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Book TV's After Words features the author of a recently published hardback non-fiction book interviewed by a guest host with some knowledge, background, or connection to the subject matter of the book. After Words airs on Book TV every Sunday, at 6pm ET.
Recent programs:
  • Dr. Carl Hart, "High Price" (1 hr. 1 min. - Saturday)
    Dr. Hart combines a memoir about growing up in a poor Miami neighborhood with his studies of drug use as a neuroscientist. He concludes that the current drug laws are based on assumptions about race and class rather than a genuine understanding of the physiological reasons for and effects of addiction. He talks with cultural and political commentator Juan Williams, a columnist for The Hill and a Fox News contributor.
  • Sally Satel, "Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience" (58 min. 36 sec. - June 8, 2013)
    Dr. Sally Satel presents an analysis of what she calls the culture's obsession with neuroscience, attempting to dispel myths about what brain scans are able to reveal. She talks with USA Today's Science Reporter Dan Vergano.
  • Charles Moore, "Margaret Thatcher" (57 min. 9 sec. - June 1, 2013)
    Veteran newspaper editor Charles Moore, who covered the administration of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, presents her authorized biography, "Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands." He discusses the life of the United Kingdom's only female premier with Toby Harnden, Washington bureau chief of the Sunday Times of London.
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress" (59 min. 39 sec. - May 25, 2013)
    Former Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talked about her book, Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress, in which she explores how Congress came to its state of gridlock and what can be done to forge a greater spirit of cooperation and compromise. She spoke with The Hill's A.B. Stoddard.
  • Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character" (59 min. 24 sec. - May 18, 2013)
    Ms. West argues that the U.S. has been "marching toward Socialism" since the 1940s, abandoning its core ideals in the process. She discusses the rise of Communism and what she calls the U.S. government's capitulation to it with Ariel Cohen, the Heritage Foundation's Senior Research Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies.
  • Christian Caryl, "Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century" (58 min. 48 sec. - May 11, 2013)
    Mr. Caryl argues that a secular, left-leaning consensus developed across the western world after World War II, and that a counterrevolution, representing a new era, began in 1979 with the campaigns of conservative leaders in Britain and the U.S. and the overthrow of the Shah in Iran. He discusses the conservative realignment that began in '79 with Managing Editor of Foreign Policy magazine, Susan Glasser.
  • Vali Nasr, "The Dispensable Nation" (1 hr. - May 4, 2013)
    The former senior adviser to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke reveals that the foreign policy plan supported by the late Ambassador and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was overruled by President Obama for political reasons. He argues that the conflict over Afghanistan policy has weakened America's ability to shape policy in South Asia and the Middle East. He discusses his contentions with National Defense University professor and former CIA adviser Judith Yaphe.
  • Karen Houppert, "Chasing Gideon" (54 min. 37 sec. - April 27, 2013)
    In March of 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided in Gideon v. Wainwright that, when facing jail time, a defendant who cannot afford an attorney has the right to free representation. Karen Houppert, author of "Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice," explores how the Court arrived at that decision with Jenna Greene, National Law Journal.
  • Benjamin Wiker, "Worshipping the State" (56 min. 44 sec. - April 20, 2013)
    Benjamin Wiker, "Worshipping the State: How Liberalism Became Our State Religion," argues that people on the political left are seeking to establish secularism as the official religion for the U.S. He discusses his theory with Washington Post writer Krissah Thompson.
  • Martin Clancy & Tim O'Brien, "Murder at the Supreme Court" (53 min. 3 sec. - April 13, 2013)
    The veteran ABC News team examines the capital punishment cases that they say defined the parameters judges must follow in order to uphold a death sentence on appeal. They speak with Kimberly Tignor, Advocacy Counsel of the National Bar Association.
  • Neil Irwin, "The Alchemists" (54 min. 58 sec. - April 6, 2013)
    Neil Irwin, author of "The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire," details the financial crisis of recent years by starting with a tutorial on the creation of central banks and how their managers developed global power. He talks with the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel.
  • "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" (1 hr. - March 30, 2013)
    Gay rights advocate John Corvino and conservative columnist Maggie Gallagher engage in a point/counterpoint discussion of gay marriage. Their intended goal is not to win the debate but to raise and clarify as many points of disagreement as possible, explaining not only how they disagree but why. The Supreme Court heard two cases on gay marriage at the end of March, 2013.
  • David Burstein, "Fast Future" (56 min. 42 sec. - March 23, 2013)
    David Burstein claims that the Millennial generation, which he defines as those currently between 18 and 30, is the largest generation in U.S. history, and more ethnically diverse and digitally in tuned than others. He chats with MSNBC's S.E. Cupp.
  • Kim Ghattas, "The Secretary" (59 min. 58 sec. - March 16, 2013)
    Ms. Ghattas discusses Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State through the perspective of a State Department reporter with both a European and Middle Eastern background. While examining Mrs. Clinton's role in U.S. diplomacy abroad, Ms. Ghattas also seeks to answer whether U.S. power is in decline. She shares her insights with Daily Caller Senior Editor Jamie Weinstein.
  • Ken Stern, "With Charity for All" (59 min. 44 sec. - March 9, 2013)
    From charities focused on international aid to those that provide funding for the arts, Ken Stern explores what he calls the vast and unaccountable world of U.S. charities and how they are managed. He discusses his findings with Ken Berger, CEO of Charity Navigator, a non-profit that evaluates the financial health and efficacy of charitable organizations.
  • Moises Naim, "The End of Power" (56 min. 12 sec. - March 2, 2013)
    Moises Naim is the author of "The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be." He talks about the changing nature of governmental and economic power with the editor of the Washington Post's On Leadership section, Lillian Cunningham.
  • Ed Whitacre, "American Turnaround" (57 min. 13 sec. - February 23, 2013)
    Ed Whitacre, author of "American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA," discusses steps for restoring the U.S. economy with Stephanie Mehta, Fortune magazine.
  • Sarah Garland, "Divided We Fail" (57 min. 26 sec. - February 16, 2013)
    Sarah Garland is the author of "Divided We Fail: The Story of an African-American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation." She chronicles the fight of African-American parents to prevent the closure of a predominantly black school, which led to a landmark Supreme Court case overturning 50 years of desegregation initiated by the Brown v. Board of Education opinion. Ms Garland talks with Columbia professor and political activist Marc Lamont Hill.
  • John Mackey, "Conscious Capitalism" (58 min. 14 sec. - February 9, 2013)
    Mr. Mackey argues that capitalism doesn't have to be a zero-sum game in which some win at the expense of others. He highlights the practices of companies like Whole Foods and Southwest that seek to increase value for their shareholders by creating value for their customers and employees as well. He discusses what he believes is a better business model with the Wall Street Journal's Kim Strassel.
  • Jonathan Last, "What to Expect When No One's Expecting" (56 min. 2 sec. - February 2, 2013)
    Jonathan Last, author of "What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster," discusses the population implosion in the U.S. and it's impact on the economy, culture and politics. He argues that if the U.S. want to continue to be a world leader, Americans must have more children. He discusses the country's demographic changes with Pew Research Center's D'Vera Cohn.
  • Helaine Olen, "Pound Foolish" (56 min. 34 sec. - January 26, 2013)
    Helaine Olen, author of "Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry," goes inside the world of personal finance "gurus" and reveals how the products and services they promote fail to meet their expectations and often undercut the financial security of those using them. She discusses her findings with Russell Wild, Saturday Evening Post Financial Contributor and author of several personal finance books.
  • Clayborne Carson, "Martin's Dream" (56 min. 45 sec. - January 19, 2013)
    In this memoir, Clayborne Carson recounts his own journey from teen-aged civil rights activist, who was present at the 1963 March on Washington, to acclaimed historian and editor of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s papers. He includes encounters with many leaders and organizers in the Civil Rights Movement, including Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael and the King family. Mr. Carson shares his experiences with race relations author and playwright Janet Langhart Cohen.
  • Michael Austin, "That's Not What They Meant!" (59 min. 50 sec. - January 12, 2013)
    Professor Michael Austin, author of "That's Not What They Meant!: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers from America's Right Wing," analyzes dozens of speeches, books and articles by conservative commentators to expose what he calls the "deep historical flaws in their use of America's founding history." He also examines the Founding Fathers' quotes in context to present what he believes is a more accurate picture of their meaning. He discusses his findings with George Washington University Associate Professor of Law, David Fontana.
  • Martin Duberman, "Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left" (58 min. 18 sec. - January 5, 2013)
    Acclaimed historian Martin Duberman presents the biography of controversial historian and leftist activist Howard Zinn, author of "The People's History of the United States." Mr. Duberman uses exclusive access to Zinn's archives to tell the late Spelman professor's story. Mr. Duberman talks about Zinn with the online editor of Dissent Magazine, Nick Serpe.
  • Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick, "The Untold History of the United States" (1 hr. 2 min. - December 29, 2012)
    Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick argue that U.S. leaders must chart a course for the future by first honestly facing what they call the country's troubling history of drifting farther away from its democratic traditions. They talk with Michael Kazin, Georgetown University history professor and co-editor of Dissent magazine.

