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"Simpler: The Future of Government"
Cass Sunstein
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th at 10am (ET)
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th at 11:45am (ET)
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
"Many Unhappy Returns: One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America"
Charles Rossotti
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th at 5pm (ET)
"Many Unhappy Returns: One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America"
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Eric Deggans
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 7:45am (ET)
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 1pm (ET)
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own"
Mika Brzezinski
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 3:45pm (ET)
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
David Graeber
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 4am (ET)
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
Laurie Edwards
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 9:45am (ET)
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
Victor Navasky
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 12pm (ET)
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 10pm (ET)
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
Next air time: Monday, May 27th at 10:45pm (ET)
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
Jack Fuller
Next air time: Tuesday, May 28th at 6:30am (ET)
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"

Archived Programs

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

"The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism"
Theda Skocpol; Vanessa Williamson
Last aired: May 19, 2013
"The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism"
"Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down"
Dave Zirin
Last aired: May 19, 2013
"Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down"
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
Last aired: May 19, 2013
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Last aired: May 18, 2013
Book Party for Lanny Davis, author of "Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
Lanny Davis
Last aired: May 18, 2013
"Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life"
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
Last aired: May 13, 2013
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
Last aired: May 13, 2013
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
"Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection"
David Harsanyi
Last aired: May 12, 2013
"Obama's Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama's Reelection"
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal"
Michael D'Antonio
Last aired: May 12, 2013
"Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal"
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
Jack Fuller
Last aired: May 12, 2013
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
Victor Navasky
Last aired: May 11, 2013
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
Laurie Edwards
Last aired: May 11, 2013
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
David Graeber
Last aired: May 11, 2013
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
Cass Sunstein
Last aired: May 5, 2013
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
"Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?"
James Antle
Last aired: April 29, 2013
"Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?"
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness"
John L. Jackson, Jr.
Last aired: April 28, 2013
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: John L. Jackson, Jr., "Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness"
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change"
Richard Gelles
Last aired: April 28, 2013
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Richard Gelles, "The Third Lie: Why Government Programs Don't Work and a Blueprint for Change"
"Two Presidents are Better Than One: The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch"
David Orentlicher
Last aired: April 28, 2013
"Two Presidents are Better Than One: The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch"
"Courageous"
Kristan Hawkins
Last aired: April 27, 2013
"Courageous"
"Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012"
Stephen Hess
Last aired: April 15, 2013
"Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012"
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Eric Deggans
Last aired: April 14, 2013
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
"Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons"
Fiona Deans Halloran
Last aired: April 7, 2013
"Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons"
"Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution"
Jeb Bush
Last aired: April 7, 2013
"Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution"
"At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?"
John Lott
Last aired: March 31, 2013
"At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?"
"The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years"
Mutiple Panelists
Last aired: March 23, 2013
"The Feminine Mystique: 50 Years"
"Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement"
Sarah Erdreich
Last aired: March 18, 2013
"Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement"
"It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism"
Thomas Mann; Norman Ornstein
Last aired: March 17, 2013
"It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism"
"The U.S. Senate"
Tom Daschle
Last aired: March 17, 2013
"The U.S. Senate"
Book TV at American University: Jennifer Lawless, "Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office"
Jennifer Lawless
Last aired: March 10, 2013
Book TV at American University: Jennifer Lawless, "Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office"
"Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America"
Ben Shapiro
Last aired: March 4, 2013
"Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America"
"Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer For Freedom
Multiple Panelists
Last aired: March 3, 2013
"Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer For Freedom
"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief"
Lawrence Wright
Last aired: March 2, 2013
"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief"
"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
Michelle Alexander
Last aired: March 2, 2013
"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
"Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress"
Tom Allen
Last aired: February 24, 2013
"Dangerous Convictions: What's Really Wrong with the U.S. Congress"
"Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father - and How We Can Fix It"
David Goldhill
Last aired: February 19, 2013
"Catastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father - and How We Can Fix It"
"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington"
Condoleezza Rice
Last aired: February 17, 2013
"No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington"
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Michael X. Delli Carpini, "After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New Information Environment"
Michael X. Delli Carpini
Last aired: February 10, 2013
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Michael X. Delli Carpini, "After Broadcast News: Media Regimes, Democracy, and the New Information Environment"
"Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America"
Wenonah Hauter
Last aired: February 4, 2013
"Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America"
"America: Our Next Chapter"
Chuck Hagel
Last aired: February 2, 2013
"America: Our Next Chapter"
Why You're Wrong About The Right: Behind the Myths - The Surprising Truth About Conservatives
S.E. Cupp; Brett Joshpe
Last aired: January 27, 2013
Why You're Wrong About The Right: Behind the Myths - The Surprising Truth About Conservatives
Book TV at Liberty University: Ron Miller, author of "Sellout: Musings from Uncle Tom's Porch"
Ron Miller
Last aired: January 27, 2013
Book TV at Liberty University: Ron Miller, author of "Sellout: Musings from Uncle Tom's Porch"
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Amy Gutmann, "The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann
Last aired: January 27, 2013
