A
BUS TO GO
WHERE JOHN MCGIVERN'S GOING.
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LIKE TO
TELL YOU
HOW VERY
MUCH I A
M ENJOYING JOHN
M CGIVERN'S "MAIN
STREETS" SERIES.
JOHN AND
EMMY ARE
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YES. >> GIVE
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HIGHLIGHT FROM ONE
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TOWNS, MADISON
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MADISON WAS GREAT.
IT WAS
THE FINAL
E PISODE
WE SHOT.
WE DO
SOMETHING CALLED
THE JOHN
GIVERN BUS TOUR.
PEOPLE GO ON A
BUS TO GO
WHERE JOHN MCGIVERN'S GONE
AND THEY
SHOW UP WHERE
WE'RE SHOOTING.
AND WHERE
THEY SHOWED
UP WAS
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THEY GOT A TOU
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STUDIO. AND I
GOT TO
TALK WITH
ANGELA FITZGERALD. THAT WAS
ONE OF THE
INTERVIEWS WE
DID, WHO IS
THE HOS T
OF "WISCONSIN
LIFE." SO THEY
HAVE TWO
HOSTS OF
PBS SERIES COME
TOGETHER AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT
IT'S LIKE
TO MAKE
TELEVISION FOR PBS
WAS SUCH A
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IT'S SO
FUN BECAUSE
ANGELA IS
LIKE WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS?
I'M NOT TELLING
YOU THE
QUESTIONS. WE'RE JUST
GOING TO
TALK. IT
WAS A GREAT
INTERVIEW. MADISON BEING CLOSE
TO HOME,
I LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, TO
BE SO
CLOSE TO
HOME AFTER
TRAVELING ALL SUMMER
AND GOING
SO FAR AWAY
FROM HOME
IN THE
OTHER STATES, IT
WAS GREAT TO
BE SO
CLOSE.
DISON'S A GREAT TOWN.WE
DID STATE STREET
FROM THE
CAPITOL TO THE
UNIVERSITY AND
WE DID
ALL OF STATE
STREET AND INCLUDED YOU
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>> SURE. >>
AS YOU
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STATE, YOU
SEE A LOT
OF SIMILARITIES
AND A LOT OF
DIFFERENCES. WHAT
ARE SOME
THAT STOOD
OUT TO YOU, THE
SIMILARITIES AS YOU
GO FROM TOWN
TO TOWN
TO T
OWN? >>
WE CAL
L OUR
TOWN "MAIN STREETS."
EVERYBODY TAKES PRIDE IN
THEIR TOWN.
EVERYBODY REALLY WANTS
TO SHOW
WHAT'S BEST
ABOUT WHY
THEY LIVE
THERE, WHY THEY
WORK THERE,
WHY THEY PLAY
THERE. SO
SIMILAR FEELINGS
AROUND OWNERSHIP
OF COMMUNITY
IS ALWAYS
-- WE
ALWAYS LEAVE
THERE GOING
THESE PEOPLE
LOVE THEIR
COMMUNITY. AND
WE END
UP AFTER
FIVE DAYS
OF BEING
THERE END
UP LOVING
IT AS WELL.
SO IT'S
VERY SIMILAR
FEELING-WISE. YOU
GET TO SEE
OTHER STUFF.
MANUFACTURING. I
LOVE WHEN WE'RE
ABLE TO GET
INSIDE A FACTORY
AND SAY THIS
IS WHAT THEY
MAKE HERE,
HERE'S THE
PEOPLE THAT
MAKE IT.
THAT TOUCHES
MY LIFE.
HERE IN
INDIANA IS
WHERE THEY
MAKE THAT STUFF.
WHAT'S NOT
SIMILAR IS
THE PLACES
WE GO
TO, BUT
THE COMMUNITY
FEELING IS ALWAYS THE
SAME. >>
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MALCOM IN
STUDIO, T
OO. SO NICE TO SEE
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ROASTERS IN
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THIS EPISODE
ALONG WITH
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THE PHONES
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LET'S GO
STRAIGHT TO
ANOTHER VIDEO
. >>
BACK ON THE
STUDIO WITH
JOHN. JUST A
BRIEF BREAK
IN THE
SHOW. ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANTED TO ASK
YOU ABOUT,
JOHN, BECAUSE
I'M A COFFEE
FANATIC AND
YOU'V E
GOT THIS GREAT
BAG OF
COFFEE. YOU
VISITED THE
FOLKS AT
LUNA COFFEE.
TALK TO US A
LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THOSE FOLKS
UP THERE. >>
MAR K
STARTED LUNA
COFFEE. IT'S A POPULAR PLACE
TO VISIT
NOT ONL Y
FOR THOSE
PEOPLE WHO
LIVE THERE
WHO SPEND
THEIR MORNINGS
AT LUNA
COFFEE, BUT
FOR VISITORS AS WELL.
HE PROMISED
ME THAT WE COULD
CREATE A ROAST
THA T
WE WOULD
CALL
"HIT THE
ROAD." SO
IT'S "JOHN MCGIVERN'S MAIN STREETS" SPECIFIC
ROAST. TO
GET TO
THAT, WE
WENT THROUGH A FEW
BEANS. WE
HAD A TASTE,
WHICH, CAN I TELL
YOU, THEY'RE
SERIOUS. COFFEE
PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS.
SO TO HAVE THAT
TASTE OF
-- HE
SAID WE
WANT SOMETHING
FULL-BODIED. I WAS
LIKE WHO ARE
YOU TALKING
TO?
WE WANT
SOMETHING SMOOTH.
OKAY. WE'LL
GO FULL-BODIED
AND SMOOTH
AND WE
CAME UP
WITH THIS.
I LOVE THE
FACT THA
T OUR
AUDIENCE CAN
GET THIS
THEMSELVES. THIS IS THE GIFT,
ISN'T IT?
>> YEAH.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO ENJOYING
SOME. >> YEAH. >>
JOHN, YOU'RE
OUT IN
FRONT OF THE PRODUCTION,
BUT IT
TAKES A WHOLE TEAM
TO MAK
E THE
SHOW POSSIBLE. >>
YEAH. >> YOU WANT TO
TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE TEAM
YOU WORK
WITH? >>
I LOVE
THE FACT
THAT WHEREVER WE
ARE PEOPLE
WILL COME UP,
I'LL BE
WITH THE
CREW AND
WE'LL BE
LIKE, JOHN,
WE LOVE
YOUR SHOW,
AND THE
CREW'S LIKE,
B ECAUSE I
SIT IN THE
BEING BA OF
THE VAN,
BUT M Y
JOB IS
TO TALK T
O PEOPLE.
THERE'S A GOOD DOZEN
PEOPLE WHOSE
FULL-TIME IS
WORKING ON
THIS SHOW. WE
WORK OUT OF A
PRODUCTION HOUSE
CALLED PLUM
MEDIA IN
MILWAUKEE, I S
VERY WELL-RESPECTED IN
THE U.S.
WE COULDN'T
BE ON THE
R OAD
WITHOUT THEM. THE
CREW, THERE'S
FOUR OF
US ON THE ROAD
AND ANOTHER
TEN PEOPLE IN IN
THE OFFICE
THAT DEAL
WITH
L OF IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T TELL
YOU
W GRATEFUL
I AM
FOR ALL
OF THEM.>>
SURE. SPEAKING OF
BEING ON THE ROAD.
THANK YOU
FOR JOINING
US IN
THE STUDIOS
TODAY. AND
SPEAKING OF THE TEAM,
IT
KES AN ENTIRE TEAM ACROSS THE
STATE
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That was fun.
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Wouldn't it be great if your ki
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chose a career that provides th
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with good pay, but without a ton
of student loan debt?
A four-year degree isn't the on
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and build
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Skilled work isn't a thing of t
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ere's a village...
