C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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'Equality for People with Disabilities Forum Part 1
2 hours, 59 minutesFood Network Channel Host and Author Marc Summers spoke at the RespectAbility USA forum on equality for people with disabilities. Mr. Summers talked about his challenges as a person with obsessive compulsive disorder, known as OCD and overcoming misperceptions. Other speakers included disabled people and equal opportunity advocates who outlined ways Congress and business can make a more equal playing field for the disabled.
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90th Anniversary of China's People's Liberation Army
1 hour, 0 minuteChinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech on the 90th anniversary of China's People's Liberation Army at ceremony in Beijing. He talked in great detail about the efforts to modernize the army and what it would take to build a world-class military. In his speech, he said China would never seek aggression or expansion, but remained confident that it could defeat all invasions. This one-hour program was courtesy of China Global Television Network (CGTN).
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Anan Ameri, "The Scent of Jasmine"
59 minutesAnan Ameri, founder and former director of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, talks about growing up in Syria, Palestine/Israel, and Lebanon during the 1940s-60s. Ms. Ameri provides a glimpse of the Middle East that was more tolerant and cosmopolitan than it is today, when sectarian violence is more common. She spoke at the Detroit Institute for the Arts in Detroit, Michigan.
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Finn Murphy, "Long Haul"
1 hour, 1 minuteFinn Murphy, who has been a long-haul trucker for over 30 years, talks about his work. He also talks about the America one sees by travelling the country via its roadways and how that America has changed over the decades. Mr. Murphy spoke at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.
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David Goodhart, "The Road to Somewhere"
1 hour, 43 minutesDavid Goodhart, founder and former editor of Prospect magazine, talks about the "values divide" in England that led to Brexit. He spoke at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.
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Kevin Young, "Bunk"
12 minutesKevin Young, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, discussed his book, "Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Post-Facts, and Fake News," from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
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2017 Summer Reading with Rep. Marcia Fudge D-OH
4 minutes2017 Summer Reading with Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH)
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Harold Moss "Fighting For Dreams"
1 hour, 48 minutesHarold Moss, author of "Fighting for Dreams that Mattered", talks about his life as Tacoma's first African American Mayor and recounts his role in the civil rights movement in the Pacific Northwest.
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A Doctor's Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine"
42 minutesResident physician Rachel Pearson recounts her experience with the health care system as a resident in her memoir, "No Apparent Distress." Dr. Pearson discusses mistakes in caring for patients and the inequality in care for the poor.
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Why We Never Think Alone"
1 hour, 0 minuteCognitive scientist Steven Sloman, co-author of "The Knowledge Illusion," applies his theories on communal intelligence and 'group think' to help better understand why political opinions and false beliefs are difficult to change.
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Henry Olsen, "The Working Class Republican"
1 hour, 31 minutesHenry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues that Ronald Reagan not only considered himself a successor to FDR's New Deal policy but was more progressive than President Roosevelt. He further contends that Republicans need to reconnect with Reagan's vision of the New Deal in order to stay relevant.
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Pete Souza, "Obama"
18 minutesPete Souza, chief official White House photographer for President Obama, recalls his eight years photographing the President from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
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Lawrence Goldstone, "Going Deep"
1 hour, 11 minutesLawrence Goldstone recalls the life of John Philip Howard, inventor of the submarine, who was self-taught and worked as a schoolteacher and choirmaster.
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Joan Waugh, "The American War"
25 minutesBook TV interviewed UCLA history professor Joan Waugh about her book, "The American War: A History of the Civil War Era." This interview, recorded on the campus of UCLA, is part of Book TV's College Series.
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Rep. Andy Biggs R-AZ
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Debate on Saul Alinsky
46 minutesFrom FreedomFest 2017, a debate on author and organizer, Saul Alinsky. Participating in the debate are Dinesh D'Souza, author of "The Big Lie"; David Alinsky, son of Saul Alinsky; and Ralph Benko, president of the Alinsky Center. Project Veritas founder, James O'Keefe, acts as moderator. FreedomFest is a libertarian conference held annually in Las Vegas.
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Nancy MacLean, "Democracy in Chains"
1 hour, 2 minutesNancy MacLean, history and public policy professor at Duke University, examined the work of the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, James McGill Buchanan. She argued that he 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.
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Tom Basile, "Tough Sell"
58 minutesTom Basile, Forbes opinion writer and former senior press advisor to the CPA in Baghdad, talked about his efforts to communicate the Bush administration's strategy to the American public during the Iraq War and offered advice on what the government should be doing today to gain the public's support. Mr. Basile spoke at the Union League Club in New York City.
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David O. Brown, "Called to Rise"
17 minutesFormer chief of the Dallas Police Department, David O. Brown, recalls his thirty-three year career from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
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After Words: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executiv
59 minutesJournalist Jesse Eisinger reports on reports on how the Justice department handles white collar crimes in his book, "The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives." He is interviewed by Jennifer Taub, Vermont Law School Professor, author of "Other People's Houses," and former associate general counsel at Fidelity Investments.
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Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency"
44 minutesBloomberg Businessweek Senior National Correspondent Joshua Green reports on the 2016 political partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump in his book, "Devils Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency."
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James Patterson
15 minutesAuthor James Patterson talks about his writing career from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
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Washington's Murky Pool of Corrupt
1 hour, 15 minutesFox News Specialists co-host Eric Bolling discusses how to rid Washington of corruption in "The Swamp: Washington's Murky Pool of Corruption and Cronyism and How Trump Can Drain It." He is in conversation with WPHT radio talk show host Chris Stigall.
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Gretchen Carlson, "Be Fierce"
14 minutesGretchen Carlson discusses her book, "Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back," from the publishing industry's annual trade show, Book Expo, in New York City.
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A Moral Argument for Choice"
1 hour, 4 minutesDr. Willie Parker, a Christian and abortion provider in Mississippi and Alabama, discussed his book, "Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice" with a panel.
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Jason Riley, "False Black Power?"
37 minutesWall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley argued that political capital for blacks has been a disadvantage for the race in terms of economic upward mobility in his book, "False Black Power?"
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Erica Wagner, "Chief Engineer"
50 minutesErica Wagner, former literary editor of the London Times, recalls the life of Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Dr. Kurt Newman, "Healing Children"
1 hour, 0 minuteDr. Kurt Newman, president and CEO of Children's National Medical Center, recalled his career as a pediatric surgeon and discussed the current state of healthcare and how healthcare policies affect pediatric patients.
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Herb Boyd, "Black Detroit"
1 hour, 15 minutesAuthor and activist, Herb Boyd, provides a history of African-Americans in Detroit; from the Great Migration to today. He's joined in conversation by Rita Kiki Edozie, professor of international relations and African affairs at Michigan State University. They speak at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.
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Printers Row Lit Fest - Heather Ann Thompson, "Blood in the Water"
48 minutesHeather Ann Thompson discusses her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy." This event is part of the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest, held annually in the city.