Podcasts about world he created

In this special episode of The Learning Curve, co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and Charlie Chieppo interview New York Times bestselling American sportswriter, biographer, and author Jane Leavy.  Ms. Leavy offers a vivid exploration of Babe Ruth's life and towering legacy. Leavy sheds new light on Ruth's difficult Baltimore childhood, his formative years at St. Mary's Industrial School, and his remarkable early success as a star pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. She discusses Ruth's pivotal sale to the Yankees, his celebrity rise alongside New York City's 1920s boom, his legendary 1927 season with “Murderers' Row,” and his bittersweet final years. Ms. Leavy reflects on Babe Ruth legacy and why he remains the Ruthian symbol of American sports greatness. In closing, Ms. Leavy reads a passage from her book, The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.

Get the The Warminster Series by J.V. Hilliard: https://amzn.to/3Zk4OFFGuest: J.V. Hilliard, AuthorOn Twitter | https://x.com/JVHilliardBooksWebsite | https://jvhilliard.com/_____________________________Host: Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society Podcast & Audio Signals PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli_____________________________This Episode's SponsorsAre you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?

Get the The Warminster Series by J.V. Hilliard: https://amzn.to/3Zk4OFFGuest: J.V. Hilliard, AuthorOn Twitter | https://x.com/JVHilliardBooksWebsite | https://jvhilliard.com/_____________________________Host: Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society Podcast & Audio Signals PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli_____________________________This Episode's SponsorsAre you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?

Listen to Michael's conversation with Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, author of "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created" - the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." Original air date 14 December 2018. The book was published on 16 October 2018.

China's version of world history is different than ours - much different. In their version, the Chinese get their inspiration from their own emperors, ministers, heroes, poets, philosophers, and other historic figures. In a nutshell, Western historic figures were largely irrelevant to China and its history, at least until the 19th century, when China came into military conflict with the Europeans. To be sure, China had faced many fierce enemies, lost many wars, and conquered many times. But the Europeans were different. Unlike all its prior enemies, the Europeans did not hold China's civilization in high esteem. China views its humiliating losses from the 1830s to the 1940s as a mere aberration, a disruption, of its long and consistent history of being a superpower. There is much that we don't know about China. And frankly, as China reaches the status of a global superpower, that's more than a little disconcerting. To better understand China's history and its own perception of its history, I spoke with Michael Schuman, who is a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub. He is also a contributing writer to The Atlantic, and was previously a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. His most recent book is Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World – which we discussed here. His two previous books are Confucius and the World He Created, and also The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth. As a journalist, Mr. Schuman has had 25 years of experience in Asia and, for this conversation, he joined us from Beijing. To learn more about Mr. Schuman, you can visit his homepage, the link for which is provided in the detailed caption of this episode. Below, are links to other episodes about China: S2E1: China's real estate, Prof. Shih S1E19: Hong Kong & a Century of Humiliation, Prof. Wasserstrom S1E12: China's Brutal One-Child Policy, Prof. Wang I hope you enjoy these episodes. Adel Host of the History Behind News podcast HIGHLIGHTS: get podcast highlights in your inbox. SUPPORT: please click here and join our other supporters in the news peeler community. Thank you.

John 3:16 says, For God so the loved the world, that He gave His only Son. Genesis 1:1 says, In the beginning God created. God so loved the world that He created it. 

On the final day of Babe Ruth Week, bestselling author Jane Leavy discuss the Babe, the Mick, and Sandy Koufax, in a charmingly off-the-rails baseball bull session.