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Amy Gutmann, "The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Joseph Turow, "The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth"
Joseph Turow
Last aired: January 27, 2013
Book TV at the University of Pennsylvania: Joseph Turow, "The Daily You: How the New Advertising Industry Is Defining Your Identity and Your Worth"
"The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture"
David Mamet
Last aired: January 22, 2013
"The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture"
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse"
Calvin Trillin
Last aired: January 21, 2013
"Dogfight: The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse"
"Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time"
Jeff Speck
Last aired: January 20, 2013
"Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time"
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage"
Greg Gutfeld
Last aired: January 12, 2013
"The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph Over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage"
"Divider-in-Chief: The Fraud of Hope and Change"
Kate Obenshain
Last aired: January 5, 2013
"Divider-in-Chief: The Fraud of Hope and Change"
"I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America"
D.L. Hughley
Last aired: January 1, 2013
"I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up: How the Audacity of Dopes is Ruining America"
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952"
Kevin Mattson
Last aired: January 1, 2013
"Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the 'Rocking, Shocking' Election of 1952"
"Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"
Greg Lukianoff
Last aired: December 31, 2012
"Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"
Book Party for Ann Coulter, "Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama"
Ann Coulter
Last aired: December 25, 2012
Book Party for Ann Coulter, "Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Steve Forbes, "Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't"
Steve Forbes
Last aired: December 23, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Steve Forbes, "Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets Are Moral and Big Government Isn't"
"Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America"
Eboo Patel
Last aired: December 23, 2012
"Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America"
"The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope"
Amy Goodman; Denis Moynihan
Last aired: December 17, 2012
"The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope"
"Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama"
Ann Coulter
Last aired: November 25, 2012
"Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama"
"Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville"
Nick Adams
Last aired: November 18, 2012
"Exceptional America: A Message of Hope from a Modern-Day de Tocqueville"
"God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage"
Gene Robinson
Last aired: November 11, 2012
"God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage"
"The Battle Over Health Care: What Obama's Reform Means for Amerca's Future"
Rosemary Gibson
Last aired: November 4, 2012
"The Battle Over Health Care: What Obama's Reform Means for Amerca's Future"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Gov. Gary Johnson, "Seven Principles of Good Government: Gary Johnson on Politics, People and Freedom"
Gov. Gary Johnson
Last aired: November 4, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Gov. Gary Johnson, "Seven Principles of Good Government: Gary Johnson on Politics, People and Freedom"
"The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
Michael Grunwald
Last aired: November 4, 2012
"The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era"
"The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans"
Mickey Edwards
Last aired: November 4, 2012
"The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans"
"State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream"
Jeff Biggers
Last aired: November 4, 2012
"State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream"
"The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas For Our American Future"
Ralph Nader
Last aired: November 3, 2012
"The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas For Our American Future"
"Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps"
Greg Palast
Last aired: November 3, 2012
"Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps"
"What's the Matter With White People?: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was"
Joan Walsh
Last aired: October 28, 2012
"What's the Matter With White People?: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was"
"Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced"
Diana Carlin; Nichola Gutgold; Theodore Sheckels
Last aired: October 21, 2012
"Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced"
"Golden: How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out of the Governor's Office and Into Prison"
John Chase; Jeff Coen
Last aired: October 20, 2012
"Golden: How Rod Blagojevich Talked Himself Out of the Governor's Office and Into Prison"
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brendan Doherty, "The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign"
Brendan Doherty
Last aired: October 15, 2012
Book TV at the United States Naval Academy: Brendan Doherty, "The Rise of the President's Permanent Campaign"
"50 Things Liberals Love to Hate"
Mike Gallagher
Last aired: October 13, 2012
"50 Things Liberals Love to Hate"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: John Fund, "Who's Counting"
John Fund
Last aired: October 8, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: John Fund, "Who's Counting"
"A Fundamental Freedom: Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights"
David Lampo
Last aired: October 7, 2012
"A Fundamental Freedom: Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights"
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Craig Unger
Last aired: October 7, 2012
"Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, "How Obama's Gender Policies Undermine America" and "Women's Figures"
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Last aired: October 1, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, "How Obama's Gender Policies Undermine America" and "Women's Figures"
George Washington University Interview: Spencer Overton, "Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression"
Spencer Overton
Last aired: September 30, 2012
George Washington University Interview: Spencer Overton, "Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression"
"Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America"
Tanner Colby
Last aired: September 30, 2012
"Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America"
"The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted"
Mike Lofgren
Last aired: September 30, 2012
"The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted"
"The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall & Epic Fail of the Hope & Change Presidency"
Hugh Hewitt
Last aired: September 29, 2012
"The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall & Epic Fail of the Hope & Change Presidency"
"Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream"
Dinesh D'Souza
Last aired: September 22, 2012
"Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Elizabeth Kantor, "The Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After"
Elizabeth Kantor
Last aired: September 17, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Elizabeth Kantor, "The Jane Austen Guide to Happily Ever After"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Connor Boyack, "Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics"
Connor Boyack
Last aired: September 17, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Connor Boyack, "Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Jeffrey Tucker, "It's a Jetson's World" and "Bourbon for Breakfast"
Jeffrey Tucker
Last aired: September 17, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Jeffrey Tucker, "It's a Jetson's World" and "Bourbon for Breakfast"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Yaron Brook, "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government"
Yaron Brook
Last aired: September 17, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Yaron Brook, "Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government"
