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Book TV Schedule

• 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…
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  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…
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  6:45PM EDTWild RideFortune executive editor Adam Lashinsky reports on the rise of Uber, the richest…
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  8:00PM EDTSometimes Amazing Things HappenDr. Elizabeth Ford discusses her work in mental health caring for the…
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  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…
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  10:00PM EDTAfter Words with Heath DavisTemple University Professor Heath Davis examines gender identity. He is…
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  11:00PM EDTThe Working Class RepublicanHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that…

• Sunday

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  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…
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  6:00PM EDTSometimes Amazing Things HappenDr. Elizabeth Ford discusses her work in mental health caring for the…
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  7:00PM EDTThe Working Class RepublicanHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that…
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  8:00PM EDTScars of IndependenceHolger Hoock, British history professor at the University of Pittsburgh,…
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  9:00PM EDTAfter Words with Heath DavisTemple University Professor Heath Davis examines gender identity. He is…
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  10:00PM EDTJeffersonJohn Boles, history professor at Rice University, recalls the life of…
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  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…
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  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…
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  8:30AM EDT#RepublicHarvard University law professor Cass Sunstein examines how social media…
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  10:00AM EDTDemocracyFormer U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice looks at democracy around…
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  11:15AM EDTAfter Words with Governor John KasichRepublican presidential candidate and Governor John Kasich (R-OH) talks about…
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  12:15PM EDTMy Life with BobNew York Times Book Review Editor Pamela Paul offers a look into her…
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  12:30PM EDTMichael Witmore on Shakespeare's LegacyMichael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, offers his…
• 1:32PM EDTIn DefianceSusan Stessin Cohn talks about her book, In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in…
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  1:50PM EDTThis Fight Is Our FightSenator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) examines the history and current state of…
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  3:00PM EDTFree Women, Free MenCamille Paglia talks about feminism and empowering men and women.
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  4:15PM EDTAmazing Stories of the Space AgeScience writer Rod Pyle reports on some lesser known missions planned by…
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  5:30PM EDTGrand Opening of the American Writers MuseumBook TV presents coverage of the Grand opening of the American Writers…
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  6:30PM EDTEarth in Human HandsAstrobiologist and author David Grinspoon reports on the “anthropocene” phase of…
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  8:30PM EDTTalking Back, Talking BlackColumbia University professor John McWhorter looks at Black English and examines the…
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  9:45PM EDTMaking ItNorman Podhoretz discusses the new edition of his 1967 book, Making It. He…
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  11:15PM EDTGeek Girl RisingCo-authors Heather Cabot and Sam Walravens talk about the women who are…

• Tuesday

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  12:15AM EDTAfter Words with Senator Ben SasseSenator Ben Sasse (R-NE) looks at how to engage adolescents and young…
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  1:15AM EDTJanesvilleAmy Goldstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post, talks about…
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  2:45AM EDTRomantic ViolenceFormer skinhead Christian Picciolini recalls his life as a member of a…
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  4:15AM EDTIn Depth with Neil deGrasse TysonAuthor and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about his life and…