The most recent programs for the In Depth Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=88 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:47:25 GMT Rick Atkinson talked about his life and career and also responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr. Atkinson is the author of six non-fiction books, including: [The Long Gray Line]; [Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War]; [In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat]; and the Liberation Trilogy, including the 2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning [An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa]; and [The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy]; and concluding in 2013 with [The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312637-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312637-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Melanie Phillips spoke about her eight non-fiction books and responded to viewer telephone calls and electronic communications. Ms Phillips is the author of: [The Divided House: Women at Westminster]; [Doctors' Dilemmas: Medical Ethics and Contemporary Science]; [All Must Have Prizes]; [The Sex-Change Society: Feminized Britain and the Neutered Male]; [America's Social Revolution]; [The Ascent of Woman: A History of the Suffragette Movement]; [Londonistan: How Britain Has Created a Terror State Within]; and [The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle Over God, Truth, and Power]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311970-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311970-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT "Democracy Now!" host and executive producer Amy Goodman responded to viewers' calls, Facebook comments, emails and tweets on topics such as war, politics and grass-roots activism, among others. Ms. Goodman has authored or co-authored five non-fiction books, including [The Exception to the Rulers], [Standing Up to the Madness], and [The Silenced Majority]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311382-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311382-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author, editor, and historian Larry Schweikart talked about his life and career. Topics included the Founding Fathers, America's wars, and key events in American history. He had written, co-written and edited more than 20 books, including [What Would the Founders Say?], [America's Victories], and [A Patriot's History of the Modern World]. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311036-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311036-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Randall Robinson, founder and president emeritus of TransAfrica, talks about his life, career, and body of work. Mr. Robinson is distinguished scholar in residence at The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State. He received humanitarian awards from UNICEF, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Congressional Black Caucus, among others. During the interview he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr. Robinson has written five non-fiction books: [Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America]; [The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks]; [The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other]; [Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land]; [An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President]. He has also written the novel [Makeda]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310247-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310247-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Authors and investigative journalism team Donald Barlett and James Steele took viewers' calls, Facebook comments, emails and tweets on topics such as the American Dream, the U.S. health care system and tax reform, among others. The pair, who began their collaborative work in the 1970s at the [Philadelphia Inquirer], has authored eight books together, including [America: What Went Wrong?], [The Great American Tax Dodge], and their 2012 release [The Betrayal of the American Dream]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309824-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309824-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) talked about his political career, politics in Washington, and his book, [The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America]. In 2012 Senator Coburn also published [Money for Nothing], [Oklahoma Waste Report: Exposing Washington's Wasteful Spending Habits in our Own Backyard], and [Subsidies of the Rich and Famous]. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309282-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309282-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author Kenneth Davis talked about his body of work and his newest book, [Don't Know Much About the American Presidents]. He answered questions from viewers via telephone and electronic communications. Mr. Davis was also the author of eight other books in the [Don't Know Much About...] series as well as the book, [America's Hidden History]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308705-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308705-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author Steven Johnson, co-founder and editor-in-chief of FEED, the former science and culture web magazine, talked about his life, career, and body of work and responded to telephone calls and electronic communicatons. He focused on issues such as communications technology, ways in which innovation affects government policy an daily lives, copyright and intellectual property, and the impact of developments in online technology and social media on the economy and lives of Americans. He is the author of eight books: [Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate] (1999); [Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software] (2002); [Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life] (2005); [Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter] (2005); [The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World] (2006); [The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America] (2008); [Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation] (2010); [Future Perfect: The Case of Progress in a Networked Age] (2012). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308085-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308085-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Beschloss gave a tour of President Lincoln's Cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home in Washington. He also talked about visiting historic sites and the book he was writing on presidents in wartime. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308109-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308109-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michael Beschloss talked about his life and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video was shown of Mr. Beschloss giving a tour of President Lincoln's Cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home in Washington. He talked about visiting historic sites and the book he was writing on presidents in wartime. Michael Beschloss is a presidential historian and a regular contributor to PBS's "The Newshour." He is a trustee of the White House Historical Association, and a former trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. He has also served as a historian for the Smithsonian Institute. Michael Beschloss is the author of six books: [Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance] (1980); [Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair] (1986); [Eisenhower: A Centennial Life] (1990); [The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-196]3 (1991); [The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945] (2002); and [Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989] (2007). He is also the co-author with Strobe Talbott of [At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War] (1993), and the editor of three books: [Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964] (1997); [Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965] (2010); and [Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307474-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307474-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Anna Quindlen talked about her writing process. She was interviewed in her house in New York City. This program was aired during the live program ID 305881-1 on June 3, 2012, "In Depth with Anna Quindlen." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306425-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306425-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Economist Julianne Malveaux talked about her life and career and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the economic recovery, the presidential election, and African-American economic history. Julianne Malveaux was the president of Bennett College for Women from 2007-2012. She is a former syndicated columnist whose writing has appeared in several publications, including [The Progressive] and [Black Issues in Higher Education]. Ms. Malveaux is the author of three books: [Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: Perspectives of a Mad Economist] (1994); [Wall Street, Main Street and the Side Street] (1998); and [Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History] (2010). She is also the co-author, with Deborah Perry, of [Unfinished Business: The 10 Most Important Issues Women Face Today] (2003). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306972-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306972-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and historian David Pietrusza talked about his life and career and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. An award-winning expert on U.S. presidents and the American pastime of baseball, he talked about topics including early 20th-century presidents, post-World War II America, and the era of Prohibition. He is the author of nine nonfiction books, including [1920: The Year of the Six Presidents]; [1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America]; and [1960, LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies]; and is the editor of [Silent Cal's Almanack]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306403-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306403-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Anna Quindlen talked about her life and career. Topics included social policies on the role of women, and the politics that guide them. She responded to telephone calls and electronic messages. Video was shown of Ms. Quindlen in her house in New York City as she talked about her writing process. Ms. Quindlen was a columnist for the [New York Times] and [Newsweek] and won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Ms. Quindlen's [New York Times] columns were published in the books, [Living Out Loud] and [Thinking Out Loud]. Her [Newsweek] columns were published in the book [Loud and Clear]. Other non-fiction works include: [How Reading Changed My Life; A Short Guide to a Happy Life; Being Perfect]; and her most recent work, [Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir]. She is also the author of several novels, including three that have been filmed: [One True Thing; Blessings]; and [Black and Blue]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305881-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305881-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tom Brokaw talked about his life and career and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the World War II generation, the 1960s, and current politics. Video clips were shown of Mr. Brokaw in his office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, talking about starting his career as a writer. The former anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" is the recipient of numerous broadcast journalism awards, including the Peabody and the Emmy. He continues as a special correspondent for NBC News. Tom Brokaw is the author of six books: [The Greatest Generation] (1998); [The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letter and Reflections] (1999); [An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation] (2001); [A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties] (2002); [Boom!: Talking about the Sixties - What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow] (2007); and [The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305406-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305406-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Richard Brookhiser talked about his life and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of Mr. Brookhiser working in his home in New York City and talking about his writing process. Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor at the [National Review], where he has worked since 1977. He had a column at the [New York Observer] for 20 years, ending in 2007, and currently writes a column for [American History]. Mr. Brookhiser wrote and hosted PBS documentaries on George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. He also curated an Alexander Hamilton exhibition at the New York Historical Society in 2004-2005. Mr. Brookhiser was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2008 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011. Richard Brookhiser is the author of 11 books: [The Outside Story: How Democrats and Republican Re-Elected Reagan] (1986); [The Way of the WASP] (1991); [Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington] (1996); [Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace] (1997); [Alexander Hamilton, American] (1999); [America's First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918] (2002); [Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution] (2003); [What Would the Founding Fathers Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers] (2006); [George Washington on Leadership] (2008); [Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Conservative Movement] (2009); and [James Madison] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304896-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304896-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Randall Kennedy talked about his life, work, and career. A Rhodes Scholar, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and is currently a professor at Harvard Law School. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of Professor Kennedy talking about his book [Interracial Intimacies] in 2003. Randall Kennedy is the author of five books: [Race, Crime and the Law] (1997); [Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word] (2002); [Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity and Adoption] (2003); [Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal] (2008); and [The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304327-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304327-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and columnist Mark Steyn talked about topics such as American culture, free speech, terrorism, the economy, and the worldwide demographic shift to Muslims. He responded to telephone calls and electronic commmunications. Mark Steyn is a regular guest host of Rush Limbaugh's radio show, a visiting fellow in journalism at Hillsdale College, and the author of nine books: [Broadway Babies Say Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now] (1997); [The Face of the Tiger: And Other Tales from the New War] (2002); [From Head to Toe: An Anatomical Anthology] (2004); [America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It] (2006); [Mark Steyn's Passing Parade: Obituaries & Appreciations] (2006); [Mark Steyn's American Songbook] (2008); [A Song for the Season] (2008); [Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech and the Twilight of the West] (2009); A[fter America: Get Ready for Armageddon] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303634-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303634-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges talked about his life and work and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A foreign correspondent with a master's degree from Harvard Divinity School, he discussed topics such as terrorism, religion, and politics. Chris Hedges is the author of nine books: [War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning] (2002 -- National Book Critics Circle finalist); [What Every Person Should Know About War] (2003); [Losing Moses on the Freeway: The Ten Commandments in America] (2005); [American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America] (2007); [I Don't Believe in Atheists] (2008): [Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians] (2008); [Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle] (2009); [The Death of the Liberal Class] (2010); and [The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress] (2011). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303072-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303072-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT David Brooks, a [New York Times] Op-Ed columnist and a commentator on "The PBS Newshour," talked about his life and career. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the 2012 election and class division in American society. The former contributing editor at [Newsweek] and [The Atlantic Monthly] is the author of several books, including [Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There]; [On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense]; and his latest, [The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302718-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302718-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ben Mezrich talked about his life and career and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included choosing the topics of his books, his research and writing style, and the experience of having books made into movies. A video clip was shown of an interview with Brian Sweany from July 15, 2011. Video clips were shown in the background, including form the movies [21] and [The Social Network]. Ben Mezrich is the author of novels and several nonfiction books including: [Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions]; [Busting Vegas: The M.I.T Whiz Kid Who Brought the Casinos to Their Knees]; and [Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai]. Two of his book, [The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook] and [Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions], have been made into motion pictures. His latest book is [Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301874-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301874-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Political activist and filmmaker Michael Moore talked about his life and career. Video clips were shown from three of his films and his television show, "TV Nation." He also reacted to a video clip of his controversial March 23, 2003, Academy Award acceptance speech. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Michael Moore is the author of eight non-fiction books: [Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American] (1996); [Adventures in a TV Nation] (1998); [Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!] (2002); [Dude, Where's My Country?] (2003); [Will They Ever Trust Us Again?] (2004); [The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader] (2004); [Mike's Election Guide 2008]; [Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life] (2011). His films include the Academy Award-winning [Bowling for Columbine], [Roger and Me], [Fahrenheit 9/11], [Sicko], and [Capitalism: A Love Story]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301442-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301442-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ellis Cose talked about his life and career. He reacted to video clips of a political speech by Representative Andre Carson (D-IN), presidential candidate Barack Obama's March 18, 2008, speech in Philadelphia, and Randall Kennedy responding to a question on "After Words." Topics included the political issues of the day, the current state of racism in America, and the role of the news media. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. His former positions included contributing editor for [Newsweek] magazine, chairman of the editorial board of the [New York Daily News], and president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Journalism Education. His books include: [The Press] (1989); [A Nation of Strangers] (1992); [The Rage of a Privileged Class] (1993); [Color-Blind] (1997); [The Envy of the World] (2002); [Bone to Pick] (2004); and [The End of Anger] (2011). His writings also include the Rockefeller Foundation report [Beyond Brown v. Board] and the Institute for Justice and Journalism report [Killing Affirmative Action]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300992-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300992-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and syndicated columnist Ann Coulter talked about her life and career. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included politics, the media, and the culture wars. A video clip was shown of Ms. Coulter talking to people as she signed books at a book launch party held by the Heritage Foundation. Ann Coulter is the legal correspondent for [Human Events] magazine is the author of eight books, including [Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right; If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd be Republicans]; and her latest, [Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300573-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300573-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Linda Hogan, an essayist, poet, playwright, novelist, and political activist, talked about her life, work, and career. She is the Chickasaw Nation Writer in Residence. Topics included the Native American experience, the history of her tribe's displacement, and the responsibility that she believes people have to the environment and other species. