and david riordan talks about the podcast, vital signs of democracy and political news of the day. c-span's washington journal -- join in the conversation live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> sunday night on q&a in his book american -- university of richmond journalism professor looks at the 1979 sees -- seizure -- hostages were taken in all three locations including the islamic center and the district building. >> it is amazing how the story has receded into the background and we don't talk about it as much. this story has never been assembled in 50 years. a lot of it was lost and nobody thought much about this. the local court records were lost including the transcript. i was able to uncover the transcript. in addition to the fbi records but that record really helped me piece together the sequence of events in washington on those two days. >> he and his book "american caliph." you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. ♪ >> this fall watch c-span's new series, the books that shaped america. join us as we embark