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Coming Up on Book TV

"No Animals Were Harmed" and "Calexico!"
Peter Laufer

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th at 4:15pm (ET)

"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th at 4am (ET)

"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
"Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010"
Charles Murray

Next air time: Saturday, February 18th at 8pm (ET)

"Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street"
John Nichols

Next air time: Saturday, February 18th at 9pm (ET)

Archived Programs

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

"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo

Last aired: January 22, 2012

"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
"Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic"
Catherine Crier

Last aired: January 16, 2012

"Patriot Acts: What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic"
"Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America"
Melissa Harris-Perry

Last aired: January 15, 2012

"Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America"
"After America: Get Ready For Armageddon"
Mark Steyn

Last aired: January 2, 2012

"After America: Get Ready For Armageddon"
Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
Midge Decter; Charles Kesler; Roger Kimball; R. Emmett Tyrrell

Last aired: January 1, 2012

Panel discussion of William F. Buckley's "God & Man at Yale"
"A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future"
Jennifer Granholm

Last aired: December 27, 2011

"A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future"
"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington"
Condoleezza Rice

Last aired: December 27, 2011

"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington"
"That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back"
Thomas Friedman; Michael Mandelbaum

Last aired: December 26, 2011

"That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back"
"The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America"
Tom Brokaw

Last aired: December 26, 2011

"The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America"
"EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want"
Frances Moore Lappe

Last aired: December 18, 2011

"EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want"
"Growing a Better America"
Chuck Leavell

Last aired: December 11, 2011

"Growing a Better America"
"Constitution Cafe: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution"
Christopher Phillips

Last aired: December 4, 2011

"Constitution Cafe: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution"
"Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff"
Calvin Trillin

Last aired: December 4, 2011

"Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff"
"Time for Outrage"
Stephane Hessel

Last aired: November 28, 2011

"Time for Outrage"
"Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors"
James Delingpole

Last aired: November 6, 2011

"Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors"
2011 Young America's Foundation National Conservative Student Conference: Panel on Conservative Books
Kathyrn Lopez; Christopher Maligisi; Roger Ream

Last aired: October 16, 2011

2011 Young America's Foundation National Conservative Student Conference: Panel on Conservative Books
"The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin"
Joe McGinniss

Last aired: September 25, 2011

"The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin"
"Secdef: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense"
Charles Stevenson

Last aired: September 18, 2011

"Secdef: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense"
"Katrina's Secrets: Storms After the Storm"
C. Ray Nagin

Last aired: September 18, 2011

"Katrina's Secrets: Storms After the Storm"
"Trouble Maker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again"
Christine O'Donnell

Last aired: September 11, 2011

Book Expo America: Michael Moore Interview
Michael Moore

Last aired: September 6, 2011

Book Expo America: Michael Moore Interview
"Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans"
Gov. Mitch Daniels

Last aired: September 4, 2011

"Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues"
Bill Moyers

Last aired: August 28, 2011

"Keys to the Kingdom: A Novel of Suspense"
Bob Graham

Last aired: August 28, 2011

"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
Ralph Nader

Last aired: July 31, 2011

"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition
Bruce Caldwell; Richard Epstein; George Soros

Last aired: July 4, 2011

The Constitution of Liberty: The Definitive Edition
Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
Antonia Juhasz

Last aired: June 26, 2011

Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America
James Capretta; Thomas Miller; Robert Moffit; Grace-Marie Turner

Last aired: June 5, 2011

Why Obamacare Is Wrong for America
Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys
Kay Hymowitz

Last aired: May 22, 2011

Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys
Reload: Rethinking Violence in American Life
Christopher Strain

Last aired: May 22, 2011

Reload: Rethinking Violence in American Life
The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know - and Men Can't Say
Phyllis Schlafly; Suzanne Venker

Last aired: May 8, 2011

The Flipside of Feminism: What Conservative Women Know - and Men Can't Say
Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress
John Cole

Last aired: April 24, 2011

Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress
Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City
Jonathan Soffer

Last aired: April 4, 2011

Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City
Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington
Rick Perry

Last aired: March 7, 2011

Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington
Death of the Liberal Class
Chris Hedges

Last aired: February 27, 2011

Death of the Liberal Class
Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
Richard Rubenstein

Last aired: February 27, 2011

Reasons to Kill: Why Americans Choose War
Freedom At Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State
James Buckley

Last aired: February 27, 2011

Freedom At Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State
Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam
Akbar Ahmed

Last aired: February 21, 2011

Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam
Jews & Money: The Story of a Stereotype
Abraham Foxman

Last aired: February 21, 2011

Jews & Money: The Story of a Stereotype
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
Kwame Anthony Appiah

Last aired: February 19, 2011

The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

"Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, From the Courtroom to the Kill Zones"
Connie Rice

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism"
Carl Bogus

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful"
Glenn Greenwald

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Bonnie Morris, “Revenge of the Women’s Studies Professor”
Bonnie Morris

Next air time: Sunday, February 12th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Roger Williams and The Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty"
John Barry

Next air time: Saturday, February 11th, at 2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, February 11th

8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
9am (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Mark Steyn
3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"1812: The Navy's War"
George Daughan
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"No Animals Were Harmed" and "Calexico!"
Peter Laufer
5pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
8pm (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
11pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders

Sunday, February 12th

12am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
"No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA"
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
8am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941"
Stanley Weintraub
9am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination"
Barry Sanders
10am (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"No Animals Were Harmed" and "Calexico!"
Peter Laufer
11am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Our Time: Breaking the Silence of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"
Josh Seefried
5:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Milosevic: A Biography"
Adam LeBor
10pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter

Monday, February 13th

2am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Elizabeth The Queen"
Sally Bedell Smith
4am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Big-Time Sports in American Universities"
Charles Clotfelter
5am (ET)
Approx. 35 min.
"Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse"
Sen. Jim DeMint
6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Our Time: Breaking the Silence of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"
Josh Seefried

Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's monthly interview/call-in program with an author featuring his or her body of work.  It's LIVE on the first Sunday of every month.   
In January 2011, Phyllis Bennis was our guest.  R. Emmett Tyrrell was our February 2011 guest, and MIT historian Pauline Maier appeared in March.  Ishmael Reed appeared in April, Tibor Machan in May from Los Angeles, and law professor and author Eric Posner from Chicago in June.  Native American Writer and Pulitzer finalist Linda Hogan joined us in July 2011. Bestselling author and columnist Ann Coulter was our guest in August; Ellis Cose in September.  Michael Moore joined us in October, Ben Mezrich in November, and David Brooks in December.  In 2012...Chris Hedges was our guest on January 1st.
 
FEB 5  Mark Steyn

MAR 4  Randall Kennedy

MAY 6  Tom Brokaw

 

You can watch all past In Depths online by using the "Search" function in the upper left hand corner of this website.

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Book TV covers many book festivals each year, many of them LIVE.  In 2011, we covered festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, the Texas Book Festival and Miami Book Fair International in November.  You can watch those we've already covered online.  Find them using the "Search" button in the upper lefthand corner of this homepage.

Our next planned festival coverage will be the Savannah Book Festival LIVE on February 18, 2012, followed by Tucson's Book Festival on March 17, 2012.

For a complete list of upcoming book festivals, click on the BOOK FAIRS tab at the top of the page.