. >> this weekend john hopkins ellen silverdale will report on industrial meat production. >> there's good things and bad things with everything the good things are certainly that we have a reliable accessible food supply and just as you said the cost of food in real dollars is significantly less. that is with animal -based protein particularly but also weed and milk. those are the good things. the bad things are that this is an industry that has not really, under the appropriate purview and that is because. >> the purview of hume? >> any regulatory or even until recently consumer attention. >> afterwards there's a book to be every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sundays and appear mr. them. you can watch previous after his programs in our website, book to be.org. >> you're watching book tv on c-span to with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers tonight a book tv in prime time we want to show you some programs from our afterwards series from this past year. first up senator mitch mcconnell talks about his life and politics with senator lama

at 10:00 p.m., afterwards, john hopkins professor ellen silverdale looks at new farming methods and technologiesnd their impact on consumers and workers in her latest book -- how industrial meat production endangers workers and animals. she is interviewed by the former u.s. secretary of agriculture. people in america have not been on a farm. maybe they go to the county fair but they do not know what it is to be a farmer which it is not a romance. there is a romantic view of agriculture which i find exasperating because it makes it impossible to think about agriculture clearly. megyn kelly 11:00, talks about her life and career as a journalist in her book "settle for more." she spoke with caddy can. at 5:15 p.m., james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of the late william buckley discuss their book "a torch kept let." it examines essays on famous figures. the event was moderated by the executive editor of the national review. and at 6:15 p.m., benjamin looks at the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia in her book "kingdom of the unjust." notable tv.org for the complete weekend sche

in the coming weeks on "after words," johns hopkins professor ellen silvergeld will report on industrial meat production. "wall street journal" news editor jo ann lungren. also dr. sylvia eterra will discuss new research on how our bodies react to fat. and this weekend jason brennan will weigh in on the flaws in democratic systems. >> guest: in that book he asks when presidents, when people in the public disagree about what policies to implement, say people in the tenth percentile of income, the 50 and the 90th, what do presidents do? with whom do they side? in general, presidents tend to side with people on the 9th per seen tile. george w. bush was actually much more likely to side with the tenth percentile of income than other presidents were. so when he writes this, he's a little bit horrified because he's a small d democrat, and he thinks the median voter should have a lot of influence. on the other hand, he notes that high income voters tend to be high information voters, and they tend to favor completely different sets of policies, so the high income voters tend and high informatio

at 10 p.m., johns hopkins lookssor ellen silvergeld at new technology and the impact on consumers and workers in her latest book. the professor is interviewed by dan glickman, former u.s. secretary of agriculture. >> people in america have never really been on a farm. but theycounty fair don't know what it is to be a farmer. it's not a romance. romantic viewd of of agriculture which i find exasperating because it makes it impossible to think about agriculture clearly. a.m., megyn 11:00 kelly talks about her life and career as a journalist in her book. she spoke with the bbc world news resent her. at 5:15 p.m., james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of william buckley, discuss their book. it examines essays on famous figures written by christopher buckley's father. the event was moderated by the executive editor of the national review. benjamin.m., medea looks at the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> ben and jerry's cofounder talking about the origins of his vermont-based company and its socially respo

also coming up, johns hopkins professor ellen -- [inaudible] will report on industrial meat production george mitchell explores the potential for peace between israel and palestine. >> while i was in the region, i met many times separately with prime minister netanyahu and with president abbas, and then i and secretary clinton were the only two persons present when the two of them met on four or occasions in september of 2010. and i argued the following to each. my argument to prime minister netanyahu was that israel is now in a position of unparallel strength politically, economically, militarily. this is a good time to get involved in negotiations and be prepared to make the kinds of concessions that incontraceptive evident my are -- inevitably are required to reach an agreement between two sides so bitterly divided. two president abbas and -- to president abbas and before him to chairman arafat be, i made the argument that in 1947 the united nations proposed the partition of the region -- >> right. >> -- to create two states. israel accepted it, the arabs rejected it, and the first

new york magazine jonathan weighs in on legacy of president obama and this week john hop since -- hopkins professor ellen >> there are good things and bad things with anything. >> what are the good things? >> that we have reliable food supply and the cost is less but also wheat and milk as you know. those are the good things. bad things is that this is an industry that has not really come under the appropriate purview and that's because -- >> purview of whom? >> any regulatory or even until recently consumer attention. >> after words airs on book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and you can watch all previous after words programs on our website, booktv.org. ..

magazine jonathan wade weighs in on the legacy of president barack obama and john hopkins environmental health sciences professor ellen silverdale will report on meat production. >> as with anything. >> what are the good things? >> the good things are that we have a reliable, accessible food supply and just as you said, that the cost of food in real dollars is significantly less then animal-based protein particularly but also wheat and milk as you know sothat's a good thing . the bad things are that this is an industry that has not come under the appropriate purview and that's because. >> the purview of whom? >> of any regulatory or even a consumer intention afterwards, it airs on book tv and sundays at 9 pm eastern and you can watch all previous after words programs on our website, booktv.org. >> the tone of things happening constantly that are affecting our politics and you know, the ways that things get changed in this country, there are many ways that things get changed. my favorite answer is that we are in new york, everybody here is familiar with governor andrew cuomo and how hard he fought against raising the m

. >> on this week's after words programs, john hopkins university professor reports on how new farming methods affect consumers. >> well, ellen, it's a pleasure to have you here, you know, here i am this poor city boy who became secretary of agriculture which is, of course, the greatest job that i ever had and congress before. i thought before we talk about your book which is chickennizing farms and food, we thought maybe you will talk about yourself. how did you get into the whole area of analyzing agriculture specially the industrialization of agriculture as you call it? i listen to the speaker talk about foodborne infections and how these were really a problem. he said many of them were drug resistant. i knew nothing about the subject. >> so infections and diseases like he e. coli and salmonella. >> exactly. we have something like 70 million cases a year in the united states and it's a leading cause for immobility and mortality worldwide and that made sense. we all talked about don't leave the chicken salad on the table because bacteria can grow, but i was puzzled why they would be drug resistant. i remember asking somebod