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Linda Hogan, a finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Literature, is the editor of several anthologies and the author of several novels and the non-fiction books [The Woman Who Watches Over the World] and [Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299921-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299921-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Eric Posner talked about his life, work, and career. He is the Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail as well as questions from members of the studio audience in the University Center's River Room at the 2011 [Chicago Tribune] Printers Row Lit Fest. Eric Posner is the author of [Law and Social Norms] (2000) and [The Perils of Global Legalism] (2009). He is also the co-author of [The Limits of International Law] (2005); [New Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis] (2006); [Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty and the Courts] (2007); [Climate Change Justice] (2010); and [The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic] (2010). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299443-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299443-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Tibor Machan talked about his life, work, and career. Topics included morality in business, capitalism versus individualism, and the pros and cons of the Libertarian philosophy. He reacted to a brief video clip of Ayn Rand being interviewed for CBS News and a video of Mr. Machan talking about Ayn Rand for Reason TV was shown. He also reacted to a clip of President Obama speaking on April 13, 2011. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications from the grounds of the University Park Campus of the University of Southern California during the [Los Angeles Times] Festival of Books. Tibor Machan holds the R.C. Hoiles Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University. He is also professor emeritus of philosophy at Auburn University and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Professor Machan is the co-founder and former editor of [Reason] magazine. Tibor Machan is the sole author of 29 English language books, the co-author of four books, the sole editor of 15 books, and co-editor of five books. His books include [The Pseudo-Science of B.F. Skinner] (1973), [Liberty and Culture: Essays on the Idea of a Free Society] (1989), [Private Rights and Public Illusions] (1995); [Ayn Rand] (2000); and [The Promise of Liberty: A Non-Utopian Vision] (2008). His memoir, [The Man Without a Hobby: Adventures of a Gregarious Egoist], was published in 2004. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298992-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298992-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ishmael Reed talked about his life, work, and career. Topics included the role of the media in American society, race relations past and present, and the impact of the election of President Obama. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Ishmael Reed is the award-winning author of more than twenty books, including novels, essays, plays, and poetry. Mr. Reed has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award. Ishmael Reed is the author of non-fiction books: [Shrovetide in Old New Orleans] (1978); [God Made Alaska for the Indians] (1982); [Writin' is Fightin': Thirty-Seven Years of Boxing on Paper] (1989); [Airing Dirty Laundry] (1993); [Another Day at the Front: Dispatches from the Race Wars] (2003); [Blues City: A Walk in Oakland] (2003); [Mixing it Up: Taking on the Media and Other Reflections] (2008); [Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers] (2010). He also provided the introduction and commentary to photography book [Oakland Rhapsody: The Secret Soul of an American Downtown] (1995). Mr. Reed is also the editor of 13 anthologies and the author of 10 fiction works, six books of poetry, and a compilation of six plays. His work includes: [Flight to Canada], [Conversations with Ishmael Reed], [Last Days of Louisiana Red], and [Reckless Eyeballing]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298580-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298580-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and historian Pauline Maier talked about her work and her life and career. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology history professor, she has written several text books on the Revolutionary period and four popular books on the era: [From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776] (1972); [The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams] (1980); [American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence] (1998); and [Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788] (2010). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298016-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298016-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., talked about his life and work. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of Mr. Tyrrell in his home in Alexandria, Virginia, where he talked about his reading and writing habits and showed his library. Bob Tyrrell, founder and editor in chief of [The American Spectator] magazine, was also a syndicated columnist and a contributing editor to the [New York Sun] as well as an adjunct fellow of the Hudson Institute. Mr. Tyrrell had edited books and written nine books, including: [Public Nuisances] (1979); [The Liberal Crack-Up] (1984); [The Conservative Crack-Up] (1992); [Boy Clinton: The Political Biography] (1996); [Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House] (2004); [The Clinton Crack-Up] (2008); and [After the Hangover: The Conservatives' Road to Recovery] (2010). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297472-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297472-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Phyllis Bennis talked about her life, career, and work. Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, is also a fellow at the Transnational Institute and an adviser to United Nation officials on the Middle East. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A previously recorded video was shown of Ms. Bennis giving a tour of her library and talking about her writing habits at her home in the Adams Morgan area of Washington, D.C. Phyllis Bennis is the author of eight books, including [From Stones to Statehood: The Palestinian Uprising] (1990); [Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's UN] (2000); [Before & After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis] (2003) [Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer] (2009); [Understanding the US-Iran Crisis: A Primer] (2009); and [Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer] (2010). Ms. Bennis is also co-editor of [Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader] (1991) and [Altered States: A Reader in the New World Order] (1993). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297084-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297084-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Salman Rushdie talked about his life, career, and work. The Indian-born author knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2007 is perhaps best known for his novel [The Satanic Verses]. He discussed his less publicized non-fiction works, including [The Jaguar Smile], his first-hand account of the government of Nicaragua after its civil war, and [Imaginary Homelands], a book of critical political essays and reviews. