LIVE Tucson Festival of Books: March 14 & 15, 2015

BookTV will be LIVE from the 7th annual Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona on March 14 and 15, 2015, starting at 1pm ET on both days.  Our schedule of coverage includes:

 

Saturday, March 14:

1:00 PM ET     PANEL: RACE & POLITICS

• Ian Haney Lopez, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class
• Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan 
• Leonard Pitts, Jr., Columnist & Author

 

2:00 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• Ian Haney Lopez, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class

 

2:30 PM ET     AUTHOR CONVERSATION

• Alan Lightman, The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew 

 

3:30 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• Alan Lightman, The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew 

 

4:00 PM ET     PANEL: NARRATIVE NON-FICTION

• S.C. Gwynne, Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson
• Hampton Sides, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
• Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

 

5:00 PM ET      VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• S.C. Gwynne, Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson

 

5:30 PM ET     AUTHOR CONVERSATION

• Erwin Chemerinsky, The Case Against the Supreme Court 

 

6:30 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT 

•  Erwin Chemerinsky, The Case Against the Supreme Court 

 

7:00 PM ET     PANEL: CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NATION MAGAZINE

• Lee Fang, The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right 
• Katha Pollit, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights 
• Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) 

 

8:00 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• Katha Pollit, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights 

 

Sunday, March 15: 

1:00 PM ET     PANEL: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION 

• Mark Leibovich, Citizens of the Green Room: Profiles in Courage and Self-Delusion 
• David Maraniss, Barack Obama: The Story
• Ian Haney Lopez, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class 

 

2:00 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT 

• David Maraniss, Barack Obama: The Story

 

2:30 PM ET     PANEL: REPORTING ON NATURAL & MANMADE DISASTERS

• Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation 
• Alexandra Witze, Island on Fire: The Extraordinary Story of a Forgetten Volcano That Changed the World

 

3:30 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• Dan Fagin, Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation 

 

4:00 PM ET     PANEL: FUTURE OF POLITICS

• Mickey Edwards, The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans 
• Mark Leibovich, Citizens of the Green Room: Profiles in Courage and Self-Delusion 
• Lee Fang, The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right 
• John Nichols, co-author,Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America

 

5:00 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT

• Mickey Edwards, The Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans 

 

5:30 PM ET     PANEL: CHARLES BOWDEN'S SOUTHWEST

• Jim Harrison, Author
• Clara Jeffrey, Co-editor of Mother Jones magazine
• Luis Alberto Urrea, Author 

 

6:30 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT 

• Luis Alberto Urrea, Author 

 

7:00 PM ET     PANEL: CONCUSSIONS & THE FUTURE OF FOOTBALL 

• Steve Fainaru, co-author, League of Denial: The NFL. Concussions, and the Battle for the Truth
• Mark Fainaru-Ward, co-author. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for the Truth
• Leigh Steinberg, Sports Agent
• Pellom McDaniels, Author & former Professional Football Player 

 

8:00 PM ET     VIEWER CALL-IN SEGMENT 

• Mark Fainaru-Ward, co-author. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for the Truth