
Scattered Denial, Black Theatre Troupe, The Poisoned Pen Anniversary
Season 2024 Episode 177 | 22m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Documentary debuts on Sept. 10. Black Theatre Troupe starts 55th season. Poisoned Pen Anniversary.
A new documentary co-produced by HonorHealth Research Institute's Dr. David Rizik will debut on September 10th. It illustrates his and other's efforts to reduce radiation exposure to doctors, nurses and technicians in operating rooms. Black Theatre Troupe will open 2024-25, its 55th season, in September. The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale is celebrating its 35th anniversary.
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Scattered Denial, Black Theatre Troupe, The Poisoned Pen Anniversary
Season 2024 Episode 177 | 22m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
A new documentary co-produced by HonorHealth Research Institute's Dr. David Rizik will debut on September 10th. It illustrates his and other's efforts to reduce radiation exposure to doctors, nurses and technicians in operating rooms. Black Theatre Troupe will open 2024-25, its 55th season, in September. The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale is celebrating its 35th anniversary.
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>> COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."
A NEW DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT RADIATION DANGERS FACED BY MEDICAL STAFF.
>>> TONIGHT THE BLACK THEATER TROUPE KICKS OFF 55th SEASON, AND THE POISON PENCIL CELEBRATES ITS 35th ANNIVERSARY.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE COMING UP ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."
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>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."
I'M CHRISTINA ESTES IN FOR TED SIMONS TONIGHT.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO RECENT SUBVERSION INDICTMENT, IT INVOLVES TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO EVERYTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.
TRUMP ASKED TO NOT BE PRESENT DURING AN UPCOMING COURT HEARING IN THE CASE.
A FEDERAL JUDGE DENIED TRUMP'S REQUEST TO MOVE HUSH MONEY TRIAL AWAY FROM A DISTRICT COURT TO FEDERAL COURT.
THERE WAS NOTHING FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY THAT LED HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THE ACTS IN THE HUSH MONEY TRIAL WERE OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ACTS.
>>> THE LATE SENATOR JOHN McCAIN'S YOUNGEST SON CALLED DONALD TRUMP'S VISIT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, NO CHOICE BEING IN A BACK DROP OR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
McCAIN HAD THIS TO SAY.
>> THE LEAST WE CAN DO, WHEN THEY'RE GONE, WHEN THEY'RE IN ARLINGTON IS TO RESPECT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE BY NOT POLITICIZING THE FACT THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE THERE.
GO.
SHOW RESPECT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS INVITED.
SHOW RESPECT AND LEAVE.
>> TRUMP HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR WHAT ARMY OFFICIALS FACE A VIOLATION OF RULES NOT USING THE NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
McCAIN SWITCHED FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO REGISTER AS A DEMOCRAT AND SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT.
>>> REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE J.D.
VANCE WILL MAKE TWO CAMPAIGN STOPS IN THE VALLEY THIS WEEK.
HE'LL APPEAR AT A CHURCH IN MESA ON WEDNESDAY AND ON THURSDAY REMARKS AT THE ARIZONA BILTMORE IN PHOENIX.
>>> HONORHEALTH HOSPITALS WILL INSTALL ADVANCED RADIATION PROTECTION SHIELDS AT ALL CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATING LABS.
THE FILM ILLUSTRATES EFFORTS TO REDUCE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO DOCTORS, NURSES AND TECHNICIANS.
IT'S CO PRODUCED BY A DR. WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AND RESEARCH DIRECTOR WITH HONORHEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> HOW ARE THE SHIELDS A BIG DEAL?
>> THEY ARE A BIG DEAL.
FOR THE LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS, AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CARDIAC SURGERIES OR CARDIAC PROCEDURES THAT USE WHAT WE CALL FLOOROSCOPY.
AND WE HAVE HISTORICALLY WORN A LEAD APRON BUT COVERS FROM THE CLAVICLE TO JUST ABOVE YOUR KNEE.
DOCTORS, NURSES AND TECHNICIANS WHO PERFORM THE PROCEDURES ARE EXPOSED TO RADIATION, IONIZING RADIATION OR X-RAY.
