System Error. Where Big Tech went wrong.
Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, Jeremy Weinstein,
with Julián Castro. C-Span Book TV, September 7, 2021. 1:02:51.
Bob Woodward on History and Disinformation.
Washington Post reporter and author Bob Woodward offers his thoughts on
the importance of history to combat disinformation. He is joined by
historian Douglas Brinkley.
C-Span Book TV, October 24, 2021. 59:54.
Peril.
Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political
reporter Robert Costa discuss what went on behind-the-scenes during the
transition between the Trump and Biden administrations.
C-Span Book TV, September 23, 2021. 58:44.
The Age of AI. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt talk about artificial
intelligence and the way it is transforming our society.
C-Span Book TV, December 20, 2021.
Leonard Mlodinow. Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow
explores advances in the study of
emotion in psychology and neuroscience, which suggest that the power of
feelings are equally as important to our success as thinking. He is
interviewed by Northeastern University professor of psychology and author
Lisa Feldman Barrett. After Words, C-Span Book TV, January 13, 2022.
Civil
War in America: Can it happen again?
Writer Fintan O'Toole and Barbara F. Walter,
author of "How Civil Wars Start," discuss America's risk of
sliding into a modern-day civil war. Amanpour. CNN, 01/04/2020, 18m11s.
Making a New American Constitution.
Law and history professor George William Van Cleve explores what he
sees as the flaws in the United States Constitution. In conversation with
William Treanor, dean of Georgetown Law School. C-Span Book TV,
September 19, 2021.
Keynote Address by Robert Caro.
Award-winning author Robert Caro, best known for his multi-volume
biography of Lyndon Johnson, reflects on his life and writing career. Part
of the Robert Caro Symposium hosted by the New York Historical Society.
C-Span Book TV, October 24, 2021. 1h03m30s.
Russia Upside Down.Joe Weisberg, creator of the TV series The Americans, discusses his
book, Russia Upside Down, a critique of U.S. policy toward
Russia. C-Span Book TV, October 21, 2021. 1h08m28s.
Career and Family. Harvard University economics professor
Claudia Goldin looks at the gender
wage gap over the last 100 years and suggests ways to close it.
C-Span Book TV, October 6, 2021. 1h07m18s.
Rise and Fall of Thomas Paine.
Historian Richard Bell talks about Thomas Paine's popularity in
1776 after publishing "Common Sense", and his reputational decline after the
American Revolution. C-Span Book TV, September 9, 2021. 1h24m32s.
Woke Racism.
Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter weighs in
on race and "wokeness" in America. C-Span Book TV, November 2, 2021.
Trump's next coup has already begun.
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump's GOP is much better positioned to
subvert the next election. By Barton Gellman. The Atlantic, December 6, 2021.
Los insólitos argumentos de los antivacunas que sacuden Europa.
Sus teorías sobre el fin del mundo y la idea de una manipulación
diseñada y
dirigida por una élite escondida. El colmo del kit para contagiarse
covid y obtener el pase sanitario, evitando la vacunación. El cauce
que los liga a las derechas más extremas. Por Eduardo Febbro.
Página 12, 28 de noviembre de 2021.
San Fransicko.Michael Shellenberger, president of
Berkeley-based Environmental Progress,
argued that progressives are destroying America's cities due to their
acceptance of lawlessness on the part of those who progressive leaders
claim to be helping. C-Span Book TV, October 21, 2021.
Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate AMerica's Social Justice Scam.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy argues that corporate America is
signing on to "woke culture" only to increase profits. He is interviewed by
Greg Mankiw, former Chairman of the President's Council of
Economic Advisers during the George W. Bush administration and a Harvard
University economics professor. C-Span Book TV, After Words.
August 23, 2021.
In Depth.Carol Swain, former professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt
University and vice chair of President Trump's 1776 Commission,
talks and takes calls about critical race theory, the 1619 Project,
immigration and more. Her books include Be the People, The 1776 Report,
and the recently published Black Eye for America. C-Span Book TV,
September 5, 2021.
Salem Witch Trials and the Great Awakening.
Baylor University Professor Thomas Kidd teaches a class on the first Great
Awakening in the Americas, a period in mid-18th century of Christian
revitalization that swept through the colonies. He explains how the
Salem witch trials and the decline of Puritanism led to an era of
traveling preachers, such as George Whitefield, and an emphasis on
evangelism.. C-Span 3, Lectures in History, September 11, 2018.
