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Telephone lines were open to take viewer calls on the fifth day of the government shutdown. The shutdown began on Friday, December 21, as Republicans were unable to pass a bill that would in…

Brian McCullough, host of the Internet History Podcast, talked about his book, How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone.

Technology watcher Tim Wu talked about his book, The Curse of Bigness. In his work, Mr. Wu argues that present-day big technology companies have power and influence similar to Standard Oil a…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai talked about FCC issues during the first two years of his leadership and looked ahead to 2019.

Former first lady Michelle Obama reflected on her life and time in the White House.

BookTV presented coverage of Free Minds Book Club which takes place twice a month with inmates at the Washington, D.C., Jail.

Susan Crawford, Harvard law school professor and WIRED columnist, talked about her book Fiber. She contends that huge corporations are providing sub-par internet access to Americans while in…

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra talked about his state’s $385 billion tech industry and its new data privacy law, net neutrality, antitrust investigations of tech platforms, and m…

BookTV talked to journalist Anna Clark about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt provided a history of American populism and took national viewer phone calls.

Book TV talked to journalist Rania Abouzeid about the Syrian War.

Crystal Fleming, sociology and Africana studies professor at Stony Brook University, offered her thoughts on race in America and took national viewer phone calls.

Alissa Quart talked about the economic pressures that American families face today and took national viewer phone calls.

Book TV talked to syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg, who argued that tribalism, populism, and nationalism are threatening American democracy.

BookTV talked with Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first female Muslim-American to medal at the Olympic Games.

Gina Loudon, a member of the Trump 2020 Campaign Media Advisory Board, offered her analysis of the current political climate and took national viewer phone calls.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss examined the complex decisions a Commander in Chief must make while the country is at war. He discussed his book and took national viewer phone calls…

BookTV talked to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor about her path to the High Court.

BookTV talked to Miami Book Fair co-founder Mitchell Kaplan and Miami Dade College president Eduardo Padron about the Miami Book Fair.

Noah Phillips (R), a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), talked about the FTC becoming the chief regulator of the internet, having its full slate of five commissioners, and n…