ARMS, NECK AND HANDS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE APRONS AND IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 20 OR 30 YEARS OF DOING THE RADIATION, YOU CAN SEE THE RADIATION EXPOSURE ADDS UP.
WE FACE HIGHER RATE OF CANCER, WE FACE GLAUCOMA AND A NUMBER OF OTHER POTENTIAL RADIATION INDUCED INJURIES AND THE LEAD APRON WE WEAR IS 20 POUNDS AND CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH ORTHOPEDIC INJURY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> SO IT'S A 20-POUND THING YOU ARE LUGGING AROUND, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ORTHOPEDICES, KNEES AND HIPS?
>> AND SPINE.
>> THE NEW SHIELD, HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM APRONS?
>> SOMETHING YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR.
IT IS A SHIELD THAT ENVELOPS THE SOURCE OF THE X-RAY AND TO SOME EXTENT, THE PATIENT BECAUSE SOME OF THE X-RAY WILL GO INTO THE PATIENT AND SCATTERS AND GOES INTO THE PHYSICIAN.
SO THE SHIELDS GIVE BETTER PROTECTION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR THE LEAD APRON, THINK ABOUT THAT.
IT REDUCES OUR STUDIES, HONORHEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE SHOWS WE CAN REDUCE RADIATION EXPOSURE BY GREATER THAN 99% AND NOT HAVE TO WEAR THE LEAD APRON.
>> WHY IS THIS NOT COMMON PLACE EVERYWHERE?
>> IT'S SORT OF BEEN OUR DIRTY LITTLE SECRET AND HASN'T BEEN A PRIORITY FOR STATE AGENCIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MANDATE BETTER RADIATION PROTECTION, I'M PLEASED THAT THE HONORHEALTH LEADERSHIP AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE HAS PRIORITIZED PHYSICIAN WELL-BEING, NURSE WELL-BEING, THE HEALTH OF THEIR DOCTORS AND NURSES, AND SO WE'VE REALLY LED THE COUNTRY, IF NOT THE WORLD, IN THESE STUDIES AT REDUCING RADIATION TO THE PHYSICIAN AND NURSES AND GETTING THE LEAD OFF OUR BACK.
WE HAVE A MANTRA, WE SAY SHED THE LEAD.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE PHYSICAL BENEFITS, WHAT ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.
THE POTENTIAL UPSIDE IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH.
WEARING A HEAVY LEAD APRON ALL DAY LONG IS CUMBERSOME.
THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE TO THIS OTHER THAN THE ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES AND THE RADIATION EXPOSURE TO THE BRAIN AND THE FACE, AND THAT IS THERE ARE MANY YOUNG WOMEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, AND THERE ARE PUBLISHED STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT WOMEN MAY CHOOSE AGAINST A PROFESSION THAT THEY ASPIRE TO BE A PART OF BECAUSE OF RADIATION CONCERNS DURING THE CHILDBEARING YEARS.
MANY MORE MEN HAVE GONE INTO INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY INCLUDING IN RECENT YEARS, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS DRAMATIC, GREATER THAN 99% REDUCTION IN RATEIATION EXPOSURE WILL ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO GO INTO THIS FIELD AND TEAR DOWN POTENTIAL PERCEIVED BARRIERS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW THESE ARE COMING?
>> PEOPLE LOVE THIS.
YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE FOR PEOPLE THE EASE OF USE OF THE DEVICES, BUT THIS IS A GROWING TREND AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND SIX STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE USED THE DATA THAT WE GENERATED AT THE HONORHEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO ALLOW PHYSICIANS TO GO INTO THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION SUITE WITHOUT WEARING THE CUMBERSOME LEAD AMRON.
WE TRIED TO NOT ONLY LEAD THE WAY IN ARIZONA BUT OUR SCIENCE IS PUBLISHED BY OTHER STATES.
>> PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ONLY A CARDIOLOGIST BUT A CO-PRODUCER.
TALK ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY, WHAT VIEWERS CAN EXPECT?
>> STANDARD DENIAL WAS A YEARLONG PERSONAL JOURNEY, A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY FOR ME TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY RADIATION TOXICITY OR ORTHOPEDIC INJURY.
