also been published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of book reviews and essays and books to furnish a life, and power and liberty pulitzer prize winning historian gordon wood examines the political debate that surround the creation of the u.s. constitution. physicist stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional and fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. on book tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a right good evening everyone. i'm the executive director of the nonprofit program is independent feminist bookstore , were located in decatur, georgia. we've launched the hormone that dominates and divides us just in the united states today. join in conversation

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> joining us on book tv is author philip magness he is the co-author with jason brennan of this book, cracks in the ivory tower. at first about mr. magness when you do for a living? >> i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> have you been in academia before? >> i have it. spent about ten years teaching college american university and very college all over the united states but. >> what was your experience like? >> it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of coll

. >>> and dion dawkins is speaking out about his scary battle with covid-19.every symptom and feared he was going to die after spending four days in the hospital. >> i don't want to like scare anybody, but like there was moments that i was like, you know, like i don't know if i'm going to make this. like i was down bad. i was down bad. i could barely move and i was just hurting. but, you know, like you keep pushing. life can be over before you know it. regardless of what you made in life and what you did, you just got to keep stepping and just do what is right. because you know, like you never know what tomorrow brings. really. >> dawkins said that he was nearly fully vaccinated when he contracted the virus. he had received his second shot but got sick less than two weeks later. >>> tim tebow's attempt at a comeback to football is over. the jacksonville jaguars releasing the 34-year-old former quarterback turned tight end yesterday. head coach urban meyer called the decision tough but necessary. he played in the preseason opener saturday, didn't make a catch.

every one on this flight was what merlin will reportedly from dawkins and salvadorans have also been returned this way. after their arrival, they were ushered onto the bus. this is where the migrants were left by mexican authorities in the border bridge between mexico behind us. what's that, wait, quite remote and they would drop here and just told to go back into their own country. it's not just happening here. what's the model in officials told us, submits, can authorities also dropping migrants that are more remote town called l sable, which they say hasn't got the facilities to handle them. the us is struggling. it's so with high numbers at the border and overcrowded facilities. and the biden administration is using a health provision called ty, 242, to turn people back without giving them the chance to offer asylum. it says the measure is needed because of the pandemic. both that provision and the increasing flight has got you in refugee agency worried. our concern is that these flights that are sort of a new and really troubling dimension. in enforcement of the united states. t

also being published this week best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book reviews and essays in books do furnish a life. in power and liberty pulitzer prize-winning historian gordon wood examines the political debate that surrounded the creation of the u.s. constitution . and physicist stefan alexander argues that good physics requires dumping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these finals this coming week wherever books are sold and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future onbook tv . >> former xerox ceo ursula burns the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company reflects on her life and career on our other interview program. here's a portion of that conversation . >> i literally have had access to looking at the best companies out there. in ways that were real and from the time i graduated college, working on real stuff like you solved it, you suspected it, it's interesting. this is a career, this is the career. look what we're dealing with, we're dealing with the need for more sustainable soluti

there are other scholars and richard docs it on - - dawkins has written about this he thinks bipedal is a merged that it was a cool thing to do. and chimpanzees and gorillas occasionally move on two legs but if for some reason that was the fat in that population then you could have more and more individuals aping each other. and bonus to the extent you might get some of those anatomies that are key to bipedal locomotion not because you inherited them genetically but acquired them three or life. the best example is when you are born your femur is perfectly straight but as you start to toddle around your femur begins to angle in. you become not need but we are not born that way. some you find that femur with an angle it tells us this individual had to have walked on two legs because there is no other way to get the angle so there is a cool combination of anatomy you are born with an anatomy that you acquire that land together in your musculoskeletal systems to allow you to move on two legs. >> thank you. >> what circumstances make it easier to find more fossils today? >> great question

. >> hunter dawkins with the gazebo gazette has a question. hunter? >> thank you. quick question that i have for you. [indiscernible] the health and human services declared a public health emergency after the storm today. i know that you spoke about the resources that you were going to try to give quite a number to the louisiana, but based on our covid hospital numbers, at least, are we using these resources with the public health department that hhs is going to give to us? gov. reeves: i'm not familiar with specifically the order that they have released. i will tell you that we have significant assets available to us. i'm going to let jim craig talk to about the specifics of that. obviously, in a hurricane situation such as this, maximum flexibility to decompress hospitals and to move patients is incredibly important. not only having that maximum flexibility, but having the means by which to do so certainly helps. we have been offered significant assets to do that from fixed wing aircraft all the way down to ambulances. if it is ok with you, hunter, i will let jim

set richard dawkins has written about this. he thanks bipedal is him emerged as a means, it was a cool thing to do. and that chimpanzees, gorillas and patiently move on two legs. if that became for some reason the fad and that population, then you could have more and more p individuals which is what we do. because the bone is plastic to an extent, you might get some of the anatomy that's really key not because you inherited them genetically but you acquired them through your life. the best example is when you're born your femur is perfectly straight. as you start toddling around your femur begins to angle in and you become not need it. but we are not born that way. when you find a femur is don johansen did and it has an angle to it, it tells us this individual had to of walked on two legs. there is no other way to get that angle. there is a cool combination of anatomies you are born with an anatomies you acquire that blend together and your muscular skeletal system that allow you to walk on two legs. >> host: will thank you. [l

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander argues good physics require stepping outside conventional thinking in fear of a black universe. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv.

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book review and essays and books do furnish a life. empower and liberty pulitzer prize-winning gordon would the political debates the creation of the u.s. constitution and his assistant stefan alexander

also being published this week, best-selling science writer richard dawkins provides a collection of his book reviews and essays in "books do furnish a life, in power and liberty" pulitzer surprise winning historian gordon wood examines the political debates that surrounded the creation of the u.s. constitution. and a physicist argues that good physics requires stepping outside conventional thinking in "fear of a black universe". find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold. and watch for many of these authors to appear in the near future on book tv. >> good evening. i'm the president of the council of the library foundation of los angeles. it is my great pleasure to welcome you all to this evening, which has been co-produced by the council and the library foundation program. we needed a big hand to share this evening's interv