you than if the problem was you had a plumbing business you couldn't run -- >> and the state can't really tell the difference. >> yes. the thick social networks can, and so that's where this all happens. it doesn't happen very much at all at the government level. it happens in that cultural operating system level. >> thank you, everyone. we've got books for sale, wine and cheese for free, but first let's thank tyler and megan. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for tonight. bin beginning at 7 p.m. eastern, the apartments of the colby military writers' symposium join mark johnson to discuss their books.

then at 9 p.m. ezekiel emanuel is on "after words" talking about his book, "reinventing american health care." at 10 eastern, tim townsend tells the story of an american army chaplain who was tasked with providing spiritual support to nazis during the nuremberg trial. and we wrap up at 11 p.m. eastern with ann scott tyson. she describes the career of special forces major jim grant who developed a strategy to embed special forces in afghan villages to fight alongside afghan soldiers against al-qaeda. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> the roots into jewish history for most people -- and that's true in the united states as well, i think -- is essentially the great, difficult, contentious issues of the holocaust. well, the holocaust's not contentious, but what does it

command? it commands a minority of lunatics and monsters denial or it commands reverence. a properly heavy fence of sorrow. the middle eastern, the israeli/palestinian conference, of course, exercises especially in europe profound trenchant and wild passions. either way, i wanted not to avoid these issues or be furtive about it. at one point in program three which airs next tuesday, i actually say in the context of theodore -- [inaudible] writing in 1897, 1896, '97, i say i am a zionist. and this is such kind of a shocking thing to say in britain. one of the commentators on the program who was very well disposed said it was amazing to hear simon schama say that,

rather like he faced the camera and said i'm a pedophile. [laughter] my aim was to recover the term, of course, actually. stop being skulking around, being furtive. anyone who knows what i feel, i'm not an uncritical -- i love and support what israel is. i don't want always love and support everything that israel or israeli governments necessarily do. but most of my wonderful israeli, many of my us -- israeli friends feel the same way. and that entitles somewhat to a stance of criticizing this or other policy. anyway, i wanted to say, look, the story is bigger than us and, bo all, jewish history is your history too. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be attending this week. you can look for them to air in

the near future on booktv on c-span2. on monday we're in cambridge, massachusetts, where each morris will argue that 15,000 years of war has advanced civilization. then we're on the west coast as barbara ehrenreich recalls her curiosity as an adolescent in her recently published book " living with a wild god." also on tuesday, booktv is at barnes & noble in los angeles for phil clay's accounts of soldiers who served in iraq and afghanistan. he speaks with author anthony swaf odder. then on thursday in massachusetts, criminal justice professor george michael discusses the history and current impact of political extremists in the united states. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this coming week. for many information -- for more information, go to our web site, booktv.org, and visit "upcoming programs."

>> next on booktv, moscow-based journal nist marsha guessen profiles pussy riot whose criticisms of vladimir piewt been as a result resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of three of its members in 2012. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. prison no applause -- [applause] no applause necessary. welcome to aloud at the central library which is produced by the library foundation of los angeles. i'm louise simon, the cultural programs director for the library foundation. i'm delighted to see you all here tonight to hear marsha and susie in conversation. if you're not already a member of the library foundation supporting the los angeles public library, please talk to one of our staff members afterwards, and we will tell you about the great work of the library foundation supporting the mission of the l.a. public library