somebody tweeted out why isn't jon ronson replying to us and someone wrote because jon ronson only replies to men. it was said y to remember i am a blank canvas for people to put their ideas on to and i realized that was me. i realized there were two types of people in the world. people who value humans over ideas and then people who value ideas over humans. maybe that is too simplistic but if there are those two types of people in the world i am the first time. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. this is our in-depth program. once a month we invite one author on to talk about his or her body of work and this month it is best-selling author jon ronson. jon ronson first wrote a book in 1994 called scrub class and we will ask him about that. "them: adventures with extremists" came out in 2011 the men who stare at goats in 2004 and became a movie, "the psychopath test: a journey through the madness industry" came out in 2011 and that is being made into a movie. lost at sea, the mysteries of 2012. frank; the true story that insphirein inspired the money came out last year. and this year is

uri with jon ronson. >> caller: mr. onson said i think you are one of the most decent people in public life today in writing. i have a question about the mideast and the emotional pull to take extreme positions. i would just love to hear whatever you have to say. i will hang up now. thank you. >> guest: i have wanted to do in israel palestine story for a long time. i did do a story a few years ago about astroturf, about how government will pretend to be kind of social media. i've never been to gaza or the west bank. what i would say if i want them to feel like i'm a good person because i've got no strings. i'm not a polemicist. i am a tree and 11 who feels no kinship to israel. i've often thought maybe i should do that story. >> host: were you raised in the faith? >> guest: yes, raised orthodox in the synagogue. cardiff yeah. my great-grandfather was on his way to new york and ran out of money. you are a sun ray thin and even though they went to the reform synagogue, i have to go to the orthodox one where everybody hit t

and sunday at noon on "in-depth," author jon ronson. join the conversation with jon ronson. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the new congressional direct

and our live, three-hour conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books including, "so, you have been publicly shamed." join the conversation with jon ronson, who will also be taking your phone calls e-mail, facebook comments, and tweets. >> all weekend long american history tv is featuring topeka kansas. charles curtis was the first person with significant acknowledged native american ancestry to become vice president. he served in the hoover administration from 1929-1933. our cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff where they recently traveled to topeka to explore the city's rich history. learn more all weekend on american history tv. >> in 1854, all eyes were on kansas. congress had passed a law creating a territory, opening up areas of the united states that had been set aside as dish it was possible for slavery to be -- to grow and develop in kansas. as a consequence, that set in motion a tremendous competition between those folks who wanted to expand slavery and those folks who wanted to put it on a course of ultimate distinction. as a result come everybody

join the conversation with jon ronson who also be taking your comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> sunday night, washington post national security reporter walter pincus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. walter: one of the things about the bush administration was they never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or iraq. and proved it. history has proven it.

i write about both senses of the word. >> host: cynthia a few minutes left in our program with jon ronsonngs, colorado. >> caller: hi jon. in the interest of full disclosure when the movie came out i was in that -- and i agree with your -- about the film and since we are talking about wonderful topics and you have given me two more books i have to go out and get write a book the books and the movie pick up the while the more colorful aspect through remote viewing and i wanted to know could you actually get into any of the actual data because there was so much value to a lot of the work that they did and they are still doing teaching people how to do this. didn't want to leave people with the impression that the only part of remote viewing is the funny while part or something to be shamed you might think. guess though right. thank you for that question. you know you have obviously read this "the men who stare at goats" book and i did sit in on some remote viewing sessions in calabrese and i met skip atwater so i met a lot of the big remote viewing luminaries. in the end i didn't do much ab

and sunday at noon on "in-depth," author jon ronson. join the conversation with jon ronson. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114 congress. with color photos of every senator and house number, plus bio information and twitter handles. also, district maps. a foldout map of capitol hill and a look at congressional committees, the present cabinet. order your copy today. it is $13.95 through the c-span store. >> earlier this week, president obama hosted an event at the white house for the teacher of the year. he also honored other top educators around the country. this is just over 15 minutes. president obama: welcome to the white house, everybody. please have a seat. this is one of my favorite days because it gives us a chance to acknowledge some folks who so often are giving so much and let's face it, aren't always getting a lot in return. every day, the teachers behind me, they give their students their all -- their knowledge their

sunday at noon, our live three or conversation with documentary film maker and author jon ronson who has written many books including " so you been publicly shamed." joined the conversation with jon ronson and he will take your phone calls and e-mails and facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. the fall of saigon was nearly 40 years go. on april 30, 1975. next on american history tv, the university of louisville hosts a panel of south vietnamese refugees including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force. they reflect o

sunday at noon, our live three-hour conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books. join the conversation. we will also be taking your phone calls e-mails, facebook,, tweets. get the full schedule at www.c-span.org. >> up next, national park service ranger we can hallow -- lincoln hallowell. miss how low argues these woman perform the most dangerous jobs in the military and their work this event was cosponsored by the new york public library and the roosevelt historical society. it's about an hour. >> first of all, on behalf of the national parks service, i would like to thank roosevelt island historical society and the new york a look library for hosting us and giving us this opportunity to talk to you a little bit about our national park, which is gateway national recreation area. my name is lincoln hallowell.