ONE PHYSICIAN I MET IN CINCINNATI, HE HAD SEVERE SPINAL INJURY AND WAS PARALYZED FOR A TIME.
A FAMILY I MET WITH IN ALABAMA, THEIR FAMILY MEMBER, A WORLD-FAMOUS CARDIOLOGIST, SUSTAINED A BRAIN TUMOR AND DIED FROM THAT BRAIN TUMOR IN ONLY A YEAR'S TIME, AND THERE'S MANY MORE STORIES LIKE THIS.
SO I'VE MET WITH MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE EITHER HAD INJURY DUE TO IONIZING RADIATION IN THE CATH LAB WHO HAD ORTHOPEDIC INJURY AS A RESULT OF THE BURDENSOME LEAD APRON BUT MET WITH A NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO ARE LEADING THE CHARGE IN THIS REGARD, AND TRYING TO GET THIS TO BE STANDARD BARRIER IN THE CATHAB, SO MANY MORE CAN GO INTO THE FIELD.
>> WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT THE DOCUMENTARY AIRS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 ON ARIZONA PBS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE BLACK THEATER TROUPE WILL OPEN 55th SEASON THIS MONTH.
THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IS THE TRIAL OF ONE SHORT SIDED BLACK WOMAN VERSUS MAMIE LOUISE AND FRIEDA MAE.
JOINING US IS DIRECTOR DAVID AND ACTOR RICO, THANKS FOR COMING IN, BOTH OF YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN I START WITH YOU?
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS 30 YEARS.
HOW DOES THIS YEAR FEEL FOR YOU?
>> IT FEELS VERY GOOD.
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND VERY PROUD OF WHERE WE'VE GROWN.
WHEN I CAME TO THE ORGANIZATION, IT WAS STILL STRUGGLING, SO TO SAY.
WE'VE GROWN A LOT AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I THINK WHEN I DO RETIRE, I'LL LEAVE IT IN A GOOD PLACE.
>> RICO, YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE TROUPE, MORE THAN 20 YEARS?
>> IT IS, ACTUALLY.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR ROLE IN THE SEASON OPENER?
>> WELL, THIS TIME AROUND, I AM JUST KIND OF CONSULTING WITH SOME OF THE ACTORS.
I WAS IN THIS PLAY.
DAVID WAS NICE ENOUGH TO HAVE ME IN THIS IN 1997.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
[LAUGHTER] >> AND I WAS GOING TO RE-ENACT THE ROLE AND SOME ISSUES, FAMILY ISSUES CAME UP AND I WAS UNABLE TO, SO I'M ABLE TO CONSULT AND BE ABLE TO HELP, AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO SEE THIS NEW LINE OF ACTORS COME IN TO DO THE WORK AGAIN.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE DAVID, I'VE READ INTERVIEWS WITH YOU WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO GROW THE AUDIENCE, DIVERSIFY THE AUDIENCE.
>> YES.
>> SO ARE YOU -- HOW DO YOU DO THAT, I GUESS?
>> WELL, THE MAIN WAY OF DOING THAT IS JUST TO KEEP THE ORGANIZATION VIBRANT.
KEEP TRYING TO OFFER NEW AND ILLUMINATING IDEAS AND PRODUCTIONS IN BRINGING IN NEW AUDIENCES, AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE A VERY EASY ROUTE IN DOING THAT BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION WAS STARTED OUT OF A SENSE OF ACTIVISM, SO AS LONG AS THERE ARE THOSE ISSUES WITHIN SOCIETY ABOUT CULTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ONE'S CULTURE, OUR ORGANIZATION WILL THRIVE AND WILL BRING IN NEW PEOPLE AND PROVOKE NEW WAYS OF THOUGHT.
>> RICO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OPENER, YOU'VE PLAYED.
YOU'VE BEEN IN IT.
THE NAME MAKES YOU SMILE BUT IT'S THOUGHT PROVOKING, AND I READ THAT THE PLAYWRIGHT USED TO WORK FOR NBC, FOX AND MAYBE ANOTHER NETWORK.