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u open.
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- We could name the factory se
conds after you.
[both laughing]
Now we're trading away some
of the staggering Alpine peaks
for an insight into the Swiss
and their heritage.
This is Appenzell --
cowbell country and storybook-fr
iendly.
According to legend, the devil
was flying over these hills
with a sack filled with houses.
A sharp peak tore a hole in the
sack,
and lots of chalets sprinkled
over the countryside.
To this day, the farms and haml
ets remain widely scattered,
and the canton of Appenzell
remains one of Switzerland's mo
st traditional.
The Swiss are famously indepe
ndent, and historically,
the big threat to their indepen
dence
was the Habsburg Empire from A
ustria.
In the Middle Ages, this reg
ion was fragmented
into small cantons, or states.
In the 13th century,
three of these cantons joined
together to fight the Habsburgs.
By 1291, they established th
eir independence,
and Switzerland was born.
This union eventually grew to
include 26 cantons
and the country we know today.
Switzerland is unique among
its European neighbors.
It's not in the EU, and, rat
her than the euro,
it uses its own currency.
This stubborn pride
and the resulting survival of
local traditions
is one thing that makes Switz
erland
such a rewarding place to visit.
[ Cowbells clacking ]
You feel the strength of tha
t tradition
here in the town of Appenzell.
Amazingly, it wasn't until 1990
that Appenzell women were giv
en full voting rights.
This has been the capital of t
he canton for 400 years,
and many of the buildings date
back to that time.
[ Bicycle bell rings ]
♪♪
Switzerland's independence dist
inguished it
from European high culture.
Back then, it took royalty or
the Roman Catholic church
to pay for big-time cultural
achievements.
So, instead of lots of grand p
alaces and cathedrals,
today, travelers see Swiss cu
lture
on a small and personal scale.
Folk museums here give an in
timate peek
into Appenzell's humble rural
culture,
with rooms replicating everyd
ay life,
from where they raised their f
amilies
to where they worked.
In this 400-year-old building,
the ceilings are low,
and the floors are creaky wi
th centuries-old beams.
Simple folk art shows the im
portance of cows
and the ritual of taking the
herd
up to the high meadows for th
e summer
and back down for the winter.
This room shows life as it was
for the herder in the high Alps,
who spent summers alone, milkin
g cows and making cheese.
These decorative cowbells awai
ted the festive day
when the herd would descend
from the high meadow.
It was a world of wood.
The woodshop is where milk pails
would be fashioned out of map
le and fir,
soaked in water to be made p
liable,
assembled watertight with no
nails,
and then artfully carved.
The woodworker's bedroom
reflects the pride he had in
his profession.
He earned enough to afford so
me fine painted furniture.
This wardrobe dates from 1817.
♪♪
) ♪♪
) (theme music) ♪
♪
(bird squawking)
♪
(indistinct radio chatter)
♪
(chicken squawking)
-Doc? -What's happened?
-Mom's stuck. -Well, what's
she doing
up in the air like that?
(Lamorna) That's what I
said.
-Get me down! -Well, I thoug
ht
if I lifted up the crush,
it would help her get free.
But her leg just sort of fel
l through the floor.
(Pete) I can't check her
till you cut her out of that contrapt
ion.
(man) Pete, I am not cut
ting her out until you've convinced m
e
she's medically sound enough
!
(Martin) Shut up!
Can you move your toes?
-Yeah. -Turn your ankle?
-Yeah. -Okay, no bones broken
.
Just minor lacerations.
You can cut her out.
Here, give me that ladder.
(moody music)
(man) Cut it right there
.
-What's your name? -Gerry
.
-Stand on there. -Steady.
Careful. Mind her leg.
(Lamorna) Oh, I don't li
ke heights, Doc,
and I'm in a lot of blood
y pain here.
-Got any difficulty breathin
g? -I have a bit.
It hurts a bit, yeah.
(Martin) Where exactly do
es it hurt?
(Lamorna) Kind of everyw
here.
Bloody cow slammed into me.
(Martin) Your pulse is ra
cing.
(man) Okay, Doc. Her leg
is free.
(Martin) All right.
Bring her down very slowly
and very carefully. (man)
Yeah. Thanks, Doc, we, uh, know w
hat we're doing.
(Martin) All right.
Okay, bring her down.
(Gerry) I didn't know
she was in the crush,
so I sent a cow down the
channel.
Cow panicked when it saw Mom
.
Started rearing and bucking.
Must've knocked the mechanis
m, so when Mom tried to get out,
the gates just closed on her
.
(Martin) Yeah, I didn't g
et a word of that.
(man) Can we bring in th
e jaws?
(machinery whirring)
(metal clanking)
(slamming)
(Gerry) Oh, Mom, I'm sor
ry.
(Martin) Oh. Careful.
Okay. Careful.
Can you feel your toes, Mrs.
..
-Mom. -What's her name?
(Lamorna) Lamorna.
Yeah, I can.
(Martin) All right. Lift
your arms.
(groans)
(Pete) Doc, uh, you seem to h
ave this.
We've had a shout about
a TA in Pendoggett.
(Martin) Yes, all right,
go.
-Does this hurt? -Ow! Yes!
(Martin) All right. Put y
our arms down.
I can't feel any broken ribs
.
I want you to come to my
surgery today
so that I can examine yo
u further.
It'll have to be this afterno
on.
-Right. -Cow didn't mean
it, Mom.
(Lamorna) Oh, it's not t
he cow's fault.
It's you, you idiot.
I told you over and over,
always check before you s
end one down.
(Martin) All right. Stop talk
ing.
Try and stay still.
And come to the surgery this
afternoon.
(Lamorna) I appreciate y
ou coming, Doc.
I know a lot of folk thin
k you're a tosser,
but I'll be sorry to see
you go.
(Martin) What do you mean?
I'm not going anywhere.
They're getting rid of you,
aren't they?
(Martin) No, they're not.
(man) Pretty sure I hear
d the same thing.
-Yeah. -No.
You heard wrong.
Make sure you come to the
surgery.
-Come on, Mom. -No, thank you.
I'm fine.
(woman) Keep going.
That's it. Keep going.
Arms up in the air.
Wiggling around.
There you go.
Okay.
Keep moving your bodies, movi
ng your hips.
Daddy!
Sorry I'm late.
I had an emergency.
Yeah, Morwenna said.
We're only a few minutes lat
e.
(woman) Keep moving your bod
ies, moving your hips.
Well done.
(Louisa) I have to admit
it's a little strange
being back here so soon.
-Why is that? -Oh, I don
't know, Martin.
Maybe because I spent my
entire adult life
working here and now I'm not
.
(Martin) Right. Yes. Of c
ourse.
(Louisa) Good idea of Mel
's to move the nursery here, though.
(Martin) Well, we'll see.
(clears throat)
(Louisa) Look, James.
(indistinct chatter)
-Look. -Louisa!
And Master James Henry.
-Shoes. -What?
(Mel) I've just refurbis
hed, and I'd rather you
didn't traipse mud all th
rough the place.
I just wouldn't want anyone
to accuse me
of not being stringent about
health and safety.
(Louisa) Oh, James.
Are you gonna give Mommy a, u
m, kiss, James?
Oh, well.
-He seems to like it already
. -So he should.
We've got a new art station,
soft play area at the back,
a little library over to your l
eft.
I don't know why I didn't thin
k about expanding before.
People are always having
children.
Well, you two must be ge
aring up for the next one.
(Louisa) Oh. Well, we're...
We've got our hands full with
James, and we're...
(Mel) Well, clock's well
and truly ticking, though.
It'd be nice for James to hav
e a little brother
or sister to boss around.
(Martin) It's none of you
r business.
(Mel) Actually, it's literal
ly my business...