Conspiracy Culture in American History.Indiana University
Bloomington professor Stephen Andrews teaches a class
about conspiracy culture in American history. He describes how conspiracy
theories have changed over time, but often include involvement of groups
such as the Illuminati, Freemasons, and Skull and Bones. He talks about
how in the 1950s a prominent aspect of conspiracy theories was the threat
of communism, but in later decades a global "New World Order" was a more
common feature. Lectures in History. C-Span 3, July 13, 2018.
After Words, with Robert Woodson.
American history is being replaced with a polarizing version, according to
Woodson Center founder and president Robert Woodson, the author of
Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race
Hustlers. He was interviewed by Harvard Law Professor and
author Randall Kennedy. C-Span Book TV, June 29, 2021.
Learning to Live in Steven Weinberg's Pointless Universe.
By Deneen Broadnax. World News Era, July 27 2021.
Having told the story of how our universe came into being with the big bang
some 13.8 billion years ago, and how it may end untold billions of
years in the future, [Weinberg] concludes that whatever the universe is
about, it sure as heck isn't about us. The more the universe seems
comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.
The Dictatorship of Woke Capital.
Financial analyst Steve Soukup explains why he believes corporate America
has been changed in recent years by progressive ideology. March 2, 2021. 1h01m46s
Hitler's Furies.Wendy Lower, history professor at Claremont McKenna College and historical
consultant to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, talks about her book,
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, in which she
recounts the role that German women played in the Holocaust. In her book,
the author reports that close to 500,000 women were employed in Eastern
Europe, where they were witness to and participated in numerous
atrocities. October 20, 2013. 1h23m03s
The Ravine.Wendy Lower discusses her book
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust
Massacre Revealed, in conversation with Joshua Rubenstein.
March 31, 2021. 1h01m42s.
Weak Strongman.Timothy Frye, author of Weak
Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia,
in conversation with Alexander Cooley. April 19, 2021. 1h02m50s
The Native Scholar Who Wasn't.
More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked
her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive?
By Sarah Viren. The New York Times. Published May 25, 2021.
Updated May 26, 2021.
Garry Kasparov on Firing Line.
Chess grandmaster turned democracy advocate Garry Kasparov, who chairs the
Human Rights Foundation, warns about the rising tide of authoritarianism
worldwide. May 14, 2021.
Great
Conversations, with E.J. Dionne and James Fallows.
Journalist and political commentator E.J. Dionne, a longtime op-ed
columnist for The Washington Post, talks about his book,
Why The Right Went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party
and Beyond. He is interviewed by James Fallows.
March 21, 2016. 56m33s
Great Conversations, with Tom Friedman and John Yarmuth.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman discusses his new
book, Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in
the Age of Accelerations. He is interviewed by Kentucky journalist and
U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth. 56m 33s
Great Conversations, with Joseph Stiglitz and Rana Foroohar.
American economist Joseph Stiglitz, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in
Economics and the John Bates Clark Medal, is interviewed by Rana
Foroohar, columnist and editor at Financial Times. 56m 32s
Great Conversations, with Charles Graeber and Dr. Thomas Gajewski.
New York Times bestselling author Charles Graeber discusses his
book, The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure
Cancer, that details revolutionary scientific research in
immunotherapy, with Dr. Thomas Gajewski, who oversees the melanoma
oncology clinic at the University of Chicago and leads the immunology and
cancer program at the university's Comprehensive Cancer Center. 56m33s
Great Conversations, with Robert Wright and Jon Kabat-Zinn.Robert Wright, author of Why Buddhism is True: The Science and
Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment, is interviewed by
Jon Kabat-Zinn, founding executive director of the Center for
Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of
Massachusetts Medical School. 56m33s
Great Conversations, with Masha Gessen and Clarissa Ward.
Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen talks about her new book The
Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, winner of the
2017 National Book Award for nonfiction. She is interviewed by Clarissa
Ward. Aired: 02/05/18. 56m 32s
J. Posadas, the Trotskyist Who Believed in Intergalactic
Communism. An interview with A. M. Gittlitz.
From his hopes in human-dolphin socializing to his claims that UFOs were
sent by alien communists, J. Posadas's quixotic beliefs are today
legendarized in countless memes. But a new biography suggests that the
Argentinian Trotskyist was not such an outlier, and explains why his
revolutionary optimism draws such ironic veneration today.
Interview by David Broder, translator of
J. Posadas's Flying saucers, the process
of matter and energy, science, the revolutionary and working-class
struggle and the socialist future of mankind.
Why America's Great Crime Decline Is Over.
