this weekend, tj o'rourke reflects on the 2016 presidential election. and feminism and empowering women and men. >> that is all this weekend on c-span2's booktv, 38 hours of nonfiction others and books, television are serious readers. >> one of the things doctors do is interrupt patients very quickly, something two ten seconds, when did this start? we just can't help ourselves. how long would a patient speak if you didn't say a thing? let them go. i told my colleagues -- five minutes, 20 minutes, forever. i found a study that did that, doctors said what can i help you with today? the patient just spoke and the doctor didn't say anything but nod and the average monologue for the patient 92 seconds. the deluge we fear -- i will try this in my clinic. the next day i did it. every patient, what can i help you with? didn't say a word, took notes and nodded. so the first patient was 30 seconds. they were pretty healthy and the next patient had a little back pain. a minute, a minute and a half, not bad. then came josefina. a teacher in her native argentina was