you will see them on booktv. each week booktv produces a program called "after words." and on this week's episode of the author interview program, entrepreneur argues that corporate america is signing onto, quote, the culture only to increase profit. he discussed his book with harvard university economics professor and former george w. bush economics advisor greg. here is a little bit of that conversation. >> i think that there is something to be said for exploring the way in which may be it can stand on its own 2 feet. a big part of what i take aim at in the book isn't just the ideology in and of its own right but it's merged with capitalism which actually taints both the progressive values that the corporations are asked to be stewards of and relegating the purpose in and of itself so that is what the heart of the book is about more so than a criticizing one end of the political spectrum or another. >> host: now "after words" errors every sunday on booktv and you can watch all previous episodes on the website, booktv.org. and it is also available as a podcast on c-span

down hold c-span now today. ♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author phillip magness, co-authorthis book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what doin you do for a living? >> guest: i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academia before? >> guest: i have. i spentnt about ten years teachg college at george mason university, american university. >> host: and what was your experience like? >> it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. i also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. >> and what did you find? >> my immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal business operation there are things that happen in universities that would make things like enron look ethical by comparison. >> give us an example. >> the first thing is the weight universities and market themselves through students. if you go to any university they have li

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books, the latest book reviews and we will talk about the current nonfiction books featured on c-span booktv. >> host: welcome to the about books podcast and program. a little bit later we will be talking with the "washington post" book critic and getting his take on some of the notable books of the past year but first, here's some publishing news. this week former white house chief of staff mark meadows book was published. lots of news came out of it including that president trump tested positive for covid-19 prior to the presidential debate. the former president was in a bunker for safety following the murder of george floyd and the then president threatened to bomb a village of a taliban leader didn't cooperate with him. they since denounced as fake news and all seasons presses the publisher. also this week the children's publisher scholastic, home of the harry potter series and worth an estimated $1.2 billion is facing a potential challenge to the company's recent leadership. the former ceo robinson who died earlier this year left the majority of the company stock to a long time employee

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. >> you are on booktv talking about the opioid epidemic. >> pertaining to what you just said, my question is that if the fda was to struggle if it was addiction and then in the long run but then the things that you lose in your life taking that meditation year in and year l out. host: how long we taking oxycontin and how did you get started? >> back in 1982 working in certain jobs as a therapist and i had back problems sometimes they give me hundred and 20 becauseme i would be fine for several me —- several months. and then i never realized how deep i was getting into addiction and addiction personality because when i retired i was also adhd that so many coming into play for all of it. host: very quickly you able to get off the pills and what was that process like? >> but that is also something that you start. and those processes were not there. but that was almost my whole life. host: thank you. >> first off, congratulations for being in recovery. i know it's very difficult. people say it can take at least a decade before they fully recover. they never fully recover. there's always a cha

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and now on booktv's "after words" program, jobi warric discusses america's effort to destroycal weapons. >>s hello, everyone. joby warrick is a two-time pulitzer prize winner, one for journalism and one for general nonfiction. he covers counterterrorism, intelligence a and other nationl security issues, and his book, "red line," tells a powerful, gripping story about how the u.s. worked to destroy basharal al asad -- al assad's chemical weapons in syria. it. i published a book a couple of years ago where i accepted the conventional wisdom that russia and the united states worked together on chemical weapons, but of course if you read joby warrick's book, you will see they've done a lot to obstruct it and that is a whole another story, so i'm going to begin with the first question. can you tell us why you decided this. >> guest: i'm honored to be with the experts in this country. it's terrific and i couldn't have recommended it highly enough. why i do this book is for several reasons, but as a storyteller, story uses the courtesy of our trade and this is amazing as tragic as i

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on sundays, booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. it's television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore or weekends on c-span2. ♪ ♪ >> booktv continues now, television for serious readers. >> hello and good afternoon. welcome toed ooh -- today's commonwealth club program. i'm pleased to be the moderator for today's program. i'm a fellow with the discovery institute's chapman center for citizen leadership, and i'm a syndicated columnist. you may have seen me previously on the program which focuses on top news and current events. i'm pleased to be here to discuss john mcwhorter's new book, "rogue racism." it is already making waves and inspiring debate, gives insight into critical race theory and racism. jon's the author of seven books on linguistics and an associate professor at columbia university. welcome to the commonwealth club. if you have any questions for john or me, or please put them on the youtube chat feature, and they'll be forwarded to me during the program. so, john, let's begin. i love of the book. it never got b

. >> next on booktv new yorker staff writer and editor david remnick discussed the end articles on race throughout history and then "newsweek" deputy opinion editors argue journalism was a blue-collar profession and is now largely a provision for elites pushing radical ideas and later on the offer interview program "after words" pulitzer prize-winning journalist looks at how u.s. companies moving overseas has affected the working class. you can find a full schedule on the program guide by visiting booktv.org. here's the new yorkers david called and remnick. a. >> .. on a book called "the matter of black lives: writing from the new yorker". it's a new anthology that collects almost a century of reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from the magazine and i'd like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend jelani cobb. he's been a staff writer since 2015 and writes regal frequently on race, politics, history and culture. he's a renowned teacher of journalism at columbia university and has his phd from rutgers and wrote the introduction to the essential carter commission list whi