Even before the recent mass shootings, violent crime was surging to its
highest rate in 30 years. Patrick Sharkey illuminates what's happening.
By Derek Thompson. The Atlantic. March 24, 2021.
I'm
a Scholar of Religion. Here's What I See in
the Atlanta Shootings.
Did racism or theology or gender motivate the shootings in Georgia? All of
the above. By Mihee Kim-Kort.
(Ms. Kim-Kort is a Presbyterian minister and a doctoral candidate in
religious studies.) The New York Times, March 24, 2021.
New Rule: The Baldy Awards. A tribute to congessman Henry Waxman.
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). Jan 30, 2021.
Irreversible Damage.
Journalist Abigail Shrier takes a critical look at the rise in gender
dysphoria among adolescent girls in the United States and arguea that
many girls are identifying as transgender when they are not. Virtual
event hosted by the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian
University. C-Span Book TV, February 15, 2021.
Land. Author Simon Winchester examines the use of land and
the concept of property ownership throughout human history.
Virtual event hosted by the Boston Athenaeum.
C-Span Book TV, February 17, 2021.
In Depth, with Elizabeth Kolbert.Elizabeth Kolbert, bestselling author and staff writer for the
New Yorker, talks about environmental issues, including global warming and the
impact that humans are having on nature. She is the author of Field Notes
from a Catastrophe; The Sixth Extinction,
which won the Pulitzer Prize;
and the newly published Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future.
C-Span Book TV, March 7, 2021.
Under the White Sky.
Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert details
some of the ways science is being used to counteract as well as adapt to
the effects of climate change. C-Span Book TV, February 15, 2021.
Defending Science. With Eugenie C. Scott.
Conversations with History
Host: Harry Kreisler. University of California Television (UCTV).
Oct 27, 2018. (56 minutes)
We Own the Future. Journalist Kate Aronoff discusses
the history of socialism and what democratic socialism might look like in
America. C-Span Book TV, January 29, 2020.
On Corruption in America.Sarah Chayes, an expert on
government corruption around the world and a
former adviser to the U.S. military in Afghanistan, talks about
corruption in the United States. C-Span Book TV, August 20, 2020.
Prey,Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that
there has been an increase of sexual assault in
Europe due to immigration. Virtual program hosted by the
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. With Gloria Duffy and Bari Weiss.
C-Span Book TV, February 9, 2021.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Muslim Men and Western Women.
Review of the book Prey; Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's
Rights, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Reviewed by
Jill Filipovic, The New York Times, Feb. 9, 2021.
Islamic
Faith and Western Civilization.Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks at a National Press Club luncheon about the
Islamic faith and Western civilization. She also speaks about her book,
Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, as well as Islamic
radicalism, combating ISIS, the nuclear framework agreement with Iran,
and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
C-Span Book TV, April 7, 2015.
How to Fight Anti-Semitism.
New York Times editorial writer Bari Weiss talks about her book,
How to Fight Anti-Semitism, in which she argues that
there is a rise in anti-Semitism in America.
C-Span Book TV, November 4, 2019.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism.
Author Benjamin Friedman explores the influence of religion on economic
policy. Virtual event hosted by the Peterson Institute for
International Economics in Washington, D.C. C-Span Book TV, February 4, 2021.
Discussion on Populism in the U.S.
British historian and author Niall Ferguson talks about populism in the
U.S. C-Span Book TV, July 17, 2020.
Author Discussion on Populism.
Authors and journalists Thomas Frank, The People,
and Christopher Caldwell, The Age of Entitlement,
discuss their books on populism. This program was part of the 20th annual
National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.
C-Span Book TV, September 27, 2020.
Author
Discussion on Business and Capitalism.
Authors Rebecca Henderson and Myrian Sidibe share their
thoughts on business and capitalism. Virtual event hosted by the Boston Book
Festival. C-Span Book TV, October 19, 2020.
The Alignment Problem.
University of California, Berkeley visiting scholar Brian Christian
explores the challenges of becoming more dependent on artificial
intelligence. Virtual event hosted by The Commonwealth Club of
California. C-Span Book TV, October 14, 2020.
Hell and Other Destinations.
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright reflects on her life and
political career. C-Span Book TV, September 27, 2020.
Stephen Hawking. Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow
remembers his friendship and working relationship with the late
award-winning physicist Stephen Hawking. C-Span Book TV, September 11, 2020.
Author Discussion on the Future of Saudi Arabia.
Authors Ben Hubbard (MBS) and Susanne Koelbl
(Behind the Kingdom's Veil) talk about the future of Saudi Arabia
under the rule of Mohammed bin Salman. Virtual event was hosted by the
Middle East Institute. C-Span Book TV, September 10, 2020.
