cory doctorow books include down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother, and most recently, walk away. and walter mosley, books with devil in a blue dress, phyllis jones and most recently down the river onto the sea. booktv, all this week and prime time. here on c-span2. >> we are joined with a look ahead at the senate. he reports for the hill and alex, senate not taken the usual august recess, not sending senators back home to their states to campaign, the ones running in

cory doctorow will be our live sunday at noon eastern. his other books include down and out in the magic kingdom, "little brother," and other novels. in-depth, fiction addiction -- fiction addition -- fiction addition, live noon on sunday. andrew wheeler testifies in front of the senate. later hearing about nasa's explanation of the solar system. on c-span2, the senate continues work on a federal spending bill for 2019. you can watch all of our live programming online or at the

. >> cory doctorow will be the guest life sunday at noon eastern. discussing his latest book, walk away. his other books include in -- down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother and 14 other novels. our special series, in-depth diction addiction with cory doctorow sunday live from noon to three eastern on book tv. on c-span -- cspan2. >>> shenandoah valley battlefield foundation ceo keven walker talks about the commitment of his organization to preserving the story of the civil war. he also recites his foundations 2017 policy on confederate monuments. his remarks are part of a conference on pit days confederate icons by the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation. it is just over 10 minutes. >>> thank you for coming and spending the day talking about such a controversial issue. we are learning from one another. i am thrilled by the speaking panel we have today. dr. robertson opened us up in true style. we cannot have the body of knowledge about the american civil war that we do today if it wasn't for dr. robertson. i am absolutely thrilled t

interact with cory doctorow by phone, twitter or facebook. our special series "in depth" fiction edition sunday, live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> before being dropped oning that sake in 1942 -- nagasaki, the fat man plutonium bomb was tested here. we'll speak with author jon hunner to learn more about robert j. hoppen heymer, the father -- oppenheimer, the father of atomic weapon. >> well, he directed the civilian laboratory at los alamos during world war ii during the manhattan project. and under his leadership, he directed nobel prize-winning scientists, engineers, military personnel and the civilians who worked on the atomic bomb project at los alamos. humans back to ancient greece have been wanting to split the atom. they talked about an indivisible part of matter. and so that's a concept that had been around for a while. but humans still haven't seen an atom. i mean, it's so small, we haven't seen it. it wasn't until the end of the 19th century that scientists started being able to tinker with doing things, smash

interact with cory doctorow by phone, twitter, or facebook. in-depthal series, fiction addition, with cory doctorow, sunday from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. selected by president george washington in 1789, alexander hamilton served as the first secretary of the treasury until january, 1795. next on american history tv, in a talk titled "the hamilton scheme," enemies and allies in the american economy, author and scholar william hoagland discusses alexander hamilton's ideas. he is the author of several books about this time. the alexander hamilton awareness of society and resume of american finance cohosted this event. 50is about 15 minutes -- minutes. the museum is of closed because of a flood we sustained, but our robust programming continues as evidenced today. author speaking is william hoagland, he has written multiple books on early u.s. history, including automotive the black snake, declaration, the whiskey rebellion, and founding finance. he is also the author of a recent -- contributor, i should say, of a recent publica

interact with cory doctorow my phone, twitter or facebook. our special series in depth fiction edition with author cory doctorow sunday live from noon to 3 pm on book tv on c-span2. >> when i first heard the president had immediately accepted the offer of kim jong un to meet my first thought was all my god, what is he doing? then again nothing has worked, maybethey should meet and i would just say the following . we're going to have to manage this. the first thing is we do know there's a north korean pattern over the last two negotiate with the father, we know there's a north korean pattern of they get in trouble, they get isolated, sanctions start to bite and then they go on a charm offensive, they come to the table, make promises and don't live up to them or as what happens to us, they live up to a number of promises like dismantling or destroying a cooling tower but then you learn that they got actually a hidden uranium program and they won't admit to it. so it's not a good history with the north koreans. ask madeleine albright and the cli

cory doctorow are you familiar with the anarchist activist david graber? when you are speaking previously about the social interactions that is transactional primarily how that could bema problematic, i saw a lot of parallels between what you were saying and anarchist david graber. are you familiar with his works? and if so, have you ever flirted with any ideas of the anarchist theory or putting that into your work? thank you for taking my call. >> yes. i know david i guess i could call him a powell i am an admirer of his. another of his books was hugely influential we have a lot of science-fiction conversations. as a wonderful welsh canadian writer wrote anay essay why death is in so many science fictional conversations i was was completely taken aback such a magisterial history and audacious title the first 5000 years. when david came through where i live on tour i was his interlocutor as actually it was the first time we met although we corresponded for years. so these ideas occur they have made their ways into my books in lots of different ways. >> dav

