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Program times are approximate. All times are Eastern Time (ET).
 
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time
(ET)
Duration
(approx.)
Program
Author(s)
8:00 AM51 minPolitics
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency
Author: Matt Towery
8:50 AM6 minBook TV Bus - Jack Bass, Co-author, "Strom: The Complicated Personal And Political Life of Strom Thumond"
Author: Jack Bass
9:00 AM1 hr, 6 minPolitics
Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents
Author: Gil Troy
10:00 AM47 minHistory
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Author: Thomas Sugrue
10:45 AM11 minBook TV Bus: Big Read Interviews with David Kipen and Carol Brey-Casiano
Author: David Kipen
11:00 AM53 minUnjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back
Authors: Gar Alperovitz; Lew Daly
11:50 AM6 minWashington Schlepped Here--FDR Memorial
Author: Christopher Buckley
12:00 PM1 hr, 15 minHistory
Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned
Author: Rufus Phillips
1:15 PM46 minThe Irish Americans: A History
Author: Jay Dolan
2:00 PM1 hr, 3 minWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "His Excellency, George Washington"
Author: Joseph Ellis
3:00 PM1 hrWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "Traitor to His Class"
Author: H.W. Brands
4:00 PM1 hrWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "Harry S. Truman"
Author: Robert Dallek
5:00 PM50 minHistory
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
Author: George Herring
5:45 PM11 minBook TV Bus: Big Read Interviews with David Kipen and Carol Brey-Casiano
Author: David Kipen
6:00 PM58 minEncore Booknotes: Samantha Power "A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide"
Author: Samantha Power
7:00 PM1 hr, 2 minPromises to Keep: On Life and Politics
Author: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
8:00 PM39 minBarbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Authors: Bryan Burrough; John Helyar
8:45 PM1 hr, 7 minThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author: Barack Obama
9:50 PM13 minWashington Schlepped Here- U.S. Capitol Tour
Author: Christopher Buckley
10:00 PM53 minAfter Words: Robert Bork, author of "A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments" interviewed by Eugene Meyer
11:00 PM32 minPolitics
Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Author: John Talbott
11:30 PM31 minPublic Lives
Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope
Author: Jenna Bush


Sunday, January 18, 2009
Time
(ET)
Duration
(approx.)
Program
Author(s)
12:00 AM53 minUnjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back
Authors: Gar Alperovitz; Lew Daly
1:00 AM51 minPolitics
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency
Author: Matt Towery
2:00 AM1 hr, 7 minThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author: Barack Obama
3:00 AM1 hr, 3 minWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "His Excellency, George Washington"
Author: Joseph Ellis
4:00 AM1 hrWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "Traitor to His Class"
Author: H.W. Brands
5:00 AM1 hrWashington Journal Series on Presidents: "Harry S. Truman"
Author: Robert Dallek
6:00 AM50 minHistory
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776
Author: George Herring
6:45 AM9 minBook TV Bus Vignette: Linda Hall Library of Science, Bruce Bradley, Librarian for the History of Science
Author: Bruce Bradley
7:00 AM53 minUnjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back
Authors: Gar Alperovitz; Lew Daly
7:50 AM6 minWashington Schlepped Here--FDR Memorial
Author: Christopher Buckley
8:00 AM32 minPolitics
Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Author: John Talbott
8:30 AM1 hr, 10 minPolitics
What Would Martin Say?
Author: Clarence Jones
9:45 AM1 hr, 7 minThe Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Author: Barack Obama
11:00 AM1 hrHistory
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
Author: Calvin Mackenzie
12:00 PM1 hrAfter Words: Chris Horner, "Red Hot Lies: How Global Warming Alarmists Use Threats, Fraud and Deception to Keep You Misinformed," interviewed by Jed Babbin, Editor, Human Events
1:00 PM1 hr, 11 minIn Defense of the Bush Doctrine
Author: Robert Kaufman
2:15 PM56 minPublic Lives
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author: Barack Obama
3:15 PM51 minPolitics
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency
Author: Matt Towery
4:15 PM44 minPolitics
The Faith of Barack Obama
Author: Stephen Mansfield
5:00 PM1 hrHistory
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s
Author: Calvin Mackenzie
6:00 PM53 minAfter Words: Robert Bork, author of "A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments" interviewed by Eugene Meyer
7:00 PM51 minPolitics
Paranoid Nation: The Real Story of the 2008 Fight for the Presidency
Author: Matt Towery
8:00 PM56 minPublic Lives
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author: Barack Obama
9:00 PM53 minAfter Words: Robert Bork, author of "A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments" interviewed by Eugene Meyer
10:00 PM1 hrHistory
Judgment Days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
Author: Nick Kotz
11:00 PM54 minPublic Lives
Michelle
Author: Liza Mundy


Monday, January 19, 2009
Time
(ET)
Duration
(approx.)
Program
Author(s)
12:00 AM53 minAfter Words: Robert Bork, author of "A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments" interviewed by Eugene Meyer
1:00 AM32 minPolitics
Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics
Author: John Talbott
1:30 AM1 hr, 2 minPromises to Keep: On Life and Politics
Author: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
2:30 AM31 minPublic Lives
Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope
Author: Jenna Bush
3:00 AM53 minAfter Words: Robert Bork, author of "A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments" interviewed by Eugene Meyer
4:00 AM56 minPublic Lives
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author: Barack Obama
5:00 AM1 hr, 6 minPolitics
Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents
Author: Gil Troy
6:00 AM1 hrHistory
Judgment Days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
Author: Nick Kotz
7:00 AM54 minPublic Lives
Michelle
Author: Liza Mundy
     
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