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Book TV Schedule

• Saturday

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  8:00AM ESTAlan Taylor, "Thomas Jefferson's Education"Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor argued that Thomas…
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  9:00AM ESTRachel Maddow, "Blowout"MSNBC's Rachel Maddow argued that the gas and oil industry are weakening…
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  10:15AM ESTScott Adams, "Loserthink - How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America"Dilbert creator Scott Adams offered his thoughts on how to avoid what he…
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  11:30AM ESTCall-in with Eleanor Randolph, "The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg"Journalist Eleanor Randolph took viewer phone calls about former New York…
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  12:00PM ESTAuthor Discussion on the Civil War with S.C. Gwynne and Donald MillerHistorians S.C. Gwynne, "Hymns of the Republic," and Donald Miller,…
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  12:50PM ESTErica Armstrong Dunbar, "She Came to Slay"Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar recounted the life of abolitionist…
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  1:45PM ESTRichard Brookhiser, "Give Me Liberty"Historian Richard Brookhiser provided a history of America through…
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  2:45PM ESTChung Min Lee, "The Hermit King"Chung Min Lee, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International…
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  3:30PM ESTDiscussion with University Press Authors & EditorsAuthors and editors discussed the importance of university presses and the…
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  4:30PM ESTRichard Bell, "Stolen"University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell looked at the…
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  5:25PM ESTRuth Marcus, "Supreme Ambition"Washington Post deputy editor Ruth Marcus reported on the Supreme Court…
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  6:30PM ESTBrian Kilmeade, "Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers"Brian Kilmeade of Fox News provided a history of the 19th century war with…
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  7:00PM ESTEric K. Washington, "Boss of the Grips"Historian Eric K. Washington recounted the life of James Williams, chief…
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  8:30PM ESTLes Standiford, "Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu"Les Standiford recounted the creation of the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm…
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  9:20PM ESTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
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  10:00PM ESTAfter Words After Words, Joe Ricketts, "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get"Joe Ricketts offered insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding…
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  11:00PM ESTGlenn Simpson, "Crime in Progress"Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson discussed their investigation into…

• Sunday

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  12:00AM ESTBrendan McNulty and Timothy McNulty, "The Meanest Man in Congress"Brendan and Timothy McNulty recalled the life and work of the late…
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  1:05AM ESTDebbie Cenziper, "Citizen 865"Author and journalist Debbie Cenziper reported on the Nazi war criminals…
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  2:20AM ESTMary Lane, "Hitler's Last Hostages"Mary Lane recalls Nazi efforts in the 1930s to repress artistic expression…
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  3:30AM ESTDonald Trump, Jr. "Triggered"Donald Trump Jr. discussed tactics used by the political left that in his…
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  4:30AM ESTThe Age of Trump in Verse"Actor John Lithgow chronicled the presidency of Donald Trump through…
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  5:40AM ESTMo Moulton, "The Mutual Admiration Society"Mo Moulton chronicled author Dorothy Sayers work for women's rights in the…
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  6:30AM ESTEric Lichtblau, "Return to the Reich"Eric Lichtblau recounted the life of Freddy Mayer, a Jewish German emigre…
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  7:15AM ESTSusan Ronald, "Conde Nast"Historian Susan Ronald recounted the life of publishing magnate Conde…
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  8:20AM ESTBruce Riedel, "Beirut 1958"Bruce Riedel, director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings…
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  8:55AM ESTJohn Kasich, "It's Up to Us"Former Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich…
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  10:00AM ESTEugenia Cheng, "The Art of Logic in an Illogical World" and Amir Alexander, "Proof!"Mathematician Eugenia Cheng explored the limits of logic and UCLA history…
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  12:00PM ESTAfter Words Lindy West, "The Witches Are Coming"New York Times contributing opinion writer Lindy West discussed the #metoo…
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  1:05PM ESTCall-in with Patrick Deneen, "Why Liberalism Failed"Patrick Deneen, chair of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre…
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  1:45PM ESTNeal Katyal, "Impeach"Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal made his case for why he…
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  2:50PM ESTSteve Vogel, "Betrayal in Berlin"Steve Vogel recounted the Cold War clandestine mission, "Operation Gold,"…
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  3:55PM ESTCall-in with Megan Phelps-Roper, "Unfollow"Megan Phelps-Roper took viewer phone calls about her upbringing in the…
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  4:20PM ESTRobert Wilson, "Barnum"Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, recounted the life of 19th…
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  5:30PM ESTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
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  6:10PM ESTKerri Greenidge, "Black Radical"Tuft University professor Kerri Greenidge recounted the life of William…
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  7:00PM ESTPaul Richter, "The Ambassadors"Paul Richter, diplomatic correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, talked…
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  8:00PM ESTGlenn Simpson, "Crime in Progress"Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson discussed their investigation into…
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  9:00PM ESTAfter Words After Words, Joe Ricketts, "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get"Joe Ricketts offered insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding…
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  10:00PM ESTT.H. Breen, "The Will of the People"T.H. Breen, American law and governance professor at the Library of…
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  10:55PM ESTCharles Barber, "Citizen Outlaw"Yale's Charles Barber detailed the life of William Juneboy Outlaw who went…

• Monday

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  12:00AM ESTAfter Words After Words, Joe Ricketts, "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get"Joe Ricketts offered insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding…
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  1:00AM ESTChristopher Ryan, "Civilized to Death"Christopher Ryan looked at progress and civilization throughout history.…
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  2:10AM ESTMikhal Dekel, "Tehran Children"City College of New York professor Mikhal Dekel provided a history of the…
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  3:00AM ESTAfter Words After Words, Joe Ricketts, "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get"Joe Ricketts offered insights into becoming an entrepreneur and founding…
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  4:00AM ESTMichael Barone, "How America's Political Parties Change and How They Don't"Washington Examiner senior political analyst Michael Barone looked at…
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  5:20AM ESTInterview with Lauren Duca, "How to Start a Revolution"Book TV talked with political columnist Lauren Duca about the rise in…
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  5:40AM ESTAuthor Discussion on the Civil War with S.C. Gwynne and Donald MillerHistorians S.C. Gwynne, "Hymns of the Republic," and Donald Miller,…
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  6:30AM ESTNorwich University Military Writers' SymposiumAuthors Benedetta Berti ("Armed Political Organizations"), Paul Scharre…