Money for Nothing.
MIT professor Thomas Levenson discusses how the leaders of the Scientific
Revolution applied their new ideas to people, money, and markets and, as
a result, invented modern finance. Virtual event hosted by
Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. C-Span Book TV, September 15, 2020.
Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free.
Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York talks about the U.S. legal system and offers his thoughts on
how to reform it. Virtual program hosted by the Brennan Center
for Justice at NYU School of Law and New York University's John Brademas
Center. C-Span Book TV, February 17, 2021.
The Breakdown of Higher Education.John Ellis, professor emeritus at the University of California,
Santa Cruz,
argues that universities no longer value open debate and a free exchange of
ideas. Virtual event hosted by the Heritage Foundation.
C-Span Book TV, February 11, 2021.
The Property Species.
Economist Bart Wilson examins the origins of property ownership.
Virtual event hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute in
Washington, D.C. C-Span Book TV, February 11, 2021.
Free to Move.
George Mason University law professor Ilya Somin offers his thoughts on
why he believes "foot voting"--when individuals select government
entities by moving to jurisdictions that serve them best--is more
effective than ballot box voting. Virtual program hosted by
Harvard Law School. C-Span Book TV, February 4, 2021.
American Kompromat.
Journalist Craig Unger offers his thoughts on the relationship between
Russia and former President Donald Trump. Virtual program hosted
by the Strand Bookstore in New York City. C-Span Book TV, February 4, 2021.
Piazzolla Sinfónico. TRANSMISIÓN EN VIVO.
Piazzolla 100 años. Streamed live on Mar 5, 2021. Teatro Colón.
La Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón, dirigida por Luis Gorelik, junto a
Juan José Mosalini y César Angeleri como solistas y el Quinteto Schissi,
inauguran este ciclo en homenaje a Astor Piazzolla. En este primer
concierto en la Sala Principal, se escuchan piezas de Piazzolla,
Esteban Benzecry, Beatriz Lockhart y Diego Schissi.
Is This the End of French Intellectual Life?
The country's culture of argument has come under the sway of a more
ideological, more identity-focused model imported from the United States.
By Christopher Caldwell, author of
"Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West",
and "The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties".
The New York Times, March 5, 2021.
Former QAnon believers share bonkers conspiracy theory about Biden.
New Day CNN's Alisyn Camerota is joined by 6 people who were
former QAnon followers or have loved ones who still follow the conspiracy
theories. They discuss racism and white supremacy, March 4th, media
gateways and Joe Biden's presidency as it pertains to the group.
CNN, March 1, 2021.
Humans Are Animals. Let's Get Over It.
It's astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove
we are not squirrels. By philosopher Crispin Sartwell.
New York Times, February 23, 2021.
After
Words, with Sara Horowitz.
Former New York Federal Reserve Board chair Sara Horowitz offersher
thoughts on how to build economic sustainability for workers in the
future. Interviewed by author and American Compass executive
director Oren Cass. C-Span Book TV, February 17, 2021.
Now What?
Wellstone Books publisher Steve Kettmann and contributors
Cynthia Tucker and Anthony Scaramucci share their thoughts
about the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the direction of
the country. C-Span Book TV, February 10, 2021.
The Origins of Money.
Author Frederick Kaufman looks at the history and origins of money. He
discusses the earliest forms of money and how different cultures developed
money. C-Span Book TV, February 16, 2021.
Pablo Jacovkis evoca su figura y su trayectoria.
AAPC (Asociación Argentina para el Progreso de las Ciencias.
13 de febrero de 2021.
Words
Which by Their Very Utterance Inflict Injury.
College students urging the punishment of speech that "wounds" risk
silencing the causes they support. By Conor Friedersdorf. The
Atlantic, April 19, 2017. (Discusses the dangers of censoring
Heather Mac Donald.)
Diderot
and The Art of Thinking Freely.
Humanities Professor Andrew Curran discusses the life, works, and
influence of Denis Diderot. C-Span Book Tv, October 17, 2020.
Estética de la existencia argentina.
2a parte de "Menem, Kirchner, Argentina": La esencia del
peronismo no se sintetiza en la ideología, sino en unir sin quiebres
neoliberalismo privatizador con Menem y estatismo intervencionista con
Kirchner. Jorge Fontevecchia, Perfil, 21 de febrero de 2021.
In Depth, with Jill Lepore.
