we wanted to find out more about this publishing success stories so we called ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called "inside: the biography of john gunther." >> next, discussion about transforming u.s. defense capabilities. the discussion included messages of congressman and former marine seth moulton, michelle flournoy, and the director of strategic -- strategic operations at the defense department. this is about 45 minutes. i am in adjunct fellow from the hudson institute. i am joined today by a distinguished panel and let me start introducing them. she doesn't really need an introduction but nevertheless, i will offer one up. she is the co-founder of west exec founders.

announcer: ken cuthbertson on this episode of book plus. listen wherever you get podcasts.nnouncer: sunday, c-span's series january 6, views from the house, continues. three more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day, including texico and republican ronny jackson who recounts what happened during those early moments on the house floor. >> everything was going fine. i don't know how far we got into it. they were going back and forth from the democrats to republicans, alternating back and forth. nancy pelosi was up at the podium good she was kind of overseeing it all. at some point i did not really notice but they pulled her away and somebody else came into replace her. i did not really pick up on that. that happens every now and then anyway. so that did not really catch my attention. what did catch my attention was shortly after that capitol police officers started coming into the chamber and it was very loud. people were talking, and it was making a lot of commotion. the doors to the chamber are typically open that they started s

so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called "inside :the biography of john gunther". >> listen at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, paul goldberger discusses his book "ballpark, baseball in the american city" exploring baseball and the changing architecture of ballparks over the years. the kansas city library of -- hosted this discussion and provided the video. >> thanks. i want to thank the library for putting on this event, the library board, jonathan kemper and the staff who worked with us. the library is a fantastic institution. we are lucky to have it. look at this awesome auditorium. speaking of great public spaces. >> yes, yes. >> this is one. all right. paul. >> libraries and ballparks, two most important things in a city, right? >> you have had this incredibly distinguished career as an architecture critic which maybe not everybody -- i mean people are here to hear you talk about kaufman stadium in the ends. >> right. >> do you want to talk to the audience about who you are, what you have done pri

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to talk with him about his 1992 book called" inside:the biography of john gunther". >> ken cuthbertson on book notes. listen wherever you get your podcasts. >>> up next, historian david pea trucea describes what he calls the 1919 world series fix by members of the chicago white sox which came to be known as the black sox scandal. he talks about how it shapes public perceptions of what happened. he is the author two of books on the subject. >> i would like to welcome you all to cooperstown. i'm the director here, david kent. we are very opportunity tonight to have an esteemed historian and award-winning writer who is not only an historian, but he's very into baseball. so it is a good combination because right now it is the 100th anniversary of one of the most infamous scandal inside baseball history, the black sox scandal where members of the chicago white sox were accused of throwing the world series to the cincinnati reds. and it -- it brought about many changes in baseball, including getting a commissioner and getting eight players on the white sox banned from baseball for life. so -

wanted to find out more about this publishing success story so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk to him about his 1992 book called "inside: the biography of john gunther." >> on this episode of "book notes plus." listen at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >>> boston red sox historian gordon edes led a discussion about the team's home front and battlefield contributions during world war ii through the stories of hall of famer ted williams and others. they give insight into the athletes' training, combat experience, and reception when they return home. this is hosted by the massachusetts historical society which provided the video. >> so today we have a great program which we'll explore one of the most popular topics in boston, which is the boston red sox. specifically we'll be looking at the boston red sox and world war ii. we'll be joined by a great panel which will be led by a good friend of mhs, gordon edes. he has been doing a lot of work supporting our organization. gordon is the official historian of the boston red sox. he has been the team

so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk with him about his 1992 book called "inside :the biography of john gunther". >> listen at c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, paul goldberger discusses his book "ballp

wanted to find out more about this publishing success story, so we called canadian relance writer ken cuthbertson to talk about him about his 1992 book kags called" inside, the biography of john gunther". >>> next. a conversation with u.s. army air corvette rans as they recount their experiences as fighter pilots during world war ii. the speakers included one ace fighter pilot and two tuskegee airmen. this is from the 2019 answer veterans center conference in washington, d.c. >>> it has been a wild and woolly couple days. a lot of history packed into a very short period of time. i wanted to begin today as i did yesterday, with a quote. in introduction to that quote, i want to ask, anyone in here not

to find out more about this publishing success story, so we called canadian freelance writer ken cuthbertson to talk about his 1992 book called inside: the biography of john gunther. >> listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast. sunday, c-span's series january 6. views from the house continues. three more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day, including new york democrat hakeem jeffries. >> we didn't really have the highest degree of information because particularly being on the house floor, he didn't really get to see the images. and the real-time footage of the ongoing assault on the capital. however, once we arrived in the secure location we were able to get some understanding of that and could only have imagined how our loved ones were feeling watching it all unfold in real time. so it certainly was a great comfort to be able to communicate with our family members back at home. one of the communications i received that was disturbing was my brother reached out to me to indicate that -- to check to see if we were ok, and of

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