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
After Words: Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption," hosted by Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Energy & Environment Reporter
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Anat Admati, "The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It"
Anat Admati
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Morris Fiorina, "Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America"
Morris Fiorina
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV in London: Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV in London: Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
The National Security Agency Before and After 9/11
Multiple Authors
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Interview with Scott Turow, President of the Authors Guild
Scott Turow
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Book and Author Breakfast
Helen Fielding; Diana Gabaldon; John Lewis; Chris Matthews
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 12:15pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Ishmael Beah, "Radiance of Tomorrow"
Ishmael Beah
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Panel - "Self-Publishing: Disruptor or Defender of the Book Business?"
Angela James; Christopher Kenneally; James McQuivey; Keith Ogorek
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Wendy Lower, "Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields"
Wendy Lower
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
Book TV Interview: Conrad Black, "Flight of the Eagle"
Conrad Black
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Told You So: The Big Book of Weekly Columns"
Ralph Nader
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization"
Mary Eberstadt
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
"Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield"
Jeremy Scahill
Next air time: Saturday, June 22nd, at 11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Immigration Stories"
Various Authors
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't"
Robert Kaiser
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
"A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg"
Jeff Shaara
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"When Armies Divide: The Security of Nuclear Arsenals During Revolts, Coups, and Civil Wars"
Brian Michael Jenkins
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
"Chinese Girl in the Ghetto"
Ying Ma
Next air time: Sunday, June 23rd, at 10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, June 22nd
8am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973"
Kathleen Frydl
9am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini
10am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
The National Security Agency Before and After 9/11
Multiple Authors
11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era"
Bruce Bechtol
12pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Interview with Scott Turow, President of the Authors Guild
Scott Turow
12:15pm (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Book and Author Breakfast
Helen Fielding; Diana Gabaldon; John Lewis; Chris Matthews
1pm (ET)
Approx. 15 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Ishmael Beah, "Radiance of Tomorrow"
Ishmael Beah
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Panel - "Self-Publishing: Disruptor or Defender of the Book Business?"
Angela James; Christopher Kenneally; James McQuivey; Keith Ogorek
2:15pm (ET)
Approx. 18 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Wendy Lower, "Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields"
Wendy Lower
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.
"The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure"
Kevin Williamson
4pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
2013 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Medea Benjamin, author of "Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control"
Medea Benjamin
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race"
Larry Colton
6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Encore Q&A: Michael Hastings, author of "The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan"
Michael Hastings (1980-2013)
7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book TV Interview: Conrad Black, "Flight of the Eagle"
Conrad Black
7:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"Told You So: The Big Book of Weekly Columns"
Ralph Nader
9pm (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization"
Mary Eberstadt
10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption," hosted by Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Energy & Environment Reporter
11pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 13 min.
"Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield"
Jeremy Scahill

