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Tuesday
8:00AM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
9:22AM EDTTara Westover, Educated"Tara Westover recalled growing up in the Idaho mountains and her…
10:07AM EDT2020 Audie AwardsThe Audio Publishers Association presented the 2020 Audie Awards,…
11:35AM EDTJohn Tierney, "The Power of Bad"Science writer John Tierney argued that our brains are wired to focus on…
12:24PM EDTMichael Strain, "The American Dream Is Not Dead"American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Strain argued that the…
1:26PM EDTTim McGraw and Jon Meacham, "Songs of America"Musician Tim McGraw and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham…
2:13PM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
3:36PM EDTTara Westover, Educated"Tara Westover recalled growing up in the Idaho mountains and her…
4:20PM EDT2020 Audie AwardsThe Audio Publishers Association presented the 2020 Audie Awards,…
5:48PM EDTJohn Tierney, "The Power of Bad"Science writer John Tierney argued that our brains are wired to focus on…
6:37PM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
8:00PM EDTMichael Rubin & Brian Katulis, "Seven Pillars"Michael Rubin (AEI) and Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress)…
9:17PM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
10:41PM EDTNabeel Khoury, "Bunker Diplomacy"Nabeel Khoury, a retired career foreign service officer who served in the…
11:49PM EDTBruce Riedel, "Beirut 1958"Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings…
Wednesday
12:25AM EDTZahra Hankir, "Our Women on the Ground"Journalist Zahra Hankir talked about the challenges that Arab and Middle…
1:24AM EDTMichael Rubin & Brian Katulis, "Seven Pillars"Michael Rubin (AEI) and Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress)…
2:41AM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
4:05AM EDTNabeel Khoury, "Bunker Diplomacy"Nabeel Khoury, a retired career foreign service officer who served in the…
5:13AM EDTBruce Riedel, "Beirut 1958"Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings…
5:49AM EDTZahra Hankir, "Our Women on the Ground"Journalist Zahra Hankir talked about the challenges that Arab and Middle…
6:48AM EDTMichael Rubin & Brian Katulis, "Seven Pillars"Michael Rubin (AEI) and Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress)…
8:05AM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
9:29AM EDTNabeel Khoury, "Bunker Diplomacy"Nabeel Khoury, a retired career foreign service officer who served in the…
10:37AM EDTBruce Riedel, "Beirut 1958"Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings…
11:14AM EDTZahra Hankir, "Our Women on the Ground"Journalist Zahra Hankir talked about the challenges that Arab and Middle…
8:00PM EDTMatthew Algeo, "All This Marvelous Potential"Historian Matthew Algeo chronicled Robert Kennedy's visit to Appalachia in…
8:37PM EDTCassie Chambers, "Hill Women"Cassie Chambers looked back at her grandmother, aunt, and mother, who grew…
9:21PM EDTJ.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy" SCJ.D. Vance recalled his childhood in a Rust Belt town in Ohio at the 17th…
10:20PM EDTAnthony Harkins & Meredith McCarroll, "Appalachian Reckoning"Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll, T.R.C. Hutton, and Ivy Brashear…
11:26PM EDTDiscussion on AppalachiaElizabeth Catte ("What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia"), Steven…
Thursday
12:39AM EDTMatthew Algeo, "All This Marvelous Potential"Historian Matthew Algeo chronicled Robert Kennedy's visit to Appalachia in…
1:16AM EDTCassie Chambers, "Hill Women"Cassie Chambers looked back at her grandmother, aunt, and mother, who grew…
2:00AM EDTJ.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy" SCJ.D. Vance recalled his childhood in a Rust Belt town in Ohio at the 17th…
2:59AM EDTAnthony Harkins & Meredith McCarroll, "Appalachian Reckoning"Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll, T.R.C. Hutton, and Ivy Brashear…
4:05AM EDTDiscussion on AppalachiaElizabeth Catte ("What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia"), Steven…
5:18AM EDTMatthew Algeo, "All This Marvelous Potential"Historian Matthew Algeo chronicled Robert Kennedy's visit to Appalachia in…
5:55AM EDTCassie Chambers, "Hill Women"Cassie Chambers looked back at her grandmother, aunt, and mother, who grew…
6:39AM EDTJ.D. Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy" SCJ.D. Vance recalled his childhood in a Rust Belt town in Ohio at the 17th…
7:38AM EDTAnthony Harkins & Meredith McCarroll, "Appalachian Reckoning"Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll, T.R.C. Hutton, and Ivy Brashear…
8:44AM EDTDiscussion on AppalachiaElizabeth Catte ("What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia"), Steven…
