festivals including texas, boston, and wisconsin festivals as well as programs with republican senator ben bax of nebraska. retired general stanley mcchrystal and many other offers. also this weekend on our afterwards program pulitzer prize-winning journalist josc antonio vargas reflects on living in the united states as an undocumented immigrant. those are a few of the programs you will see this thanksgiving weekend on book tv on c-span2. for the complete schedule visit booktv.org. >>. >> now joining us on book tv is naomi brockwell. naomi brockwell, who is Ãb girl? >> apparently it's me. [laughter] >> what does that mean? >> many years ago i got involved in big coin, loved it and love the idea of competing currencies. i fell madly in love with it. i started a series making educational videos about this and then i made a music video where i did a cover of an uptown girl and the name stuck. there's nothing i could do to shake it. i'm happy to be associated with it in any way people want to associate me. >> you written a children's book which we will get to in a minute but why such a fan of big