Sunday, June 23rd
12:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
"Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream"
Deepak Chopra; Sanjiv Chopra
2am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book TV in London: Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong
2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
Book Party for John Guntzelman, "The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States"
John Guntzelman
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
5am (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal"
Michael D'Antonio
7:30am (ET)
Approx. 43 min.
2013 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Robert Lombardo, author of "Organized Crime in Chicago: Beyond the Mafia"
Robert Lombardo
8:15am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
"Hammarskjold: A Life"
Roger Lipsey
9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines"
Cate Lineberry
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Immigration Stories"
Various Authors
11am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
Hayek Prize Lecture: Yang Jisheng, Author of "Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962"
Yang Jisheng
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Dr. Carl Hart, "High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know about Drugs and Society," hosted by Juan Williams, The Hill and Fox News
1pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Anat Admati, "The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It"
Anat Admati
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Morris Fiorina, "Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America"
Morris Fiorina
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 12 min.
Book Party for Eric Draper, Author/Photographer of "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush"
Eric Draper
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
"Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't"
Robert Kaiser
4pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
2013 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Douglas Foster, author of "After Mandela"
Douglas Foster
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg"
Jeff Shaara
6pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV in London: Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum
7pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 34 min.
"When Armies Divide: The Security of Nuclear Arsenals During Revolts, Coups, and Civil Wars"
Brian Michael Jenkins
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Anat Admati, "The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It"
Anat Admati
9pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption," hosted by Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Energy & Environment Reporter
10pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Book TV Interview: Conrad Black, "Flight of the Eagle"
Conrad Black
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Chinese Girl in the Ghetto"
Ying Ma

Monday, June 24th
12am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption," hosted by Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Energy & Environment Reporter
1am (ET)
Approx. 31 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Anat Admati, "The Bankers' New Clothes: What's Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It"
Anat Admati
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 17 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Morris Fiorina, "Culture War?: The Myth of a Polarized America"
Morris Fiorina
2am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV in London: Claire Tomalin
Claire Tomalin
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Robert McCrum
Robert McCrum
3am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice: A True Story of Greed and Corruption," hosted by Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times Energy & Environment Reporter
4am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization"
Mary Eberstadt
5am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: Scott Berg, "38 Nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End"
Scott Berg
6am (ET)
Approx. 13 min.
2013 Book Expo America: Fall Book Preview with Ann Romney, "The Romney Family Table: Sharing Home-Cooked Recipes and Favorite Traditions"
Ann Romney
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 41 min.
"Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works, and How It Doesn't"
Robert Kaiser

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IN DEPTH

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July 7  Mary Roach       www.maryroach.net
Aug 4  Dr. Ben Carson www.carsonschholars.org
 

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