No media figure has had a more profound impact on the shape of contemporary conservative politics than Rush Limbaugh. For three hours a day, every weekday since 1988, Rush delighted and ignited his radio audience with a high-octane diatribe against liberal degeneracy — an often comic, always cruel, and never apologetic expression of the white male id. When he died on February 17, 2021, Rush left behind an American media landscape — and a Republican Party — reshaped in his image: a ruinous marriage of entertainment, insular world-building, and reactionary meanness that found its apotheosis in the presidency of Donald J. Trump.And no one is better situated to elucidate Rush Limbaugh's appeal, his effectiveness, and his impact on American politics than our guest, Nicole Hemmer. Hemmer is  the author of Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics.  She's at work on a new book tracing the transformation of right-wing politics in the post-Reagan years — a story in which Rush plays a starring role. Hemmer is also an associate research scholar with the Obama Presidency Oral History Project at Columbia University. And — a skilled broadcaster in her own right — she cohosts the podcasts Past Present and This Day in Esoteric Political History.We're certain you'll enjoy this conversation as much as we did! Further Reading:Nicole Hemmer, "The Man Who Created President Donald Trump," CNN, February 17, 2021.Mary Harris, "Rush Is Dead, but We're Still Living in the World He Created," Slate, February 18, 2021Jill Filipovic, "The Life and Death of a Woman-Hater," New York Times,  February 20, 2021William F. Buckley Jr., "Crucial Steps in Combating the Aids Epidemic; Identify All the Carriers," NYT, Mar 18, 1986....and don't forget to subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon for access to all of our bonus episodes!

The Sultan of Swat. The Colossus of Clout. The King of Crash. The Great Bambino.  Babe Ruth died over 70 years ago, but his legend still lives on in big league stadiums and little league fields across America. While we know a lot about Ruth's baseball career, little was known about his early life and how it shaped him to become America's first superstar athlete and celebrity. My guest today sought to remedy that in her recently published biography: The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created. Her name is Jane Leavy, and she's a former sports journalist and the author of two other biographies of baseball greats. We begin our conversation discussing Ruth's sad and difficult childhood in a Baltimore boarding school and how he learned to play baseball from the Xaverian brothers who ran it. We then shift to how Ruth's hunger for affirmation helped him become the country's first real celebrity, and how his baseball career coincided with the burgeoning fields of public relations and technology, ushering in a new era in sports writing, endorsements, and entertainment. We end our conversation discussing Ruth's legacy in the world, and business, of professional sports.  Get the show notes at aom.is/ruth.

In The Big Fella, “the definitive biography of Babe Ruth,” author Jane Leavy takes readers inside the life of one of baseball's most-beloved stars. From his troubled childhood, to becoming “the first celebrity of the mass media era,” Jane shares The Babe's colorful and touching story on this episode of The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan. Recorded at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida. Host: Mitchell Kaplan  Producer: Carmen Lucas Editor: Lit Hub Radio https://booksandbooks.com/ https://www.janeleavy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(This program was originally broadcast on January 29, 2019)Today, a conversation about one of the most fascinating figures, not only in baseball history, but in American history. George Herman ----Babe---- Ruth, Jr. was born and raised in Baltimore, graduated from the school of hard knocks, and evolved into the most famous man in America, whose every swing of the bat seemed to be a matter of national interest, and whose every exploit off the field was a source of endless fascination for Depression-era fans. His influence and importance to the game is unquestioned, and because the timing of his rise to prominence coincided with an expansion of media from print to broadcast, his influence in the public sphere, well outside the diamond, was unprecedented. In her fascinating and granular look at the life of Babe Ruth, Jane Leavy -- the best-selling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax -- observes, “At some point in the trajectory of fame, real life becomes apocryphal. Home runs travel in perpetuity, drafting on perpetually willing suspension of disbelief. The temporal facts of biography no longer matter because everyone knows a person who can hit 60 home runs will live forever.” Babe Ruth did hit 60 home runs in the 1927 season, and we’ve been talking about him ever since. Jane Leavy asserts that our current notion of what it means to be a celebrity, what it means to be famous, were inexorably shaped by the life and media circus that was ----the Great Bambino.---- Her book is called The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.Jane Leavy joins Tom today in Studio A.Their conversation was live-streamed on WYPR's Facebook page, and you can watch the video here.