Harvard University Professor Jill Lepore discusses popular and
lesser-known stories from American history going back to the founding of the
country. Professor Lepore's many books include The Secret History of
Wonder Woman, These Truths: A History of the United States,
and the newly-published If Then, about the Cold War origins of
data mining and social manipulation. C-Span Book TV, October 4, 2020.
Reagan,
Moscow and the 1980s Cold War.
Duke University History and Public Policy Professor Simon Miles
participates in a discussion of his book, Engaging the Evil Empire:
Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War.
Professor Miles is joined by several Cold War historians who
comment on his book. C-Span 3, October 19, 2020.
America's
Founders and Greek and Roman Philosophy.
Authors Thomas Ricks (First Principles), Carl Richard
(The Founders and the Classics), and Caroline Winterer (The Culture
of Classicism), discuss the impact that Greek and Roman philosophers had on
America’s Founders. C-Span Book TV, December 3, 2020.
Nuremberg
Prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz.
At age 27, Benjamin Ferencz served as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the
Nuremberg Trials for the case against 22 leaders of the Einsatzgruppen,
which were mobile Nazi death squads responsible for the murder of more than
million Jews and others on World War II’s Eastern Front. In this
conversation, he recounts his early life as an immigrant child in New York
City, his time at Harvard Law School and his service in the U.S. Army, which
late in the war included investigating Nazi war crimes. He also discusses
his work as one of the top U.S. prosecutors at Nuremberg.
C-Span 3, November 18, 2020.
The Post-World War I Red Scare.
The immediate post-World War I era was a period in U.S. history marked by
violent labor strikes, mass anti-immigration rallies, race riots, and a
government crackdown on socialist and other leftist political
organizations -- known as the first “Red Scare.” Richard Faulkner
of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College explains what happened in
the U.S. from 1917 to 1921 and explores the reasons why.
C-Span 3, December 15, 2020.
Why racism hurts everyone, regardless of race.
Policy expert Heather McGhee, author of the book "The Sum of Us," says
diversity could be Americas superpower, but discrimination leaves all
impoverished. Amanpour and Compnay, Feb. 16, 2021.
How
the GOP Surrendered to Extremism.
Sixty years ago, many GOP leaders resisted radicals in their ranks. Now
they are not even trying. Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic,
February 4, 2021.
Pandemic to Politics.Adam Grant on How to Debate Someone With Opposing
Views. Amanpour and Company, February 2, 2021.
The QAnon Delusion Has Not Loosened Its Grip.
Millions of Americans continue to actively participate in multiple
conspiracy theories. Why?. By Thomas B. Edsall. New York Times, February 3,
2021.
Jazz Strategy: Dizzy, Foreign Policy, and Government in 1956.
By Scott Gac. Americana, Spring 2004.
(Contains Senator B. Goldwater's April 1957 letter to U.S. State Dept. complaning about
the U.S. spending the "outrageous sum" of $100,000 to suppprt the recent
tour of "a negro band leader".)
The Holocaust at the Local Level.Omer Bartov talks about the Holocaust experience in one Eastern European
town that had been a community of Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews. Mr. Bartov
is the author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town
Called Buczacz. C-Span3, June 27, 2018.
White supremacists don't know what to make of Jared Kushner.
"I think that Trump has an absolute infiltrator in the White House,
and one
totally dedicated to Jewish supremacism. It's a real danger to the
president". By Ben Sales. Jerusalem Post, April 5, 2017.
The
Hundred Years' War on Palestine.
Columbia University's Rashid Khalidi talks about the history of the
Israel-Palestine Conflict from 1917-2017. C-Span Book TV, February 10, 2020.
The Myth of Chinese Capitalism.
Author Dexter Roberts explains why he believes income inequality and
rising social tensions block China's continued economic rise, with
implications for companies and countries around the world.
C-Span Book TV, December 2, 2020
When More Is Not Better. Author Roger Martin explains why
he believes Americans' pursuit of economic efficiency has reduced the size
of the middle class. C-Span Book TV, September 29, 2020.
Between Two Fires.Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for
the New Yorker, looks at life in Russia under Vladimir Putin.
C-Span Book TV, January 17, 2020
The
Roots of Josh Hawley's Rage.
Why do so many Republicans appear to be at war with both truth and
democracy? By Katherine Stewart.
The New York Times, January 11, 2021.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat Strongmen. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines
how authoritarian leaders rule. She is
interviewed by Barnard College and Columbia University professor and author
Sheri Berman. C-Span Book TV, November 30, 2020.
