. >> i'm here with steven johnson who's about to try to win $1 million on our show today, and if he can't do it both of his sons are gonna get to try. so, don't move. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody, and welcome to the show! are you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] steven, welcome. >> thank you. >> are you ready to go? >> i am. >> all right. let's set up your board. and let's get to work. >> fantastic. >> good luck. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ it all starts with your $500 question. here we go. which of the following is commonly used by a child to build a sandcastle?

then at 7:00:4, janine pirro defends president trump and at 8:50, best selling author steven johnson provides insights from readers in the field of politics, business and the arts on how conflicts decisions are made. then on booktv's afterwards program at,a political columnist offers his thoughts on how progressives influence deem ya, the media and pop culture advance their agenda. he is enter bride by brent bowsell, and we wrap up our primetime programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern with a former faith adviser to president obama who offer his thoughts 0 the importance of religious diversity in america. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. a reminder this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >> too track down the origin over to the honey guide stir he spoke with a nutritional anthropologist at the university of nevada las vegas who made a remarkable discovery out be people of tanzania. a group still living a traditional hunting and gathering lifestyle in the very l

okay, with rereally to con ver steven johnson, to the supreme courted and they will be like what happened to brett, and they are like who is brett, was they grease 2. but as of now, even with all this new stuff, believe it or not, they're still planning on going ahead with a hearing tomorrow to hear testimony from kavanaugh's original accuser christine blasey ford and to their credit the republicans have realized that 11 men questioning a woman about sexual assault is not a good look. which is why they brought in a pro. >> republicans on the senate judiciary committee all of whom are men outsourced the questioning for thursday's learing to a woman outside counsel. the lawyer who will be doing the questioning, veteran arizona sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitch en. >> republican bob work corker says gop senators need to protect themselves from their them selves. >> inadvertently somebody will do something that sin sensitive. i would not be wanting to ask questions about something like this. >> wow. kudos to the republicans. they're like you know how we are with women. we care, we can't do t

the best-selling author steven johnson provides insight from leaders in the field of politics. on how conflicts complex decisions are made. political commonness -- columnist offers his thoughts on how progressive influence academia. to advance their agenda. he is interviewed by brent purcell. and we wrap up our primetime programming at 11:00 p.m. eastern a former faith adviser to president obama. who offers his thoughts on the importance of religious diversity in america. that all happens tonight on c-span book tv. forty-eight hours of nonfiction authors in books every weekend. television for serious readers. the full schedule is available on our website. what does it mean to be american? that's this year's student cam competition question and were asking middle and high school students to answer it by producing a short documentary about a constitutional right national characteristic or historic event and explain how it defines the american experience. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes. including a grand prize of $5,000. this year's deadline as is january 20, 2019.

featuring authors april ryan, linda greenhouse steven johnson and many others. the schedule of events is available at book tv network. they defend president trump president trump against many of his detractors. the former wired magazine cofounder louis rosato looks back at the early days of the internet with lake charles louisiana. that's all this weekend but tv here is a look at some that are coming up. life from the brooklyn book fair on saturday september 29 look for us at the baltimore book festival which will be held at the city's inner harbor. on the 11th through the 14th . it takes place in the state's capital city. madison. and in that same weekend it is the southern festival of books in nashville. then later that month will be live at the texas book festival and austin. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals into watch our previous investable coverage click the tab on her website. book tv.org.

steven johnson is the best-selling author of ten books, is that right? >> 11. >> 11 now. the queen doesn't know who i am. [laughter] >> you have more twitter followers, i think, you win on that score. just to name a few of them, wonderland, how we got now, where good ideas come from, the ghost map and everything bad is good for you. he's the founder of several influential websites including the online magazine feed, the community site plastic.com and the hyperlocal site outside in. he's the cohost and cocreator of pbs how we got to now, steven lives in california and brooklyn new york, two of my favorite places in the entire world actually with wife and three sons and latest book is far sighted, how we make decisions that math the most. i want to ask you you both approach innovation from very different perspectives, i wanted to start by asking, first, steven, give us overview of far sided and how it is with innovation? >> somewhat a book that you allude today where good ideas come from and squarely looking at innovation and the lessons were in innovation if you analyzed m