sunday at noon, our live three or conversation with documentary film maker and author jon ronson who has written many books including " so you been publicly shamed." joined the conversation with jon ronson and he will take your phone calls and e-mails and facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. the fall of saigon was nearly 40 years go. on april 30, 1975. next on american history tv, the university of louisville hosts a panel of south vietnamese refugees including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force. they reflect on their vietnam war experience and escape from the country following the fall of saigon. the panel settles in kentucky and this is about one hour and a half. i would like >> to introduce the two moderators for tonight. ddtranh and dowa tranh. they are the leading effort and community leading ever behind moving voices and behind this evening tonight you it's amazing to have worked with them over the last two weeks including putting together this event. deedee is a daughter of vietnam war refugees and is an attorney. she is a

our live three-hour conversation with author jon ronson, who has written many books, including "the men who stare at goats." join the conversation. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of topeka, kansas. newspaper editor william allen white advocated for the eradication of the ku klux klan and early 1900s. hosted by our cox communications cable partner, c-span's city tours recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about the call weekend here on american is -- about topeka a weekend here on american history tv. >> i came to know charles curtis after i moved to topeka. i am resident historian of the cemetery where he is buried. i came to him no -- i came to know more of history. the more i found out, the more fascinating or realized he was. he is reduced to a trivia question. the only vice president of native american lineage or interest rate -- or ancestry. he deserves more than that. i have done some curtis research in the last 20 years. it has got more serious. his journey has become more rema

at noon on "in-depth," are live three-hour conversation with documentary filmmaker and not their jon ronson who has written many books including "so you have been publicly shamed," "the psychopath test, a journey through the madness industry." we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mail, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> all weekend long, "american history tv" is featuring topeka, kansas. it refers to a series of violent political contra -- confrontations between anti-slavery and proslavery groups. between 1854 and 1861. the influx of proslavery and free state settlers during this time helped establish toby get as a major political -- topeka as a major political force in the area. c-span city tour staff recently visited many sides exploring the rich history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> the state historical society are to collect kansas history, documents, and this is the repository for kansas history. today, we are going in the archives and look at the territorial map and some documents written by john brown senior.

jon ronson, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> ifill: on the newshour online, if you know who don draperhen you are probably among those who were on hand for the series finale last night of "mad men." it got us to thinking: it was a great water cooler show, but where does it rank among television's greatest? we asked a few critics to name their top five shows of all time. you can see their answers, and share your own on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> woodruff: tune in later this evening, on independent lens: how a group of ordinary citizens broke into an f.b.i. office in 1971 to expose an illegal surveillance program. and on charlie rose, former secretary of defense robert gates on iran, the islamic state, and the challenges in the middle east. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we look at how some historically black colleges and universities are struggling to survive. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pb

join the conversation with jon ronson. be taking your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next hour we have to two congressman -- we have two congressman to talk about their group. walter jones and jim mcgovern. mr. jones, let's start with you. what is the purpose -- what is this constitutional work study group? guest: the power to declare war including the power of judging the costs of war is fully and exclusively in the legislature. we have no debates. the only time we have a debate is when they are asking for money, millions and millions of dollars to send overseas. mr. mcgovern and i have been outspoken about our constitutional response ability. before we send young men and women to get their lives -- that's why we wanted to put this study group together because we believe members of congress should have an opportunity once a month, bringing in speakers to try to educate our colleagues to feel more responsible for these young men and women who have given their liv

join the conversation with jon ronson. he'll also be taking your phone calls, e-mail facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at cspan.org. >> sunday night on q and a, "washington post" national security reporter walter pinkus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 200 o 3 invasion of iraq. >> i think one of the things about the bush administration and who never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or on iraq e and proveded it and history's proved it is that we look at things from our own point of view and get deceived by it. you can go back the vietnam is a great example of the first time we sort of did it openly, but we have a history of trying to think other people are like us. our standards and the world is different. and particularly in the middle east, totally different culture. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pascific on cspan's q and a. >> the senate homeland security committee last month looked at security along the u.s. canada border. the witnesses included the chief -

and on sunday at noon on in depth our conversation with documentary film maker and author jon ronson who has written many books. join the conversation with jon ronson who will be taking your phone calls e-mail, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c span.org. >>> transportation secretary anthony foxx testified before a senate appropriations subcommittee about his department's budget for 2016 and answered questions about the highway trust fund. he talked about the federal aviation administration and cyber security. >>> good morning. the subcommittee will come to order. while we're waiting for secretary foxx to arrive and recognize on cue he comes through the door. i want to explain that we moved up the time of the hearing by a half hour. and to mr. secretary i feel your pain on the traffic because it has never taken me longer to get to work than it did today because of the protests and the street closures. but today we do welcome secretary foxx to testify about the administration's fiscal year 2016 budget request from the department of transportation. the adminis