In this episode of the Fly-Fishing Insider Podcast we speak with Louis Cahill the guy behind the Gink and Gasoline website and so much more in this lightly edited episode at louis request to be transparent and super authentic. We feel this is the be best episode yet on the podcast as Louis Shares with us listeners, all about his travels in which over the course of 10 years has been to many of the worlds best fishiest places. Also, what it takes to come up with daily blogs and content to keep the G&G site running, how the challenges and roadblocks are overcome. Louis share with us some super funny stories about how Coca Cola is using his photos without paying and that he now faces a challenge with the mega brand to seek reimbursement. The few death threats he has received from a crazy steel header in Terrace BC, and even staring in a BFGoodrich video. These are but few in this episode. Louis opens up about how the site has gone full circle and with the readers who are now teaching others while they learned from louis along with an emotional moment about how one solider wrote in and said that “G&G is what’s keeping him going over here”.   Louis also talks about the hosted trips and how he does it differently and makes mention of if your going go hosted go with him it’s the industry’s best rate, his Friends and destination’s his hosted trips which include Oliver White and his lodges.   Yes, Louis makes mention of his social media accounts how he was a victim of cyber attacks from the Russians and more. We learn what Louis thinks the industry needs to improve upon and much much more. Louis also mentions about adopting a dog from the Bahamas and how there is services in Georgia that will help you through the process and finely want to learn how to stop a fish from bleeding out listen to the tip louis offers, you won’t believe it.  This is an must listen episode. SUBSCRIBE OR DOWNLOAD NOW , ginkandgasoline.com flyfishinginsiderpodcast.com

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Boston Globe | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus | Newsweek | The Philadelphia Inquirer | The Progressive Winner of the 2019 SABR Seymour Medal | Finalist for the PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award | Longlisted for Spitball Magazine’s Casey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year | Finalist for the NBCC Award for Biography “Leavy’s newest masterpiece…. A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.” —Forbes He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a "Symphony of Swat." The Omaha World Heraldcalled it "the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent." In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

The Stuph File Program Featuring clinical forensic psychologist Dr John Huber; comedian Mark Serritella; & Stuart Nulman with Book Banter Download Clinical Forensic Psychologist, Dr John Huber, is back to talk about the role self deprecating humour plays in mental health. Comedian Mark Serritella talks about his comedy career. Stuart Nulman with another edition of Book Banter. This week’s reviewed title is The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created by Jane Leavy (Harper, $39.99).You can also read Stuart’s reviews in The Montreal Times. This week’s opening slate is presented by broadcaster & voice actor, Al Gravelle.

In our latest episode, Micah is joined by New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy to discuss her latest book, The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created. Together they discuss who Babe Ruth was as a man apart from the mythology surrounding him, what was most rewarding about the research process, and how he, along with his agent Christy Walsh, essentially invented the idea of modern celebrity.

In this episode, our host and B'nai B'rith International CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin is joined by sports writer Jane Leavy, an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of biographies of baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax. Those books are titled The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood and Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy. Leavy also wrote the comic novel Squeeze Play, described by Entertainment Weekly as “the best novel ever written about baseball.” Leavy's latest book The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created explores Babe Ruth’s life as America’s first modern celebrity. The Big Fella has been awarded the Seymour Medal, presented annually by the Society for American Baseball Research for the best baseball book of the year. The book has also been nominated for the National Book Critics Award in biography as well as the Pen-Faulkner award for literary sports writing. The Big Fella includes details never previously reported about the baseball legend’s life. Leavy and Mariaschin discuss all this and more during the episode.

Today, a conversation about one of the most fascinating figures, not only in baseball history, but in American history. Babe Ruth was born and raised in Baltimore, graduated from the school of hard knocks, and evolved into the most famous man in America, whose every swing of the bat seemed to be a matter of national interest, and whose every exploit off the field was a source of endless fascination for Depression-era fans. His influence and importance to the game is unquestioned, and because the timing of his rise to prominence coincided with an expansion of media from print to broadcast, his influence in the public sphere, well outside the diamond, was unprecedented. In her fascinating and granular look at the life of Babe Ruth, Jane Leavy -- the best-selling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax -- observes, “At some point in the trajectory of fame, real life becomes apocryphal. Home runs travel in perpetuity, drafting on perpetually willing suspension of disbelief. The temporal facts of biography no longer matter because everyone knows a person who can hit 60 home runs will live forever.” Babe Ruth did hit 60 home runs in the 1927 season, and we’ve been talking about him ever since. Jane Leavy asserts that our current notion of what it means to be a celebrity, what it means to be famous, were inexorably shaped by the life and media circus that was ----the Great Bambino.---- Her book is called The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.Jane Leavy joins Tom today in Studio A.Their conversation was live-streamed on WYPR's Facebook page, and you can watch the video here.