If you know what I mean.
Right, then.
Let me show you through
the rest of the facilities.
(seagulls squawking)
(bell ringing)
(PC Penhale) Sorry, you can't
park here.
-There's no line. -Well,
there is a sign, how...
Well, there's a sign holder.
Someone's obviously stol
en the sign.
(Rebecca) Oh.
You better tell the police.
(PC Penhale) Yeah, well,
I am the police.
(Rebecca) Then you're al
ready on the case.
-Very sharp. -Well, I do
my best.
(Rebecca) Dr. Ellingham's su
rgery.
-Just up the hill? -Oh, y
eah.
Just straight ahead.
You can't miss it.
-Thank you. -No. Thank you.
Maybe I'll see you around.
Maybe.
(seagulls squawking)
(Morwenna) Take a seat.
(Rebecca) I'm here to see Dr
. Ellingham.
(Morwenna) Uh, do you have an
appointment?
-No. -Technically,
I'm actually first in the
queue.
-That's fine. -I'll make
an appointment.
(Rebecca) No, I don't ac
tually want an appointment.
(Donald) If it means that
much to you, you can go before me.
(Rebecca) I think you've
misunderstood.
(Donald) There's still a
place for chivalry in the world.
(Morwenna) How was Mrs. H
ammond?
(Martin) She got caught
in a cattle crush.
Who's my first patient?
-Donald Abbott. -Dr. Ellingh
am?
-Are you Donald Abbott? -No.
-Do you have an appointment?
-She doesn't.
I am Donald Abbott.
I don't mind if she goes
before me.
(Martin) Be quiet. Go thr
ough.
(Rebecca) Did you just t
ell a patient to be quiet?
(Martin) Yes, I did.
Make an appointment.
That's the receptionist.
She doesn't want one, Doc.
(Rebecca) I'm not here for a
consultation.
I'm Dr. Rebecca Hedden fr
om the GMC.
(Martin) We weren't expecting
you till Thursday.
(Rebecca) I like to keep
to my own schedule.
(Martin) And my schedule's bu
sy, I have lots of patients to see.
(Rebecca) And I'm here t
o monitor and inspect the practice,
which includes shadowing you
in your interaction with
patients.
-No. -It's not a request,
Dr. Ellingham.
It's a non-negotiable re
quirement of the GMC
following your tribunal hearin
g.
So, please, lead the way.
(barking)
(growls)
What seems to be the problem?
(Donald) Um...
(Rebecca) Oh, don't mind
me, I'm just observing.
(Donald) Oh. Right. Observe a
way.
It's not going to be very
exciting, I'm afraid.
Um, I've just been feeling
a bit dizzy, Doctor.
I've toppled over a coup
le of times.
Very inconvenient.
(Martin) Have you had any ot
her illnesses or symptoms
in the last two or three mon
ths?
(Donald) Uh, I had flu
about a month ago.
(Martin) Mm. Follow my fi
nger.
(clock ticking)
-What's this for? -Shush
.
Keep your head still, ju
st the eyes.
(Rebecca) If a patient h
as questions,
it's good to reassure an
d educate them.
(Martin) It's a technique used to
detect unilateral hypofunction
of the peripheral vestib
ular system.
(Donald) Ah. Thought as m
uch.
(Rebecca) He's measuring
how you respond to movement.
(Donald) Oh.
-Are you a doctor as well?
-I am, yes. Are you Dr. Elli
ngham's replacement, then?
(Rebecca) I'm just here
to observe.
You have vestibular neuritis
.
The flu you had has left
an inflammation of the nerve
in your inner ear.
That's what's causing yo
ur imbalance and nausea.
I'll write you a prescriptio
n for a course of cinnarizine.
(Donald) Will I be able t
o go about my daily life?
I have a few things planned
for the next few days.
Yes. It's a mild infection.
The medication should sta
rt working
as soon as you start taking it
.
Provided you get enough rest
,
drink enough fluids, you
should be fine.
If you have any more symptom
s, make a follow-up appointment.
Next patient!
(tapping of computer keys)
What was it we agreed on again
?
-Hundred quid, wasn't it?
-No.
It was 40!
-Right. Yeah. -Look,
if you're gonna try and
rip me off, Gus,
at least put some effort
into it.
You're barely trying there.
You a bit skint at the momen
t?
(Gus) Boat like this,
upkeep alone's killing me.
-Well, sell her. -I just
got her fixed up.
What else am I gonna do?
No. I just need a break, get
even again.
(Bert) Well, you never know.
This might be your lucky day
.
(clattering)
(Martin) It's incredibly irri
tating,
having her hovering on m
y shoulder,
-watching my every move.
-It's only for a day or two.
(Martin) No, it's for a w
eek or more.
(Louisa) You need to make
an effort with her.
(Martin) Well, I'm allowi
ng her to observe.
-Nothing more. -Well, let
's just try
and have a nice lunch anyway
.
-Yes. -Come on.
I was thinking maybe we c
ould have a talk.
(Martin) What about?
-About our situation. -W
hat situation?
(Louisa) About what Mel s
aid.
(seagulls squawking)
Oh.
H--hello.
Um, we've not been introduce
d.
-I'm Louisa Ellingham. -D
r. Rebecca Hedden.
I was just looking to see
where's recommended
around here for lunch.
Any tips?
(Louisa) Well, um, we wer
e just heading to a place on the Plat
t
that does a pretty good line
in fresh fish.
(Martin) Uh, it gets pret
ty booked up at lunchtime.
(Louisa) Luckily, we book
ed a table.
Would you like to join us?
You've probably got othe
r plans.
No, that would be good.
-Thank you. -Great.
That's great.
Come on.
Um...
(melancholy music)
♪
(door opening)
-Hi! -Ah. Great.
We need two barrels changed,
and we're getting low on
pint glasses.
-Oh. Hello to you, too. -Sor
ry, love.
I'm just rushed off my feet.
I promise it's just for
a few days,
until I find someone else
to fill in.
(Morwenna) Maybe you shou
ldn't keep firing the staff.
(Al) I caught the last on
e taking money out of the till.
She's lucky I didn't call
Penhale on her.
(Morwenna) Apparently it'
s fine for your dad to do it, though.
Oh, Dad, come on.
(Bert) Oh. Good news.
You know that fisherman Gus?
-He's a fisherman. -Yes,
I gathered that.
(Bert) Anyway, he's strug
gling with the cost of running his bo
at.
And I said that we'd buy in
as partners
at a very reasonable price.
(Al) We're not buying
into some boat, Dad, okay?
(Bert) We'd get discounts
on all the fish that come in.
(Al) Look, we've only jus
t paid Ruth back, okay?
-We can't afford this. -I
t's a great opportunity.
-What do you think? -Uh,
it doesn't matter what s
he thinks.
(Morwenna) Oh, lovely.
I give up my lunch break to h
elp out,
and that's all the thanks I ge
t.
(Al) Look, Morwenna, I di
dn't...
Morwenna, I didn't mean it.
I just...
Look, Ruth only agreed to be
the guarantor for the pub
if I was in charge of the business deci
sions, yeah?
And my business decision is n
o boat.
So give that to me.
(Rebecca) The GMC are keen
for a standardized qualit
y of practice,
and good partnership with
the patients
-is a keystone of that. -Why
?
(Rebecca) Because we res
pect the patients' right
to reach decisions about
their care
in conjunction with the doctor
.
(Martin) It's a terrible
idea.
In my experience, patients
make appalling decisions.
(Rebecca) Louisa, you're a t
eacher.
Surely you must see the
benefit of consultation.
(Louisa) Well, actually,
I was,
but now I'm training as a
counselor
to work with children.
(Rebecca) Even more so,
then.
Don't you think the more inf
ormed a patient is,
the better they'll respond
to the treatment plan?