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296722-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296722-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Jonah Goldberg talked about his life, work, and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of Mr. Goldberg in his office at the American Enterprise Institute where he talked about his writing habits and showed his library. Jonah Goldberg is the author of [Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning] (2007) and editor of [Proud to be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation] (2010). Jonah Goldberg is the editor at large of [National Review Online] and a Pulitzer Prize-nominated columnist for the [Los Angeles Times]. The American Enterprise Institute visiting fellow is also a syndicated columnist carried by newspapers nationwide, including [USA Today] and the [Chicago Tribune]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296418-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/296418-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Michio Kaku talked about his life, career, and his work. He responded to telephones calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of Professor Kaku in his office in Manhattan at City College of New York talking about the process of publishing a book. He also showed the planetarium as he talked about teaching astronomy to students. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and co-founder of the string field theory, a branch of the string theory. He has taught at the City College of New York for 25 years and currently holds the school's Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1968 with a B.S. in Physics and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972. He is the host of two science radio shows and the Science Channel television series "Sci Fi Science." Michio Kaku is author of eight books, besides two text books: [Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe] (1995); [Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension] (1995); [Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond] (1999); [Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time] (2005); [Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos] (2006); [Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel] (2008). His forthcoming book, [Physics of the Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life by 2100], is to be released in 2011. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295788-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295788-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and education activist Jonathan Kozol was interviewed at his home in Byfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Kozol gave a tour of his home and discussed his early career and his writing, research, and reading habits. Portions of this program were included in program ID 288721-1 "In Depth with Jonathan Kozol" that aired live on September 6, 2009. This program also includes clips from another portion of the interview, program ID 288596-1. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288596-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288596-2 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Historian Gordon Wood talked about his life, career, and his books on the American Revolution, the making of the Constitution, and the importance of historical study. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video was shown from earlier in the week as he gave a tour of his office in his home in Providence, Rhode Island, and his nearby office at Brown University. He talked about his writing and research methods. Professor Brown also reacted to a video clip of Ralph Nader talking about Benjamin Franklin during his "In Depth" interview on August 1, 2010. Gordon Wood is the award-winning author of several books including [The Creation of the American Republic 1776 - 1787] (1969), winner of the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes, and [The Radicalism of the American Revolution] (1992), which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Gordon Wood has taught at William and Mary, Harvard, the University of Michigan and Cambridge. He is Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus at Brown University. His other books include: [Revolution and the Political Integration of the Enslaved and Disenfranchised] (1974); [The Making of the Constitution] (1987); [The American Revolution: A History] (2001); [The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin] (2004); [Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different] (2006); [The Purpose of the Past: Reflections of the Uses of History] (2008); [Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815] (2010). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295328-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295328-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT The author of [Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist] was a founder of the Weather Underground. He gave a tour of his academic office at the University of Illinois at Chicago and talked about his writing and reading habits. Brief portions of this tour were shown on June 7, 2009, during the live program "In Depth with Bill Ayers." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294604-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294604-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT A video was shown of Mr. Bennett giving a tour of the radio station in Arlington, Virginia, from where his show "Morning in America" is broadcast. He introduced members of his staff and talked about his writing habits. This program was aired during the live program ID 294333-1 on July 4, 2010, "In Depth with Bill Bennett." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294328-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294328-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Ralph Nader talked about his life and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Ralph Nader ran for president of the United States on the Green Party ticket in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent in 2004 and 2008. His first book, [Unsafe at Any Speed], was an indictment of the auto industry published in 1965. As a consumer advocate he has spoken out on a variety of issues, including health care, food safety, environmental pollution, worker rights, tax reform, civil rights, and corporate influence. Ralph Nader is author or co-author of more than 20 books, including: [Whistle-Blowing] (1972); [Action for a Change] (1973); [The Big Boys] (1986); [The Lemon Book] (1990); [Winning the Insurance Game] (1990); [Canada Firsts] (1992); [Collision Course] (1994); [No Contest] (1996); [Ralph Nader Reader] (2000); [Cutting Corporate Welfare] (2000); [Crashing the Party] (2002); [In Pursuit of Justice] (2004); [The Good Fight] (2004); [Civic Arousal] (2004); [The Seventeen Traditions] (2007); and a fictional work, [Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!] (2009). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294832-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294832-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT T.R. Reid gave a tour of his home office in Denver, Colorado, and talked about his work. Included in program 292423-1. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292368-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292368-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and syndicated radio talk show host Bill Bennett talked about his life, work, and career. Former Secretary Bennett discussed his books on American history, the state of education in the country, and electoral politics. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video was shown of Mr. Bennett giving a tour of the radio station in Arlington, Virginia, from where his show "Morning in America" is broadcast. He introduced members of his staff and talked about his writing habits. William Bennett is co-director of Empower America and founder and chairman of K12, an Internet-based school. Bill Bennett served as President Reagan's chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and secretary of education, and as the first President's Bush's "Drug Czar." He is the author or co-author of more than 20 books for adults and children, including [The Book of Virtues] (1993); [The Moral Compass] (1995); [The Death of Outrage] (1998); [The Educated Child] (2000); [The American Patriots Almanac] (2008); and [A Century Turns] (2010). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294333-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294333-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Martha Nussbaum talked about her life, work, and career. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Martha Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School. She is author of 16 books on social justice, women's rights, and world citizenship, including: [Women and Human Development]; [Frontiers of Justice]; and [Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293912-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293912-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Pat Buchanan talked about his life and career and his philosophy. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Video was also shown of Patrick Buchanan in his home in McLean, Virginia, on August 5, 2008, talking about his writing process. Pat Buchanan was the senior adviser to three U.S. presidents and ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996 as well as being the Reform Party candidate in 2000. One of the original hosts on CNN's "Crossfire" and a founding member of "The McLaughlin Group," he is currently a senior policy analyst for MSNBC and a syndicated columnist. Mr. Buchanan is the author of ten books including: [The New Majority] (1973); [Conservative Votes, Liberal Victories] (1975); [Right from the Beginning] (1990); [Great Betrayal] (1998); [The Death of the West] (2002); and [Churchill, Hitler and The Unnecessary War] (2008). Includes program 280462-1. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293287-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293287-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Former White House Counsel John Dean talked about his life, work, and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Video clips were shown of Mr. Dean in his office in his home in Beverly Hills, California, on March 16, 2010. He talked about his daily routine and writing habits. John Dean was the White House counsel to President Richard Nixon for nearly three years. Prior to his tenure in the White House, Mr. Dean was an associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice and served as chief minority counsel for the House Judiciary Committee. Mr. Dean is the author of ten books, including [Blind Ambition: The White House Years] (1976); [The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court] (2001); and [Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush] (2004). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292839-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292839-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author, and NPR and Fox News commentator, Juan Williams talked about his writing and research habits and gave a tour of his home in Washington, D.C. A five-minute portion of this interview was shown in program ID 288171-1 "In Depth with Juan Williams," which aired August 2, 2009. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291478-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291478-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT T.R. Reid talked via satellite from Denver about his life, career, and works. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. A previously recorded video was shown of T.R. Reid giving a tour of his home office in Denver, Colorado, and talking about his work. Mr. Reid was a reporter for the [Washington Post], covering politics for the national desk, before going abroad to cover Japan. His jobs included [Washington Post] bureau chief in Tokyo and London. Mr. Reid was the lead correspondent for the 2008 "Frontline" documentary "Sick Around the World," which examined five other capitalist democracies, looking for lessons on health-care delivery. He wrote about this in [The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care] (The Penguin Press; August 20, 2009). In addition to this book, T.R. Reid is also the author of [The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy] (2004); [Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West] (2001); [Ski Japan!] (1996); [The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution] (1986); and [Congressional Odyssey] (1981). He is also a contributor to the 1980 edition of [The Pursuit of the Presidency]. Mr. Reid's additional books are Japanese-language works: [Seiko Hoteishiki], [Tomu no Me Tomu no Mimi], and [Nippon Kenbunroku]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292423-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292423-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT British historian Paul Johnson talked by remote link from London, England, about his life, career, and his work. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr. Johnson, a former adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2006. His many books include [Modern Times]; [Intellectuals]; [A History of the American People]; and his memoir, [The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries]. His latest book is a biography of Brititsh Prime Minister Winston Churchill titled [Churchill]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291969-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291969-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT From the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, a panel discussion on the life and work of Cold War strategist Herman Kahn. Mr. Kahn, believed to be one of the models for Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," worked at the RAND Corporation before co-founding the Hudson Institute in 1961. He was the author of several books, including "On Thermonuclear War" and "On Escalation." Participating in the discussion are: Kenneth Weinstein, Hudson Institute CEO and co-editor of "The Essential Herman Kahn"; Gary Schmitt, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; and John Walters, Hudson Institute executive vice president. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289710-22 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289710-22 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT Author and columnist Michelle Malkin talked about her life, works, and career. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A video clip was shown of a speech Ms. Malkin delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, on September 8, 2004, against a background of protesters. Photographs and other video clips were also shown in the background. Ms. Malkin, a blogger and Fox News contributor, is the author of four books: [Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores] (2002); [In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror] (2004); [Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild] (2005); and [Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies] (2009). http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291010-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291010-1 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT