It's the Brian Laird show on WNYc,

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It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC.

Good morning again everyone. It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

Good morning again everyone.

Here in the 21st century,

seems like every couple of years

comes a major upheaval to the country and the world, right?

What might have been once in a lifetime shocks

feel like they're increasing in frequency.

I think it's one of the most important facts of life

for the current generations.

One year into this century, we experienced September 11th.

Then came the financial crisis, the Arab Spring,

Brexit, the election of Donald Trump,

and all the Democratic backsliding that came with his term in office,

not to mention the Democratic backsliding around the world, and then not to mention COVID, Ukraine, Gaza, all in the last four years.

A new book takes a closer look at these life-changing events

and others in the recent past in the context of what's known as Chaos Theory and

pinpoint the seemingly small moments that triggered these global events like

how one vegetable vendor in Central Tunisia set himself on fire in protest who remembers

that that triggered the Arab Spring which toppled dictators in the

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