"What the (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback"
Monica Crowley
Last aired: September 16, 2012
"What the (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide to the Great American Comeback"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Phyllis Schlafly, "No Higher Power"
Phyllis Schlafly
Last aired: September 16, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Phyllis Schlafly, "No Higher Power"
"Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy"
Christopher Hayes
Last aired: September 10, 2012
"Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Wayne Allyn Root, "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gold and Tax Cuts"
Wayne Allyn Root
Last aired: September 10, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Wayne Allyn Root, "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gold and Tax Cuts"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Judge James Gray, "Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do About It: A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs"
Judge James Gray (Ret.)
Last aired: September 10, 2012
"The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
Tavis Smiley; Cornel West
Last aired: September 9, 2012
"The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
"Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change"
Rep. John Lewis
Last aired: September 9, 2012
"Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change"
"Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom"
Merle Hoffman
Last aired: September 9, 2012
"Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom"
"Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama's Biggest Backers"
Jason Mattera
Last aired: September 9, 2012
"Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama's Biggest Backers"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious"
Katie Pavlich
Last aired: September 9, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Katie Pavlich, "Fast and Furious"
Book TV at Georgetown University: Bonnie Morris, “Revenge of the Women’s Studies Professor”
Bonnie Morris
Last aired: September 7, 2012
Book TV at Georgetown University: Bonnie Morris, “Revenge of the Women’s Studies Professor”
"They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley
Last aired: September 6, 2012
"They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
"The American Way Of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table"
Tracie McMillan
Last aired: September 5, 2012
"The American Way Of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table"
"The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America's Future"
David Horowitz
Last aired: September 1, 2012
"The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America's Future"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Wendy McElroy, "The Art of Being Free: Politics versus the Everyman and Woman"
Wendy McElroy
Last aired: August 27, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Wendy McElroy, "The Art of Being Free: Politics versus the Everyman and Woman"
"The Candidate: What It Takes To Win - and Hold - The White House"
Samuel Popkin
Last aired: August 26, 2012
"The Candidate: What It Takes To Win - and Hold - The White House"
"Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul"
Gary Weiss
Last aired: August 26, 2012
"Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Brett Decker, "Bowing to Beijing"
Brett Decker
Last aired: August 25, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Brett Decker, "Bowing to Beijing"
"Marijuana Gateway to Health: How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease"
Clint Werner
Last aired: August 20, 2012
"Marijuana Gateway to Health: How Cannabis Protects Us from Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Tad Armstrong, "It's Ok to Say 'God'"
Tad Armstrong
Last aired: August 19, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit: Tad Armstrong, "It's Ok to Say 'God'"
Book TV at FreedomFest: John Goodman, "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis"
John C. Goodman
Last aired: August 13, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: John Goodman, "Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Donald Luskin, "I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It"
Donald Luskin
Last aired: August 13, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Donald Luskin, "I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It"
Book TV at FreedomFest: Sen. Rand Paul, "The Tea Party Goes to Washington"
Sen. Rand Paul
Last aired: August 13, 2012
Book TV at FreedomFest: Sen. Rand Paul, "The Tea Party Goes to Washington"
"A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great"
Ed Rendell
Last aired: August 12, 2012
"A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great"
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
Amy Gutmann; Dennis Thompson
Last aired: August 4, 2012
"The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It"
"The Death of Liberalism"
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
Last aired: July 30, 2012
"The Death of Liberalism"
"Implosion: Can America Recover from Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time?"
Joel Rosenberg
Last aired: July 29, 2012
"Implosion: Can America Recover from Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges in Time?"
"Reckless: The Political Assault on the American Environment"
Bob Deans
Last aired: July 28, 2012
"Reckless: The Political Assault on the American Environment"
"The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America"
David Brody
Last aired: July 28, 2012
"The Teavangelicals: The Inside Story of How the Evangelicals and the Tea Party are Taking Back America"
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit
Mutiple Authors
Last aired: July 23, 2012
2012 Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit
"We Can All Do Better"
Bill Bradley
Last aired: July 22, 2012
"We Can All Do Better"
Book TV at Columbia University: Todd Gitlin, "Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street"
Todd Gitlin
Last aired: July 16, 2012
Book TV at Columbia University: Todd Gitlin, "Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street"
"Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent"
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Last aired: July 15, 2012
"Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent"
"Why Catholicism Matters: How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the 21st Century"
Bill Donohue
Last aired: July 14, 2012
"Why Catholicism Matters: How Catholic Virtues Can Reshape Society in the 21st Century"
"The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family"
Madeleine Kunin
Last aired: July 8, 2012
"The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family"
"Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired"
Brian Doherty
Last aired: July 5, 2012
"Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired"
"Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works"
Jonathan Gruber
Last aired: July 1, 2012
"Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It's Necessary, How It Works"
"The Pipes Plan: The Top Ten Ways To Dismantle And Replace Obamacare"
Sally Pipes
Last aired: July 1, 2012
"The Pipes Plan: The Top Ten Ways To Dismantle And Replace Obamacare"
"The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government"
Eric Liu
Last aired: June 17, 2012
"The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government"
"Permanent Emergency: The Truth About the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security"
Kip Hawley
Last aired: June 4, 2012
"Permanent Emergency: The Truth About the TSA and the Fight for the Future of American Security"
"The Cause: The Fight For American Liberalism From Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama"
Eric Alterman
Last aired: June 3, 2012
"The Cause: The Fight For American Liberalism From Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama"
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
Jonathan Haidt
Last aired: May 29, 2012
"The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion"
"Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law"
Richard Epstein
Last aired: May 28, 2012
"Design for Liberty: Private Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law"
"A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit"
Rep. Tim Ryan
Last aired: May 27, 2012
"A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit"

