Ron Chernow

You had a wonderful line in your Kennedy science speeches that talked about the colossal mess of being human. You know, that's kind of what Twain is about. You know, he was once asked, how he knew so much about human nature because he traveled a lot. He met a lot of people. He said, oh, no, no, I look into myself. He felt that every human being has all of nature inside himself or herself.

You had a wonderful line in your Kennedy science speeches that talked about the colossal mess of being human. You know, that's kind of what Twain is about. You know, he was once asked, how he knew so much about human nature because he traveled a lot. He met a lot of people. He said, oh, no, no, I look into myself. He felt that every human being has all of nature inside himself or herself.

And I think that that's true, that we can feel that we act on certain impulses, but we have inside of us almost every impulse. I think it's why you even, you know, watch a movie about some crime or something, and we can sort of imagine one side of ourself can identify with it. We control that. So you want to kill and kill again. No, no. Are we getting this?

And I think that that's true, that we can feel that we act on certain impulses, but we have inside of us almost every impulse. I think it's why you even, you know, watch a movie about some crime or something, and we can sort of imagine one side of ourself can identify with it. We control that. So you want to kill and kill again. No, no. Are we getting this?

And I think that that's true, that we can feel that we act on certain impulses, but we have inside of us almost every impulse. I think it's why you even, you know, watch a movie about some crime or something, and we can sort of imagine one side of ourself can identify with it. We control that. So you want to kill and kill again. No, no. Are we getting this?

I've been accused of a lot of things, not yet of being a serial killer, but somehow... Hold on a second.

I've been accused of a lot of things, not yet of being a serial killer, but somehow... Hold on a second.

I've been accused of a lot of things, not yet of being a serial killer, but somehow... Hold on a second.

where we were then and it's also somewhat about where we are now so i i congratulate you and uh huge thrill to have you on the podcast because um i love this stuff oh i feel like it's it's it's a privilege to to be with you and the whole group today and i feel like you really have done honor to the book and to to mark twain so thank you for reading it and reading it so closely and attentively it's really been a great experience i guess we all win then

where we were then and it's also somewhat about where we are now so i i congratulate you and uh huge thrill to have you on the podcast because um i love this stuff oh i feel like it's it's it's a privilege to to be with you and the whole group today and i feel like you really have done honor to the book and to to mark twain so thank you for reading it and reading it so closely and attentively it's really been a great experience i guess we all win then

where we were then and it's also somewhat about where we are now so i i congratulate you and uh huge thrill to have you on the podcast because um i love this stuff oh i feel like it's it's it's a privilege to to be with you and the whole group today and i feel like you really have done honor to the book and to to mark twain so thank you for reading it and reading it so closely and attentively it's really been a great experience i guess we all win then