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Book TV Schedule

• Sunday

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  10:30AM EDTSisters FirstJenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush recall their childhood and formative…
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  12:00PM EDTAfter Words with Senator Mike LeeSenator Mike Lee (R-UT) recalls the work of forgotten early American…
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  1:00PM EDTThe Art of AccessDavid Cuillier, director of the School of Journalism at the University of…
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  1:15PM EDTApollo 8Science writer Jeffrey Kluger discusses NASA’s first successful manned…
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  2:00PM EDTErnest HemingwayMary Dearborn talks about her book, Ernest Hemingway, A Biography, with…
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  2:46PM EDTWriter, Sailor, Solider, SpyFormer CIA officer and CIA Museum historian Nicholas Reynolds recalls novelist…
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  3:50PM EDTHow Emotions are MadePsychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett argues that emotions and the physical…
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  5:00PM EDTInterview with Author Gay TaleseAuthor and journalist Gay Talese talks about his writing life and his…
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  7:00PM EDTThe History of Human Space FlightPilot and author Ted Spitzmiller looks at the programs and technology that…
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  7:50PM EDTChasing SpaceFormer pro-football player turned astronaut Leland Melvin discusses his…
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  9:01PM EDTAfter Words with Jonathan Morduch and Rachel SchneiderFinancial expert Rachel Schneider and economics professor Jonathan Morduch…
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  10:02PM EDTUnderstanding TrumpFormer Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks…
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  11:01PM EDTHow to Be a MuslimHaroon Moghul discusses his struggle with his identity as a second…

• Monday

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  12:01AM EDTAfter Words with Jonathan Morduch and Rachel SchneiderFinancial expert Rachel Schneider and economics professor Jonathan Morduch…
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  1:01AM EDTThe Art of AccessDavid Cuillier, director of the School of Journalism at the University of…
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  1:15AM EDTBlack DetroitAuthor and activist Herb Boyd provides a history of African-Americans in…
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  2:30AM EDTPlaying with FireMSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell recalls the 1968 presidential election.
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  3:04AM EDTAfter Words with Jonathan Morduch and Rachel SchneiderFinancial expert Rachel Schneider and economics professor Jonathan Morduch…
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  4:05AM EDTRugged IndividualismDavid Davenport, former president of Pepperdine University and Hoover…
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  5:06AM EDT2017 Arthur Miller LectureAuthor and journalist Masha Gessen delivers the Arthur Miller Lecture at…
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  6:07AM EDTThe Vaccine RaceMeredith Wadman talks about her book, The Vaccine Race, at the 2017…
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  7:00AM EDTDeep UndercoverJack Barsky talks about his life as a KGB spy operating in the U.S. during…

• Saturday

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  8:00AM EDTChasing SpaceFormer pro-football player turned astronaut Leland Melvin discusses his…
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  9:15AM EDTCity on the VergeMark Pendergrast looks at urban revitalization in Atlanta and its impact…
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  10:15AM EDTWorld War IJennifer Keene, professor and chair of the history department at Chapman…
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  11:15AM EDTBlood in the WaterHeather Ann Thompson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Blood in…
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  1:30PM EDTPlaying with FireMSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell recalls the 1968 presidential election.
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  2:00PM EDTGeek Girl RisingCo-authors Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens talk about the women who are…
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  3:00PM EDTAnatomy of TerrorAli Soufan, a former FBI terrorism investigator, talks about the terrorist…
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  4:15PM EDTReagan RisingCraig Shirley talks about his book, Reagan Rising, at the 2017…
• 5:00PM EDTObamaPete Souza, chief official White House photographer for President Obama,…
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  5:30PM EDTRebel MotherPeter Andreas, international studies professor at Brown University, recalls his…
• 6:45PM EDTWild RideFortune executive editor Adam Lashinsky reports on the rise of Uber, the richest…
• 8:00PM EDTSometimes Amazing Things HappenDr. Elizabeth Ford discusses her work in mental health caring for the…
• 9:00PM EDTRobert Caro Prize for Literary Excellence in the Writing of HistoryRobert Caro and Horace Mann School student Yuanjun Zeng, recipient of the…
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  9:30PM EDTAloneMichael Korda, former editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, recalls the…
• 10:00PM EDTAfter Words with Heath DavisTemple University Professor Heath Davis examines gender identity. He is…
• 11:00PM EDTThe Working Class RepublicanHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that…

• Sunday

• 12:00AM EDTAnatomy of InnocenceCo-editors Laura Caldwell and Leslie Klinger discuss the stories of 14…
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  1:15AM EDTIf I Understood You, Would I Have this Look on My Face?Actor Alan Alda discusses his book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This…
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  2:00AM EDTThe Death of ExpertiseTom Nichols, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War…
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  3:00AM EDTRaven RockGarrett Graff looks at the U.S. government’s doomsday plans that have been…
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  4:30AM EDTPanel Discussion on James BaldwinFrom the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, panelists talk about…
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  5:45AM EDTUnderstanding TrumpFormer Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks…
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  6:45AM EDTBecoming Ms. BurtonEx-offender Susan Burton recalls her journey from incarceration to becoming the…
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  8:00AM EDTRomantic ViolenceFormer skinhead Christian Picciolini recalls his life as a member of a…
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  11:00AM EDTAfter Words with Jonathan Morduch and Rachel SchneiderFinancial expert Rachel Schneider and economics professor Jonathan Morduch…
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  12:00PM EDTLiveIn Depth with Herb BoydAuthor, journalist, and history professor Herb Boyd talks about his life and…
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  3:00PM EDTUnderstanding TrumpFormer Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks…
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  4:30PM EDTSisters FirstJenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush recall their childhood and formative…
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  5:00PM EDTHow to Be a MuslimHaroon Moghul discusses his struggle with his identity as a second…
• 6:00PM EDTSometimes Amazing Things HappenDr. Elizabeth Ford discusses her work in mental health caring for the…
• 7:00PM EDTThe Working Class RepublicanHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that…
• 8:00PM EDTScars of IndependenceHolger Hoock, British history professor at the University of Pittsburgh,…
• 9:00PM EDTAfter Words with Heath DavisTemple University Professor Heath Davis examines gender identity. He is…
• 10:00PM EDTJeffersonJohn Boles, history professor at Rice University, recalls the life of…
• 11:00PM EDTRobert Caro Prize for Literary Excellence in the Writing of HistoryRobert Caro and Horace Mann School student Yuanjun Zeng, recipient of the…
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  11:25PM EDTIf I Understood You, Would I Have this Look on My Face?Actor Alan Alda discusses his book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This…

• Monday

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  12:00AM EDTIn Depth with Herb BoydAuthor, journalist, and history professor Herb Boyd talks about his life and…
• 3:00AM EDTAfter Words with Heath DavisTemple University Professor Heath Davis examines gender identity. He is…
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  4:00AM EDTInterview with Author Gay TaleseAuthor and journalist Gay Talese talks about his writing life and his…
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  6:00AM EDTGrand Opening of the American Writers MuseumBook TV presents coverage of the Grand opening of the American Writers…
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  7:00AM EDTIke and McCarthyHistorian David Nichols recalls the contentious relationship between…