Le texte de la semaine avec Aurélie Lanctôt et Kévin Breton. Entrevue avec Emmanuelle Guilcher pour Simone et Brigitte. Deux icônes à la française. Parlons sports avec Alexandre Gascon et François Lemay qui ont lu The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, de Jane Leavy. Une heure avec le dramaturge Jean-Marc Dalpé et sa nouvelle création, La Queens', présentée au Théâtre La Licorne à Montréal.

On delving deep into a subject who's been dead for decades; on how one decides on the next book topic; on why one would be insane enough to become a biographer.

A hundred years ago, a young man was about to become famous on an entirely new scale. The dawning engines of mass communication, advertising and public relations elevated Babe Ruth into a national phenomenon. When asked why he earned more money than the President of the United States, Ruth honestly answered “I had a better year.” That marked the birth of the celebrity culture that paved the way for everyone from Charles Lindbergh to Donald Trump. In a special edition of Truth, Politics and Power, host Neal Conan speaks with Jane Leavy, author of “The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.”

Authors Jane Leavy & Quinn Cummings join us. Jane talks about her latest book, "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created" and writer Quinn discusses her work and the current political landscape in America.  

Jane Leavy will be doing a book signing next Saturday, December 15th at The Babe Ruth Museum & Birthplace from 3-5pm. Check out her New York Times best seller!

Good morning! Fun show here on The Bat Around where Stan "The Fan" Charle and Craig Heist welcome author of "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created", Jane Leavy at 10:20, followed by Mel Antonen from MASN at 10:45 with talk of Patrick Corbin and Johnathan Schoop. The top of the hour welcomes freelance writer, Bruce Buschel at 11:05 with a unique view regarding the filming of baseball games and potential improvements. At 11:30, Andrew Stetka from MASN and the Utaw St. Report joins the show discussing the Diamondbacks, Nationals, and trades around the MLB with the upcoming Baseball Winter Meeting. Lastly, an interview with Washington Nationals GM, Mike Rizzo on Patrick Corbin.

Topics in this edition (ft. New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy) include: - Who would win the NL East if the season started today? - What moves are looming for the Phillies and Mets? - Talking Babe Ruth with Jane Leavy, whose definitive biography of the Great Bambino - The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created -  is in stores now! - Were the Yankees wise to pass on Patrick Corbin? - Is Nathan Eovaldi getting $100 million?

Morning Lineup: MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince and Richard Justice break down the latest Hot Stove rumors, including the Mets closing in on a deal for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz and Patrick Corbin's free-agent visits. They also discuss the Athletics' new proposed ballpark and the possibility of the Indians trading their top arms. Plus, New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy joins the show to talk about her new book "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created."

Morning Lineup: MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince and Richard Justice break down the latest Hot Stove rumors, including the Mets closing in on a deal for Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz and Patrick Corbin's free-agent visits. They also discuss the Athletics' new proposed ballpark and the possibility of the Indians trading their top arms. Plus, New York Times bestselling author Jane Leavy joins the show to talk about her new book "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created."

Best-selling author Jane Leavy chats with ML about her new book "The Big Fella," Babe Ruth and the World He Created, The Babe's impact over decades in America and American sports, how he was ahead of his time in more ways than one, the love affair surrounding "The Bambino," how he would handle today's media circus, describes Ruth in one word and more! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mike-lindsley-ml-sports-platter/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

Multiple time NY Times bestselling author Jane Leavy joins the podcast with Ben Heisler to discuss her new book: "The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created." She shared some unbelievable stories about his childhood, how his rise in fame connects to the modern day rise of celebrity culture, and one of the funniest stories you'll hear about how his agent tracked him down to try and represent him! Plus, hear her thoughts on the concerning future of America's Pastime! Play DFS with Fantasy Sports Markets! There's no salary caps so you get to draft the players you truly want to play! Try us today using promo code "NFL18" for $5 off with no deposit required! Check out the FSM Network! - Facebook.com/fantasysportsmarkets - Periscope.TV/FSMContests - YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt8_80KDx9nSNsKb33WgOKQ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fsm/support

