Clips

Thom Hartmann on the gray area between socialism and capitalism, including the lines between where the private sector ends, and the public sector begins.

• 6 minutes
• 7,567 views

Author Jacqueline Woodson talks about the characters in her book "Harbor Me."

• 6 minutes
• 2,828 views

Author Amity Shlaes talks about the various public policy attempts to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression.

• 7 minutes
• 1,618 views

Joan Biskupic, author and journalist, talked about the results of the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore.

• 2 minutes
• 1,231 views

Cokie Roberts on her fathers disappearance

• 48 seconds
• 1,192 views

Author and historian Peniel Joseph talked about how W.E.B DuBois and Marcus Garvey influenced the Black Power movement and the civil rights movement.

• 5 minutes
• 1,031 views

Jacqueline Woodson talks about poetry, audience, themes and issues that influence her writing.

• 3 minutes
• 734 views

Lincoln and the 13th Amendment

• 6 minutes
• 724 views

In this September 2001 interview with C-SPAN, author Shelby Foote talks to Brian Lamb about when and why he reads Marcel Proust and the value of the written word and our need to read it.

• 2 minutes
• 700 views

Edna Greene Medford explains the steps leading up to President Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

• 2 minutes
• 689 views

The author of several American biographies, including John Adams, talks about his infamous typewriter, on which he has written all of his books.

• 2 minutes
• 615 views

Author and historian Joanne Freeman discussed the ideas of an affair of honor and duels. She also described the Hamilton-Burr duel that took place in 1804.

• 4 minutes
• 505 views

Dave Barry answers BookTV question "I'm not Jewish, what's in it for me" by citing Hagadah, Alan Zweibel, Adam Mansbach, and his Cuban Jewish wife

• 2 minutes
• 430 views

In 2001, author Toni Morrison appeared on Book TV's In Depth program to talk about her life and work. She speaks here about why she saw herself first and foremost as a "black woman writer"…

• 3 minutes
• 420 views

Rick Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize- and Polk Award-winning journalist, talked about Operation Overlord, marching orders that tasked Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Forces…

• 1 minute
• 377 views

Journalist Naomi Klein talked about President Roosevelt's New Deal and the Green New Deal proposal to address climate change. She compared the two initiatives and discussed the scale and…

• 4 minutes
• 370 views

Jeff Shaara talks about the parallels between the Mexican and the Vietnam Wars and how the U.S. expanded after the Mexican War.

• 3 minutes
• 297 views

Author Tom Clancy describes how he uses libraries to do his research.

• 37 seconds
• 290 views

David Baldacci. author of 40 novels, discusses his views on capitalism.

• 2 minutes
• 284 views

Jacqueline Woodson discusses the importance of place in her books.

• 2 minutes
• 275 views