immediately following this presentation, dan slater will be signing copies of his book. give him a couple minutes to be there

you have been listening to dan slater talk about his book "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". now it is your turn to ask questions. 202 is the area code, 748-1800 in east and central toronto, 748-8201 in the mountain and pacific time zones. dan slater, remind us why you named the book "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". >> guest: the book is called "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel" for a couple different reasons. the mexican drug cartel these boys joined, they would refer to their foot soldiers, their assassins as wolves. there was one other reason, i was working on the book, i just happened randomly to pull the novel lord of the flies off my shelf, a novel i hadn't read since ninth grade or something but i picked it up and started be reading it in became totally absorbed in the book and i started to see the story i was working on through that lord of the flies lens. boys left alone on an island without any governance and turn against each other. that was a major theme i

later this afternoon, william towery, gerri willis, dan slater will all be talking about their books and answering your questions. keep an eye on c-span2's booktv, to be able to participate. behind the scenes look at the festival. right here. most authors after they view their presentation will be found signing their books. check back throughout the day, keep bringing you more behind the scenes live looks at either square and also from inside trinity united methodist church. in savanna, georgia. booktv live coverage of the savanna book festival. for a complete schedule of author events on c-span2 visit booktv.org. we are live today in georgia. booktv, we have 72 hours of nonfiction authors and books on this president's day weekend. television for serious readers. thank you all for watching. >> that gives you a quick look at what it looks like outside trinity united methodist church in savanna. that was shot by kate hughes on facebook earlier today. coming up in a minute, author william doherty talking about his book in the shadow of the ayatollah, booktv live coverage will continue i

later this afternoon, william towery, gerri willis, dan slater will all be talking about their books and answering your questions. keep an eye on c-span2's booktv, to be able to participate. behind the scenes look at the festival. right here. most authors after they view their presentation will be found signing their books. check back throughout the day, keep bringing you more behind the scenes live looks at either square and also from inside trinity united methodist church. in savanna, georgia. booktv live coverage of the savanna book festival. for a complete schedule of author events on c-span2 visit booktv.org. we are live today in georgia. booktv, we have 72 hours of nonfiction authors and books on this president's day weekend. television for serious readers. thank you all for watching. >> that gives you a quick look at what it looks like outside trinity united methodist church in savanna. that was shot by kate hughes on facebook earlier today. coming up in a minute, author william doherty talking about his book in the shadow of the ayatollah, booktv live coverage will continue i

dan slater is with us courtesy of blue-green corporation. dance later, on the new york times, the new yorker, washington post, boston globe, new york magazine, the atlantic gq, the author of love in the time of algorithms and his latest book, "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel" was called undeniably gripping by the new york times book review. please help me welcome dan slater. >> so as a writer, you dream about a lot of things in your diluted little minds, you dream about publishing a book or another book and dream about having somebody read it, dream about getting a nice review, and having your book made into a movie but one thing you don't dream of because it is so sublime and totally unlikely is the possibility someone will name an ice cream after your book. thank you for giving me the greatest gift i was not even arrogant enough to want. wolfed down chocolate chip, i can say without bias, is the best scoop you ever had. [applause] >> thanks to the savannah book festival, mark murphy, one of the many

coming up one more author will be speaking at the savannah book fair this afternoon and that is dan slater. 's

and finally, dan slater, who is a professor at the university of chicago and has written a book about drug trafficking, "wolf boys," it is called. that's all coming up this afternoon from savannah. now, if you are a social media maven and enjoy seeing behind-the-scenes photos and videos, you can follow us on our social media sites including facebook, facebook.com/booktv, @booktv is our twitter handle, and you can also follow us on instagram to see some photos from savannah that we've been taking. so in about ten minutes, you'll hear from author terry mcdonnell and "the accidental life." booktv's live coverage from savannah continues. [inaudible conversations] >> put the book, i would put more of in the book is a much more explicit argument about just how bad things can get if we don't have that international order which i believe absolutely requires american military strength. and i think it could get very, very bad. so we may say these are all original conflicts, sort of implying you can pull back from one and it doesn't have a bearing on the other, i don't think that's the case. we

