. >> damon tweedy, what's your day job? >> i'm a psychiatrist. medical school. and i divide that time between treating patients, psychiatry, and teaching medical schools and residents. >> host: what made you go into industry? >> guest: good question. when i was in medical school i was looking between psychology and cardiology two thrift fields and was leaping towards cardiology. but when i started to get into into the nitty gritty of being a doctor i found i liked the idea of talking to peep and helping people with their problems and -- than the mechanical treatment of their art. >> host: you're also an author now. what possessioned you write a book? >> guest: this book that i've written is basically a moment moyer of my journey through the medical training but written through the lens of race. there are a lot of physician authors out there but i think race is a really important issue in medicine, and these authors largely overlook the subject. that's a really omission because so many of the leading medical schools and teaching hospitals across america are situa

damon tweedy. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> booktv recently visits capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'll probably read some more novels. i've read recently a couple by joel rosenberg. they're kind of in brad thor genre of international terrorism and those kind of things so i'll probably read a few more of those. haven't decided what kind of biography i'll read, but probably will look at someone in history and grab one of those and read it as well. >> and booktv wants to know what you're reading as well. tweet us your answer @booktv or you can post it on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> booktv continues with a two-part event on health care. first, phillip kline author of "overcoming obamacare." he moderates a panel discussion on what can be done to reverse the affordable care act. then louisiana governor bobby jindal provides commentary on the aca and answers questions from audience members. >> i just wanted to start with some brief openi

. >> host: damon tweedy, what's your day job? >> guest: i'm a psychiatrist at duke medical school, and i divide that time between treating patients psychiatry, and teaching medical students and residents. >> host: what made you go into psychiatry? >> guest: great question. when i was in medical school, i was deciding between psychiatry and cardiology, which are two very different fields, and i actually was leaning towards the cardiology part initially. so then as i was just, you know, getting to see patients and really getting into the nitty-gritty of being a doctor i found i liked the idea of talking to people and helping people through their problems in that

damon tweedy. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> on sunday july 5, booktv is live with us on the author peter schweitzer on in depth, or live monthly call-in show. he is the author of nine books which opened a critical lexicon and politicians. he is the founder of the government accountability institute and a senior editor at large for breitbart news. his most recent bestseller is clinton cash when he looks at the money made by bill and hillary clinton since leaving the white house. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to omaha booktv. founded in 1854 all along the missouri river, omaha was a starting point for pioneers traveling westward. today it's nebraska's largest city with a population of over 400,000 people with prominent industries such as meatpacking and insurance. with the help of our skimming dish and cable partners, for the next one i we learn about its history from local office. we begin with the omaha de porres club, grupo fought against racial discrimination in the city. >> the omaha de

damon tweedy. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> this is booktv on c-span2. television for serious readers. here's our prime timineup. >>> don doyle recounts the global reaction to the american civil war up next. he reports the war was viewed as a test of the democratic model by many monarch kentucky who were hoping her to dissolution of the union. >> tonight we're delighted to oath don doyle and sidney blumenthal to discuss international relations and dr. doyle's latest back, the cause of our nations an international history of the american civil war. don doyle is approve of history at the university of south carolina and director of arena the association for research on ethnicity and nationallallism in the americas. before coming to south carolina he taught at vanderbilt university and the universe of michigan deash debris. he teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in u.s. hoyt, including the intro tuckty survey course, and southern history, and nationalism and comparative perspective. fluent in four languages which someoff cow can test in

damon tweedy. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv. television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> on your screen now is a live picture of the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center. the home of the harlem book fair. the center for research and black culture part of the new york public library system is one of the leading institutions focusing on african-american life culture and experiences. we'll be back live with the harlem book fair in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> what we often think as the bribery of our national leaders by powerful special interests in washington may actually make more sense, understood as extortion by government officials both elected and unelected. please elaborate. >> guest: i think sometimes that often times in fact the conventional wisdom is wrong and the conventional wisdom is you have good intentioned government officials who are being influenced or there are attachments to influence them by corporati