this interview recorded at pepperdine university in california as part of booktv's college series. >> host: . >> host: the book is called "marijuana legalization" what everyone needs a now published that for university press. one of the co-authors editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization? >> guest: neither and that is what makes it -- and the market. none of us agree with each other on legalization and that is the genius of oxford university press bringing together for opinions and together figuring out what the true evidence base is. the problem with the issues surrounding marijuana is there are such such strong ethics he groups on both sides of the issue that the issue that's on the publicly that they now have no idea which direction they are in pulled in. the idea is to get for people to disagree on issue legalization to agree on the facts surrounding marijuana. >> host: where you stand personally on the issue? >> guest: why was hoping you wouldn't affect another

watching book tv on c-span2 on location at pepperdine university in malibu, california as part of our university series. we like to visit universities and colleges and talk to professors who are also authors. joining us now is craig detweiler. his book, "igods: how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives". here is the book cover. professor craig detweiler, buffalo begin to that, what do you teacher at pepperdine? >> guest: i am a school teacher first. i help the students navigate the entertainment industry. >> host: also the director for the center of entertainment. is that part of your professorship? >> guest: it is a bit of the think tank looking at how media and culture impact each other. al found shapes our public conversation and how maybe, you know, students can figure out how to read contribute to the greater good. >> host: your book, "igods," is listed and classified as christianity and culture. why is that? >> guest: well, i am also trained as a theologian. i am a graduate of -- graduate of the theological seminary. i had always been interested in how religious feeli

and book tv on location at pepperdine university. >> pepperdine university joel fox is next. he spoke to book tv about california politics and the history behind his mystery novels. >> host: you like to say you have a long rap sheet. >> guest: i go back to 1970 find chart to the 1979 joining howard jarvis, the author of proposition 14 and the california tax revolt as of the country. in talking to marty anderson, economic adviser to ronald reagan, he said of proposition 13 passed it gave the reagan campaign some impetus to push forward with taxes. so i go back to the beginning working at howard's eight, was not there at the campaign. higher just afterward. travel around the country. i worked with him on a number of other issues. he passed away in 1986, and i took over as the president of his taxpayers association i had that job for a decade. in all but a lot of california ballot propositions. i then went out on my own to do some consulting. the small-business advocate. been involved and a lot of ballot measures in the state of california and worked on a couple of political cam

this is booktv on location at pepperdine university. >> pepperdine's university's joel fox is next. he spoke about california politics and the politics behind his mystery novels. >> joel fox, you like to say you have a long rap sheet in california politic. >> guest: it is true. i go back to 1979, joining howard jarvis, the author of proposition 13 and the california tax row volt that swept the country. in fact in talking to marty anderson, who is economic adviser to ronald reagan, he said when proposition 13 passed it gave the reagan campaign some impetus to push forward with taxes as the lead issue. so i worked as howard's aide. was hired just after the campaign and traveled with mr. jarvis around the country. worked with him on a number of other issues issues and he passd awayin' 1986 and i took over as the president of his taxpayers' association. had that job for a decade. and involved in a lot of california ballot propositions along the way, and even since then, but then went out on my own to do some consulting. i have been a small business advocate, been involved in a lot of ba

one of the co-authors and editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization of marijuana? >> guest: neither. if it's written by four authors and that is what is the genius of oxford university press bringing together four different opinions and together figuring out what the evidence base is. the problem with issues surrounding marijuana is there are such strong advocacy groups on both sides of the issue and when the public reads about it they have no idea which direction they are being pulled into. >> host: where do you stand personally initiate? >> guest: i was hoping you'd wouldn't accept that now that you did in chapter 16 of the book each of the authors was required to basically declare the subject and for many academics it's an uncomfortable thing to do. you don't want to show your hand in and research we have provide as unbiased as we are able to set of perspectives. in this case the four authors i was the one who was most in favor of there are one or legalization until comme

this month we are at pepperdine university. a break ramps that down to talk about his book american eden in which she looks at the americas gardens and the people who designed them. this is about half an hour. >> host: we want to introduce you to wade graham, the of certain of the author of this book, among other books, and "american eden." first of all, what do you do for a living? >> guest: i do the few things. a design gardens, a professor of public policy, and i am a journalist for. >> host: how did you get interested? >> guest: i fell sideways into it. i have always been interested in cultural history, designed of landscape. i got a chance early in life to train at the feet of a master who taught me how to do it. >> host: who was that? >> guest: nancy gaudily power. quite a powerful designer. so when ended up happening to me , i realize that i was quite ignorant about what i was doing designing gardens. i knew how to do it. i could put an english garden with an english costs, but it struck me that i did not know why we did

