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Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th at 11:45am (ET)
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th at 9pm (ET)
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st at 6:30am (ET)
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st at 2:30pm (ET)

Archived Programs

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Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
Dean Baker; Amity Shlaes
Last aired: March 14, 2010
Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
To Big to Save?: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System
Robert Pozen
Last aired: March 8, 2010
To Big to Save?: How to Fix the U.S. Financial System
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
John Cassidy
Last aired: March 7, 2010
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
Henry Paulson
Last aired: March 1, 2010
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System
From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and The Lasting Triumph over Scarcity
Arnold Kling; Nick Schulz
Last aired: March 1, 2010
From Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities and The Lasting Triumph over Scarcity
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts
Last aired: February 21, 2010
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose - Doing Business By Respecting the Earth
Ray Anderson
Last aired: February 14, 2010
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose - Doing Business By Respecting the Earth
After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street - and Washington
Nicole Gelinas
Last aired: February 14, 2010
After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street - and Washington
The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Micheline Maynard
Last aired: February 14, 2010
The Selling of the American Economy: How Foreign Companies Are Remaking the American Dream
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
Barry Lynn
Last aired: February 14, 2010
Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction
Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses
Timothy Carney
Last aired: February 8, 2010
Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses
Discussion with Raj Patel ("The Value of Nothing") and Naomi Klein ("The Shock Doctrine")
Amy Goodman; Naomi Klein; Raj Patel
Last aired: February 8, 2010
Discussion with Raj Patel ("The Value of Nothing") and Naomi Klein ("The Shock Doctrine")
Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
David Walker
Last aired: February 7, 2010
Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward
Bruce Bartlett
Last aired: January 24, 2010
The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward
Plunder!: How Public Employee Unions Are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation
Steven Greenhut
Last aired: January 23, 2010
Plunder!: How Public Employee Unions Are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation
Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy
Peter Goodman
Last aired: January 18, 2010
Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy
The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free Market Economy
Michael Medved
Last aired: January 18, 2010
The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free Market Economy
"End the Fed" Book Signing Vingette
Ron Paul
Last aired: January 4, 2010
"End the Fed" Book Signing Vingette
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Carmen Reinhart
Last aired: January 2, 2010
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
David Wessel
Last aired: December 20, 2009
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
Robert Samuelson, author of "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath" and Liaquat Ahamed, author of "Lords of Finance"
Liaquat Ahamed; Paul Samuelson
Last aired: December 6, 2009
Robert Samuelson, author of "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath" and Liaquat Ahamed, author of "Lords of Finance"
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Joel Waldfogel
Last aired: December 6, 2009
Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays
Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
Edmund Andrews
Last aired: November 30, 2009
Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
Ellen Ruppel Shell
Last aired: November 30, 2009
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
Last aired: November 30, 2009
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
Last aired: November 28, 2009
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
Justin Fox
Last aired: November 27, 2009
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lawrence McDonald; Patrick Robinson
Last aired: November 22, 2009
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
Jayne O'Donnell; Kit Yarrow
Last aired: November 1, 2009
Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving
Robert Spector
Last aired: October 11, 2009
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving
Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis
Johan Norberg
Last aired: October 11, 2009
Financial Fiasco: How America's Infatuation with Home Ownership and Easy Money Created the Economic Crisis
Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis
Guy Sorman
Last aired: October 10, 2009
Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis
End the Fed
Ron Paul
Last aired: October 4, 2009
End the Fed
And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
David Faber
Last aired: September 27, 2009
And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street's Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Daniel Goleman
Last aired: September 21, 2009
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times
Robert H. Frank
Last aired: September 6, 2009
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times
Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover
Katrina Vanden Heuvel
Last aired: August 29, 2009
Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover
Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
Pat Robertson
Last aired: August 17, 2009
Right on the Money: Financial Advice for Tough Times
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Lawrence Lessig
Last aired: August 8, 2009
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream
Shari Olefson
Last aired: August 2, 2009
Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream
Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
Gillian Tett
Last aired: August 1, 2009
Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street
John Talbott
Last aired: July 19, 2009
The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Andrew Ross
Last aired: July 13, 2009
Nice Work if You Can Get It
How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn
Allan Roth
Last aired: July 13, 2009
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
David Smick
Last aired: July 12, 2009
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature: The Economic Crisis and How to Deal with It
Bill Bradley et al.
Last aired: July 12, 2009
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Matt Mason
Last aired: July 6, 2009
The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Barry Ritholtz
Last aired: June 29, 2009
Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy
Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem
Jay W. Richards
Last aired: June 22, 2009
Money, Greed and God: Why Capitalism is the Solution and Not the Problem
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy - If We Let it Happen
Arthur Laffer; Stephen Moore; Peter Tanous
Last aired: June 15, 2009
The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy - If We Let it Happen
Why GM Matters
William Holstein
Last aired: May 31, 2009
Why GM Matters
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
Robert Samuelson
Last aired: May 26, 2009
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones
Last aired: May 25, 2009
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner's Guide
Randy Charles Epping
Last aired: May 24, 2009
The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner's Guide
What Would Google Do?
Jeff Jarvis
Last aired: May 18, 2009
What Would Google Do?
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Thomas Woods
Last aired: May 17, 2009
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
David Korten
Last aired: May 16, 2009
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era
Michael Panzner
Last aired: April 12, 2009
When Giants Fall: An Economic Roadmap for the End of the American Era
The Battle for Wall Street: Behind the Lines in the Struggle that Pushed An Industry into Turmoil
Richard Goldberg
Last aired: March 29, 2009
The Battle for Wall Street: Behind the Lines in the Struggle that Pushed An Industry into Turmoil