sunday at noon our live three-hour presentation on jon ronson, who has written at many books. join the conversation with jon ronson, taking your phone calls and e-mail and facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> sunday night "washington post" national security reporter on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. >> i think one of the things about the bush administration and paul wolfowitz who never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or iraq and proved it and history has proved it, is that we look at things from our own point of view. and get deceived by it. and you can go back to vietnam was a great example of the first time we sort of did it openly but we have a history of trying to think other people are like us. and the world is different. and particularly in the middle east totally different culture. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-spanq and a. >> craig fugate testified about his agency's 2016 budget request and totals $7.5 billion for disaster preparedness and response. >> cal

join the conversation with jon ronson who will also be taking your phone calls, email, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. pennsylvania representative bill shuster chairs the transportation and infrastructure committee. he recently spoke about issues concerning the highway trust fund reauthorization of the aviation administration and changes to amtrak. he raced questions about his relationship with an aviation lobbyist. this is 50 minutes. rep. shuster: i was talking to fawn backstage the last time i was here we slugged our shoulders -- shrugged our shoulders, three years ago. i guess we have been having fun. the usual suspects show up when i'm talking about transportation issues. i have to warn you as i told fawn what are you going to say in your opening remarks? probably a lot of what you heard me talking about for the last couple of years so here goes. again, i really appreciate the opportunity to talk to the media, the folks like you that care deeply about transportation because i think we all know that's a quality of life issue. it's about creating

. >> host: the last word with jon ronson on "in depth." thank you. .. and nbc's "meet the press." he previously served as a police reporter for the city news bureau a news service a writer for the "washington times," and a become review editor and occasional movie critic. he is also served as the senior editor of the weekly standard and contributing editor for the atlantic and news week, best-sauling author, brooks' books including on paradise drive, and his third book, the social animal, the siden sources of love, character and achievement, became a "new york times" number one best seller. the work he is discussing tonight is already number one on the amazon hard cover bestseller list. in addition to all of this -- [applause] -- i think that merits applause. david teaches at yale university and is a member have american academy of arts and sciences. responding to david tonight is mike a nationally cindy indicate columnist who appears twice weekly in the "washington post" and the author of "hero conservatism. and a fellow at the -- he previously served as a senior fellow at the co

our live three-hour conversation with author jon ronson, who has written many books

then, our lives three-our conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books. join the conversation. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails facebook comments, and tweets. get the full schedule at c-span.org. >> written is holding -- britain is holding parliamentary elections next thursday. the leaders of the three main political parties took questions from voters. they took a variety of topics, including immigration policies and membership in the eu. david dimbleby moderated the program. it is 1.5 hours and it comes from leeds, england. >> tonight david cameron, ed miliband, and nick clegg face our audience in the town hall. this is "question time." [applause] mr. dimbleby: thank you very much. over the next 90 minutes, the three party leaders are going to take the stage here. they will take questions from our audience, which is made up of 25% who intend to vote for each of the three party leaders and the remaining 25% who are either undecided or will vote for another party. you can text comments to 83981. you can push the red button and see what othe

join the conversation with jon ronson who also be taking your comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> sunday night, washington post national security reporter walter pincus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. walter: one of the things about the bush administration was they never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or iraq. and proved it. history has proven it. is it we look at things from our own point of view and get deceived by it. you can go back to vietnam which is a great example of the first time we did it openly. trying to think that other people are like us. the world is different and particularly i east, it is a totally different culture. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> ohio governor john kasich is among those considering a presidential run for 2016. he sent out friday with reporters at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor. the governor talked about the recent unrest in baltimore immigration, same-sex marriage and his decision to expand medicaid

join us with the conversation with jon ronson. the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> political favoritism was one of the topics deputy homeland security secretary alejandro mayor york cast testified before the homeland security committee. an inspector general's report mayorkas, serving as head of u.s. citizenship immigrations services gave special access through eb-5. it allows foreign nationals if they invest 500,000 to million dollars in a project or business that creates jobs for u.s. citizens this. is just over two hours. >> committee on homeland security will come to order. the purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony regarding the immigrant investor program known as the eb-5 program. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. on march 20 fourth, the department of homeland security inspector general, released a report detailing allegations against deputy secretary mayorkas that relate to his time as director of u.s. cis and his oversight of the eb-5 program. the ig's office conducted more than 50 interviews, r

. >> and now on booktv jon ronson, author of "so you've been publicly shamed" "the men who stare at goats" and more. he took viewer questions and discussed his body of work on booktv's "in depth" program. >> host: jon ronson, who are "them"? >> guest: oh, them two different types of people. they're the secret rulers of the world who kind of exist and kind of don't exist depending on what package you bring to the situation. then -- them is a book in which i hung out with conspiracy theorists and tried to sneak into the secret room where they believe the shadowy cabal was trying to secretly rule the world. the them are the extremists and conspiracy theorists and they're also the objects of their possibly paranoid delusions, possibly correct interpretation of how the world