And surely the sooner we
start that the better.
(Louisa) I'm sorry, Rebec
ca.
Martin and I, we sort of
have a--a rule...
-No shop talk at the table.
-Do we?
(Rebecca) A patient made
to feel uncomfortable
is more likely to withhold
pertinent information.
(Martin) If a patient is
lying to the doctor,
he doesn't really deserve
treatment, does he?
I'm sorry, but that's qui
te inflammatory.
(Louisa) Oh! Look. There's Ru
th.
-Ruth! Ruth, over here. -Hel
lo.
Come and join us.
I'll--I'll get you a chair.
-Afternoon, Ruth. -Marti
n.
(Louisa) Sorry.
The more the merrier.
Ruth, this is Dr. Rebecc
a Hedden.
She's with the GMC.
(Ruth) Oh. I see.
Hello.
-I'm Dr. Ruth Ellingham. -Oh,
yes.
Chris Parsons mentioned you.
We were just discussing how
the attitudes
of medical practitioners can
affect patient care.
Opinion. Not fact.
(Rebecca) One based on n
umerous studies.
Based on flawed methodology.
(suspenseful music)
♪
(bell ringing)
(Donald) Sally?
-You all right? -Yes.
Just doing a little dusting.
Perfectly normal behavior.
I have a prescription.
(Sally) Oh.
Right.
(Donald) So, how are you gett
ing on with this month's book,
-the Virginia Woolf? -Oh,
yes.
Um, "To a Lighthouse."
Oh, oh, it's a marvelous boo
k.
(Donald) You know, she base
d the lighthouse
on the one at Godrevy.
(Sally) Yes, I've always
meant to go and have a look.
Especially after reading such
a marvelous book.
(Donald) How about tomorrow?
♪
-Tomorrow? -The lighthouse.
A friend of mine has been
doing maintenance over there.
He'd be more than happy to l
end me the keys.
(Sally) Is this some sort of
...
date?
(Donald) Is that a proble
m?
♪
(Sally) No.
No, not a problem at all.
(Donald) Right, then.
See you tomorrow.
♪
Bye.
(bell ringing, door closes)
Mm.
(Rebecca) It's undeniabl
e that being inclusive with patients
can aid the medical process.
(Martin) Just because you
say something is undeniable
doesn't make it a fact, you
know.
(Ruth) I think that each doct
or has their own method
of patient care which wo
rks for them.
(Rebecca) And what works
for a doctor may not work for a pat
ient.
(Ruth) But I think Martin has
a point.
I mean, if he were at fault,
I would say so...
And frequently do.
(Rebecca) You frequently
think he's at fault?
-No, I didn't say that.
-Sorry, can I just interrupt?
Look, is Martin gonna lo
se his job or not?
-Oh, right. -Well, that'
s what
all this is about, isn't it?
I think we should just be ho
nest, really.
Cards on the table.
(indistinct chatter)
(Rebecca) Worst-case scenari
o would be that it's recommended
he's no longer allowed to
practice.
Effectively he'd be struck off
.
(Louisa) So you're saying yes
.
(Martin) I have patients.
We should go.
(Rebecca) Thank you for
lunch.
-Yeah. -You're welcome.
See you, Ruth.
(Rebecca) I should follo
w them.
I still have a duty to s
upervise.
Martin is a great asset to t
his community.
If you punish him, you'll be
punishing them as well.
(Rebecca) I really shoul
d go.
(sighing)
(Martin) Your spleen seems in
tact.
Doesn't appear to be any damag
e to your internal organs.
(Lamorna) I still ache a
ll over.
It was quite the shock.
Suppose I should count my
self lucky it weren't worse.
(Martin) However, I am concer
ned by your mitral valve.
You appear to have some i
nflammation
-of the endocardium. -Mm.
Is that to do with the a
ccident?
(Martin) No, your pulse i
s irregular, and your heartbeat's abn
ormal.
Have you experienced any
breathlessness
or fatigue recently?
Well, I'm on the go all day.
So, yeah, now and then.
(Martin) And when did that st
art?
(Lamorna) Month or so.
It's been stressful ever
since my Stanley passed.
(Martin) Who?
My husband.
Six months since.
(Martin) Oh.
Type 2 diabetes. I remember.
(Lamorna) It's just me a
nd the boy now, and he's close to us
eless.
Lad's gone vegetarian too no
w, would you believe?
Stanley will be spinning.
Pull your top down and roll y
our sleeve up.
So this inflammation of t
he endo thing,
what does that mean?
It means you have endocarditis
.
(Rebecca) The endocardiu
m is the heart's inner lining.
(Martin) I'll take a blood sample
and run some cultures.
(Rebecca) Endocarditis g
enerally occurs when bacteria, germs
,
or fungi spread through the
bloodstream
and attach themselves to
damaged areas in the heart.
-No. -Yes.
(Martin) No. You are here to
observe only.
(Rebecca) I feel that the pa
tient would benefit
from some additional informa
tion.
(Martin) No, you do not h
ave permission to interfere.
You're in the way.
Wait outside.
(Rebecca) It's a little conv
enient
that you're trying to get
rid of me
the moment you're due to
draw blood. None of this is
convenient,
and that has nothing to d
o with it.
(Rebecca) So you won't h
ave an issue if I stay and watch?
(soft, tense music)
(clears throat)
♪
(Martin) I'll have the results
in the morning.
Make an appointment with
the receptionist.
(Lamorna) Right you are.
(Martin) Let me make one thing
perfectly clear, Dr. Greyson.
Hedden. No, Dr. Ellingham.
Let me make it clear.
We are doing this my way.
You do not have a choice in t
he matter.
And I have been willing
to overlook a lot so far.
Such as?
(Rebecca) The way you sn
ap and bark at patients.
Your lack of cooperation.
The fact you have a dog
running around your surgery.
(dog whimpers)
(moody music)
♪
(dog whimpers)
(door closes)
(Martin) Right. Can I get
back to my work now?
-Your font is too small. -Wha
t?
(Rebecca) All the public
signs in your surgery have lettering
which is below the accept
able size
-of CQC guidelines. -Tha
t is ridiculous.
No.
Dismissing the threat to
your career
for noncompliance is rid
iculous.
Who is your registered fi
rst aid responder?
-My what? -First aid res
ponder.
You have been told multip
le times
that one is necessary,
and yet you refuse to ass
ign one.
It's me.
I've been meaning to file
the form confirming it.
The doc asked me a while back.
-Didn't you? -Yes.
(Morwenna) He's even agre
ed to pay me time and a half
for the training.
It's very generous.
I was like, "You can't d
o that."
But he insisted.
"No, no, no, it's the least I
can do.
Maybe we should make it
double time."
(Rebecca) I'll be back t
omorrow, Dr. Ellingham.
I think it's worth consideri
ng what's more important,
your career or your pride.
I can help with one, but
not the other.
(exhales deeply)
(Lamorna) I'll, uh, see you
tomorrow, Doc.
If you're still here.
(Martin) Not double time.
(door opens, closes)
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(Bert) I would like to apologiz
e.
Ruth did put you in charge.
And you've been doing a
great job
of making sure that this is a
success.
I'm proud of you, boy.
Yeah, I'm not changing my mind
.
-It's still a no on the boat
. -Oh, I know.
I know.
What we need is a stock-take
.
Whiskey, everything,
so we know where we stand
and we can plan ahead.
-What are you up to? -Not
hing.
(Ruth) Sally.
(Sally) I have a problem
.
(Ruth) Come in. What's ha
ppened?
(Sally) Oh, I just...
Oh, I...
I don't know what to wear.
Wear?
-As in clothes? -A gentl
eman asked me
to go out with him tomorrow
to Godrevy lighthouse.
But what does that actua
lly mean?