cory doctorow books include down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother, and most recently, walk away. and walter mosley, books with devil in a blue dress, phyllis jones and most recently down the river onto the sea. booktv, all this week and prime time. here on c-span2. >> we are joined with a look ahead at the senate. he reports for the hill and alex, senate not taken the usual august recess, not sending senators back home to their states to campaign, the ones running in the midterms. why are they staying in session and what other planning on working on in the week ahead? >> they stayed in session to get more of donald trumps judicial and executive nominees confirmed and also to make more progress on the appropriations bills. when he signed the omnibus spending package early this year the increased federal spending $300 billion is part of a deal to increase federal spending by $300 billion the next two years. he said he was not going to do it again. he really put pressure on republicans in congress to get the appropriations bill done in a timely fashion so they would not be ano

interact with cory doctorow by phone, twitter or facebook. special series "in depth" fiction edition with author cory doctorow sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> we have found out over the last two years that many of the many narratives that were introduced in the 2016 election were not american origin, that they were crafted by ford intelligence agencies outside the united states. >> sunday night, former cia intelligence officer and his book the block to destroy democracy. >> these are very slow propaganda warfare techniques use by russia but which could never keep pace with the news media world of the 1960s, \70{l1}s{l0}\'70{l1}s{l0}, \80{l1}s{l0}\'80{l1}s{l0} '80s, even the '90s. it's only when social media came to its height of its power, the ability of you to pick up a fake story and, in fact, three or four at ten of the people inside your facebook channel or your twitter feed, and then they would do the same thing in a a daisy chain to create essentially an unbreakable link of false narratives. at that poin

you are on with cory doctorow. good afternoon. go ahead. >> caller: good afternoon. got a lot to talk about and i'll be brief. i follow you on twitter and will continue to this discussion of thing i want to talk about on that forum. first of all, i think i have a movie idea, a book idea for you and i'm a producer and an emerging executive producer over in the future, but some of the things i've thought about as you've had this discussion and as i followed you on twitter is how this agenda by the wealth owners over the course of time has been really effective inasmuch as they have made the idea of capitalism and democracy equal. and that is been to the detriment of the citizenry, but they bought into it. secondly, the idea that money is scarce and that's fundamental to their agenda is the idea that there's a finite amount of money, as a people or to fight over that over the course of time in order to i guess sustain themselves socially. the third thing i want to talk about is, this is a question i guess is the notion and the idea of internet voting using blockchain as

please welcome cory doctorow and david graeber. [applause] [cheering] hello there. i think we are live. i thought it started giving us the pitch for "bullsh*t job." >> let me start. five years ago i read an essay -- five years ago the phenomena of "bullsh*t jobs" and believe it came about is i had written this book that had done fairly well and i kind of discovered that if you write something offbeat o that people find interesting, the world will conspire to make sure you never do that again. they will try to make you say the same thing and rate the same book and get the same talk the rest of your life, so i'm goingg to do the opposite that no one would ever publish and figure out a way to get it out of there. a lot of those things probably died a merciful death and everybody has forgotten them. but this one kind of took off and it was all based on [inaudible] anthropologist by profession but i'm not used to this. i don't come from that kind of background or professional managerial class, so we kind of figure them out and it's based on the idea that you get a certai

our special series "in depth" fiction edition with author cory doctorow sunday live from noon p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> at a recent judicial conference chief justice john roberts shared his summer reading list. >> as far as things to read, i can tell you what i'm looking for to reading. there is, i got as a christmas present a book called why bob dylan matters. it's written by a harvard professor who has studied his poetry, and i think it sounds like it's going to be very good. that would be sort of in a serious level, not the entertaining level. and jeff rosen has written a new biography of william howard taft that he is good but it's light, it's not like a thick tone, and i think it's quickly paced enough you will not get bogged down in it. and joanna breyer has written a book called, i think it's when your child is sick, something like that. she's worked in pediatric area of children here's the list of my cancer that. it's an important book. your child doesn't have to be sick to read it. it makes interesting connections between good parenting advice and thinks how yo

interact with cory doctorow by phone, twitter or facebook. our special series "in depth" fiction edition sunday, live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> before being dropped oning that sake in 1942 -- nagasaki, th