this month we're at pepperdine university. wade graham sat down with booktv to talk about his book "american eden" where he look at our gardens and the people who design them. this is half an hour. >> now on booktv we want to introduce you to wade graham, the author of this book, among other books, "american eden." first of all, what do you do for a living? >> guest: i do a series of things. i design gardens. i'm a professor of public policy and a journalist. >> host: how did you get interested or active in the designing of gardens. >> guest: like many things in life i fell sideways into it. always been interested in housing, designs, landscape, and got a chance to train at the feet of a master. >> host: who what that. >> guest: a woman named nancy power, in santa monica. so what ended up happening to me, in these various strands of my life, designing gardens, writing and teaching about environmental history, i realized i was ignorant about what i was doing designing garden. i could put an english garden with a english house a

he sat down with us at pepperdine university in malibu, california. this is part of book tv's college series. it's about 45 minutes. >>> joining us now on book tv is bruce herschensohn, professor here at pepperdine university. professor herschensohn, how long have you taught here and what do you teach? >> i teach u.s. foreign policy and started teaching here in the beginning of 1998, really when the school of public policy opened up for students. before that i had an affiliation with pepperdine since the mid-early 1970s. >> what kind of affiliation? >> i think you know i used to work for president nixon. when you get a request to go to a college, i always got the straw that meant i'm going to go in his place. of course, the college was never really delighted to see me, but too bad. so most of the colleges in those days, it was rough going. i felt i succeeded if i was still alive. this was vietnam and all of that. and so i remember sitting in a rental car with my hands on the steering wheel thinking, i made it. i got to the end of the speech and everyt

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. >> and no more from book tv visit to pepperdine university. professor. ♪ talks about his book "lift up your hearts" and his life in politics. >> host: ambassador douglas kmiec what is your role here? >> guest: the crusoe chair of constitutional law and human rights. i teach primarily on subjects related to our constitution but also the hopes and aspirations of the world community as manifested through the various iterations of human life. most of my teaching, i have to say, has originated out of my father and a classroom. i have been at the teaching business probably for 35 years or so at notre dame and here. then each time those experiences have been punctuated by the things. ronald reagan's lawyer for a while on matters of the constitution. president obama made me -- gave me one of the greatest privileges of all time, it said the our country in a foreign country, to be ambassador to malta. i brought that back to the teaching of human rights. >> host: how many presidents have you worked for? sp c-span.org if you count george h. w. bush, and i

. >> host: why are we talking to you at pepperdine university? >> guest: i am teaching a course here in the school of policy on saudi arabia. a subject about which i wrote the book and they invited me to teach and i have never actually taught. but it was great fun in the semester is coming to a close pretty soon. but it was a lot of fun. >> host: what did you learn as a teacher from your students? >> guest: they ask things and they clearly have a perspective that i don't have since i am three times her age. so that is probably the most interesting thing. just seeing what young people are interested in and the way they look at something. >> host: what one is the first time he went to saudi arabia? >> guest: 1978 when i became a diplomatic correspondent for "the wall street journal." i had never been to the middle east and i had been to jerusalem and that was the hottest place, even more than soviet union policy issues. so i bought myself an excursion ticket for five weeks not realizing "the wall street journal" would actually be a part of this and

. >> host: we have been talking with pepperdine university. like us on facebook or follow us on twitter. >> next a discussion on the conflict in ukraine. it was part of this year's 2014 freedom fest conference in las vegas. it is 45 minutes. >>> you are probably wondering what i have done wrong to be dragged before congress 75 times to testify. never been indicted. it is a great pleasure to be here with you today, ladies and gentlemen. our topic today is hot spots around the world. i gave a talk on ukraine last year and that was before it heated up. mark thought it would be a good idea to look around the world and see what happens. we have no better panelist than the group today. we have gentlemen who have immense experience working in american areas of the world and i think you will enjoy what they have to say. to my far, far right is david keene and david is now the opinion editor of the washington times and oversees all of the editorials and washington times is in the process of expanding. they are doing a national digital edition. i sugges

watching book tv on c-span2 on location at pepperdine university in malibu, california as part of our university series. we like to visit universities and colleges and talk to professors who are also authors. joining us now is craig detweiler. his book, "igods: how technology shapes our spiritual and social lives". here is the book cover. professor craig detweiler, buffalo begin to that, what do you teacher at pepperdine? >> guest: i am a school teacher first. i help the students navigate the entertainment industry. >> host: also the director for the center of entertainment. is that part of your professorship? >> guest: it is a bit of the think tank looking at how media and culture impact each other. al found shapes our public conversation and how maybe, you know, students can figure out how to read contribute to the greater good. >> host: your book, "igods," is listed and classified as christianity and culture. why is that? >> guest: well, i am also trained as a theologian. i am a graduate of -- graduate of the theological seminary. i had always been interested in how religious feeli

