where malcolm gladwell is going to be in conversation with the los angeles times film critic, kenneth toran, you know? if you listen to npr, you're probably familiar with kenneth's voice as npr's film critic. >> host: well, as regular viewers know, booktv will also be there. the c-span bus will be there, and we have partnered with the the l.a. times festival of books to create a book bag. and we will be handing those out from the c-span bus and if you're familiar with the area just off of -- on the usc campus, we're just about half a block from tommy trojan. and is there a cost to attending the festival mr. mele? >> guest: the bulk of the events are free. there are some of them that are ticketed due to limited space. but this is really a chance to invite the country in, to invite los angeles in and in partnership with usc to look at california. california as, you know the gateway to both latin america and to the pacific rim, to look at some of the future, some of the challenges the country faces in its future that are quite acute in los angeles from drought and climate change to immigration