this, if you don't know sebastiÁn junger.t is not my place to do this but in light of the events of early this morning and this morning that we all do need to, if you pray, pray, but let's have a moment to consider those poor people in orlando. [silence] >> okay, before we get in deeply in this book, i need to know something about him. rather more than capable harmonica player. >> that's only because of chicago, i was a young man in the 80's i lived near amazing blues heart player and he grew up in chicago, one of the best in the world and i was lucky enough right out of college i was working in an italian diner, all i remember that was three generations that worked there and they all screamed at each other all of the time and i couldn't deal with it at all and the tips were terrible and i would take all loose change, it was all loose change and bank store to the diner and trade a pocket full of change and get a lesson from jerry and he was amazing teacher and i started playing playing playing playing in blues band. >> if you

also this morning, sebastian junger, the author and famed war correspondent who made his name with the best-seller about a perfect storm is now out about another thought-provoking book that challenges the way we live together. >> the neighborhood used to be a tribe, right? people are so only now it's fallen apart even the last generations in america. >>> then, dvr overload. has the golden age of television left us awash in so many shows that viewers have reached their points of saturation? >> we've got netflix, amazon, hulu, are all very ambitious so a lot of people are saying we might sort of be reaching a bubble. >>> plus, harry smith with a story of artists giving their time to fill the gaps where school budgets have fallen short. >> a lot of the teachers oftentimes say to me that, you know, so and so may not be -- isn't really flourishing academically but in the art studio they are really able to come to life. >> and we have another great group assembled around the table in a moment and we'll talk to them in a moment but first the headlines. water slowly starting to recede in west

at the recent bookexpo america in chicago, jeffrey brown talked to journalist and author sebastian jungers new book is "tribe: on homecoming and belonging." >> brown: start with the definition. what do you mean by tribe? >> the real an ancient meaning of tribe is the community that you live in that you share resources with that you would risk your life to defend. i mean, that's the real meaning of tribe. of course, in modern society, that structure, that tribal structure has been lost. that loss of tribe also costs people psychologically. >> brown: did that grow specifically out of your work as a war reporter or -- >> well, there was this puzzling thing that i noticed. a lot of the soldiers i was with, i was at a remote outpost-at vie strepo. men were sleeping shoulder to shoulder in the dirt and it was very intimate and close and connected, emotionally connected experience. after the deployment, which the deployment was hellish, and afterward, a lot of those guys missed the combat and they did not want to come home to america. what is it about modern society that's so repellant even to p

it's no wonder many of them did so depressed when they come home. >> sebastian junger taking your calls, e-mails, tweets and text messages live on booktv's "in depth" sunday july 3, noon to 3 p.m. eastern. >> john? >> and you've got the book. that's all important. good morning. welcome to the heritage

also this morning, sebastian junger, the author and famed war correspondent who made his name with the best-seller about a perfect storm is now out about another thought-provoking book that challenges the way we live together. >> the neighborhood used to be a tribe, right? people are so only now it's

. >> sebastian junger taking your calls, e-mails, tweets and text messages live on booktv's "in depth" sunday july 3, noon to 3 p.m. eastern. >> john? >> and you've got the book. that's all important. good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who joins on our heritage.org website as well as those will be joining us on c-span at booktv in the future. we remind all of our outside viewers, you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time. simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org for those here in house we would appreciate your checking or mobile devices to see that they have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy to our presenters. we will of course post the program on the heritage home page following today's presentation for everyone's future reference as well. hosting our discussion is ted bromund. a senior research fellow in anglo-american relations. part of our margaret thatcher center for freedom. he joined heritage after decade at yale university as associate director of international security studies. it was in a certificate to the stu

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. >> nearly 25 years ago sebastian junger was living in the boston area doing the dangerous work of atree cutter when he drove up to gloucester, massachusetts to look into the news of a commercial fishing crew that had disappeared in the north atlantic. the story of the six men and their boat became the best selling book "the perfect storm." later a george clooney movie. his work since then as a war correspondent has placed him in some of the world's most dangerous places where he reports about the daily plight of the men and women who fight. his latest book, "tribe" on homecoming and belonging," explores the challenges faced by servicemen and women when they come home, but the book's premise is a fascinating new idea, that the problem lies not with returning soldiers but with the rest of us. ♪ what do you feel, sebastian, being back in gloucester? >> well, you know, i go -- gloucester goes way back in my life. i moved here in the early '90s. i was working as a climber for tree companies and wanting above all things to be an author, a journalist. i didn't know if that was going to hap

also this morning, sebastian junger, the author and famed war correspondent who made his name with thect storm is now out about another thought-provoking book that challenges the way we live together. >> the neighborhood used to be a tribe, right? people are so

sunday, sebastian gender -- junger, elizabeth hinton, sidney blumenthal discusses his man.""self-made with russellursar kirk, american conservative. from tom colers talks about his personal library and his reading habits. , california at 9:00 senator barbara boxer talks about her book "the art of tough." plus her life and career in politics. senator boxer is interviewed by the minnesota senator. >> i employed the art of tough. know, that's all well and good, but if we had to turn back and walked down the stairs now, there's a bank of cameras down there, and we're going to tell them that we weren't able to see anybody. she said just a minute. she goes back and says ok, go in the side room and george mitchell will meet with you. and we told him, you have to open up, and they did. >> go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> "washington journal," continues. host: joining us now from ,hiladelphia is nick bourke smaller loans project director at few charitable trusts. w terrible trusts. he is joining us to talk about sew regulations for payday loan in an effort to en