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld
Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Looking at Iran"
James Zogby
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre
Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, May 25th
8am (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East"
David Rohde
9am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Dennis Prager, author of "Still the Best Hope"
Dennis Prager
10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
Cass Sunstein
11:15am (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival: John Turner, "Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet"
John Turner
11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
3pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr.
2013 William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Panel on "Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears, and Challenges of Veterans Returning from War"
Col. Jon Coffin (Ret.); Karl Marlantes; Dave McIntyre; James Wright
5pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Many Unhappy Returns: One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America"
Charles Rossotti
6pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
Encore Booknotes: Tom Philpott, "Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest Held Prisoner of War"
Tom Philpott
7pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld

Sunday, May 26th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson
2:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 8 min.
"How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Hedge Funds Get Away with Siphoning Off America's Wealth"
Les Leopold
4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
Charles Johnson
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"Payback: The Case for Revenge"
Thane Rosenbaum
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Eric Deggans
9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld
10am (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart
11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
12pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
Panel on Good Wars, Bad Wars with Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse
Dale Maharidge; Nick Turse
3pm (ET)
Approx. 47 min.
"Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II"
John Geoghegan
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own"
Mika Brzezinski
5pm (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
6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
9pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
10pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick
11pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Looking at Iran"
James Zogby

Monday, May 27th
12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV
2am (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Olympia Snowe, "Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress," hosted by A.B. Stoddard, The Hill
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
David Graeber
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
9:45am (ET)
Approx. 39 min.
"In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America"
Laurie Edwards
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
12pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power"
Victor Navasky
1pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
After Words: Moises Naim, "The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be," hosted by Lillian Cunningham
2pm (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
Book Party for David Stockman, Author of "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America"
David Stockman
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
4pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
5pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Amy Goodman
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre
10pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Scott Atlas, "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America's Health Care"
Scott Atlas
10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Tuesday, May 28th
1am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America's Most Underrated President"
Charles Johnson
2am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 3 min.
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Philip Roth
Philip Roth et al.
4:15am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
4:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
A Conversation with Edward Jay Epstein and Errol Morris
Edward Jay Epstein; Errol Morris
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
Jack Fuller

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.   

Jun 2 Rick Atkinson     http://liberationtrilogy.com/
July 7  Mary Roach       www.maryroach.net
Aug 4  Dr. Ben Carson www.carsonschholars.org
 

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 2013, our festival coverage will include book festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, Harlem Book Festival, 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.

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