. >> cory doctorow will be the guest life sunday at noon eastern. discussing his latest book, walk away. his other books include in -- down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother and 14 other novels. our special series, in-depth diction addiction with cory doctorow sunday live from noon to three eastern on book tv. on c-span -- cspan2. >>> shenandoah valley battlefield foundation ceo keven walker talks about the commitment of his organization to preserving the story of the civil war. he also recites his foundations 2017 policy on confederate monuments. his remarke

interact with cory doctorow by phone, twitter or facebook.our special series "in depth" fiction edition with author cory doctorow sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> we have found out over the last two years that many of vendors introduced in

cory doctorow will be our live sunday at noon eastern. his other books include down and out in the magic kingdom, "little brother," and other novels. in-depth, fiction addiction -- fiction addition -- fiction addition, live noon on sunday. andrew wheeler testifies in front of the senate. later hearing about nasa's explanation of the solar system. on c-span2, the senate continues work on a federal spending bill for 2019. you can watch all of our live programming online or at the free c-span radio app. yesterday, the trump administration zero-tolerance policy along the mexico border was the focus of a senate judiciary committee hearing. it has resulted in the separation of some migrant families seeking asylum in the u.s.. officials from immigration and customs enforcement, health and human services, and customs and border control briefed members on the efforts. we have that for you in its entirety and it runs about three hours and 20 minutes.

our special serious in-depth fiction edition author cory doctorow on tv onc-span2. a senate hearing looked at how the internet is regulated by governments around the world . homeland security secretary michael chertoff testified how privacy can be a model for us regulators. >> good morning. today, the subcommittee needs to examine international internet policy. and their impact on us businesses domestically and abroad. i'm glad to convene this hearing my good friendand colleague . internet as we know it has become one of the most important inventions in history. we use it for just about everything. thanks to infrastructure investments and ingenuity, the internet is now an economic engine driving job creation and unprecedented access to information and opportunities . in the short time the world wide web has transformed into a global interconnected information superhighway facilitating growth, freedom and economic prosperity. the multi-stakeholder governing model has been key to the internet development across the world. this model has fostered the creation of a dyna

interact with cory doctorow by following twitter or facebook. our special series, in-depth -- fiction addiction with -- fiction edition with cory doctorow, live on c-span2. >> we have found that many of the narratives introduced into the 26 election were not of american origin. foreigne crafted by intelligence agencies outside of the united states. >> sunday night, former military intelligence officer malcolm nance in his book. -- nance and his book. >> these were techniques used by could notich would keep pace with the news media world of the 1960's. social media -- when social media came to the height of its power, the ability of you to pick up a fake story and insect three or four or 10 other people inside your facebook channel or twitter feed and they would do the same thing in a daisy chain thinknbreakable ofcreatean an unbreakable link false narratives. -- watch sunday night -- >> watch sunday night on c-span2's "book tv." >> senate confirmation hearings a supreme not to be court justice are expected in september. senators are likely to qu

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our special series Ãaction edition with author cory doctorow.o they live from noon to 3 pm eastern on tv on c-span2. >>. >> we have found out over the last two years that many of the metanarratives that were introduced into the 2016 election were not all american origin. they were crafted by intelligence agencies outside the united states. >> sunday night on "after words", former military intelligence officer malcolm man and his book the plot to destroy democracy. >> these were very slow burning propaganda worker used by russia but which never keep pace with the news media world of the 1960s, 70s, 80s, even the 90s. only when social media came to its height of its power, the ability of you to pick up a fake story and in fact three or four or 10 other people inside your facebook channel or twitter feed and then they would do the same thing in a daisy chain to create essentially a unbreakable length of false narrative. at that point, nothing you believe before could be real because you are left-handed on the basis of its been reinforced by everyon