Casual?
Smart casual?
-Casual smart? -Sally,
when I told you you coul
d come 'round
and talk to me at any time,
I meant more with regard to C
live's death
and any resulting feelings
of isolation and so forth.
I haven't been on a date for
35 years.
Oh.
When Clive passed away, I jo
ined all these clubs
and societies to keep me bus
y.
And, uh, there's this gentlema
n, Donald, in the book club,
and he's very pleasant and poli
te.
And now he's asked me out.
(Ruth) Sally, I do understand
.
But I don't want to stand he
re and give you some cliché
about how life moves on
and when the time is right,
you'll know it's right.
(Sally) Oh!
Oh, that's true.
Oh, that's very good, Ruth.
-Oh, no, I wasn't... -No,
that's marvelous.
Oh, golly.
Well, uh...
I think the important thing
is to feel comfortable
and be true to yourself.
(Sally) So...
Smart casual.
Hmm?
Yes.
(Sally) Thank you.
Thank you, Ruth.
(chuckles)
Now...
Oh!
I thought I saw the doc havi
ng lunch
with someone today.
Um, a lady?
Dr. Hedden from the GMC.
Oh, she's not due till n
ext week.
How did that go?
Uh, it was interesting.
(melancholy music)
Now...
you tell the doc that if
he wants any help,
he can call me anytime.
♪
Any time at all.
♪
Bye.
♪
(Louisa) I could write a letter f
or you.
Some platitudes about how yo
u value her opinion.
(Martin) I don't value he
r opinion.
(Louisa) That's why they'
re platitudes.
(Martin) No, thank you.
(Louisa) What happens
if you lose your job?
(Martin) I'm not going to
lose my job.
I can't say things were help
ed
by you inviting her to lunch
, though.
Yeah, and I realize that
was a mistake.
Plus, I never got a chance
to talk to you
about, you know...
-Having another child? -Yeah.
I mean, I can't quite believ
e
we haven't talked about
it before. Mind you, we haven't
exactly been in a place
where we've been able to.
-In what way? -Well,
in the way that we were mean
t to get married
but neither of us showed up.
And then I left and came bac
k pregnant,
and James was born.
But you were gonna move
to London, but you didn't.
And we did get married,
but then I went to Spain.
And, well, obviously, I
came back and you moved out.
Then there was the therapy.
And now I'm training for
a new job,
you might lose yours 'cause o
f this whole GMC thing.
So...
Yeah. Yeah, there's been
a lot on.
Mm. Yes, I see what you mean
.
Time's getting on,
but it doesn't mean it's
run out.
Although if we did want a
nother one,
it'd have to be after I'
d finished my course
and started my practice.
That's three years.
(Louisa) About that, yeah
.
Mm. Pushing it.
Well, plenty of women ge
t pregnant in their 40s.
I think you'll find they
're the exception
rather than the rule.
Do you want another child?
(soft music)
Do you?
I don't know.
I always thought I'd have
more time to think about it.
But if I'm already too, you
know...
-No, I don't. -Yes, you
do.
-No, I don't. -Too old.
Oh, I see. Yes.
No. No, you're not.
Um, I mean, you're--you'
re mature.
Please don't say that.
It makes me sound like chees
e.
Medically speaking, to f
all pregnant,
but, um, yes...
there's still time.
Yeah. Okay.
Mm.
-Not much, though. -Yes. Than
k you, Martin.
I understand.
♪
(melancholy music)
♪
(footsteps approaching)
(Sally) Excuse me.
-Excuse me! -Yes. Hello.
(Sally) Sally Tishell...
Mrs. Widowed.
Qualified chemist,
registered with the General
Pharmaceutical Council,
holder of an accredited
master's degree in pharmacy.
(Rebecca) Well, it's nice to m
eet you.
(Sally) You're happy
with the doctor's work
and are ready to send a glow
ing report back about him.
(Rebecca) Unfortunately,
I'm not at liberty
to discuss the matter, so
I'm sure you'll understand
why I can't answer your q
uestion.
(Sally) It wasn't a ques
tion.
(Martin) First patient.
Oh, you're back.
(Rebecca) As I said,
I'm here for a week.
At least.
(Morwenna) First patient,
Doc...
Lamorna Hammond.
(Martin) Lamorna Hammond?
Go through.
I've changed all the fonts in
the building.
They now all meet regula
tion size.
It seemed like a big deal to
everybody yesterday.
♪
Oh! Um...
Just a minute!
♪
-Hello. -Hello.
♪
(Martin) The blood cultures r
eveal an infection called brucellosis
caused by the brucella bacteri
a,
often contracted by eating in
fected meat
or drinking infected milk.
It can also lead to endocardi
tis.
So we need to establish what
it is you've been consuming
to cause this.
It says in your notes that y
ou're lactose intolerant.
(Lamorna) I've been for
years, yeah.
Do you eat meat?
(Lamorna) Well, normally we
don't bother,
but like I said, boy's a vegg
ie.
(Martin) So you've eaten no m
eat in the past month?
Well, we had a cow die on us
, so obviously we turned that
into a couple of burgers and
a steak.
Farm folk, Doc.
-Waste not, want not. -R
ight.
Brucellosis spreads fast amon
gst cattle.
There'll have to be tests,
but it's very possible
that that's the source of
the infection.
You'll need a prolonged cour
se of antibiotics,
and you'll have to arrange
for the rest of your herd
to be slaughtered.
I can't.
Well, find someone who can.
(clears throat)
No, I--I mean I don't want t
o.
There are only five left now
,
and I promised Stanley I'
d take care of them.
If that meat is infected,
there could be all kinds
of complications.
Subacute bacterial endocarditi
s,
acute and chronic meningitis
, encephalitis and neuritis,
orchitis, cholecystitis, hepa
tic suppuration,
osteomyelitis, both sacroili
ac and vertebral...
(Rebecca) She can't sure
ly be expected to know what all those
mean.
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
is a serious condition...
(Lamorna) Yeah.
I got it, Doc, it's all bad.
But there must be anothe
r way.
This isn't fair.
Fair?
Fair has nothing to do with it
.
They're cows.
If you can't arrange for
them to be destroyed,
then I'll report it to s
omeone who will.
It's idiotic to be sentiment
al
when it's putting your h
ealth at risk.
(tapping of computer keys)
♪
(Sally) Oh, look!
-It's wonderful! -Yes.
Home to seagulls, oystercatc
hers, pipits.
People aren't allowed on the i
sland
without permission.
(Sally) But we have permissi
on.
-Don't we? -Well, we've g
ot the keys
to the lighthouse, so mor
e or less, yes.
Well, I'm a pillar of the
community.
I can't break the law.
(Donald) Don't worry, Sal
ly!
We're not breaking the law!
Only a few people get to
visit Godrevy.
We're lucky.
♪
May I ask the patient a questi
on, Dr. Ellingham?
Yes.
How does this make you feel?
The way Dr. Ellingham ta
lked to you,
suggesting you are...
"idiotic."
(Martin) I said her actio
ns were idiotic,
not her personally.
Honestly?
It's a bit upsetting.
I don't think the doc un
derstands
what it means to tell a farm
er
they've got to cull thei
r herd.
And it's the sort of thing th
at might make you think twice
about coming back here if
you had a problem?
Right.
So you think I'm stupid too.
No, not at all.
(Lamorna) Or just some local
yokel
who'll say what you want
with a bit of prodding an
d pushing.
No, I think you've misun
derstood.
(Lamorna) No, no, no, I
understand fine.
The doc might be a rude tosser
,
but at least he talks straight
.
And that's appreciated 'r
ound here.
You want to sit and take notes
?
Take notes on that.
And stop sticking words into
my mouth.
(Martin) Any further question
s?
No, thank you.
