The Boy Who Reached for the Stars - A Memoir
Elio Morillo detailed his journey from immigrant to engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and later at Blue Origin. Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California, hosted this event.
192 viewsElio Morillo detailed his journey from immigrant to engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and later at Blue Origin. Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California, hosted this event.
192 viewsNathan Masters talked about the criminal exploits of President Warren Harding’s attorney general, Harry Daugherty, and the Montana senator who brought him down. This event was hosted by Vrom…
213 viewsAddiction recovery advocate Ryan Hampton argued that the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma fails to provide justice for those directly impacted by the opioid crisis. Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena…
67 viewsNew Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle reported on the creation of space tourism company Virgin Galactic through the stories of its test pilots, engineers, and leaders. This virtual event was h…
387 viewsInvestigative reporter and journalist Nicole LaPorte reported on the 2019 college admissions scandal. This virtual event was sponsored by Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, California.
389 viewsNicholas Buccola, chair in political science at Linfield College, recalled the February 18, 1965, televised debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. over the civil rights move…
1,599 viewsHoward Ruffner talked about the photos he took on May 4, 1970, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio during an anti-Vietnam War protest. M…
1,292 viewsJournalist David Davis provided a history of the first wheelchair basketball teams comprised of World War II veterans. This was a virtual event hosted by Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, Cali…
370 viewsResearch seismologist Susan Hough provided a dual biography of geologist Baily Willis and scientist Robert Hill and their debate of whether southern California was partial to earthquakes dur…
592 viewsJordan Blashek, a veteran and Republican, and Christopher Haugh, a Democrat and former State Department speechwriter, spoke about their road trip across America to find commonality. This vir…
504 viewsEducation consultant and writer Tim DeRoche looked at how school district lines are drawn and how they impact the education students receive. This event was hosted by Vroman’s Bookstore in P…
309 viewsSports writer Eric Nusbaum reported on how the construction of Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium led to the displacement of a Mexican American neighborhood in the 1950s. This was a virtual event h…
637 viewsNew York Times economic reporter Conor Dougherty reported on the housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay area.
404 viewsMichael Cassutt talked about his book, The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation. The mysterious engineer is George Abbey, who had a 37 year car…
341 viewsChris Finan provided a history of alcoholism in America; from the 17th century belief that it was a sign of moral weakness to the creation of reform groups in the 19th century and today’s lo…
1,122 viewsFather Gregory Boyle reflected on his work with gang members.
1,601 viewsPhotographers Paola Gianturco and Alex Sangster talked about young women around the world who are fighting for social and economic rights.
545 viewsRod Pyle talked about his book Amazing Stories of the Space Age: True Tales of Nazis in Orbit, Soldiers on the Moon, Orphaned Martian Robots, and Other Fascinating Accounts from the Annals o…
1,222 viewsJulie Checkoway talked about her book, The Three-Year Swim Club: The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory, about a plan devised in 1937 by a grammar teac…
1,143 viewsAuthor and actor Charlie Schroeder recounts his 15 months engaged in historical war reenactments throughout the United States. They ranged from the Civil War’s Brooksville Raid to an imagine…
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