Upcoming Programs

Book TV Schedule

• Sunday

• 12:00AM ESTBook TVNon-fiction books and authors.…
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  7:19AM ESTEd Freeman, "The Power of And"University of Virginia business professor Ed Freeman discussed the focus…
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  8:15AM ESTAli Soufan, "The Black Banners Declassified"Former FBI special agent Ali Soufan talked about the early years of the…
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  9:25AM ESTAnne Helen Petersen, "Can't Even"Former Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen explored the…
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  10:30AM ESTJames Lang, "Distracted"James Lang argued that the main reason students are regularly distracted…
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  12:00PM ESTAfter Words Gerald Seib, "We Should Have Seen It Coming"The Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib discussed how the conservative…
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  1:00PM ESTWanda Lloyd, "Coming Full Circle"Retired editor and reporter Wanda Lloyd recalls her journalism career.…
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  1:57PM ESTPatrisse Khan-Cullors, "When They Call You a Terrorist"Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors discussed her life,…
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  2:55PM ESTNational Book Festival - Richard Haass, "The World"Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass talked about the…
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  3:29PM ESTLuke Nichter, "The Last Brahmin"Texas A&M University-Central Texas history professor Luke Nichter recalled…
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  4:31PM ESTNational Book Festival - Eric Foner, "The Second Founding"Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner looked at the 13th, 14th, and…
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  4:55PM ESTCarl Smith, "Chicago's Great Fire"Northwestern University history professor Carl Smith looked at the Great…
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  5:55PM ESTHelena Andrews-Dyer & R. Eric Thomas, "Reclaiming Her Time"Washington Post features reporter Helena Andrews-Dye and Elle senior staff…
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  7:00PM ESTNancy Grace, "Don't Be a Victim"Legal commentator Nancy Grace provided a guide on how citizens can protect…
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  8:00PM ESTPhilip Gordon, "Losing the Long Game"Philip Gordon, former White House Coordinator for the Middle East under…
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  9:00PM ESTAfter Words Carlos Lozada, "What Were We Thinking"The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Carlos Lozada…
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  10:00PM ESTJeffrey Sutton, "The Essential Scalia"Jeffrey Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit and…
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  10:55PM ESTEvan Osnos, "Joe Biden"New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos discussed the life and political career…
• 11:54PM ESTWhat Are You Reading with Rep. Rick Larsen D-WA…

• Monday

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  12:01AM ESTAfter Words Carlos Lozada, "What Were We Thinking"The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Carlos Lozada…
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  1:00AM ESTNicholas Sargen, "JPMorgan's Fall and Revival"Economic consultant Nicholas Sargen provided a history of JPMorgan, from…
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  2:00AM ESTPerri Klass, "A Good Time to Be Born"New York University Professor Perri Klass provided a history of child…
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  3:02AM ESTAfter Words Carlos Lozada, "What Were We Thinking"The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Carlos Lozada…
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  4:00AM ESTNational Book Festival - Colson Whitehead, "The Nickel Boys"Award-winning author Colson Whitehead discussed his book, "The Nickel…
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  4:40AM ESTLuke Nichter, "The Last Brahmin"Texas A&M University-Central Texas history professor Luke Nichter recalled…
• 5:41AM ESTWhat Are You Reading with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito R-WV…
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  5:45AM ESTAnne Helen Petersen, "Can't Even"Former Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen explored the…
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  6:50AM ESTH.W. Brands, "The Zealot and the Emancipator"Historian H.W. Brands provided a dual biography of abolitionist John Brown…
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  7:45AM ESTNational Book Festival - Jon Meacham, "His Truth is Marching On"Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham discussed the life of the…
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  8:29AM ESTMartha Jones, "Vanguard"Johns Hopkins University history professor Martha Jones explored the…
• 2:27PM ESTWhat Are You Reading with Rep. Gerald Connolly D-VA…
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  8:28PM ESTIan Toll, "Twilight of the Gods"Military historian Ian Toll concluded his three-volume history of the…
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  9:28PM ESTMichel Paradis, "Last Mission to Tokyo"Author Michael Paradis recalled the 'Doolittle Raids' of 1942, an American…
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  10:33PM ESTChris Wallace, "Countdown 1945"Fox News' Chris Wallace provided a history of the lead-up to the bombing…
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  11:17PM ESTLesley Blume, "Fallout"Investigative journalist Lesley Blume recounted the efforts by New Yorker…

• Tuesday

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  12:25AM ESTFrancine Hirsch, "Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg"University of Wisconsin history professor Francine Hirsch argued that the…
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  1:24AM ESTDavid Nasaw, "The Last Million"Historian David Nasaw looked at the one million refugees throughout Europe…
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  2:20AM ESTIan Toll, "Twilight of the Gods"Military historian Ian Toll concluded his three-volume history of the…
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  3:21AM ESTMichel Paradis, "Last Mission to Tokyo"Author Michael Paradis recalled the 'Doolittle Raids' of 1942, an American…
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  4:25AM ESTChris Wallace, "Countdown 1945"Fox News' Chris Wallace provided a history of the lead-up to the bombing…
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  5:09AM ESTLesley Blume, "Fallout"Investigative journalist Lesley Blume recounted the efforts by New Yorker…
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  6:07AM ESTFrancine Hirsch, "Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg"University of Wisconsin history professor Francine Hirsch argued that the…
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  7:07AM ESTDavid Nasaw, "The Last Million"Historian David Nasaw looked at the one million refugees throughout Europe…

