thank you to malcolm gladwell. thanks to dan pink and adorning audience for doing this. purchase books is in the chat box and we are e-mailing everyone the link as well. athose books each come withel assigned bookplate. come back and see for more virtual events, check out our calendar sixth and sid when the time comes we cannot wait to welcome you back into our building at sixth and i. until then take care, stay safe and have a good night. >> tonight on booktv on c-span2 a look at some of this year's selling books. >> watch booktv now on sundays on c-span2 or find it online any time at booktv.org. it's television for serious readers. >> the u.s. senate is not in session today to allah senators to attend the funeral of former senator mike in the in wyoming. the senate is back in session at 11 a.m. eastern on saturday. senators will continue work on the $1.2 trillion partisan infrastructure bill. it finds of roads, bridges, public transit, railways, water projects, airports, rob and internet an electric vehicle charging stations. when you sin is back in session at 11 a.m.

welcome to any of her viewers from that day air for this this evening we are so honored to welcome malcolm gladwell in celebration of this new release "the bomber mafia." we have the pleasure of hosting malcolm and 2013 for his "new york times" best-selling book david and goliath. it's a much-anticipated return to her virtual page per considered by many as one of the world's top malcolm gladwell's work and cover state and cuts the conventional wisdom to find new ways of understanding of how the world works. malcolm is a "new york times" best-selling author of six books in thehe co-founder of the audio content company that produces his award-winning podcast. he's been a writer at "the new yorker" since 1996 and previously covered the "washington post" for nearly ad decade. and ekpe's bookad club -- and "e bomber mafia" ♪♪ delves into -- building on its expiration and his most recent privacy weave together the stories of the homemade commuter a band of brotherst from out thm of the british psychopath and a maniacal chemist at harvard. he examines one of the greatest moral challenges of modern america

box they come with assigned bookplate thank you for joining us and please help me to welcome malcolm gladwell dan into your homes. >> hey everybody. it's good to be here. >> first let me start by saying thank you what a great part of washington dc mywa adopted hometown in malcolm's former stomping grounds allied of ideas and i cannot wait until we can do stuff in person. however the good news about doing things virtually as we have people around the country if not around the world who can take that magic with people from texas and new mexico and california here for this conversation with malcolm gladwell. we are here to talk about this book the bomber mafia. seriously. this is a great read. i so enjoyed reading this book read and youu think i learned something but this is a freaking great read. i really, really enjoyed it. but it didn't start off to be read but to be heard. normally books go from print to audio. you went from audio r to print. tell us about that. >> i was interested in this topic doing my last revisionist history and i realized ever since doing my podcast and become very inte

this evening we are so honored to welcome malcolm gladwell back to sixth and in celebration of this new release obama mafia. we have the pleasure of hosting malcolm back in 2013 for his "new york times" best-selling book david and goliath. so this is a much anticipated return to now our virtual stage. considered by many as one of the world's top thinkers, malcolm gladwell is work uncovers truths hidden and strained std catch the conventional wisdom to glean new ways of understanding of how the world works. malcolm is near times best-selling author of books and the cofounder of the audio content company that produces his award-winning podcast for revision is history. he's been a staff writer at the new yorker since 1996 and privacy covert business insights for the "washington post" for nearly a decade. in obama mafia malcolm delves deep into questions about technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war. wielding honest exploration in the most recent podcast he weaves together the stories of the dutch genius and his home a computer, a band of brothers in central alabama, a bri

welcome to any of her viewers from that day air for this this evening we are so honored to welcome malcolm gladwell in celebration of this new release "the bomber mafia." we have the pleasure of

tonight, we will have a look at the military with malcolm gladwell's book, which describes the developmentf precision bombing during world war ii. that's followed by "war"'s author, looking at how military conflict has affected aspects of society throughout history. and then, patrick o'donnell with his book "the indispensable's," about the marblehead regiment and how they played a crucial role in both battle and as protectors of general george washington. watch book tv tonight, beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. ♪ announcer: weekends on c-span2 bringing the best in american history and nonfiction books. on saturday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency, we will feature two programs on gerald r. ford, the only white house occupant who was never elected as vice president or president. he took office 47 years ago this month after president nixon's resignation. we will first go to the presidential museum, looking back at film and photographs. then a look at his wife, betty ford, who was honored on the white house grounds and gardens. featured speakers include a landscape historian a

the chat we have people from texas, new mexico, california, here for this conversation, with malcolm gladwell. malcolm, we're here to talk about this book here "the bomber mafia". seriously, this is a great read. i so enjoyed reading this book. i mean, and i have to say, some books you read, and it is like okay, yeah, i learned something, and i had -- but this is a great read. i really enjoyed it. but it didn't start out to be read. it started out to be heard. tell us about the -- you sort of did a reverse commute. usually books go from print to audio. you went from audio to print. tell us about that. >> well, i got into this topic when i was doing my last season of revisionist history, and i realized, you know, ever since doing my podcast, i've become very interested in audio story telling and aware of the circumstances under which that's a better way to tell a story. and it struck me from the beginning of this one that this was the right way to tell the story, or at least a good way to tell the story, for a number of reasons. one is that there's just so much extraordinary tape from the seco

thank you so much to malcolm gladwell, thanks to everyone in the audience for joining us.he link to purchase is in the chat box and we are e-mailing everyone as well. please come back and see us for more events and check out the calendar. when the time comes, we cannot wait to welcome you back to the building. until then, take c. >> good evening everyone. william thrilled to welcome you t