(Donald) Be careful on
those steps, Sally.
(Sally) Oh, I'm fine.
♪
(Donald) Here we are, then.
How lovely to be in Woolf
country.
(Sally) Yes!
Such a wonderful book.
(Donald) What was your fa
vorite part?
(Sally) Oh...
I liked all the, um...
all the lighthouse stuff.
♪
And the final page was ve
ry powerful.
(Donald) It was, wasn't i
t?
"'Yes,' she thought,
laying down her brush in
extreme fatigue.
'I have had my vision.'"
You know, you're quite uniqu
e for Portwenn, Sally.
I can't think of anyone else
around here
with whom one can discuss ar
t and the finer things in life.
(Sally) Oh, well, I'm su
re the doc would have
some remarkable insights.
(Donald) The doc.
Oh, yes. Very good.
The man's so stiff, you
could lay him on his side
and use him as a shelf.
(Sally) We'll agree to disag
ree on that one.
(Donald) Oh.
♪
(Sally) Oh, my goodness.
(Donald) Here we are!
-Oh. -Ah.
♪
It's 950 steps to the top.
(Sally) Nine hundred and fif
ty!
(Donald) But it'll be wor
th it!
(Sally) God, I hope so.
Ooh.
♪
-Nearly there. -Good!
(chuckles)
-Careful. -Oh.
♪
-After you. -Oh, thank you.
(Donald) It's very steep.
♪
(Sally) Oh!
♪
(gasps)
♪
(Donald) Come on. This wa
y.
(Sally) Oh.
♪
Oh, my!
This is quite the view!
(Donald) Isn't it just?
Here we go.
(Sally gasps)
(Sally) Oh!
Thank you.
♪
(Donald) I hope you're enjoyi
ng yourself.
(Sally) Oh, I am. I'm gl
ad I came.
I almost didn't.
It's been a while.
(chuckles)
(Donald) Must be difficul
t.
-Losing Clive. -He annoyed me
.
And then one day he wasn't
around to be annoying anymore.
I miss it.
Being annoyed with him?
Being something with him.
Anything.
I think I could have been, um.
..
...a better wife.
I'm sure you tried your best
.
Clive used to say
that sometimes I was elsewhere
.
Well, not physically, I mean.
Emotionally?
Yes.
♪
You don't need to feel ba
d anymore.
No.
I suppose not.
♪
It's just that now that C
live's gone,
there's an empty space,
and I don't know how to fill
it.
♪
No, no, no! I'm sorry. I can't
.
(Donald) Sally, wait!
(Sally) Oh!
-Sally? -That's not why
I came here!
(Donald) I apologize.
It was clumsy of me.
-Let's just forget it. -Oh, I
think it's better
if I just leave.
-Oh! -Sally!
(grunting, groaning)
♪
(Donald) Sally?
Are you all right?
(groans)
♪
Sally.
-Oh. -Sally!
Oh.
That was...
No.
No, I am not.
♪
(Donald) Right.
No need to panic.
♪
I have a screwdriver stic
king out my arm.
Call the doctor!
(Donald) Of course.
(Martin) Try and keep the
m as clean and dr
%
>>
YOW!
SOMEBODY CALL
THE DOCTOR
RIGHT NOW!
NOT ME. I'M
GOING TO
CALM DOWN NOW
. I'M JAMES STEINBACH.
I'M A VOLUNTEER HER
E AT PB
S WISCONSIN. WE
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WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT ANYHOW.
BECAUSE WE'VE
GOT A C
HALLENGE BREAK.
THIS IS THE
TIME TO
CALL AND
PLEDGE TO DOC MARTIN
BECAUSE A GROUP
OF PBS
MEMBERS HAVE
SET
IDE A POT OF
MONEY, UP TO
$2,000, TO MATCH
YOUR CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
SO YOU
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YEAR, THAT'S
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SHOW, BUT
YOUR DOLLAR
GOES TWICE
AS FAR B
Y PLEDGING
NOW. SO
CALL US
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THIS PROGRAM,
I THINK,
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THE BEST
SHOWS ON
TV. I
CERTAINLY ENJOY IT.
AND I
THINK JUDGING FROM
THE KIND
OF FEEDBACK
WE GET
FROM
EWERS THAT YOU
DO, TOO
. SO
EXPRESS THAT
SUPPORT. HELP
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>> THAT'S RIGHT. WHEN YOU
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TH SEASONS 1
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Y BEGINNING
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WE'D LOVE TO THANK
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VE US A
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FRIENDS OF PBS
WISCONSIN. MARTIN
ELLINGHAM IS
NOT SUCH
AN EASY PERSON TO
LOVE, BUT
MAYBE LOUISA LOVES
HIM SO MUCH
BECAUSE
E KNOWS WHAT
WE KNOW
IS THERE'S
MORE TO
HIM THAN
HE LETS
SHOW.
'S A VERY COMPLEX
CHARACTER. ALL T
CHARACTERS ARE
COMPLEX AND INTERESTING.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT
MAKES THIS
SHOW SO SPECIAL.
IAN MCNIECE,
LOVE WATCHING
HIM. LIKE JAMES
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TELEVISION. BECOME A
SUSTAINER. MAKE YOUR
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ME ANYMORE.
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GIVE US A
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THIS CHALLENGE
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ALL OF THE
BRITISH
COMEDIES, THINK
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CASE OF DOC
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T'S FUNNY
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IT'S
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ON PEOPLE'S
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KNOW IT'S
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THESE CHARACTERS
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WELL EXPRESSED
THAT IT'S
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AND PRODUCING
AND DIRECTING,
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AND 10,
SO THAT'S THE
SERIES WE'VE
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EVENING AND THEN
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AND SO
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T AHEAD. AT
$40 A MONTH WE
HAVE THE
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IT'S 26
DISCS ALL
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THEN THE
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SET. SO
WHETHER IT'S FOR
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WHETHER IT'S A
WONDERFUL GIFT,
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE
IN YOUR
L E WHO
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ECAUSE YOUR
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FAR DURING
THIS CHALLENGE BREAK.
IT'S A GREAT TIM
E TO CALL
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OW YOU
R SUPPORT
FOR THIS KIND
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I THINK A
LOT OF
YOU KNOW
THE TOWN OF PORT
WENN, WHICH
IS REALLY A CHARACTER IN THE
SHOW. IT'S
BASED ON
P ORT
ISAAC. AIMEE, YOU'VE
BEEN THERE.
JAMES, BEEN TO
PORT? AIMEE
AND I
HAVE BOTH
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PORT ISAAC. I
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BECAUSE OF PBS
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THAT'S ONE OF
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OF PBS
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IT'S REALLY LIKE
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YOU'LL
THESE OTHER
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O THAT
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COMING MONTH
AND LEARN
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES. AND
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SEASON 9,
SEASON 10
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OUR OWN
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PBS NATIONAL
AND OTHER PBS
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ERI C
AGAIN TONIGHT.
AND THIS IS
-- IT
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BUT ANYHOW,
WHAT I'M
AGREEING ABOUT
IS THAT
20 IS A
GOOD NUMBER
FOR US TO
GET TO.
SO COME
ON. 20
FOR THE
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IT. AT
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S THE
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A LL.
RIGHT ON,
RONALD.
AN SAID I
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T THE "AIRWAVES"
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(telephone ringing) (Morwenna) Portwenn surge
ry.
Y--yeah. Okay.
All right. Slow down.
Um, hold on.
Um, Doc, it's an emergency.
It's Donald Abbott.
-Yes? -Hello.
Uh, Sally...
M--Mrs. Tishell managed
to trip over
and injure herself.
Oh.
I--I just need a second.
(Sally) Oh.
Hello, Doctor.
It's Sally Tishell.
Um, I have a screwdriver lodg
ed in my forearm
-an inch below the elbow joint. -R
ight.