8:00PM EDTJohn Browne, "Make, Think, Imagine"Former BP CEO John Browne shared his thoughts on progress and innovation.…
9:16PM EDTLorien Pratt, "Link"Lorien Pratt discussed the next level of artificial intelligence that…
10:19PM EDTGary Marcus, "Rebooting AI"Scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus weighed in on the current state of…
11:03PM EDTCliff Kuang & Robert Fabricant, "User Friendly"Technology journalists Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reported on the…
Friday
12:10AM EDTFinn Brunton, "Digital Cash"New York University media, culture, and communication professor Finn…
1:16AM EDTJohn Browne, "Make, Think, Imagine"Former BP CEO John Browne shared his thoughts on progress and innovation.…
2:32AM EDTLorien Pratt, "Link"Lorien Pratt discussed the next level of artificial intelligence that…
3:35AM EDTGary Marcus, "Rebooting AI"Scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus weighed in on the current state of…
4:19AM EDTCliff Kuang & Robert Fabricant, "User Friendly"Technology journalists Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reported on the…
5:26AM EDTFinn Brunton, "Digital Cash"New York University media, culture, and communication professor Finn…
6:32AM EDTJohn Browne, "Make, Think, Imagine"Former BP CEO John Browne shared his thoughts on progress and innovation.…
7:48AM EDTLorien Pratt, "Link"Lorien Pratt discussed the next level of artificial intelligence that…
8:51AM EDTGary Marcus, "Rebooting AI"Scientist and entrepreneur Gary Marcus weighed in on the current state of…
9:36AM EDTCliff Kuang & Robert Fabricant, "User Friendly"Technology journalists Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reported on the…
10:43AM EDTFinn Brunton, "Digital Cash"New York University media, culture, and communication professor Finn…
8:00PM EDTPamela Paul, "How to Raise a Reader"Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times book review, offered her…
9:52PM EDTJames Mustich, "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die"Bookseller and publishing executive James Mustich offered his thoughts on…
10:51PM EDTKaren Swallow Prior, "On Reading Well"Liberty University English professor Karen Prior talked about the value in…
11:39PM EDTPamela Paul, "How to Raise a Reader"Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times book review, offered her…
Saturday
12:34AM EDTMaryanne Wolf, "Reader, Come Home"Maryanne Wolf explored how our brains process reading print versus digital…
1:32AM EDTJames Mustich, "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die"Bookseller and publishing executive James Mustich offered his thoughts on…
2:30AM EDTKaren Swallow Prior, "On Reading Well"Liberty University English professor Karen Prior talked about the value in…
3:18AM EDTPamela Paul, "How to Raise a Reader"Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times book review, offered her…
4:13AM EDTMaryanne Wolf, "Reader, Come Home"Maryanne Wolf explored how our brains process reading print versus digital…
5:11AM EDTJames Mustich, "1,000 Books to Read Before You Die"Bookseller and publishing executive James Mustich offered his thoughts on…
6:10AM EDTKaren Swallow Prior, "On Reading Well"Liberty University English professor Karen Prior talked about the value in…
8:00AM EDTLeeAnna Keith, "When It Was Grand"Historian LeeAnna Keith looked at the origins of the Republican Party,…
9:00AM EDTRobert Plumb, "The Better Angels"Author Robert Plumb looked at how Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Harriet…
9:45AM EDTSamuel Woolley, "The Reality Game"Samuel Woolley discussed the origins of online disinformation and laid out…
10:30AM EDTJoanne McNeil, "Lurking"Joanne McNeil described how internet use shifted from being…
11:10AM EDTMichael Strain, "The American Dream Is Not Dead"American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Strain argued that the…
12:10PM EDTRahm Emanuel, "The Nation City"Former Chicago Mayor and Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration Rahm…
1:15PM EDTAmy Teitel, "Fighting for Space"Space historian Amy Teitel discussed women in space.…
1:55PM EDTDennis Baron, "What's Your Pronoun?"Linguist Dennis Baron examined the roles of pronouns historically and how…
3:00PM EDTYuval Levin, "A Time to Build"American Enterprise Institute director Yuval Levin offered his thoughts on…
4:00PM EDTLayla Saad, "Me and White Supremacy""Good Ancestor" podcast host Layla Saad addressed the issue of white…
5:00PM EDTTim Harford, "Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy"Author and journalist Tim Harford looked at the inventions that have had…
5:45PM EDTBrian Fitzpatrick, "The Conservative Case for Class Actions"Vanderbilt University professor Brian Fitzpatrick offered his thoughts on…
7:00PM EDTJohn Tierney, "The Power of Bad"Science writer John Tierney argued that our brains are wired to focus on…
