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C-SPAN2's Book TV: January 26-28
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Insightful author interviews
Saturday 9 PM, Sunday 6 PM and 9 PM, Monday 12 AM ET
Dana Milbank assumes the role of an anthropologist researching national politics in Washington, DC, in Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run our Government. Mr. Milbank profiles the malfeasance of several politicians and outlines the many rituals and customs that are specific to today's political landscape. Mr. Milbank discusses his book with Juan Williams, political analyst for Fox News and NPR.
Weekend Highlights
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Franklin Foer, Election 2008: A Voter's Guide
Franklin Foer and the editors of The New Republic profile the presidential candidates for both political parties. During this panel discussion, the authors offer news, analysis, and insight into each of the contenders. Panelists include Leon Wieseltier, Michelle Cottle, Michael Crowley, Noam Scheiber, and Jonathan Chait. This discussion took place at Sixth and I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC.
(Sunday 1 PM, Monday 5 AM ET)
David Frum, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again
David Frum contends that conservatism and the Republican party has lost its way and devises a series of steps to revitalize the right. Mr. Frum's prosposals range from lowering taxes on savings to a conservative engagement in environmentalism that promotes nuclear power over oil and coal. David Frum discusses his book at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.
(Sunday 9 AM and 3 PM ET)
Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: The Dark History Of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times To The Present
Journalist and medical ethicist Harriet Washington details medical research on African-Americans from colonial times to the 20th century. She describes the Tuskegee Syphilis Study that began in 1932 and was conducted by the US Public Health Service. Almost 400 African-American men were withheld treatment for syphilis to study how the disease would affect them in its late stages. The author contends that this is just one of several experiments that shaped the way in which African-Americans relate to today's medical industry. Ms. Washington is a finalist for the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.
(Saturday 8 AM ET)
Brent Bozell, Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will
Brent Bozell says Hillary Clinton has received unprecedented media favoritism which has paved the way for her to become president. Mr. Bozell claims that the media have not thoroughly investigated Hillary Clinton and have given her numerous breaks in their questioning and coverage. This event was hosted by the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
(Sunday 3:45 AM, 2:15 PM and 11:15 PM ET)
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Program times are approximate. All times are Eastern Time (ET).
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
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8:00 AM 1 hr, 21 min Medical Apartheid: The Dark History Of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times To The Present - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Author: Harriet Washington
9:20 AM 7 min Book TV Bus - Orville Vernon Burton, "The Age of Lincoln"
Author: Orville Vernon Burton
9:30 AM 1 hr, 21 min The World Without Us - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Author: Alan Weisman
10:50 AM 5 min Book TV Bus - Martin Dugard "The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery"
Author: Martin Dugard
11:00 AM 1 hr, 6 min History
Ralph Ellison: A Biography - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Author: Arnold Rampersad
12:00 PM 1 hr, 2 min Brother, I'm Dying - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Author: Edwidge Danticat
1:00 PM 58 min After Words: Tim Weiner author of "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
2:00 PM 58 min After Words: Susan Faludi author of "The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America" - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
3:00 PM 49 min History
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815 - 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Author: Daniel Walker Howe
3:45 PM 8 min Book TV Bus - Michael Barnett, "Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda"
Author: Michael Barnett
4:00 PM 58 min History
Tom Wheeler, "Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War"
Author: Tom Wheeler
5:00 PM 1 hr, 5 min History
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage
Author: Nicholas Wapshott
6:00 PM 58 min Encore Booknotes: "Beyond Blame: How We Can Succeed by Breaking the Dependency Barrier"
Author: Armstrong Williams
7:00 PM 1 hr, 35 min 27th Annual American Book Awards Ceremony
Author: 27th Annual American Book Awards
8:30 PM 22 min Somebody's Gotta Say It
Author: Neal Boortz
9:00 PM 59 min Politics
After Words: Dana Milbank, "Homo Politicus: The Strange and Barbaric Tribes That Run Our Government" interviewed by Juan Williams
10:00 PM 1 hr, 6 min Interventions
Author: Noam Chomsky
11:05 PM 22 min Somebody's Gotta Say It
Author: Neal Boortz
11:30 PM 1 hr, 11 min History
George H.W. Bush
Author: Timothy Naftali
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
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12:45 AM 1 hr, 35 min 27th Annual American Book Awards Ceremony
Author: 27th Annual American Book Awards
2:30 AM 1 hr, 8 min The Almanac of American Politics, 2008
Author: Michael Barone
3:45 AM 45 min Politics
Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will
Author: Brent Bozell
4:30 AM 1 hr, 24 min Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq
Author: Dahr Jamail
6:00 AM 1 hr, 11 min Politics
They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons
Author: Jacob Heilbrunn
7:15 AM 1 hr, 41 min Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision
Author: Thom Hartmann :)
9:00 AM 1 hr, 15 min Politics
Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again
Author: David Frum
10:15 AM 1 hr, 11 min Politics
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
Author: Shelby Steele
11:30 AM 1 hr, 6 min Interventions
Author: Noam Chomsky
1:00 PM 1 hr, 12 min Politics
Election 2008: A Voter's Guide
Author: Franklin Foer
2:15 PM 45 min Politics
Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will
Author: Brent Bozell
3:00 PM 1 hr, 15 min Politics
Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again
Author: David Frum
4:15 PM 1 hr, 11 min Politics
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win
Author: Shelby Steele
6:00 PM 59 min Politics
After Words: Dana Milbank, "Homo Politicus: The Strange and Barbaric Tribes That Run Our Government" interviewed by Juan Williams
7:00 PM 1 hr History
From Berlin to Baghdad: America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World
Author: Hal Brands
8:00 PM 52 min A Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every American Should Know about Mitt Romney
Author: Hugh Hewitt
9:00 PM 59 min Politics
After Words: Dana Milbank, "Homo Politicus: The Strange and Barbaric Tribes That Run Our Government" interviewed by Juan Williams
10:00 PM 1 hr, 11 min Politics
They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons
Author: Jacob Heilbrunn
11:15 PM 45 min Politics
Whitewash: What the Media Won't Tell You About Hillary Clinton, But Conservatives Will
Author: Brent Bozell
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Monday, January 28, 2008
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12:00 AM 59 min Politics
After Words: Dana Milbank, "Homo Politicus: The Strange and Barbaric Tribes That Run Our Government" interviewed by Juan Williams
1:00 AM 1 hr, 6 min Interventions
Author: Noam Chomsky
2:15 AM 1 hr, 11 min History
George H.W. Bush
Author: Timothy Naftali
3:30 AM 30 min History
2007 National Book Festival: Michael Beschloss, "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989"
Author: Michael Beschloss
4:00 AM 1 hr History
From Berlin to Baghdad: America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World
Author: Hal Brands
5:00 AM 1 hr, 12 min Politics
Election 2008: A Voter's Guide
Author: Franklin Foer
6:15 AM 1 hr, 35 min 27th Annual American Book Awards Ceremony
Author: 27th Annual American Book Awards
http://www.booktv.org/schedule.aspx <--- for details of each program, go here.