Why Culture Matters Most. Economics Professor David Rose
argues that moral beliefs and culture are essential to a thriving civil
society. C-Span Book TV, November 18, 2020.
Betraying the Nobel. Norwegian-born author Unni Turrettini
takes a critical look at the history of the Nobel Peace Prize and
specifically its election committee. C-Span Book TV, November 11, 2020.
Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race, and Empire.Pankaj Mishra offers his critique of liberalism in the West through
a collection of essays he wrote between 2008 and 2020. C-Span Book TV,
October 7, 2020.
Loser: How a Lifelong Fear Bookended Trumps Presidency.
The presidents inability to concede the election is the latest
reality-denying moment in a career preoccupied with an epithet.
Dan Barry, The New York Times, November 26, 2020.
When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy.
Understanding the structure of global cabal theories can shed light on
their allure, and their inherent falsehood. Yuval Noah Harari. The New
York Times, November 20, 2020.
La entrevista de Osvaldo Soriano a Quino.
Una charla sobre la política y la condición humana. Realizada a pocos días
de que apareciera el libro A mí no me grite, en el que el
dibujante recopilaba trabajos aparecidos en las revistas Siete
Días y Panorama, entre 1968 y 1971. Se publicó en el suplemento cultural de
La Opinión, el 3 de diciembre de 1972.
Página 12, 04 de octubre de 2020.
No hay Quino sin Alicia. La historia desconocida de Alicia Colombo,
la esposa de Quino. Por Mariana Carbajal. Página 12, 10 de octubre de 2020.
Rage. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward
discusses President Trump's
national and foreign policy decisions. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
C-Span Bool TV, September 20, 2020.
Bob Woodward on His Book Rage.
Bob Woodward talks about his new book Rage.
Washington Journal, C-Span Book TV, September 24, 2020.
How to Lose the Information War.
Wilson Center fellow Nina Jankowicz looks at the disinformation campaigns
launched by Russia against Central and Eastern European countries.
C-Span Book TV, July 9, 2020.
Ill Winds. Author and Hoover Institution senior fellow Larry
Diamond talks about the impact of COVID-19 on democracy around the world.
C-Span Book TV, April 30, 2020.
The Power of Bad. Science writer John Tierney argues that
human brains are wired to focus on what is bad rather than what is good.
C-Span Book TV, February 4, 2020.
Immortality, Inc.Chip Walter reports on the science and business of anti-aging.
C-Span Book TV, January 30, 2020.
After Words, with Peter Strzok..
Former FBI Deputy Assistant Direction Peter Strxok details his
career and work on the FBI investigation into Russia's interferecne in the
2016 election. C-Span Book TV, September 16, 2020.
Bringing the War Home.Kathleen Belew discusses her book, Bring the War Home: The White Power
Movement and Paramilitary America.
C-Span Book TV, June 8, 2019.
Women in the Late 19th Century.
Professor Heather Cox Richardson talks about the new roles women assumed
in the workforce and in politics during the late-19th century. She
describes the gains women made in fields such as nursing, teaching, and
social work. She also speakes about the growth of political organizations run
by women that focused on issues such as Prohibition and women's suffrage.
C-Span 3, Lectures in History. April 12, 2016. 1:06:36.
How the South Won the Civil War. Boston College history Professor
Heather Cox Richardson argues that
Southern social, political, and economic ideologies prevailed in the
American West following the Civil War. C-Span Book TV, May 6, 2020.
1:13:32.
Books About Pandemics. Book TV looks at books about pandemics.
C-Span Book TV, April 8, 2020. 1:25:35.
Between Two Fires.Joshua Yaffa, Moscow correspondent for
the New Yorker, looks at life in Russia under Vladimir Putin.
C-Span Book TV, January 17, 2020.
The Decadent Society. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat
argues that American society has become stagnant and predictable.
C-Span Book TV, February 25, 2020.
Hatemonger. Investigative journalist Jean Guerrero,
author of "Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White
Nationalist Agenda",
reports on the life, career, and influence of Stephen Miller, senior
adviser for policy to President Donald Trump. C-Span Book TV, August 12, 2020.
Twilight of Democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne
Applebaum talks about the rise of authoriitarianism and nationalism around the world.
C-Span Book TV, July 21, 2020.
Hoax. CNN Worldwide chief media correspondent Brian Stelter
offers his thoughts on the relationship between President Trump and Fox News.
C-Span Book TV, September 1, 2020.
Blowout. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow talks about her book,
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest,
Most Destructive Industry on Earth, in which she argues
that the gas and oil industry are weakening democracies around the globe.
C-Span Book TV, November 17, 2019.
Let Them Tremble. Labor activist and longtime communist Tony
Pecinovsky talks about the history of the Communist Party USA and
profiles six of its leaders. C-Span Book TV, February 3, 2020
After Words with Edward Ball.
Edward Ball, author of "Life of a Klansman: A Family History in Whie
Supremacy", looks at white supremacy through the lens of his great-great
grandfather, a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana during the years
after the Civil War. Interviewed by Sheryll Cashin. C-Span Book TV,
August 17, 2020
Armies of Deliverance. University of Virginia History Professor
Elizabeth Varon argues that during the Civil War the North was motivated to
liberate the South instead of conquering it. C-Span Book TV,
June 14, 2020.
The Autonomous Revolution.
Authors William Davidow and Michael Malone
discuss the impact of the rise of artificial intelligence and virtual
worlds, what they call the Autonomous Revolution.
C-Span Book TV, March 11, 2020
Female Slaves and the Law.
Professor Martha Jones talks about the mid-19th century court case of
Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual
assaults. Topics include what options Celia may have had, and the
involvement of her fellow slaves and her masters white neighbors in her
court case. C-Span 3 Lectures in History, October 21, 2014
Q&A with Malcolm GladwellMalcolm Gladwell discusses his new book, ``Talking to Strangers'',
about how people make judgments, often inaccurately, about strangers.
C-Span Book TV, September 11, 2019
The Second Founding.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner looks at the 13th, 14th, and
15th Amendments added to the U.S. Constitution during the Reconstruction Era.
C-Span Book TV, May 20, 2020.
Girl Decoded Affectiva co-founder Rana el Kaliouby
discussed her invention of Emotion AI, the programming of artificial
intelligence to read non-verbal cues and detect emotions.
C-Span Book TV, April 24, 2020
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate Letter signed by 150
intellectuals (Anne Applebaum, Margaret Atwwod, Noam Chomsky, etc.).
Harper's Magazine. July 7, 2020.
After Words with Debora MacKenzie.
Science journalist Debora MacKenzie reports on how COVID-19 became a
global pandemic and offers her thoughts on how to prevent future
outbreaks. She is interviewed by Georgetown University Center for Global
Health Professor Claire Standley. C-Span Book TV, August 12, 2020.
After Words with Andrew McCabe. Former FBI Deputy Director
Andrew McCabe (author of "The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age
of Terror and Trump") discusses his career, the FBI, and
his firing from the Bureau. He is interviewed by New York Times reporter
Adam Goldman. C-Span Book TV, February 26, 2019
After Words with Jennifer Eberhardt.
Stanford University Professor Jennifer Eberhardt talks about her book,
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think,
and Do, in which she offers her insights on implicit racial bias. She
is interviewed by Representative Val Demings (D-FL).
C-Span Book TV, March 26, 2019
After Words with Lee Drutman.
Lee Drutman, the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for
Multiparty Democracy in America, argues that the two-party system is
damaging Americas democracy. He is interviewed by George Washington
University Professor and author Matthew Dallek. C-Span Book TV, December 30, 2019
After Words with Sally Pipes.
Pacific Research Institute president Sally Pipes (author of False
Premise, False Promise) makes the argument against
Medicare for all. She is interviewed by Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA).
C-Span Book TV, January 29, 2020.
After Words with Andrea Bernstein. Journalist Andrea Bernstein
chronicles the Trump and Kushner families rise to prominence. She is interviewed
by Washington Post business reporter Jonathan O’Connell.
C-Span Book YV, January 14, 2020
Why we fail to prepare for disaster. Amanpour speaks with
journalist and host of the "Cautionary Tales" podcast Tim Harford about why
governments too often mistake near misses for false alarms. Amanpour,
July 2020. 14m21s
Girl Decoded. Affectiva co-founder Rana el Kaliouby discussed her
invention of Emotion AI, the programming of artificial intelligence to
read non-verbal cues and detect emotions. C-Span Book TV, April 24, 2020.
Angrynomics. Brown University economics professor
Mark Blyth discusses why improvements
in our economy are accompanied by increases in stress, anxiety, and anger
among the population. C-Span Book TV, June 18, 2020.
Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth.
Washington Post fact checkers Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and
Meg Kelly discuss their compilation of more than 16,000
misstatements made by President Trump. C-Span Book TV, June 3, 2020.
COVID-19 and the Lessons of History.
Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson talks about COVID-19 and how
Americans have dealt with similar threats in the past. C-Span Book TV,
April 9, 2020
In Deep. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde looks
at the idea of the "deep state". C-Span Book TV, April 21, 2020
The System. Robert Reich. C-Span Book TV, May 11, 2020.
In Depth, with Christopher Hitchens.Christopher Hitchens is interviewed about his life, his career, and his
body of writing. Topics included his religious and political opinions.
C-Span Book TV, September 2, 2007.
Incitement Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens. C-Span Book TV, May 27,
2020.
Possible Minds John Brockman, editor of
Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI,
talks about the future of artificial intelligence with two contributors
to the book, David Chalmers and Daniel Dennett. C-Span Book TV, March 9, 2019.
The Empire and the Five Kings
Bernard-Henri Levy talks about his book, The Empire and the Five
Kings. In it he argues that America’s retreat from the world stage has
resulted in the rise of five new powers: Russia, China, Turkey, Iran,
and Sunni radical groups - that threaten Western values. February 19, 2019.
Angela Stent, Putin' World, Book TV, March 11, 2019.
Dark Agenda
David Horowitz argues that the political left is attacking Christianity.
Book TV, March 8, 2019,
La osadia del desborde. Articulo de Chirsitian Ferrer
en Pagina 12 sobre la Semana Tragica. 10 de marzo de 2019.
Una semana de cien anios Articulo de Perla Sneh en
Pagina 12 sobre
Koshmar, el libro de Pinie Wald sobre la Semana Tragica. 10 de
marzo de 2019.
In Depth with Heather Mac Donald. Author Heather Mac Donald
talked about her books and took viewer questions. Ms. Mac Donald is the
author of several books, including The Burden of Bad Ideas, The War on
Cops, and, most recently, The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender
Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture. Book YV, March 3,
2019. (3 hours)
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, The World We Make With Words
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks discusses the revolutionary nature of the Hebrew
and how the language contributed to the creation of Judaism. A program of
the Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU and The
Center for Jewish History in NYC. April 21, 2016
Bourgeois Equality. Deirdre McCloskey talks about her Hayek
Prize-winning book, Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or
Institutions, Enriched the World. Book TV, July 29, 2017.
From Benito Mussolini to Hugo Chavez. Paul Hollander talks about his book,
From Benito Mussolini to Hugo Chavez: Intellectuals and a Century of
Political Hero Worship, about Western intellectuals who have supported
political dictators over the past century. Book TV, September 13, 2017
Hidden Figures. Margot Lee Shetterly talked about her book,
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win
the Space Race. Book TV, September 2, 2017.
The
Evangelicals.
Frances Fitzgerald talks about her book The Evangelicals: The Struggle to
Shape America, in which she provides a history of evangelicalism in the
United States. Book TV, April 12, 2017.
A force so swift Kevin Peraino talked about his book
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China,
1949, in
which he recalls President Harry Truman's response to Mao Zedong's
takeover of China in 1949 and how it reshaped American foreign policy.
Book TV, September 19, 2017
Science in the Soul Richard Dawkins talks about his book
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate
Rationalist, in which he makes an argument for
the ``scientific way of thinking'' over relying on prejudice or feelings.
Book TV, August 10, 2017.
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan
for America, by Nancy MacLean. (The book examines the work of the
late Nobel Prize-winning economist James McGill Buchanan, and agues that
Buchanan is the source of the political right’s current ideology of separating the
country between “makers” and “takers” and promoting the political powers
of the wealthy while disenfranchising the rest of the country.)
Book TV, July 18, 2017.
Jesse Eisinger. talks about his book The
Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives,
in which he reports on how the Justice Department handles white collar crimes.
Book YV, July 13, 2017.
Video of
After Words, with Ralph Nader (discussion of his book
Return to Sender: Unanswered Letters to the President, 2001-2015.
Book TV, June 17, 2015.
The article
Playing the Fool (Review, by Dara Horn, of the book
"The Travels of Benjamin Zuskin", by Ala Zuskin Perelman), in the
Jewish Review of Books, Summer 2015.
The article
La batalla de un hombre solo, by Mario Vargas Llosa, in El
Pais (Madrid), May 31, 2015. (Review of the book Le parapluie de
Simon Leys, by Pierre Boncenne.)
The Wikipedia article on Mary Astell
(1666-1731),
who in 1703 wrote "If all Men are born free, how is it that al Women are
born Slaves?"
The video on
Judea and Samaria in Israeli Law, lecture by Harel Arnon,
Shalom TV 8/29/14 (not available as video but accessible via
Shalom TV).