[laughter] i love barbara ehrenreich. as you can see we don't always agree on everything, but there is nobody in the world i would prefer to talk to more than barber. i love talking to her because her mind is so sharp and she opens me up and challenges me to consider her point of view. "livingtext is called with a wild god, a nonbeliever search for the truth about everything." i delight in having a conversation with you about that. barbara, good to have you on. thanks for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> congratulations. >> congratulations, you are finally getting your star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> welcome to the walk of fame. >> i can't think of anyone who deserves this more than you. i love you. >> good job. you rock. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with two-time grammy-winning composer and conductor james conlon, director of the l.a. opera. that is next time. we will see you then. >> and by cont

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author barbara ehrenreich is hire. >>> plus claire mccaskill hosts mike barnacle for the st.what do i do to be mike's intern? what a career. >>> good morning, everyone. we've got rain heading through the northeast that soaked area this morning. i think the afternoon will be a lot better as the rain moves out. it hasn't affected the airports too much, only a 15-minute delay at philadelphia and so far so good up around boston. that's the only area that has heavy rain left and downpours, maybe even a rumble of thunder or two as this moves through over the next hour. things look a lot better by noon and probably cleared out completely by late afternoon. florida, different story. thunderstorms are rolling into central florida and they will be over i-4 here shortly from tampa to orlando, the tail end of your morning rush hour. where do we go from here? i'm happy to say for all the weather people across the country, we finally get a break and so do you. we're not looking at any major storms in the week ahead. finally it looks like spring will kick winter out. the last gasp heading t

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 foundat