i listened to all of malcolm gladwell and his podcast.is damning am not a big consumer of culture if am a big consumer of fiction i'm a sort of consumer of some kinds of nonfiction i do get hooked on tv shows i am now watching the mayor of eastown detective story it is a soap opera but it is just so good so i get hooked on things but this stuff just appears before me and i eat it. but tending towards fiction or television or good television drama. >> giving your last book on federal bureaucrats do ever circle back to the folks to find out what happened to them and what they thought? always. almost always. a lot. yes. because a lot of them are totally oblivious whatlw will happen but i will tell you what is funny arthur a allen who ended up being the afterward to the paperback and 8000 words who basically created the field and was the world's expert and how different objects would enable him and the coast guard to rescue people that were lost at sea because they didn't know how to overturn 18-foot sailboats theyy cannot predict. he develop

this evening we are so honored to welcome malcolm gladwell back to sixth and in celebration of this new release obama mafia. we have the pleasure of hosting malcolm back in 2013 for his "new york times" best-selling book david and goliath. so this is a much anticipated return to now our virtual stage.

tonight we will have a look at the military with malcolm gladwell's book the bomber mafia which describes the developers of precision bombing during world war ii. that is followed by or other margaret mcmillan looking at how military conflict has affected various aspects of society throughout history and patrick o donald with his book the indispensables about the marvel head regiment and how they played a crucial role in battle and as protectors of general george washington. watch booktv tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> good afternoon. i'm robert doar of the american enterprise institute. it is my pleasure to welcome you to this afternoon's conversation with john mackey. john mackey is co-founder and ceo of full synapse market and cofounder of the nonprofit conscious capitalism. he's here to talk about his new book "conscious leadership: elevating humanity through business". i can't think of a better guest to have on thanksgiving week. a pleasure to have you. welcome to our discussion this afternoon. >> thanks for having me on the show. >> i loved your book and i recommend

tonight we will have a look at the military with malcolm gladwell's book the bomber mafia which describes the developers of precision bombing during world war ii. that is followed by or other margaret mcmillan looking at how military conflict has affected various aspects of society throughout history and patrick o donald with his book the indispensables abo

. >> i mean, i listen to all of malcolm gladwell's podcasts because he led me into the business. this is damning. i am not a big consumer culture. i am a consumer of fiction and a sort of consumer of some kinds of nonfiction. i do get hooked on tv shows. i'm now watching mayor of east town, the kate winslet detective story. it's a soap opera about i could watch kate winslet open an envelope, she's just so good. i get hooked on things. i'm not a systematic consumer culture. this stuff kind of appears before me and i eat it. but tending towards fiction and good television drama. given your last book on federal bureaucrats and all that happened during the trump years, do you ever circle back to the folks being featured to find out what happened to them and what they thought? >> thought about what i wrote? always. i mean, almost always. a lot, yes. a lot of them are oblivious to what's going to happen in the book. i will tell you what's funny. arthur allen who ended up being the afterword to the paperback in 8,000 words who basically created the field of it was the world's expert in

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and that's from the famous phrase of malcolm gladwell, 3,000 hours of preparation. >> success is hard work and talent put together. this is the earliest picture of bill. you can see he has a pencil and piece of paper in front of him. that's his older brother, sid, in front of him. he was drawing from the start and doing complex mathematics, reading novels at age five. where he grew up, that was -- that didn't seem important to a lot of people. he didn't like farm work and that was the only important thing. the family kind of hopes that bill would become a famous orter or famous artist or surgeon, or even a preacher or army general or something like that. when it came down to it, a poor kid, high school dropout, he knew none of that was in his future and so he decided after reading an article about how much money chick young made, drawing blondy, that he partnered with a cartoonist. hillbilly larry drew probably ten cartoons a day. first thing he taught bill. he drew a picture. he drew a cartoon, showed it to bill and said this is breakfast. drew another one. this is lunch and this is

put into prepare himself to be a cartoonist and that's of course from the famous phrase some malcolm gladwell a genius takes 10,000 hours of preparation. tell us about those preparation become the man he came yeah success is hard work and talent, you know put together. this is an earliest picture of bill there. he is on the right. you can see already has a pencil and piece of paper in front of him. that's his older brother sid next to him bill was really drawing from the start, but he was also doing like complex mathematics. he was reading novels at age five. he could kind of master any academic tasks that you gave him, but you know where he grew up in the mountains of southern new mexico. that wasn't that didn't seem important to a lot of people he he didn't like farm work and that was the only important thing so bill was the family kind of hoped that bill would become a famous orator or famous artist or a surgeon or you know, even even a preacher or an army general or something like that, but when it came down to it, you know bill is a poor kid high school dropout. he know that none of that

i listen to wallace malcolm gladwell's podcasts. he led me into this. this is damning. i'm not a big consumer of culture. i am a big consumer of fiction. i'm a sort of consumer of some kind of nonfiction. i watch tv shows. i'm watching the mayor of east town, the kate winslet detective story. i could watch kate winslet. i get hooked on things. i'm not a systematic consumer of culture. this stuff kind of appears before me and i eat it. tending towards fiction, tending towards television, good television drama. >> host: given your last book on federal bureaucrats and all that happened during the trump years to find out what happens to them. >> guest: thought about what i wrote? almost always, a lot. yeah. a lot of them are totally oblivious to what is written about in the book. arthur allen who ended up being the afterword to the paperback in 8000 words who basically created the field, the world expert in how different objects drift at sea enabling him in the coast guard to rescue all kinds of people who otherwise would have been lost at sea, they didn't know how an overt