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>> [inaudible] now on booktv "after words" former xerox ceo the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company shares her insights into american business into the corporate world. she's interviewed by the senior vice president alicia boulder davis. >> i'm excited to have this opportunity to talk with you today. where you are is not who you are. >> i'm happy to be here and happy to help. >> let's go ahead and get started. what convinced you to write your story? >> and my kids and nieces. you live your life a day at a time. they are together in amazing experiences. looking forward more than looking backwards i was thinking about the book and what would i write about exactly? how do you write about the many different days in life as an avid reader i read these books and fiction generally, but all this stuff like the books i was reading. i am an engineer. i definitely read a lot and the one thing that you would never consider me or i would never consider myself what happens with most authors it turned out to be hard. it's actually about your life and at the time i started writing the book,

. >> next on booktv, cnn senior political analyst kristen powers provides her thoughts on how to navigate divisions in our culture without sacrificing your beliefs or emotional well-being. later on booktv other in the program "after words" congressman jim jordan of ohio discusses the investigations by congress conducted during his time on the house judiciary and oversight committees and reflects on the trump presidency. find more schedule information on your program guide or by visiting booktv.org. starting now, here' cnn's kristen powers on breaking e political divide. >> hello, everyone. i members brittany kerfoot. on the direct of events at politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c. and i like to welcome you all to today's virtual event. before we began i had a couple of technical details to go over with you. first i will be dropping a link in the chat where you can purchase a copy of this book "saving grace: speak your truth, stay centered, and learn to coexist with people who drive you nuts." we serve anywhere in the united states and if you live in the d.c. area you can select

host: andrew in oklahoma, you are on booktv with eric eyre were talking opioid epidemic. caller: yes, sir, pertain to what he just said as the third prescriber through several states at the time, my question even though legally they brought up in the case how can they not make any more clear if the fda was told to tell doctors a certain thing that this drug was okay when it wasn't in addiction wasn't it and starting this medication and 92 and in the long run dealing with addiction and above their way to nursing homes and continuous pain. in the things that you losing your life taking a medication year in and year out let changes your personality with your family and you can't ever get that back. host: how long greed taking oxycontin and how did you get started. caller: and 92 working in the oil field and my brother and family members that needed the same type of lifting ahead back problems and i got started with it and i didn't see it wrong sometimes i would be out of my home state for several months and therefore i did pick it up at several different pharmacies from the

. >> you can find this and other booktv appearances on the website, booktv.org. search for the names are the latest title in the book puerile using the search box at the top of the page. >> the author of this book, stories of hope. i'm going to ask you a question i have never asked in author before. what was i reading? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and it was sort of an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my msa in new york, so those were award-winning short stories and then also political, a lot of essays and blog posts and opinion pieces i've written over the years mostly in my role with the t freestate project. >> and what is that project? libertarian movement we are trying to attract libertarians to the state of new hampshire. we've been around since 2003 and the success stories are piling up at this stage, but what we did is in 2001, this gentleman who was a yale student at the time wrote an essay like what would happen if we put all libertarians in one geographic area. there are a lot of people who believe in the principless of freedom

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this and all previous interviews on booktv.org just click the button near the top of the page now on booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military and senate, interviewed by the congressional editor. thank you for joining us today to discuss your book. >> thanks for having me. i'm excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start your entire life story is moving. as an editor though i love the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while

now on booktv "after words" democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military and senate, interviewed by the congressional editor. thank you for joining us today to discuss your book. >> thanks for having me. i'm excited to be here. >> host: i wanted to start your entire life story is moving. as an editor though i love the portion of the book where you say people tell me i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office, no i'm the first to give birth while in office. i am hoping you and i can have a candid conversation about what that was like on a personal level. >> anit is a traditional institution. how awkward was that talking through. as soon we were successful we began having the conversations and we were pretty evenly divided. by the way the senate rules is like cannot take leave because if i do then i can't introduce legislation, i can devote or do anything. i couldn't even give birth where i wanted because they would have been stuck there and you can't take a newborn on an airplane. from the beginning i knew we would have to work thr

. >> now on booktv's "after words" program former new york city police department commissioner bill bratton discusses his leadership in law enforcement over three decades and offers his thoughts on leasing in america today. he is interviewed by charles ramsey, former philadelphia police commissioner and former chief of the metropolitan police department. >> host: how are you? >> guest: i'm great, chuck. could be talking with you. >> host: same here. let me start by saying i read your book and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it really wasas a very good read so i'm so glad you wrote it but i do have, my first question, the book really chronicle your entire career which obviouslyclt was a tremendous career that you've had to spend, what, five decades but you chose to really start chapter one with december 20, 2014, the murder of two offices. why did you choose thatu event o really start this book? >> guest: for several reasons. one it was one of the most significant and, unfortunately, horrific events in that fifty-year career when you lose two officers at one time that thankfully is still an excepti

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. >> now on booktv's author interview program "after words," creator of the 619 project -- 1619 project, pulitzer prize-winning journalist nikole hannah-jones. she looks at american history, slavery. she's interviewed by professor and author stephen han. "after words" is a weekly program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. .. inspiring, challenging, for some exasperating. always controversy will type prize winning 1619 project which organized and brought to fruition in august 2019. on virtually any day within a week or so. >> november 16. >> november 16 i'm very much looking forward to our conversation. let's begin by backpedaling a little bit. we have the preface of the book, really an excellent overview of the genesis of the 1619 project on what the book hopes to accomplish it. wonder if we might start by discussing your expectations of the responses as you move toward publication two years ago. and then what has surprised you most about them? i'm sure you have been asked this many times. i also think you'd be interested in hearing. >

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