7:50PM EDTKenneth Walsh, "Presidential Leadership in Crisis"U.S. News & World Report's Kenneth Walsh looked at how different…
9:00PM EDTAdam Hochschild, "Rebel Cinderella"Historian Adam Hochschild recalled the early 20th century Russian emigre…
10:00PM EDTAfter Words Jonathan Karl, "Front Row at the Trump Show"ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl provided a behind…
11:10PM EDTBooks About the U.S. EconomyBook TV looked at books about the U.S. economy.…
Sunday
12:40AM EDTJill Wine-Banks, "The Watergate Girl"Jill Wine-Banks reflected on her legal career that included her role in…
1:45AM EDTMatthew Algeo, "All This Marvelous Potential"Historian Matthew Algeo chronicled Robert Kennedy's visit to Appalachia in…
2:20AM EDTJaquira Diaz, "Ordinary Girls"Jaquira Diaz discussed identity and race and her experiences growing up in…
3:15AM EDTAuthor Carl Hiassen on his Writing CareerAuthor and Miami Herald syndicated columnist Carl Hiaasen discussed his…
4:00AM EDTInterview with Kevin Merida, "The Fierce 44"Kevin Merida discussed his book "The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook…
4:20AM EDTRoss Douthat, "The Decadent Society"New York Times columnist Ross Douthat argued that American society has…
5:40AM EDTJill Wine-Banks, "The Watergate Girl"Jill Wine-Banks reflected on her legal career that included her role in…
6:45AM EDTCharlie Kirk, "The MAGA Doctrine"Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk offered his thoughts on what he…
7:45AM EDT2020 Audie AwardsThe Audio Publishers Association presented the 2020 Audie Awards,…
9:15AM EDTKent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth, "The Last Negroes at Harvard "Ken Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth looked back at the journeys of 18 black…
10:00AM EDTBen Buchanan, "The Hacker and the State"Georgetown University's Ben Buchanan talked about the normalizing of cyber…
11:00AM EDTAfter Words Eilene Zimmerman, "Smacked"Journalist Eilene Zimmerman looked at white-collar drug addiction. She was…
12:00PM EDTIn Depth Highlights from Book TV's In Depth SeriesBook TV presented highlights from our monthly In Depth series.…
2:00PM EDTIn Depth Highlights from Book TV's In Depth SeriesBook TV presented highlights from our monthly In Depth series.…
4:00PM EDTJoanne McNeil, "Lurking"Joanne McNeil described how internet use shifted from being…
4:40PM EDTMary Beth Norton, "1774"Colonial historian Mary Beth Norton looked at the year 1774, the lead-up…
5:55PM EDTJennifer Hirsch, "Sexual Citizens"Columbia University professor Jennifer Hirsch reported on her study that…
6:30PM EDTBooks About the U.S. EconomyBook TV looked at books about the U.S. economy.…
8:00PM EDTMelvin Urofsky, "The Affirmative Action Puzzle"Legal historian Melvin Urofsky provided a history of affirmative action;…
9:00PM EDTAfter Words Jonathan Karl, "Front Row at the Trump Show"ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl provided a behind…
10:00PM EDTIn Depth Highlights from Book TV's In Depth SeriesBook TV presented highlights from our monthly In Depth series.…
Monday
12:00AM EDTAfter Words Jonathan Karl, "Front Row at the Trump Show"ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl provided a behind…
1:05AM EDTKenneth Walsh, "Presidential Leadership in Crisis"U.S. News & World Report's Kenneth Walsh looked at how different…
2:10AM EDTBud Selig, "For the Good of the Game"Former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig recounted his tenure…
3:00AM EDTAfter Words Jonathan Karl, "Front Row at the Trump Show"ABC News' chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl provided a behind…
4:06AM EDTBook TVNon-fiction books and authors.…
5:00AM EDTKim Ghattas, "Black Wave"Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial…
6:25AM EDTDiscussion of "The Boys on the Bus"Journalists Connie Chung, Carl Leubsdorf, and Tom Oliphant recalled their…
Tuesday
12:00AM EDTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
12:36AM EDTMary Gray, "Ghost Work"Mary Gray reported on the workforce that drives large tech companies like…
1:34AM EDTAfter Words Steven Greenhouse, "Beaten Down, Worked Up"Steven Greenhouse examined the challenges American workers face today. He…
2:31AM EDTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
3:08AM EDTMary Gray, "Ghost Work"Mary Gray reported on the workforce that drives large tech companies like…
4:06AM EDTAfter Words Steven Greenhouse, "Beaten Down, Worked Up"Steven Greenhouse examined the challenges American workers face today. He…
5:03AM EDTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
5:40AM EDTMary Gray, "Ghost Work"Mary Gray reported on the workforce that drives large tech companies like…

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