In Depth

About In Depth

A comprehensive, live three-hour look at one author's work, with questions from viewers via phone and e-mail.

In Depth airs each weekend at the following times:

  • LIVE on the first Sunday of the month at 12pm (ET)
  • The first Monday of the month at 12am (ET)
  • The second Saturday of the month at 9am (ET)

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Coming Up on Book TV

In Depth: Temple Grandin
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th at 9am (ET)
In Depth: Temple Grandin

Archived Programs

Programs shown in this archive cover the past year. To search for programs in earlier years, please use the search functionality above.

In Depth: Temple Grandin
Last aired: November 2, 2009
In Depth: Temple Grandin
In Depth: Hugh Hewitt
Last aired: October 10, 2009
In Depth: Hugh Hewitt
In Depth: Jonathan Kozol
Last aired: September 12, 2009
In Depth: Jonathan Kozol
In Depth: Juan Williams
Last aired: August 8, 2009
In Depth: Juan Williams
In Depth: John Ferling
Last aired: July 11, 2009
In Depth: John Ferling
In Depth: Bill Ayers
Last aired: June 13, 2009
In Depth: Bill Ayers
In Depth: Christopher Buckley
Last aired: May 9, 2009
In Depth: Christopher Buckley
In Depth: Robert Higgs
Last aired: April 11, 2009
In Depth: Robert Higgs
In Depth: Ronald Takaki
Last aired: March 7, 2009
In Depth: Ronald Takaki
In Depth: Abraham Lincoln
Last aired: February 16, 2009
In Depth: Abraham Lincoln
In Depth: Bill Gertz
Last aired: January 10, 2009
In Depth: Bill Gertz
In Depth: Nell Irvin Painter
Last aired: December 26, 2008
In Depth: Nell Irvin Painter
In Depth: Kevin Phillips
Last aired: December 13, 2008
In Depth: Kevin Phillips
In Depth: A Discussion with Historians Douglas Brinkley and Richard Norton Smith
Last aired: November 28, 2008
In Depth: A Discussion with Historians Douglas Brinkley and Richard Norton Smith
In Depth: Steven Pinker
Last aired: November 28, 2008
In Depth: Steven Pinker

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
Next air time: Sunday, November 8th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
Next air time: Saturday, November 7th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, November 7th
8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 57 min.
In Depth: Temple Grandin
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
James David Robenalt
1pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
4pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
4:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
A Moveable Feast
Adam Gopnik; Ernest Hemingway; Sean Hemingway; Diane Johnson
6pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Encore Booknotes: Susan Eisenhower, "Breaking Free"
Susan Eisenhower
7pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
8pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
9pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
11:15pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler

Sunday, November 8th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West
2am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
3:30am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech That Ended the Cold War
Romesh Ratnesar
5am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
Jean Sasson
6am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South
W. Ralph Eubanks
7am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
8am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Listen Up, Mr. President
Craig Crawford; Helen Thomas
11am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger
12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 2 min.
After Words: John Fleming, "The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War" interviewed by Amity Shlaes
1pm (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis; James Fowler
2pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Sarah from Alaska: The Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar
Scott Conroy; Shushannah Walshe
5pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove
Max Cleland
6pm (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 14 min.
Anne Heller, "Ayn Rand and the World She Made" and Jennifer Burns, "Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right"
Jennifer Burns; Anne Heller
8pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
Brother West: Living and Loving Outloud, A Memoir
Cornel West
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
10pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
11pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy
Allison Stanger

Monday, November 9th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
1:15am (ET)
Approx. 49 min.
2009 Texas Book Festival: Frank Luntz, "What Americans Really Want...Really: The Truth about Our Hopes, Dreams, and Fears"
Frank Luntz
2am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty
Jerome Corsi
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
After Words: Harry Maclean author of "The Past Is Never Dead: The Trial of James Ford Seale and Mississippi's Struggle for Redemption" interviewed by Richard Howorth owner of Square Books and former mayor of Oxford, Mississippi
4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming of the Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
W.R. Smyser
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Sorkin

Upcoming Programs

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Book TV will be live at the 26th annual Miami Book Fair International, November 14th and 15th.  The week-long event includes evenings with award-winning authors of all genres and a three-day street festival. 
Book TV will feature former Vice President Al Gore, presidential confidante and historian Taylor Branch,  and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder on Saturday.  Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and editor-at-large of Commentary magazine Norman Podhoretz (Pod-HOR-etz) will headline Sunday's coverage, with call-in programs scheduled for both.  A politics and culture panel Sunday will include Editor of the New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, Chris Hedges and George Packer. 
Join us live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday on C-SPAN2.  For more information, www.booktv.org

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Book TV will be taping the National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 18, and airing the program the following weekend.  Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, awards are given in many categories, including best nonfiction and fiction books of the year.  Two of the nonfiction finalists have been covered by Book TV, and you can watch those programs online under our "Featured Video" section.  www.nationalbook.org

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.  Here's a look at some upcoming guests...

December--Joy Hakim
Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.