Upcoming Programs

Book TV Schedule

• Saturday

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  8:01AM EDTTwitter and Tear GasZeynep Tufekci, a New York Times contributing opinion writer and one of…
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  9:00AM EDTDestined for WarGraham Allison, director of Harvard’s Belfer Center, talks about the likelihood…
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  10:33AM EDTEnduring VietnamJames Wright, president emeritus of Dartmouth College, talks about the…
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  11:32AM EDTBe FierceGretchen Carlson talks about her book, Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take…
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  11:46AM EDTThe SwampFox News' Eric Bolling discusses how to rid Washington of corruption. He…
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  1:00PM EDTThe Great Questions of TomorrowDavid Rothkopf, CEO and editor of the FP Group, takes a look at the big…
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  2:00PM EDTDemocrazyFormer Representative Trey Radel (R-FL) talks about his memoir, Democrazy:…
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  2:46PM EDTBecoming Ms. BurtonEx-offender Susan Burton recalls her journey from incarceration to becoming the…
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  4:00PM EDTSea PowerAdm. James Stavridis (Ret.), former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, talks about…
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  4:47PM EDTUnder Desert SkiesMelissa Sevigny talks about her book, Under Desert Skies: How Tucson…
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  5:00PM EDTMacArthur's SpiesPeter Eisner, former managing director of the Center for Public Integrity,…
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  6:00PM EDTThe EvangelicalsPulitzer Prize-winning author Frances Fitzgerald provides a history of…
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  7:00PM EDTThe CEO Pay MachineFormer CEO Steven Clifford explains how CEO pay has escalated. He is in…
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  8:00PM EDTThe Trial of Adolf HitlerDavid King recounts Adolf Hitler’s trial for high treason in February, 1924, which…
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  8:50PM EDTLife's WorkDr. Willie Parker, a Christian abortion provider in Mississippi and Alabama,…
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  10:00PM EDTAfter Words with Sharyl AttkissonJournalist Sharyl Attkisson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence…
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  11:00PM EDTSupremely PartisanJames Zirin argues that the Supreme Court has become highly partisan and the…

• Sunday

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  12:00AM EDTFalse Black Power?Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley argues that political capital…
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  12:45AM EDTNo Apparent DistressRachel Pearson recounts her experience with the health care system as a…
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  1:30AM EDTFaster, Higher, and FartherNew York Times correspondent Jack Ewing discusses the Volkswagen emissions…
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  2:30AM EDTStamped from the BeginningIbram Kendi talks about his National Book Award-winning book, Stamped from…
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  3:30AM EDTUnderstanding TrumpFormer Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks…
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  4:30AM EDTJanesvilleAmy Goldstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington Post, talks about…
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  6:00AM EDTNixon's White House WarsPat Buchanan, former speechwriter and senior adviser to President Richard Nixon,…
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  7:30AM EDTRigor MortisNPR’s Richard Harris reports on the challenges facing the field of…
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  8:20AM EDTWhat Is Slavery?Brenda Stevenson talks about her book, What is Slavery?.
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  9:00AM EDTThe Great Questions of TomorrowDavid Rothkopf, CEO and editor of the FP Group, takes a look at the big…
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  9:55AM 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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  10:30AM EDTThe Working Class RepublicanHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that…
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  12:01PM EDTAfter Words with Naomi KleinSyndicated columnist Naomi Klein discusses shock politics. She is…
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  1:00PM EDTThe American WarUCLA history professor Joan Waugh talks about her book, The American War: A…
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  1:30PM EDTLife's WorkDr. Willie Parker, a Christian abortion provider in Mississippi and Alabama,…
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  2:40PM EDTSisters FirstJenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush recall their childhood and formative…
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  3:01PM EDTOppose Any FoeMark Moyar, director of the Center for Military and Diplomatic History,…
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  4:00PM EDTPrinciples of a Pluralist CommonwealthGar Alperovitz, former University of Maryland professor and co-founder of…
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  5:15PM EDTThe GatekeeperKathyrn Smith looks at the life of Marguerirte “Missy” Lehand, considered…
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  6:00PM EDTBlood in the WaterHeather Ann Thompson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Blood in…
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  6:47PM EDTMy Life with BobNew York Times Book Review Editor Pamela Paul offers a look into her…
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  7:02PM EDTSupremely PartisanJames Zirin argues that the Supreme Court has become highly partisan and the…
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  8:01PM EDTLong HaulFinn Murphy, who has been a long-haul trucker for over 30 years, talks…
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  9:03PM EDTAfter Words with Sharyl AttkissonJournalist Sharyl Attkisson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence…
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  10:01PM EDTRefinery TownLabor reporter Steve Early talks about the city of Richmond, California,…
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  11:04PM EDTMacArthur's SpiesPeter Eisner, former managing director of the Center for Public Integrity,…

• Monday

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  12:00AM EDTAfter Words with Sharyl AttkissonJournalist Sharyl Attkisson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence…
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  1:00AM EDTThe American WarUCLA history professor Joan Waugh talks about her book, The American War: A…
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  1:30AM EDTThe CEO Pay MachineFormer CEO Steven Clifford explains how CEO pay has escalated. He is in…
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  2:30AM EDTAloneMichael Korda, former editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, recalls the…
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  3:00AM EDTAfter Words with Sharyl AttkissonJournalist Sharyl Attkisson reports on how smear tactics are used to influence…
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  4:00AM EDTPrinciples of a Pluralist CommonwealthGar Alperovitz, former University of Maryland professor and co-founder of…
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  5:15AM EDTHis Final BattlePulitzer Prize-winning author Joseph Lelyveld looks at the final months of…
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  6:00AM EDTSometimes Amazing Things HappenDr. Elizabeth Ford discusses her work in mental health caring for the…
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  7:00AM EDTSting Like a BeeFormer Boston Globe columnist Leigh Montville explores Muhammad Ali’s…
• 8:00AM EDTCommunicators with Steve CaseSteve Case, the co-founder of AOL, talks about his book, The Third Wave: An…

• Saturday

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  8:00AM EDTFalse Black Power?Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley argues that political capital…
• 8:40AM EDTInterview with Marji RossMarji Ross, president and publisher of Regnery, previews several of the publishing…
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  8:45AM EDTHow May I Help You?Deepak Singh talks about his experiences working in the service sector in…
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  9:15AM EDTCrash OverrideVideo game developer Zoe Quinn talks about her book, Crash Override: How…
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  9:30AM EDTPrinciples of a Pluralist CommonwealthGar Alperovitz, former University of Maryland professor and co-founder of…
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  10:45AM EDTUnderstanding TrumpFormer Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks…
• 11:45AM EDTThe Grouchy HistorianActor Ed Asner talks about his book, The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time…
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  12:00PM EDTRace In AmericaApril Ryan, Washington Bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and author…
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  1:45PM EDTThe History of Human Space FlightPilot and author Ted Spitzmiller looks at the programs and technology that…
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  2:35PM EDTWhat Is Slavery?Brenda Stevenson talks about her book, What is Slavery?.
• 3:15PM EDTWe Are DataJohn Cheney-Lippold looks at how digital data defines who we are, the differences we…
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  4:20PM EDTHue 1968Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo author Mark Bowden talks about his…
• 5:00PM EDTThe Scent of JasmineAnan Ameri, founder and former director of the Arab American National…
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  6:00PM EDTOppose Any FoeMark Moyar, director of the Center for Military and Diplomatic History,…