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 9:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes
Next air time: Saturday, March 20th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 2:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 22 min.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman
Next air time: Sunday, March 21st, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, March 20th
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Working in the Shadows
Gabriel Thompson
9:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
James McGrath Morris, "Pulitzer: A Life in Politics. Print, and Power" and Michael Wolff, "The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch"
James McGrath Morris; Michael Wolff
11am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez
Howard Campbell
11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War
Scott Christianson
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis
4pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda
Gretchen Peters
4:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
Three Days Before the Shooting...
Adam Bradley; John Callahan
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Midge Decter "An Old Wife's Tale"
Midge Decter
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Postracial" America
Jon Jeter; Robert Pierre
8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari
9pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes
10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis

Sunday, March 21st
12:30am (ET)
Approx. 26 min.
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains one of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Molly Caldwell Crosby
1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
Working in the Shadows
Gabriel Thompson
2:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 22 min.
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen
3:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Discussion of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
Samuel Fleischacker; Russell Roberts
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War
Scott Christianson
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation
Andrew Lewis
9:30am (ET)
Approx. 33 min.
Tracy Kidder, "Strength in What Remains"
Tracy Kidder
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Kate Pickett; Richard Wilkinson
11am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy
Steve Forbes
12pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 22 min.
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman
3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Howard Bloom
5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
Shane Harris
6pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers
8:15pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James
9pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis: The Role of International Law and the State Department Legal Adviser
Michael Scharf; Paul Williams

Monday, March 22nd
12am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 42 min.
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
Lee Smith
3am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves - And Why It Matters
B.R. Myers
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Discussion on the Afghanistan War
Seth Jones; Mark Moyar
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 46 min.
My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer
Anousheh Ansari
7am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History
Gregory Zuckerman

Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work.  It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET.   You can watch previous episodes of In Depth online.  In 2010 so far, Michelle Malkin, Paul Johnson, and T.R. Reid have been our guests.  You can watch those online.

April--John Dean

 

Book Festivals

Book TV will be covering several book festivals this spring, including LIVE coverage of the Tucson Book Festival March 13-14, and the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville later in March.  In April, plans for coverage include the Annapolis Book Festival as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Fair.