adam levin is the author. you are watching booktv on c-span2, live from miami. >> welcome to oakland, california on book tv, located six miles across the bay from san francisco the trade center for the area with the port of oakland, the fifth busiest in the u.s. but the population of 400,000, oakland is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country and has a history of political activism being the birthplace of the black panther movement. but the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we will learn about the city's literary scene from local authors. >> if you are writer coming need to be good and the bay area has a number of them. but i like about the california writers club is its rich history, connection to oakland, the fact it's been around over a hundred years. it is sustainable. >> when i came to california, poetry was very popular. most of the polls were somewhere else. she read this and saw the poetry to be written by someone in

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. >> i so want you to do that because i saw adam levine. i saw -- all these people. ariana grande, she was killing it in this chair. i'm thinking, why the hell doesn't he ask me to sing something? i don't have to know keys. i don't have to have a great voice. [ cheers and applause ] let's do it. we're going to sing. >> jimmy: tyler perry and i are playing "spin the microphone" with surprise guests when we come back everybody! [ cheers and applause ] meet tim mahoney. tim thinks you need to be some sort of mastermind to do your own taxes. so we flew in mastermind george smoot to help him. ok, what does it say there? it says, "did you buy a home?" did you buy a home? yes. well then, press there. (cellphone tone) ok. thanks. intuit turbotax. taxes done smarter. if you're trying to be a little better... things just got a whole lot better. introducing entrees loaded with flavor, not calories. applebee's grill & bar favorites featuring new dishes, all under 650 calories and starting at just $9.99. hey there, tiny... what beer we drinkin'? i don't know boss... what about th

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. >> we want to introduce it to an author named adam levin.he book is called "swiped: how to protect yourself in a world full of scammers, phisher, and identity thieves." first of all, mr. levin, you are noted as founder and chairman of credit.com. what is credit.com? >> credit.com is an online educator, advocate, also a site where you can get services appropriate to where you are in your credit life and also provi

i say, let's leave the job of finding new talent to adam levine and gwen stefani, not state government. [applause] the elites and special interests will tell you that these licenses are necessary. but often they have been designed to kill competition or keep out the little guy. so let's eliminate them. [applause] where we must have government, let's make it work. we are transforming how we operate. in a pilot project across 23 state agencies, arizona was able to deliver services to our citizens 65% faster on average, without sacrificing quality. before we started, things were moving slowly. government was sitting on applications. in the case of licensing qualified bus drivers, four days of work was taking 46 days. so now, four days of work, takes four days. [applause] expect more of these improvements, as we create a results-driven government that works at the speed of business. [applause] last year, state government finally entered the 21st century, just 15 years late. whether it was allowing inventors at techshop in chandler greater freedom to crowdfund, or ending sting operations ag

i say, let's leave the job of finding new talent to adam levine and gwen stefani, not state government the elites and special interests will tell you that these licenses are necessary, but often they've been designed to kill competition or keep out the little guy. so, let's eliminate them. where we must have government let's make it work. we are transforming how we operate. in a pilot project across 23 state agencies, arizona was able to deliver services to our citizens 65% faster on average without sacrificing quality. before we started things were moving slowly. government was sitting on applications. in the case of qualified bus drivers, four days of work was taking 46 days. so now, four days of work takes four days. expect more of these improvements as we create a results-driven government that works at the speed of business. last year state government finally entered the 21st century. just 15 years late. whether it was allowing vendors at tech shop in chandler greater freedom to crowd fund or ending sting operations against ride sharing by overzealous state regulators we've embrac