. >> host: cory doctorow is our guest for this edition of "inur depth," and if you want to ask o him questions about his work, his thinking about certain topics, you are welcome to call, in. 202-748-8200 for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. 202-748-8201 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. you can post on our facebookif page at facebook.com/booktv. and you can also post on twitter @booktv. because of what you said, and i think you reflected this, do yon take issue with capitalism overall? >> guest: so i think markets are a useful tool but a very poor moral arbiter. that's a fact that markets can sometimes efficiently allocate a shares resource. that doesn't mean that axiommatically whatever markets do is right, nor that the people whori thrive under markets are better people, that markets aret picking the most suitable or best among us. i mean, for one thing i think thatta markets struggle to capture, that markets equate scarcity with value or nonscaresty with uselessness. so, like, if you work at a big tech company today, you get to do all kind

our year-long fiction edition of in-depth continues with best-selling science-fiction novelist cory doctorow. his books include "little brother," "pirate cinema" and most recently "walkaway." >> host: welcome to c-span. >> guest: thank you very much. a pleasure traveler how do you describe your work to other people? >> guest: if people so what do you do i say i write nonfiction. they say what kind of science-fiction? some of it is very huge but most contemporary and mostly it deals with contemporary information,, politics, surveillance, censorship and the question of whether or not technology is going to enable us to be more free or take away those freedoms. >> host: is it hard to translate those modern-day scenes into

>> guest: yeah, if you put cory doctorow in google i'm the first or you can go to favorite indy bookstorer barns&noble or jeff bezos house magical house of everything, i'm on twitter as doctorow and boingboing.net. >> host: cory doctorow, thank you for being part of in-depth. >> guest: thank you, it was a real honor. >> c-span created as public service and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. you're watching book tv on c-span2. at 7:00 a.m. eastern jamie provides history of union general william, 1864 march to the sea. at 8:20 journalist provides history of the progressive movement and its role in politics today. then at 9:20 north korean discusses in order to live, a north korean girl's journey to freedom. .. .. that all happens tonight on chan c-span's book tv.

cory doctorow's books include down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother and most recently, walkaway. and walter mosley is the author of more than 40 books including devil in a blue dress, fearless jones and most recently down the river unto the sea. booktv all this week in prime time here on c-span2. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, cbs news' director of elections and surveys discusses his book "where did you get this number" about how polls work and what to watch for in the upcoming midterm elections. and then precision medicine and how it can improve health and treatment strategies. we'll talk with stephanie devaney of the national institutes of health. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ ♪ >> and coming up friday on the c-span networks, vice president mike pence will talk about the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court at a republican national lawyers association event. that starts at 1:15 eastern time on c-spa

our special serious in-depth fiction edition author cory doctorow on tv onc-span2. a senate hearing looked at how the internet is regulated by governments around the world . homeland security secretary michael chertoff testified how privacy can be a model for us regulators.

our special thor, in depth fix death with oauthorize cory doctorow. on book tv on c-span2. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm actually right now reading a book by harvard professor learns tribe about the roberts court. but i haven't finished that yet. the book i just finished is actually a surprisingly good book but the 1968 election, and i -- that was my coming out election. i mean, i got very involved in the '68 election with gene mccarthy, bobby kent, hubert humphrey. a heart breaking year with the assassinations of martin luther king and bobby kennedy and he don -- with his book called playing with fire and i really recommend if you want to understand what happened in the 1968. especially politically. great book. another book also 5 years later, about 1968, this book called way 1968 by mark boden. the center graphic detail of the tet ooffensive in february of 1968, but the battle for whey, the of whey which was a peaceful, stunning sticker that was completely destroyed in th

caller: cory doctorow will be our guest live sunday discussing his latest book, walk away.t includes down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother. sunday, live from 3:00 eastern on book tv. night, richard baker, donald richie and race bond. >> the years leading up to the memberar, when a house caned a senator because he disagreed with what he said. there are a lot of senators that cheered on that house member. about the musical shooting of alexander hamilton shot by the vice president of the united states. we have had terrible put nickel times. there was one before the civil war, 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. they pulledembers, his wig off during the fight. someone yelled, he scalped him. stopwas enough brevity to the fight. >> congressional historians sunday night. at our table at our table, remind us what is democracy alliance? guest: we are an alliance of progressive donors so we can have a more just and equitable nation. host: who are the donors? guest: individual and institutional donors per people of wealth who want to create a more

doctorow byh cory phone, email, or facebook. sunday on book tv on c-span2.hite houseay's briefing with press secretary sarah sanders. two guns about sanctions against to turkish officials and ongoing investigation by special counsel robert mueller. this is half an hour. sarah sanders: good afternoon. later today, vice president mike pence at the request of president trump will participate in an honorable carry ceremony at joint base pearl harbor. in the leader of north korea has