Whatever you do, don't pu
ll it out.
-Where are you? -At the top
of Godrevy lighthouse.
(Martin) What on earth
are you doing there?
(Sally) Well, there was this
book club,
and somebody chose Virgin
ia Woolf,
and to be honest, I couldn't
get past the first chapter.
-I thought it was so boring.
.. -All right, stop talking
and listen to me.
Apply pressure around the wou
nd
to stop the bleeding, bu
t don't push
the screwdriver in any further
.
Lie down and raise your arm
on a table or chair.
Wait for me and stay calm.
Call Penhale and have him
get the lifeboat
and meet me to take me to
Godrevy Island, please.
(tense music)
♪
(Sally) Thank you, Docto
r.
♪
(dog barking)
♪
(woman) Come on!
(PC Penhale) You're gonna
have to move this forward or backwa
rds. (man) We can't move
it, Joe.
Some moron's parked there
and gone off somewhere.
-Where's the lifeboat? -S
light issue.
A moron's parked in front
of the lifeboat place.
It's all under control, though
.
Crisis management is my fort
e.
(Martin) I need a boat no
w!
(PC Penhale) Some say
it's an alpha-male trait.
(Bert) Right. There's that on
e.
-There's 27. -Hey!
So, this is your idea of a s
tock-take, is it?
(Bert) Listen, I can expl
ain everything.
(Al) You're paying for a
share of the boat with whiskey
even though I told you not t
o.
You said you'd cleared it
with him.
(Bert) Figure of speech.
(Al) There's about 700 qu
id's worth of stock there.
(Gus) Right. Bugger this
!
Call me when you've decided
what you want to do.
(Bert) Look, you may be i
n charge,
but I've run businesses all
my life!
-Yes, run them into the ground
. -Is this is your boat now?
-No. -Yes.
(Martin) Doesn't matter.
Get me to Godrevy.
(Bert) Oh, no, no, Doc. N
o.
-This boat's in use. -No,
it's not.
Come on. I've got to get
to Godrevy.
Wait, not you. You get se
asick, don't you?
(PC Penhale) What? No, I
don't.
Anyway, you need someone to p
ilot the boat.
Ah. Oh, really?
(Rebecca) Non-negotiable
means non-negotiable.
(PC Penhale) Penhale to t
he rescue again.
(Rebecca) You can let go
now.
(Bert) Doc, just wait a minut
e!
(engine starts)
(Martin) We'll be back.
(dramatic music)
♪
(tense music)
♪
Now, be careful, Penhale.
It's quite shallow here, isn'
t it?
(PC Penhale) It's an emergenc
y, Doc.
Stop worrying.
I know these waters like
the back of my hand.
Can you look where you're
going?
♪
(slamming)
What happened?
(PC Penhale) It's just a
sea bump.
(Rebecca) Uh, I don't me
an to worry you, but water's coming i
n.
(Martin) Oh, you idiot.
(Rebecca) We're sinking!
(PC Penhale) I can confir
m there is a hole in the boat.
(Martin) Well, we need
to lighten the load.
(PC Penhale) Doc, we can'
t throw her over.
Actually, can you swim?
It's not that far to shore.
(Martin) Just give me a h
and.
(PC Penhale) Should we be
doing this, Doc?
(Martin) It's either that
or sink.
(PC Penhale) Good point.
(bottles clanking, grunting)
♪
(Martin) Right. That should do
it.
Let's go.
♪
-Is he actually a policeman? -Y
es.
♪
Mrs. Tishell?
(Sally) Oh, I'm up here,
Doc!
(Rebecca) Wonderful.
♪
-Doctor! -Don't move. Sit
down.
-Yes. -What are you doin
g here?
(Donald) You told me I could
go about my daily life.
(Martin) I meant get some
rest,
not go chasing around lig
hthouses. -Did you have to b
ring her? -Shh.
(Rebecca) She's lost a l
ot of blood.
-Yes. -Are you sure
you're all right to continue
, Dr. Ellingham?
Do you need me to step in?
(Martin) The screwdriver
has punctured
a branch of the brachial arte
ry.
I'll have to pull it out.
I need you to keep your arm
completely still.
(Sally) I won't move a m
uscle, Doc.
(Martin) I'll get you som
ething to bite on.
Here.
♪
All right. Look away.
Look away.
♪
(grunting)
(Sally) Oh, God. Oh!
(Rebecca) Doctor?
(Martin) I'm fine. Give m
e some space.
♪
(retching)
Oh.
(zapping)
(PC Penhale) The boat's a wri
te-off,
but the lifeboat's on its wa
y.
Oh, dear!
-Don't worry. I'm here. -Don
't touch her! She...
(zapping, gasping)
(zapping continues)
♪
Oh!
Doc!
-You all right? -Ouch.
♪
The shock must have stop
ped her heart.
Let's get her away from t
hese wires.
(grunting)
♪
(Sally) Be terrible if she died, D
octor.
(heavy breathing)
♪
She's not responding to t
he CPR.
I'll have to give her a
precordial thump.
(Sally) Precord--that's very
dangerous, Doctor.
-Go ahead. -I can't watch.
♪
(exhales sharply)
(Martin) Yep. That's it.
The heart's got a rhythm.
-What's your name? -Donal
d.
(Martin) Call the ambulan
ce and have them meet us
on the Portwenn side.
(PC Penhale) The lifeboat
's coming.
Can you help me get her up
and get her downstairs?
(somber music)
(Sally) Thank you, Docto
r.
You came running in my ho
ur of need.
(Martin) Yes.
(sighs)
What?
(indistinct chatter)
(Bert) Here.
-Where's the boat? -Right thr
ough this way.
(PC Penhale) Don't worry.
Boat's fine.
A little bit of a rip in it.
(Gus) A rip?
Please tell me it didn't
bloody sink.
(PC Penhale) No, it didn'
t bloody sink.
We tossed the whiskey overboar
d so it stayed afloat,
-so it's fine. -You damag
ed his boat
and thrown away all my whiskey
?
-It was a police emergency.
-Bollocks.
(PC Penhale) Look, you'll
be compensated.
Although it's quite a co
mplicated procedure.
Lots of forms, lots of pa
perwork.
So how about I buy you gu
ys a pint
-and we can call it quits?
-Bollocks.
(PC Penhale) Two pints?
All right. I'll get on wi
th the paperwork.
-Oh. -There we go.
(Sally) Thank you.
Oh, thank you for, um...
for an interesting morning.
(Donald) I'd ask if there was
going to be another one,
but I have a feeling perh
aps you are elsewhere.
As Woolf herself said,
"One cannot find peace by
avoiding life."
(Sally) Oh, I never actu
ally read that book.
(Donald) Yes, I gathered
that.
(Sally) Well, I've got t
o go now.
-Things to do. -All right
.
See you at book club, th
en, Sally Tishell.
(Sally) Only if I can ch
oose the book.
(indistinct radio chatter)
(Martin) You'll be taken
to hospital,
where they'll monitor yo
ur heart rhythm for 24 hours an
d they'll, uh, treat the burns on your
hands.
Your chest will be sore,
and it'll hurt to breathe
because of the bruising
from the thump I gave you.
-Do you understand? -Yes
.
I'll call the hospital an
d monitor your recovery.
I still need to deliver m
y report,
so you'll be hearing from
me as well.
(Martin) Yes.
(Al) Come on, Chippy.
You've been here all day, mate
.
(Chippy) But I want to dr
ink some more.
(Al) I know you do, wh
ich is exactly why
you should get on home an
d sleep it off.
(Chippy) Well, I don't wa
nt to sleep it off.
(Al) I know. On your bike
, mate.
Be careful. Good luck.
(Morwenna) Yes, yes.