Jane Leavy joins Shaun and Ryan on the podcast to discuss her new book "Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created." Leavy brings a trick-or-treat bag full of interesting facts about the Babe, and gives her take on the called shot in '32. Plus, the brothers give their reactions to Brett Gardner's new contract, and host their own draft to decide what Yankees' playoff games they would have most wanted to be at. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak to Jane Leavy, author of the new book ‘Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.’ It’s a unique look at the foundational athlete of the 20th century and the birth of the modern celebrity athlete in American society.  Also we’ve got ‘Choice Words’ about the University of Maryland’s effort to perfume their toxic football culture. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down Awards to Darius Miles and Syracuse coach Jim Boheim, a special Kaepernick Watch, and more.    Jane Leavy Twitter: @janelavy1 https://www.amazon.com/Big-Fella-Babe-World-Created-ebook/dp/B075WTRYMC Zirin, Of Course the University of Maryland’s Football Culture Is Toxic https://www.thenation.com/article/of-course-the-university-of-marylands-football-culture-is-toxic/ — http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE) — Music: Eye Examination - Del the Funky Homosapien | Line ‘Em Up - Freeway Feat. Young Chris | The Life - Styles P. Feat. Pharoahe Monch | Live In The Sky - T.I. Feat. Jamie Foxx | All About The Benjamins (Remix) - Puff Daddy Feat. Lil' Kim, The Lox & The Notorious B.I.G. | Brooklyn Zoo - Ol’ Dirty Bastard | Find A Way - Tribe Called Quest | Rock Co.Kane Flow - De La Soul Feat. MF Doom | The Wire Theme

If you're writing about the titans of baseball there's one figure both daunting and irresistible: the Babe, the Big Bam, the Sultan of Swat.  The Bambino.  Babe Ruth was one of was one of 20th century America's first real media stars;, but his young life has resisted biographers. With The Big Fella, Babe Ruth and the World He Created, the bestselling writer Jane Leavy has blown away the myths surrounding the Babe, and in the process brought into focus not just his greatness on the baseball diamond, but his similarly outsize role in the making of the world of fame, celebrity, and mass media that we still inhabit today.  She joined us in the podcast studio to talk about the singular challenge of writing about the Big Fella.

Jane Leavy talks about her new book "The Big Fella" Babe Ruth and the World He Created.

Confucianism, with its emphasis on virtue and social harmony, served as the foundation of Chinese civilization for over two thousand years. The teachings of the famous Chinese sage had an impact on every aspect of Chinese life and social structure and ultimately spread and flourished throughout East Asia. Confucianism’s prominence in Chinese culture was shattered during the twentieth century as reformers and revolutionaries labeled the ancient sage an outdated relic preventing China from becoming a strong, modern State.China’s great philosopher is experiencing a revival in China today. President Xi Jinping routinely promotes some of Confucius’s ideas in an attempt to resurrect traditional culture as a bulwark against unwanted foreign influence. Ordinary Chinese are revisiting Confucius’s teachings and enrolling their children into Confucian schools. In his new book, Confucius and the World He Created, Michael Schuman notes that the unprecedented resurgence of Confucianism may be one of the most significant trends in Chinese politics and culture. Will Confucius’s doctrine become a tool to solidify authoritarianism in China, as it was during the country’s imperial era? How do the 21st century versions of Confucianism compare to earlier understanding of his ideas? Is Confucian humanist thought just what a rapidly changing Chinese society needs? Michael Schuman addressed these questions and discussed his book with the National Committee on February 2, 2016, in New York City.Michael Schuman is a Beijing-based journalist with over 20 years of experience writing about Asia and the global economy. He has served as a correspondent for theWall Street Journal and TIME magazine. He is also the author of The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia’s Quest for Wealth (2009).The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.

  As China rises to superpower status, the country is challenging the United States not just economically and politically-- but also ideologically. Its leadership is asserting its own political and economic model as an alternative to American-style democracy and capitalism-- one Beijing believes is based on its own non-Western traditions.The ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius is, according to Michael Schuman's new book, Confucius and the World He Created, critical to China's political agenda today. The Chinese Communist Party is reviving Confucius as an attempt to legitimize its authoritarian rule by linking it to the country's political history. Confucius, they believe, can also act as a bulwark against dangerous democratic ideals from the West. Whether or not this Confucian campaign succeeds will have huge implications for China's political future, its role in the world, and Beijing-Washington relations.Join New America NYC for a conversation with journalist and author Michael Shuman, along with Hua Hsu and John Bussey, on the steps it will take for Americans to contend with China in an ever-shifting world.