YOU CAN SORT OF EXPLAIN WHAT THE STORY LINE IS?
>> WELL, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE FEELINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT SOME OF THE STEREOTYPES AND SOME OF THE PERPETUATED VISIONS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW THEY IMPACT A CULTURE.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE, PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE MAMMY PERSON, IS THAT HOW PEOPLE ARE VIEWING US?
SAFFRETA MAE IS A I DON'T WANT TO SAY LOOSER PERSON, BLESS HER HEART.
>> WHAT IT PLAYS INTO TODAY THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
WHAT IMAGES DO THEY WANT TO RETIRE FROM CHILDREN LEARNING IN SCHOOL?
THEY DON'T WANT CHILDREN TO LEARN ABOUT ENSLAVED PEOPLE, AND THOSE IMAGES AND, ET CETERA, THAT'S WHAT THIS SHOW IS.
IT'S A FANTASY, IT'S PUTTING THOSE IMAGES ON TRIAL, PUTTING THE MAMMY FIGURE ON TRIAL, PUTTING THE STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES ON TRIAL, SO THAT'S HOW THE PLAY IS DEVELOPED.
>> THAT'S THE NICE BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT 2024, BUT IN 1997, WHEN WE DID THE PLAY, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE CASE.
THE STEREOTYPES WERE THERE, AND THINGS WERE STILL BEING PERPETUATED AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF IT WE'VE SEEN THE GROWTH OF IT AND WHAT IT HAS COME TO.
SO YES, IT'S ON TRIAL IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, AND IT HAS GROWN INSTEAD OF PEOPLE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, THIS ISN'T THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, WE'RE PERPETUATING IT.
>> WE HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE, I WOULD LIKE BOTH OF YOU TO ANSWER WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE AUDIENCE TAKES AWAY FROM THIS?
>> WELL, I HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY, PROVOKE SOME GOOD THOUGHT WHERE THE IMAGE HAVE GOTTEN US NOWADAYS AND TAKE AWAY GOOD THOUGHT WHAT OUR COMPANY IS DOING AND HELPING US CONTINUE.
THIS IS OUR 55th SEASON.
HELPING US CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 50 SEASONS BY COMING OUT AND SEEING WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE THEATER.
THAT'S WHAT I HOPE THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THE SHOW.
>> WHAT I WILL ADD IS WHAT I KNOW THEY'LL TAKE AWAY IS THE WONDERFUL WORK THE BLACK THEATER TROUPE DOES, WE WOW PEOPLE AND WE WOW THEM WITH PURPOSE.
>> YOU WOWED ME.
THANK YOU, BOTH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE POISON PEN BOOKSTORE WILL CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
THE LOCAL INDEPENDENT RETAILER IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN SCOTTSDALE BUT CUSTOMER BASE IS GLOBAL.
JOINING US IS TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS IS THE OWNER, BARBARA PETERS, I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME CUSTOMER AND YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO LAUNCH MY DEBUT MYSTERY.
I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO PEOPLE KNOW I'M A LITTLE FAN GIRLING.
>> IT'S OKAY.
I THINK IT'S FUN THAT YOU ARE INTERVIEWING ME INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
TELL US ABOUT WHEN YOU FIRST OPENED THE STORE BECAUSE IT HAS TURNED INTO NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED BACK IN 1989.
>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT I OPENED THE STORE AS A HOBBY, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A BUSINESS.
MY HUSBAND SAID TO ME, NOW THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ON MY 50th BIRTHDAY, WHAT IS IT YOU'RE GOING TO DO?
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO HAVE A BOOKSTORE.
USED TO BE A LIBRARY AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
WE OPENED IT IN DOWNTOWN SCOTTSDALE WAS ALMOST ALL GALLERIES AND TOURISTS, I REALIZED NOBODY LOCAL WAS GOING TO COME.
IN I GOT OUT A YELLOW PAD AND I SAID SIGN HERE AND I WILL WRITE TO YOU.
I HAVE WRITTEN A NEWSLETTER TO CUSTOMERS EVERY MONTH SINCE 1989.