I know I'm late.
-I haven't said anything.
-You were going to, though.
(Al) No. No.
I mean, sure, you did say
you'd be here what, over a
n hour ago?
(Morwenna) You do realize
this isn't actually my job.
And if it was, I'd quit.
(Al) Oh, look. You're right.
You're right. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I've just been a bit stressed
.
This is the one chance I've go
t
of actually having a busines
s that works out.
I appreciate you.
(Morwenna) You appreciate
me?
(Al) Yeah, that didn't so
und great, did it?
Uh, I'm not good at saying
this kind of thing.
What I meant was...
I love you.
(soft music)
(Morwenna) Go on.
(Al) And you're amazing.
-Is that it? -No, no.
And you're the most impo
rtant thing in my life,
and I couldn't imagine no
t being with you.
(Chippy) What a lovely proposal.
(Al) I thought I told you
to go home, Chippy.
(Morwenna) Wait. That was
a proposal?
(Chippy) Of course it was
.
(Morwenna) Al?
Was it?
♪
(Al) Yeah, I suppose it was.
(Morwenna) Uh, yes?
-Yes? -The answer is yes
.
(Al) Is it?
(Chippy) Hey!
-Okay? -Congratulations!
-Help. -Everyone!
Al just proposed to Morwenna
, and she said yes!
Drinks on the house!
(crowd cheering)
♪
(PC Penhale) You didn't tell
me you were gonna propose.
I didn't know I was gonn
a propose.
It sort of slipped out.
(PC Penhale) But you meant it
, right?
(Al) Uh...
(Sighs)
♪
-Electrocuted? -Mm-hm.
And then her heart stopped.
-But you got it started agai
n? -Mm.
Can you pass the pepper, pleas
e?
(Louisa) Is that good or
bad?
Well, it's good for her.
I don't know if it'll affect
her assessment or not.
(Louisa) Are you worried
about that?
-No, I'm not. -Well, I'm
worried.
It could have serious im
plications for our future.
(Martin) Is this about us
having a second child?
Well, it makes things un
certain, doesn't it?
And I know you don't want
another child anyway.
I didn't say that.
♪
So you want another child?
If that's what you want, yes
.
♪
You'd have a second child?
(Martin) If you want to,
yes.
Are you not going to say
that I'm too old or something?
No, I'm not. Whatever dec
ision you make,
I'll support you.
♪
Thank you, Martin.
You're welcome.
Can I have the pepper, pleas
e?
Yeah. Sorry.
(theme music)
♪
They want me to do three refresher
courses,
%
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T THE
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LL, FOR THOSE
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!
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D THE
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BUT I
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NEX T
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THERE ARE SO MANY
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HERE ON
E SCREEN.BUT I
ALSO THINK
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IS THA
T FEELING
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W YOU'RE
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N ADDITION
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O F THA
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R VIEWERS
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D THE
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D TH K YOU. starting with phlebotomy.
(man) It's her prize goa
t.
@She's jealous of our happiness
!
(woman) He knows what we
get up to.
(man) We are very compat
ible physically.
(Ruth) Have you thought a
bout
how you're going to deal with
your hemophobia? (man)
Once I have located a suitable vein,
I will insert the needle and
take the blood.
♪
(bright music)
[lively string music]
[flute music, horse snorting]
- Narrator: Electa Quinney was
heartbroken to leave her home.
She was barely ten years old,
and she and five other Mohican
girls
were going far away to school.
It would be a long time
before they would see their famili
es again.
But they knew that education
was their best chance at survi
ving.
To understand why,
we have to go back to the years
before Electa was born...
Electa and her family were Moh
icans.
The Mohicans lived in a thriv
ing community
in the state now known as New Y
ork.
But by the 1700s,
more and more European invaders
were coming to America
to seize land and resources.
Colonization, war, and European
diseases
decimated the Mohican population
and homelands.
In order to survive,
the Mohicans were forced to mov
e.
In the 1730s,
they decided to live alongside
some English colonists
and form the town that became
Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
There, the Stockbridge Mohicans
raised families, farmed and hunte
d,
and participated in town life.
When the Revolutionary War brok
e out,
the Stockbridge Mohicans
fought alongside the colonists
against the British.
The American colonists
promised to let them keep their l
ands
in return for this service.
But after the war, they broke t
his promise
and forced the Stockbridge Mohica
ns
off their land and out of their
homes.
Again.
Another tribe-- the Oneida--
offered the Stockbridge Mohicans
a place to live
in New York State.
So, they moved there and started
rebuilding their community.
They called their new home
New Stockbridge.
In 1797, several Stockbridge Mo
hican families
sent their daughters to live and
study with non-Native families.
Over several years,
the girls learned reading, writin
g, and arithmetic,
as well as crafts
like knitting and how to make
cheese and butter.
Their parents explained
that a combination of Native te
achings
with a non-Native education
would help the community
understand and negotiate with the
American colonists.
Doing this would be key to the
ir survival.
Back in New Stockbridge,
the girls then shared what the
y'd learned.
One of them, Mary Peters Doxtat
or,
opened a school for Stockbridg
e Mohican girls.
They produced cloth that the
y could sell.
The students would then share t
heir profits
to help care for the whole commun
ity--
an important Mohican value.
Stockbridge Mohicans invested
years building New Stockbridge.
Sending Electa and the other gi
rls away to school
was part of their work to keep
this as their home.
But the New York state government
and businesses
were working hard to remove all
Native people from the state.
Reluctantly, the Stockbridge Mohi
cans
were forced to make their most
devastating move yet---
into the unknown.
In the early 1820s, the Stockbri
dge Mohicans
began their journey to the area
that is now Wisconsin,
where they signed a treaty
with the Ho-Chunk and Menominee
for some land.
They could only bring their most
important possessions,
and they had no way of knowing
what life would be like
so far from their homelands.
But the love of their people wa
s so strong
that they committed to doing w
hat was necessary
to ensure a better life
for future generations of the M
ohican Nation.
Electa Quinney was one of the p
eople
who helped carry Mohican traditio
ns to Wisconsin
from their homelands in the eas
t.
When she arrived in Statesburgh,
now Kaukauna, in 1828,
the Stockbridge Mohican commun
ity was busy rebuilding.
That summer, Electa started teac
hing in Statesburgh.
That made her-- a Native woman--
the first known person
to teach public school in the ar
ea that became Wisconsin.
Yes, the first!
She taught reading, spelling,
math, and public speaking
to Native and non-Native students
alike.
Having a Native teacher at a sch
ool open to all students
was an important sign
of the Stockbridge Mohicans' ge
nerosity at work.
This was a big responsibility
for Electa,
but she came from a long line
of tribal leaders, historians, di
plomats, and educators.
Electa lived out her life as a c
herished Mohican elder
on a farm in the community.
When she died around 1885, she
could rest
knowing she had done her part
to uplift her Nation
in the face of great obstacles
.
Today, the Mohicans in Wisconsin
call themselves
the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mo
hicans,
and their reservation is in Sh
awano County.
They continue to be inspired by
Electa Quinney.
Electa lifted up Native and no
n-Native people.
She taught not only school lesson
s,
but demonstrated how to build a
better society.
Her generosity is a defining Mo
hican value--
one that the Stockbridge-Munsee
Band of Mohicans
are still known for today.
♪ ♪
♪ She came here to teach us ♪
♪ Her spirit still reaches ♪
♪ Electa, you taught us so well
♪
♪ Way ah ay ah way ah ay oh ♪
♪ She came here to teach us ♪
♪ Her spirit still reaches ♪
♪ Electa, you taught us so well
♪
♪ Way ah ay ah way ah ay oh ♪
%
>> ELECTA QUINNEY,
WISCONSIN'S
FIRST PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHER.
PBS WISCONSIN IS
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