heather hendershot a hand. -- [applause] >> thank you.inaudible conversations] >> we are here tonight with ambassador andrew young the former mayor of atlanta. tell me about your book "andrew young and the making of modern alabama." >> i became mayor of atlanta in 1981 and that was right after ronald reagan became president and there was no money coming from washington to the cities. it was probably a blessing to me because it meant that i had to go to the private sector and i had to attract international investors from all over the world and atlanta has grown from less than 1 million in 1981 to about 6.9 million now and most of that has been the result of our becoming a truly global city and i think that that is the pathway for our economy, that there is more money outside of government than there is inside of government. the money that came into atlanta, the billions of dollars has created jobs, new housing opportunities and we are really making this a truly modern city but the key to it was i think largely with coca-cola they realized

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office i am the director andnd it is my pleasure to introduce our honored guest guest, heather hendershot a professor at m.i.t. professor of film and media and in number of books we that to one year ago at of buckley program and i could see at the time she has a real affinity to understand the connection between the communication and media world and uh conservative movement so this is of a natural outgrowth of the thatious work. and open to the debate not to watch every single one bit that was the reigning expert so please welcome heather hendershot to the podium. [applause] >> it is great to be here at b the hoover institution because it is so important with the research i did on the book and of course, they preserve the papers and the transcripts from the hoover institution is great to be here. the first thing people ask h me was why did you write that? but the short quick answer in part and writing the book since 2011 and then it was more urgent as our level of discourse was deteriorating. tht to have civil discourse and civil debate but it is from the impulse to with the intellectual

heather hendershot is a professor at m.i.t.. she is a professor of film and media player and has written a number of books. we met about a year ago in a conference put on by the sutton program at yale and i can see at the time that she had some real affinity for trying to understand the connection between the communications world and the media world on one hand and the conservative movement on the other.r. so this is a natural outgrowth of her previous work looking at that general area. open -- "open to debate" is the book. heather has watched maybe notr every single one of 33 years worth of firing line episodes but critics. close to it so she's probably the reigning expert on all things related to the fire line. please welcome heather hendershot to the podium. [applause] >> thanks so much. it's really great to be here particularly here at the hoover institution because the hoover was so important in the research i did on the.rtant to i was at stanford where the papers are and of course theyrs have preserved all the episodes but

so help me welcome heather hendershot to the program. [applause] >> thank you so much. it's really great to be here, particularly here at the hoover institution, because the hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. i was out at stanford where all the papers are, and of course they have -- preserved all the episodes and son but the papers and transcripts-couldn't have done it without ohoover institution so it's great to be here. >>> the first thing that people ask me about this book is, why did you write it? and the short, quick answer well, in part it's this guy. i had been working on the book since 2011, and by about a year and a half ago it became more urgent as our level of discourse seemed to be deteriorating and the shouting matches seem to be increasing. seemed like a particularly important time to be talking bat show that really valued civil discourse, civil debate between people who disagreed with each other, and so part of the reason and the genesis of the book is from the impulse. the other force of the boost is more personal but my intellect

it's my pleasure today to be able to introduce our honored guest, heather hendershot, a a professor at mit. she is a professor of film and media, has written a number of books. we met about a year ago at a a conference that was put on by the berkeley program at yale and i can see that at the time she has a real affinity for trying to understand the connection between the communications world and the media world, on the one hand and different elements of the conservative movement on the other. so it's, this is a natural outgrowth of her previous work looking at that general area. open to debate is the book. heather has watched not maybe every single one of 33 years of episodes but pretty close to it i think. she's probably the reigning expert on all things related to firing line line, so please hele welcome heather hendershot to the podium. [applause] >> thank you. it's really great to be here, typically to speaker at the hoover institution because the hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. i was out at stanford were all the papers are and, of course, they have prese

it's my pleasure today to be able to introduce our honored guest, heather hendershot, a a professor at mit. she is a professor of film and media, has written a number of books. we met about a year ago at a a conference that was put on by the berkeley program at yale and i can see that at the time she has a real affinity for trying to understand the connection between the communications world and the media world, on the one hand and different elements of the conservative movement on the other. so it's, this is a natural outgrowth of her previous work looking at that general area. open to debate is the book. heather has watched not maybe every single one of 33 y o

tonight at 8:45 eastern, mit film and media professor heather hendershot, author of open to debate: how will william f. buckley put america on the firing line," looks at how he used firing line to open arguments outside of his conservative circles which made him an early pundit. >> as our level of discourse seemed to be deteriorating the shouting matches increasing and so on, it seemed like a particularly important time to be talking about a show that valued civil debate between people who disagreed with each other. >> sunday on "in depth," the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor features steve toomey and craig nelson, and we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and e-mail questions live from noon to 3 a.m. eastern. and at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words," former senate george mitchell looks at the israeli/palestinian conflict in his book, "a path to peace: a brief history of israeli/palestinian negotiations and a way forward in the middle east." he's interviewed by jane harman, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center. >> president abbas and the palestinian authority h

eastern, film and media professor heather hendershot remembers william f buckley's television programfiring line and we wrap up our monday primetime lineup at 11:45 with author courtney martin. she talked about her latest book the new better off: reinventing the american dream. that happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> i'm here with scott ferris, the author of inga: kennedy's great love, hitler's perfect beauty and j edgar hoover's prime suspect. who was in arvada west market. >> was missed market 1931 but she was more than that. she was actress,a ballerina, a concert pianist, and explorer, washington columnist , screenwriter for mgm and editor of harper's bazaar but she was the great love of john f. kennedy's life and they desperately wanted to marry each other but it was not a flame, a romance. she was a suspected nazi spy and is still married to her second husband. >> based on your research you believe that is an accurate accusation of her being a suspected nazi spy? >> there's a 1200 page fbi file on her and eventually they concluded she was not a spy so interestingly of cours

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film and media professor heather hendershot author of, "open to debate" looks at how william buckley, founder of the "national review," used his television program, "firing line" to open arguments outside his conservative circles, which made him an early pundit. >> as our level of discourse seemed to be deteriorating, and the shouting matches seemed to be increase, it seemed like an porn time tb talking about civil a show that valued civil discourse, civil debate between people who disagreed with each other. >> saturday, the attack on pearl harbor is the focus of a discussion. we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and emails live. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "jards words," former senator george mitchell who served as special envoy for u.s. peace from 2009 o 2011, looks at the israeli -palestinian conflict in his new book. he's interviewed by jane harman, president and c.e.o. of the woodrow wilson center. >> president abbas and the palestinian authority have long since renounced violence, have accepted israeli's existence, and have opted for peaceful negotiation to achieve a state. >> g