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Book TV Schedule

• Sunday

• 12:00AM ESTBook TVNon-fiction books and authors.…
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  7:45AM ESTCharles Barber, "Citizen Outlaw"Yale's Charles Barber detailed the life of William Juneboy Outlaw who went…
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  8:51AM ESTAlec Karakatsanis, "Usual Cruelty"Civil Rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis offered his thoughts on what he…
• 9:59AM ESTC-SPAN Cities Tour visits Chapel Hill, North CarolinaC-SPAN Cities Tour visited Chapel Hill, North Carolina to feature its…
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  11:15AM ESTAdam Minter, "Secondhand"Adam Minter reported on the export of used goods and the impact…
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  12:01PM ESTAfter Words Peggy Orenstein, "Boys & Sex"New York Times Magazine contributor Peggy Orenstein examined sexual…
• 1:00PM ESTBooks by the 2020 Democratic Presidential CandidatesBook TV presented portions of programs from our archives of many of the…
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  2:30PM ESTWilfred McClay, "Land of Hope"University of Oklahoma history professor Wilfred McClay provided a…
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  3:46PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gary Younge, "The Speech"Gary Younge talked about his book, "The Speech: The Story Behind Dr.…
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  5:14PM ESTAfter Words 'Cornel West, Editor, "The Radical King"Cornel West, editor of "The Radical King," talked about Martin Luther…
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  6:12PM ESTJoseph Rosenbloom, "Redemption"Journalist Joseph Rosenbloom recounted the last 31 hours of the life of…
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  7:40PM 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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  8:08PM ESTMarcia Chatelain, "Franchise"'Georgetown University African American history professor Marcia Chatelain…
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  9:01PM ESTAfter Words Rana Foroohar, "Don't Be Evil"Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst Rana Foroohar argued that large…
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  10:00PM ESTNabeel Khoury, "Bunker Diplomacy"Nabeel Khoury, a retired career foreign service officer who served in the…
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  11:10PM ESTHarvey Solomon, "Such Splendid Prisons"Harvey Solomon chronicled the experiences of Axis power diplomats and…

• Monday

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  12:00AM ESTAfter Words Rana Foroohar, "Don't Be Evil"Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst Rana Foroohar argued that large…
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  1:00AM ESTKaren Sherman, "Brick by Brick"Karen Sherman, former COO of Women for Women International, shared what…
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  2:02AM ESTWashington Journal Doug Wead, "Inside Trump's White House"Doug Wead talked about his new book "Inside Trump's White House: The Real…
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  3:00AM ESTAfter Words Rana Foroohar, "Don't Be Evil"Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst Rana Foroohar argued that large…
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  4:00AM ESTWashington Journal Craig Shirley, "Mary Ball Washington"Author Craig Shirley discussed his new book "Mary Ball Washington: The…
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  4:55AM ESTClifford Thompson, "What It Is"Author and professor Clifford Thompson shared his thoughts on politics and…
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  6:00AM ESTJohn Browne, "Make, Think, Imagine"Former BP CEO John Browne shared his thoughts on progress and innovation.…
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  7:15AM ESTRick Atkinson, "The British Are Coming" and Brenda Wineapple, "The Impeachers"Historians Rick Atkinson, "The British Are Coming" and Brenda Wineapple,…
• 8:30AM ESTBooks by the 2020 Democratic Presidential CandidatesBook TV presented portions of programs from our archives of many of the…
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  10:00AM ESTJackie Gingrich Cushman, "Our Broken America"Syndicated columnist Jackie Gingrich Cushman shared her thoughts on how to…
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  11:00AM ESTLawrence Lessig, "They Don't Represent Us"Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig provided his thoughts on how to…
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  12:01PM ESTCall-in with Patrick Deneen, "Why Liberalism Failed"Patrick Deneen, chair of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre…
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  12:40PM ESTHolly Jackson, "American Radicals"University of Massachusetts, Boston professor Holly Jackson profiled…
• 1:28PM ESTWhat Are You Reading with Representative Tom ColeRep. Tom Cole (R-OK) shared his reading list with Book TV.…
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  1:30PM ESTDarryl Pinckney, "Busted in New York and Other Essays"New York Review of Books contributor Darryl Pinckney reflected on the…
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  3:20PM ESTErica Armstrong Dunbar, "She Came to Slay"Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar recounted the life of abolitionist…
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  4:15PM ESTMichael Kearns & Aaron Roth, "The Ethical Algorithm"Computer and Information Science professors Michael Kearns & Aaron Roth…
• 5:47PM ESTWhat Are You Reading with Senator John BoozmanSenator John Boozman (R-AR) shared his reading list with Book TV.…
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  5:50PM ESTCharles Barber, "Citizen Outlaw"Yale's Charles Barber detailed the life of William Juneboy Outlaw who went…
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  7:00PM ESTMikhal Dekel, "Tehran Children"City College of New York professor Mikhal Dekel provided a history of the…
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  7:49PM ESTMike Purdy, "101 Presidential Insults"Presidential historian Mike Purdy discussed some of the insults presidents…
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  8:31PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gary Younge, "The Speech"Gary Younge talked about his book, "The Speech: The Story Behind Dr.…
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  9:59PM ESTAfter Words 'Cornel West, Editor, "The Radical King"Cornel West, editor of "The Radical King," talked about Martin Luther…
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  10:57PM ESTJoseph Rosenbloom, "Redemption"Journalist Joseph Rosenbloom recounted the last 31 hours of the life of…