>> BARBARA, YOU WERE THE ORIGINAL SUBSTACK.
>> TRUE.
SORT OF THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCER.
OUR NEW MISSION IS TO BECOME MORE OF A COMMUNITY BOOKSTORE.
I THINK EVERY INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE NEEDS TO REFLECT ITS COMMUNITY.
IT ALSO, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO BE POLITICAL.
WE HAVE A VARIED STAFF, AND ALL OF US READ DIFFERENTLY AND ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD BE A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FELLOWSHIP AND CONVERSATION, AND EVERYBODY COULD COME AND FEEL SAFE.
YOU'VE BEEN TO A HUGE NUMBER OF OUR EVENTS, SO YOU KNOW THAT'S REALLY TRUE.
>> YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 200+ AUTHOR EVENTS A YEAR, YOU'VE GOT BOOK CLUBS.
YOU DO OTHER THINGS.
HOW DO YOU JUGGLE IT ALL?
YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF IT?
>> I DO A LOT OF IT, BUT WE HAVE A VERY DEDICATED STAFF.
NOBODY WHO WORKS IN THE BOOKSTORE IS THERE FOR A SALARY.
IT'S A MISSION IN FELLOWSHIP.
WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT, AND EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTES IDEAS, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMERS.
>> AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH AUTHORS ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY.
WELL ARE WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS SAY THEY START THE ADD YOUR STORE WITH ONE OF TWO PEOPLE AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM THAT SHOWED UP.
>> VERY TRUE, MICHAEL CONLEY, DON WINSLOW.
IF YOU ARE IN A NOT-FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS, WHICH I AM NOT, THOUGH THE BUSINESS SUSTAINS ITSELF, YOU CAN AFFORD TO TAKE CHANCES THAT BUSINESSES NEED TO HAVE THE BOTTOM LINE PAID ATTENTION TO.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO HOST A LOT OF FIRST-TIME AUTHORS WHO HAD NO BASIC SALES POTENTIAL, NO AUDIENCE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF BECOME OUR THING TO BE A STARTER, AND THERE ARE PROBABLY 100 BEST-SELLING AUTHORS PUBLISHING WHO DID THEIR FIRST EVENT, OR WE WERE ON THEIR FIRST BOOK TOUR AS A RESULT.
>> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT DEBUT AUTHORS?
>> FOR ONE THING, IF YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A CHANCE, THEIR CAREERS MIGHT DIE.
FOR ANOTHER, AS I REALIZED 35 YEARS INTO, ITIM AGING.
I STARTED THIS ON MY 50th BIRTHDAY, DO THE MATH.
A LOT OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS ARE AGING ALONG WITH ME.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED NEW VOICES.
WE NEED NEW FANS TO BOND TO NEW THINGS.
RIGHT NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ROMANCE IS A BIG THING, MALE AUTHORS ARE WEEPING ON MY SHOULDER AT THE MOMENT.
OVER THE COURSE OF 35 YEARS, I'VE SEEN ROMANCE GO UP, SCIENCE FICTION GO DOWN, HISTORICAL FICTION GO UP AND ROMANCE GO DOWN.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GET STALE AND MAY NOT BE ENOUGH GOOD BOOKS TO READ, THOUGH I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.
>> WHAT DOES THE NEXT CHAPTER LOOK LIKE FOR THE STORE AND FOR YOU?
>> THE NEXT CHAPTER IS I'M GIVING THE STORE TO MY STAFF BECAUSE AT MY AGE, I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BE, AND I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT.
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
THINK ABOUT HERB KELLEHER AND SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, HE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TODAY.
YOU HAVE TO LET GO.
I'M NOT READY TO DO THAT, WHEN I'M READY, IT'S GOING TO BECOME THEIR BOOKSTORE AND HAVE TO CHART THEIR OWN PATH.
>> BARBARA PETERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
HAPPY EARLY ANNIVERSARY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND I'LL SEE YOU LATER TONIGHT FOR AN EVENT AT THE STORE.
>> WE'RE DOING ANOTHER BOOK LAUNCH.
>> AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, I'M CHRISTINA ESTES IN FOR TED SIMONS.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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