. >> host: we have been talking with pepperdine university professor bruce herschensohn. his book "obama's globe" the president's abandonment of u.s. allies around the world. you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> next to discussion on the conflict in ukraine. he was part of this year's 2014 freedom fest conference in las vegas. it is 45 minutes. [applause] >> you're probably wondering what i had done wrong to have it dragged up before congress 75 times to testify. never been indicted. ladies and gentlemen it's a great pleasure to be here with you today. our topic of today is hot spots around the world. at the bahamas small version of freedom fest last january i gave a talk on ukraine and that is before the thing had heated up and rob that it would be a good idea for the trip to places around the world and what's likely to happen. we have no better panelists than the group we have today because we have got a gentleman who has immense experience men -- working in many areas of the world. i think you'll enjoy what they have to say. to my far far right is david keene. david

one of the co-authors and editors is angela hawken who is a public policy professor at pepperdine university where we are on location. angela hawken is this book pro-or anti-legalization of marijuana? >> guest: neither. if it's written by four authors and that is what is the genius of oxford university press bringing together four different opinions and together figuring out what the evidence base is. the problem with issues surrounding marijuana is there are such strong advocacy groups on both sides of the issue and when the public reads about it they have no idea which direction they are being pulled into. >> host: where do you stand personally initiate? >> guest: i was hoping you'd wouldn't accept that now that you did in chapter 16 of the book each of the authors was required to basically declare the subject and for many academics it's an uncomfortable thing to do. you don't want to show your hand in and research we have provide as unbiased as we are able to set of perspectives. in this case the four authors i was the one who was most in favor of there are one or legalization until comme

. >> host: we have been talking with pepperdine university. like us on facebook or follow us on twitter. >> next a discussion on the conflict in ukraine. it was part of this year's 2014 freedom fest conference in las vegas. it is 45 minutes. >>> you are probably wondering what i have done wrong to be dragged before congress 75 times to testify. never been indicted. it is a great pleasure to be here with you today, ladies and gentlemen. our topic today is hot spots around the world. i gave a talk on ukraine last year and that was before it heated up. mark thought it would be a good idea to look around the world and see what happens. we have no better panelist than the group today. we have gentlemen who have immense experience working in american areas of the world and i think you will enjoy what they have to say. to my far, far right is david keene and david is now the opinion editor of the washington times and oversees all of the editorials and washington times is in the process of expanding. they are doing a national digital edition. i sugges

. >> we have been talking with pepperdine university professor bruce herschensohn. his book, "obama's globe, a president abandonment of u.s. allies around the world." you're watching book tv on c-span 2. >> over the next several hours, we are going to feature programs normally seen weekends on c-span 3's american history tv. coming up, a look at how the founding fathers, alexander hamilton and john adams, gave and took advice in their personal and public lives. followed by hamilton's ideas about honor in politics. then a discussion about pennsylvania's whiskey rebellion and other local uprisings against the federalist-led u.s. government in the 1790s. >> tonight, c-span in prime time spotlights veterans health care. we'll have highlights from hearings on capitol hill, including doctors, whistleblowers and those directly impacted by issues at the v.a. >> upon returning from the second deployment, brian was evaluated, he was diagnosed with ptsd, tbi depression and anxiety. at this time, i would like you to refer to the documents that you received, brian's medical docu

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the tv is on location at pepperdine university. >> this is booktv on c-span2.elevision for serious readers. here's the plan primetime lineup. a look at the life of harper lee ann at 830, rick santorum speaks with leadership summit and then the university of michigan professor reports on the impact of the millennial generation at 9:00 p.m. at 10:00 o'clock, "after words" with cheryl temple. she argues that a desire to monitor and control the public is at an all-time high at our programming continues with ralph nader who calls for an alliance between progressives, conservatives, and libertarians, to take on issues like corporate bailout, pentagon spending, and civil liberties. that happens on tonight's booktv. >> in the 1930s and early 40s, my family traveled all over the country coast-to-coast and i went to five high schools in four years but i was never in a classroom with african-americans. so even though i was in the north society. and i was in the army in early 1945 and was trained for the invasion of japan and i was down in georgia for the first time in the