• Tuesday

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  12:21AM ESTRich Lowry, "The Case for Nationalism"National Review editor Rich Lowry made his case for the positive…
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  3:27AM ESTMo Moulton, "The Mutual Admiration Society"Mo Moulton chronicled author Dorothy Sayers work for women's rights in the…
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  4:15AM ESTKimberly Dark, "Fat, Pretty, and Soon to be Old"Kimberly Dark presented her book of personal essays on privilege and…
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  5:00AM ESTAdm. James Stavridis Ret., "Sailing True North"Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO,…
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  6:00AM ESTAdam Minter, "Secondhand"Adam Minter reported on the export of used goods and the impact…
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  6:45AM ESTWilfred McClay, "Land of Hope"University of Oklahoma history professor Wilfred McClay provided a…

• Saturday

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  8:00AM ESTHarvey Solomon, "Such Splendid Prisons"Harvey Solomon chronicled the experiences of Axis power diplomats and…
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  8:45AM ESTPeter Bergen, "Trump and His Generals"Peter Bergen talked about the experiences of Generals Mattis, McMaster,…
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  9:45AM ESTMichael Rubin & Brian Katulis, "Seven Pillars"Michael Rubin (AEI) and Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress)…
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  11:00AM ESTRachel Maddow, "Blowout"MSNBC's Rachel Maddow argued that the gas and oil industry are weakening…
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  12:15PM ESTAntony Beevor, "Ardennes 1944"Military historian Antony Beevor recalls the last battle in the European…
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  1:30PM ESTMarcia Chatelain, "Franchise"'Georgetown University African American history professor Marcia Chatelain…
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  2:25PM ESTKaren Sherman, "Brick by Brick"Karen Sherman, former COO of Women for Women International, shared what…
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  3:30PM ESTLew Paper, "In the Cauldron"Lew Paper recounted the efforts of Joseph Grew, the U.S. Ambassador to…
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  4:30PM ESTCesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez, " Migrating to Prison"University of Denver law professor Cesar Cuauhtemoc Garcia Hernandez…
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  6:00PM ESTAmity Shlaes, "Great Society"Amity Shlaes compared the economic debates of the 1960s to those that are…
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  6:40PM ESTNabeel Khoury, "Bunker Diplomacy"Nabeel Khoury, a retired career foreign service officer who served in the…
• 7:45PM ESTDouglas Egerton, "Heirs of an Honored Name"Douglas Egerton, history professor at LeMoyne College, chronicled the…
• 8:45PM ESTMark Kenyon, "That Wild Country""Wired to Hunt" podcast host Mark Kenyon examined the history and future…
• 10:00PM ESTAfter Words Andrea Bernstein, "American Oligarchs"Journalist Andrea Bernstein chronicles the Trump and Kushner families rise…
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  11:00PM ESTMichael Lind, "The New Class War"University of Texas professor Michael Lind argued that democracies are…

• Sunday

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  12:15AM ESTNathan Robinson, "Why You Should be a Socialist"Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan Robinson looked at socialism in the…
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  1:00AM ESTRobert Lawson, "Socialism Sucks"Robert Lawson, professor of economics at SMU, discussed his book,…
• 1:40AM ESTErika Lee, "America or Americans"Erika Lee, director of the Immigration History Center at the University of…
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  3:10AM ESTWashington Journal Salena Zito, "The Great Revolt"Salena Zito, a columnist and national political reporter, talked about the…
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  4:00AM ESTTamim Ansary, "The Invention of Yesterday"Tamim Ansary discussed his book about "the history of everything" spanning…
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  5:00AM ESTMarcia Chatelain, "Franchise"'Georgetown University African American history professor Marcia Chatelain…
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  5:55AM ESTMelissa Rogers, "Faith in American Public Life"Obama White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships…
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  7:30AM ESTDavid Kirp, "The College Dropout Scandal"UC Berkeley professor David Kirp outlined his ideas on how colleges and…
• 8:20AM ESTBook TVNon-fiction books and authors.…