fold by steven johnson's advice on decision making. ask and fox news host steve hilton offers his thoughts on the merits of populism, our look at the books on the washington post continues. then in good profit, charles cope, ceo of coke industries offers his insight into running a successful business. next "new york times" magazines mark leaveivism chronicles the current issues facing the nfl in big game. every day is extra by john kerry. and wrapping up our look at some of the books from the washington post non-fiction best-seller is the restless wave by john mccain. some of these authors will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. simply enter the author's name and the word book into the search function at the top of the page. >> c-span launched book tv 20 years ago on c-span 2. since then we've had more than 54,000 hours of book tv. in 207 he was on book tv's in depth. >> the most notable would be the first meeting with the kgb vladimir putin. what you may recall the president said well i looked into

after that -- the rise of technology, 21 lessons for the 21st century followed by steven johnson's adviceon decision-making, farsighted. educated, terra westover's recount of her childhood in the idaho mountains enter introduction to formal education at the age of 17. fox news host steve hilton offers his thoughts on populism in positive populism. our look at the best-selling books according to the washington post continues. unhinged, former white house aide's time in the trump administration. in good profits, charles karch, ceo of cottage industries talks about running a successful business. next, new york times magazine's mark lobovich talks about the nfl, big game. that is followed by john kerry's memoir every day is extra. wrapping up our look at books from the washington post nonfiction bestseller list is the restless wave, a memoir by the late senator john mccain. some of these authors have will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. enter the author's name and the word book into the search function at the top of the page. [inaudible conversations] >>

steven johnson is the best-selling author of ten books, is that right? >> 11. >> 11 now. the queen doesn't know who i am. [laughter] >> you have more twitter followers, i think, you win on that score. just to name a few of them, wonderland, how we got now, where good ideas come from, the ghost map and everything bad is good for you. he's the founder of several influential websites including the online magazine feed, the community site plastic.com and the hyperlocal site outside in. he's the cohost and cocreator of pbs how we got to now, steven lives in california and brooklyn new york, two of my favorite places in the entire world actually with wife and three sons and latest book is far sighted, how we make decisions that math the most. i want to ask you you both approach innovation from very different perspectives, i wanted to start by asking, first, steven, give us overview of far sided and how it is with innovation? >> somewhat a book that you allude today where good ideas come from and squarely looking at innovation and the lessons were in innovation if you analyzed m

steven b and the hawk." >> say, step over here and say a >> he was really at his professional zenith in denver. >> reporter: doug johnson and steven were friends for more than 30 years. they were the guys that really pioneered two-man morning radio. they were funny. they were great writers. they were great comedians. >> we've been over here at kpke >> he's lovable. i mean, you just -- everybody loves steven b. >> reporter: young sylvia noland had a big crush on steven b when they both worked in a hawaii radio station back in the early days, so she worked up her nerve. >> i went in and asked steven b. if he'd be my date to the beach boys concert. and he turned me down and i was just like devastated, you know. and so i was sitting in my little sales cubical. and -- i -- >> what's the matter with me? >> i know. and the general manager walks in and he goes, "i think you need to know something." and i said, "what?" and he goes, "well, if you were a boy he would have gone." and i'm like -- here i am from west virginia, 18, i'm like, "what?" and he goes, "he's gay." it's like -- "oh, ok, well i can accept that then." so -- >>

steven d. jacoby. lieutenant colonel dennis m. johns johnson, united states army. judith l. jones. ann c. judge. brenda cagler. chandler r. kelly. yvonne e. kennedy. norma cruz khan. karen n. kincaid. lieutenant michael s. lamont, united states navy. david w. lecheck. >> jennifer lewis. and her husband kenneth e. lewis. samantha l. allen. major steven v. long, united states army. james t. lynch jr. terrence m. lynch. petty officer second class lyons iv, united states navy. shelly a. marshall. teresa m. martin. ada l. mason acker. lieutenant colonel dean e. matson, united states army. lieutenant general timothy j. maud, united states army. robert j. maxwell. renee a. may. molly l. mackenzie. dora marie machaka. >> patricia e. mckinley. major ronald d. mylum, united states army. jerald p. morin jr. odessa v. morris. petty officer first class brian a. moss, united states navy. lieutenant commander patrick j. murphy, united states navy reserve. christopher c. newton. ken wynn. petty officer second class michael a. noah, united states navy. barbara k. olson. ruben s. orendo. diane b. padro. lieutenan