• Saturday

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  8:00AM ESTCarl Smith, "Chicago's Great Fire"Northwestern University history professor Carl Smith looked at the Great…
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  9:00AM ESTNicholas Sargen, "JPMorgan's Fall and Revival"Economic consultant Nicholas Sargen provided a history of JPMorgan, from…
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  10:00AM ESTSusan Berfield, "The Hour of Fate"Bloomberg News investigative reporter Susan Berfield recounted the fight…
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  10:35AM ESTLisa Mosconi, "The XX Brain"Neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi argued that the female brain is more…
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  11:15AM ESTEd Freeman, "The Power of And"University of Virginia business professor Ed Freeman discussed the focus…
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  12:10PM ESTJeffrey Sutton, "The Essential Scalia"Jeffrey Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit and…
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  1:00PM ESTJohn Ritter Conn "The Road from Raqqa"Jordan Ritter Conn, a staff writer for the Ringer, detailed the journey of…
• 1:44PM ESTAuthor Discussion on AppalachiaAuthors Sarah Smarsh, Thomas Burton, and Wayne Winkler reflected on life…
• 2:35PM ESTAuthor Discussion on the Jim Crow EraAuthors Wanda Lloyd and David Pilgrim discussed the Jim Crow era in the…
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  3:25PM ESTH.R. McMaster, "Battlegrounds"Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (Ret.), former National Security Adviser to…
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  4:30PM ESTJessica Goudeau, "After the Last Border"Jessica Goudeau looked at the human side of the refugee system in the…
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  5:30PM ESTDavid Davis, "Wheels of Courage"Journalist David Davis provided a history of the first wheelchair…
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  6:35PM ESTAli Soufan, "The Black Banners Declassified"Former FBI special agent Ali Soufan talked about the early years of the…
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  7:45PM ESTEvan Osnos, "Joe Biden"New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos discussed the life and political career…
• 8:50PM ESTBrian Christian, "The Alignment Problem"University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scholar Brian Christian…
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  10:00PM ESTAfter Words John Fabian Witt, "American Contagions"Law professor John Fabian Witt examined the relationship between law,…
• 11:00PM ESTPeter Cozzens, "Tecumseh and the Prophet"Historian Peter Cozzens presented a dual-biography of Shawnee leader…

• Sunday

• 12:20AM ESTBen Macintyre, "Agent Sonya"Military historian Ben Macintyre recalled the life of Soviet intelligence…
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  1:20AM ESTPhil Harvey and Lisa Conyers, "Welfare for the Rich"Authors Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers discussed the ways they believe…
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  2:20AM ESTJeffrey Sutton, "The Essential Scalia"Jeffrey Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit and…
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  3:15AM ESTH.W. Brands, "The Zealot and the Emancipator"Historian H.W. Brands provided a dual biography of abolitionist John Brown…
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  4:15AM ESTIsabel Wilkerson, "Caste"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson explored what she called a…
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  5:00AM ESTLeonard Mlodinow, "Stephen Hawking"Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow remembered his friendship and…
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  6:00AM ESTDaniel Yergin, "The New Map"Daniel Yergin talked about climate change, the future of energy, and the…
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  7:00AM ESTPerri Klass, "A Good Time to Be Born"New York University Professor Perri Klass provided a history of child…
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  8:00AM ESTPankaj Mishra, "Bland Fanatics - Liberals, Race, and Empire"Bloomberg View columnist Pankaj Mishra offered his critique of liberalism…
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  9:00AM ESTNancy Grace, "Don't Be a Victim"Legal commentator Nancy Grace provided a guide on how citizens can protect…
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  10:00AM ESTMark Salter, "The Luckiest Man"Senator John McCain's former speechwriter and aide Mark Salter shared his…
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  11:00AM ESTFmr. Sen. Connie Mack R-FL, "Citizen Mack - Politics, an Honorable Calling"Former Florida Republican Senator Connie Mack spoke about his life and…
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  12:00PM ESTAfter Words Carlos Lozada, "What Were We Thinking"The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Carlos Lozada…
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  1:00PM ESTMatthew Van Meter, "Deep Delta Justice"Journalist Matthew Van Meter discussed Duncan v. Louisiana, a civil rights…
• 1:46PM ESTAuthor Discussion on Immigrants, Refugees, & the American DreamAuthors Stephanie Griest, Sahar Mustafah, and Amra Sabic-El-Rayess talked…
• 2:50PM ESTAuthor Discussion on Investigative JournalismAuthors Stephanie Gorton and Chris Hamby offered their thoughts on…
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  3:40PM ESTLynne Cheney, "The Virginia Dynasty"Former Second Lady Lynne Cheney chronicled the leadership of four of the…
• 4:35PM ESTAllen Paul and John LeBar, "Marching Toward Madness"Former journalist Allen Paul and Duke University professor emeritus John…
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  5:30PM ESTDavid Nasaw, "The Last Million"Historian David Nasaw looked at the one million refugees throughout Europe…
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  6:30PM ESTLisa Mosconi, "The XX Brain"Neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi argued that the female brain is more…
• 7:10PM ESTBen Macintyre, "Agent Sonya"Military historian Ben Macintyre recalled the life of Soviet intelligence…
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  8:10PM ESTDavid Eagleman, "Livewired"Neuroscientist David Eagleman explored the evolution of the brain and how…
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  9:00PM ESTAfter Words John Fabian Witt, "American Contagions"Law professor John Fabian Witt examined the relationship between law,…
• 10:01PM ESTBook TVNon-fiction books and authors.…