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and finally dan slater, author of will boys. he's a professor at the university of chicago. an hour with john of, who needsa the fed. he's the political economynk," editor forbes and of real clear markets.com and is associated with the foundation. michael in texas, go ahead and repeat your question. >> caller: you said that the free markets will effectively illuminate the federal reserve. how would that wind up of 4 trillion in debt that they've created? >> guest: that's price by the markets. markets understand that thatnd would be a wind down and not be instantaneous. the main thing is the fed's influence is shrinking because of the influence of banks is shrinking. that's. that's the channel through which they wish to influence the economy. that number is going to decline. it's not dynamic lending. all the exciting economic activity occurs away from the system. it's not that influential.e congress will end it. but it's not very economically consequential. >> letter from bernie in newot york. go ahead. >> caller: with respect to the unwinding of the 4 trillion, why do they h

eastern you will hear from several authors including former cia officer doherty, jerry willis, dan slater and more. you also have the chance to speak with several of the authors as well. we will kick off our coverage in savanna with john tammany. he is the author of a new book, who needs the fed, what taylor swift, uber and robots tell us about money, credit and why we should abolish american central bank. this is live coverage from the book festival in georgia, starting now. >> the morning book lovers. hopefully everything is working. my name is linda and i am delighted to welcome you to the tenth annual book festival. we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the trinity united methodist church today which has been made possible by the generosity of donors and our members. also individual donors who have made and continue to make saturday's festival free. before i get started there is the traditional caveat. immediately following this presentation, john tamny will be signing copies of his book. his is slightly different today because he has a short interview with c-span immediat

william daugherty and dan slater author of "wolf boys." we will be taking your calls with featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow us on book tv on twitter. join us saturday for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival. >>> a confirmation hearing to consider david friedman to be the next u.s. ambassador to israel. he is a bang raeps attorney. he co-chaired the trump presidential campaign's israel advisory committee. some american jewish and

and dan slater, author of the book "wolf boys." we'll also be taking your calls with the featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow and tweet us with your questions @booktv on twitter. join us live saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival on book tv. >>> department of veterans affairs officials and veterans advocates testified at a house hearing about the va backlog in processing disability claims and how to expedite claims and appeals. the hearing focused on the va's national work system for handling disability claims. this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning. welcome, everyone. this is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs will now come to order. i first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members, especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. and although those who are returning. it's my privilege to have been asked to be chairman of the subcommittee, and i'm grateful to chai

and dan slater, author of the book "wolf boys." we'll also be taking your calls with the featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow and tweet us with your questions @booktv on twitter. join us live saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival on book tv. >>> department of veterans affairs officials and veterans advocates testified at a house hearing about the va backlog in processing disability claims and how to expedite claims and appeals. the hearing focused on the va's national work system for handling disability claims. this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning. welcome, everyone. this is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs will now come to order. i first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee

dan slater, author of "wolf boys: 2 american teenagers and mexico's most dangerous drug cartel". the others will be available for you to ask your questions and we will also bring you live video from outside the square to show you what the festival is like for us. for a complete schedule of booktv programming you can go to booktv.org and that is the exterior of trinity united methodist church. we are inside all day today bringing you authors. if you would like to see more behind-the-scenes pictures and videos you can call is follow us on facebook and also instagram at booktv and twitter@booktv. again we are live from the savannah book festival. at trinity united methodist church, he will be taking your calls on c-span2 in just a few minutes. a beautiful day today. supposed to get into the 70s. apologies to anybody who is a little bit cold today. there are several others for you here today who will show you a complete schedule. for the entire festival. booktv is covering programming again from trinity united methodist church and our author lineup is right here. we can speak to the

"rich is not a four letter word. " and dan slater, author of the book wolf boys. and calls with authors throughout the day. follow and tweet us with your questions at book tv on twitter. join us live saturday beginning at 9:00 a a.m. eastern for the 10th anniversary of the savannah book festival on book tv. >> the u.s. house returns at noon eastern today. members expected to debate rules for two bills coming up later this week. including a measure that would change the rules for federal funding grants for family planning and preventive health services. they'll also consider three resolutions appealing obama administration's labor department rules. one of which deals with drug testing for those seeking unemployment benefits. see the house live when members return here on c-span. beginning at noon eastern. also on capitol hill, senate lawmakers continue their consideration of trump administration nominees are now voting to continue debate on congressman economic mulvaney to be the next white house budget director. watch as the votes are tallied on c-span2. waiting f

author programs and your calls for foxbusiness news correspondent jerry willis, both boys author dan slater, forbes editor john candy and more, that's a look at some of the programs tv will be covering this week, many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on tv on c-span two >> . >> david was at that time in reversal for mister charlie which i don't know if anybody in the audience has seen it. well, a lot of people left because they couldn't handle it. it was quite a play. actually a wonderful work that has never received the proper due as much of his work but i was at a performance at the amphitheater every night. and then it closed and it went to run for a little while and then it ended. and there have been resurgence is of the play, in fact it was done recently in providence rhode island at the trinity repertory theater which was exciting to see after all these years. so it's a wonderful place to read. it's an important play. and too many people said it was polemic and didn't want it. >> i have to say, what was the play about? which was based on