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Authors talked about the current relationship between journalism and politics. They spoke at the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival.

Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda Carty talked about their book, Feminist Freedom Warriors: Genealogies, Justice, Politics, and Hope, at the Baltimore Book Festival’s Radical Bookfair…

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

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.

Marc Wortman talked about his book 1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War, in which he examines America’s secret forays into World War II prior to the attack on…

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

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

Alan Dershowitz, The Case Against Impeaching Trump, and David Kaplan, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court’s Assault on the Constitution, discussed their recent books.…

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…

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss examined the complex decisions a commander-in-chief must make when the country is at war. He spoke at the 2018 Miami Book Fair.

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

Jennifer Percy, author of Demon Camp: The Strange and Terrible Saga of a Soldier’s Return from War, and Benjamin Percy, author of The Dark Net, talked about writing prose.

Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA, talked about his book, The Assault on Intelligence.

Deborah Baker discussed her book, The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire.

Stephen Farnsworth, author of Presidential Communication and Character,and former CNN analyst Bill Schneider, author of Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable, talked about their books.…

Co-authors Michael Leinbach and Jonathan Ward discussed their book, Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew.

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

Rochelle Riley, Rae Paris, and Kiese Lamon discussed race in America.

Journalist John Lingan and sociology professor Karida Brown discussed race, class, and culture in Appalachia.

Ben Fountain recounted the 2016 election and explored where he thinks the country might be headed.