don luskin discusses his book "i am john galt" with profiles people as heroes and villains in ayn rand's novels. this is about 50 minutes. >> how many of you can respond to the question who is john galt? if that means something to you you're going to love this next program. by the way, i don't know who is doing it, but when i drive south from jacksonville there's a billboard on i-95 that says who is john galt your baby our next speaker will be able to explain it to us. if you heard our all-star prediction bill yesterday, you know there were fireworks. well, don duskin was john who led -- let the first magic of things really going. he is if you for the program notes, an avid believer in technology, but what happens if it stops? anyway, details today with the future could become please join in welcoming don luskin's "i am john galt." [applause] >> thank you. thank you for the great introduction. there's one substantial in accuracy. i actually am john galt. but you all are, too. and that's the secret of ayn rand's enduring popularity. her books are lessons. her books are self-help books. he

[applause] [inaudible conversations] don luskin on his book, "i am john galt."e writes what he sees as parallels between characters and characters of ayn rand. this is a little less than an hour and begins with an introduction by chip wood, the founder and ceo of soundview publications. >> how many of you can respond to the question, who is john galt? does that mean something to you you are going to love this next program. by the way, i don't know who is doing it but when i drive south from jacksonville, there is a billboard on i-95 that says, who is john galt? may be our next speaker will be able to explain it to us. if you heard our all-star prediction panel yesterday, you know there were fireworks. well, don luskin was the gentleman who lit the first match and got things really going. he is if you have read the program notes an avid believer in technology, but what happens? it stops. anyway, to tell us today with the future could be, please join me in welcoming don luskin on "i am john galt." [applause] >> thank you. thank you for that great introduction. the

well, don luskin was the gentleman who lit the first match and got things really going. he is if you have read the program notes an avid believer in technology, but what happens? it stops. anyway, to tell us today with the future could be, please join me in welcoming don luskin on "i am john galt." [applause] >> thank you. thank you for that great introduction. there is one substantial inaccuracy. i actually am john galt. but, you all are too. that is the secret of ayn rand's popularity. her books are lessons. her books are self-help books. her books are guides to how to live. we can all be john galt. we can all be heroes. just read what is in their carefully. my new book, "i am john galt," is a readers guide to "atlas shrugged" and "the fountainhead" to help you learn to live by can ayn rand he robe and at the same time to teach you what happens in the world when there are ayn rand type villains out there. now, i assume everyone in this room has probably heard of ayn rand. how many people here have read "atlas shrugged"? i am actually stunned to not see every single han

well, don luskin was the gentleman who lit the first match and got things really going.he is if you have read the program notes an avid believer in technology, but what happens? it stops. anyway, to tell us today with the future could be, please join me in welcoming don luskin on "i am john galt." [applause] >> thank you. thank you for that great introduction. there is one substantial inaccuracy. i actually am john galt. but, you all are too. that is the secret of ayn rand's popularity. her books are lessons. her books are self-help books. her books are guides to how to live. we can all be john galt. we can all be heroes. just read what is in their carefully. my new book, "i am john galt," is a readers guide to "atlas shrugged" and "the fountainhead" to help you learn to live by can ayn rand he robe and at the same time to teach you what happens in the world when there are ayn rand type villains out there. now, i assume everyone in this room has probably heard of ayn rand. how many people here have read "atlas shrugged"? i am actually stunned to not see every single hand

don luskin on his book, "i am john galt." and the roosevelt reading festival at 10:40 eastern with james mcgregor burns and historians michael and susan dunn. >> dr. martin luther king was not a president of the united states, at no time in his life did he hold public office. he was not a hero of foreign wars, he never had much money. and while he lived, he was reviled at least as much as he was celebrated. by his own account, he was a man frequently racked with doubt, a man not without flaws, a man who like mosess before him more than once questioned why he had been chosen for so arduous a task. the task of leading a people to freedom. the task of healing the festering wounds of a nation's original sin. >> watch this entire event, the groundbreaking of the martin luther king jr. memorial at the c-span video library. and now nearly five years later, the memorial will be dedicate inside washington, d.c. this sunday live on c-span. and during this week we'll have coverage of other events surrounding the dedication on the c-span

at 9:45 you'll hear from don luskin on his book "i am john galt" which profiles individuals who symbolized characters by ayn rand. and later, james mcgregor burns talks at the 2011 roosevelt reading festival from the fdr presidential library and be museum in hyde park, new york. booktv in prime time all this month on c-span2. ♪ [background sounds] >> notice the color of the bourbon. that pretty amber color that you see is all coming from the char on the inside of the barrel. this char is where bourbon gets all of its color and a lot of its flavor. currently, they've discovered over 200 chemical flavors just in the oak and the char from the barrel. >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. throughout the weekend look for the history and literary life of kentucky's state capital on booktv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal. douglas boyd on frankfurt's crawfish bottom, and be kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john porter. and on american history tv on one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for m

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