On Sunday, October 11th at 12pm noon (ET), BookTV on CSpan2 will be re-airing their “After Words” interview of Chris Hedges on his new book, Empire of illusion: the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle.
I saw this segment last weekend, and then I bought the book. Hedges has more depth and perspective than [...]
Category Archives: BookTV
Chris Hedges | BookTV | Colbert Report
October 5, 2009 – 6:13 pm
US Educ Sec Arne Duncan on Colbert (Oct 5, 2009)
October 5, 2009 – 5:59 pm
This weekend I saw Chris Hedges on BookTV’s “AfterWords,” and I thought “this is somebody that I need to see on the Colbert Report.” I decided to do some posting to encourage that encounter (that will be my next post after this one — see the post above this one, or the link with arrow, [...]
Three books for civic economic literacy (Book TV)
August 29, 2009 – 11:59 am
Three books on BookTV (CSpan2) this weekend:
Economics Does Not Lie: A Defense of the Free Market in a Time of Crisis , by Guy Sorman
About the Program
Mr. Sorman argues that to get rid of the free market because it’s imperfect would be a danegrous overreaction to recent events. Rebuilding trust in the market is [...]
Jonathan Kozol, 3-hr live call-in Sept 6 on BookTV
July 27, 2009 – 12:59 pm
Jonathan Kozol will be featured on the three-hour In Depth program Sunday, September 6 on BookTV (CSpan2). The program airs noon-3pm US Eastern Time, and is then re-aired the same weekend and often later weekends. It is also available for online viewing shortly after the live event.
September–Jonathan Kozol
Author and education activist Jonathan Kozol will be [...]
Unscientific America, and Unscientific America
June 29, 2009 – 11:03 pm
A more complete account of forces contributing to this Curriculum Animi Publici would have to take into account the deliberate role of commercial interests over the last century in actively promoting public confusion and misunderstanding of science, in the course of muddying (or poisoning?) the public wells of discourse on specific policy matters such as smoking, environmental pollution, food safety, climate change, etc. [Click on title above for the full post.]
Bill Ayers on Book TV “In Depth” on C-SPAN2
June 7, 2009 – 11:37 am
On BookTV (C-SPAN2) a three-hour call-in show with Bill Ayers will air at the following times (US East Coast time: EDT)
Sunday, June 7, at 12:00 PM (Live)
Monday, June 8, at 12:00 AM
Saturday, June 13, at 9:00 AM
The BookTV page for this event is posted here, with the following information:
About the Program
Author Bill Ayers will be [...]
The Pluto Files, Neil deGrasse Tyson, on BookTV March 22, 2009
March 21, 2009 – 3:44 pm
On CSPAN-2 tomorrow (Sunday March 22 2009 at 6am, 6pm, & 10pm EDT): Neil deGrasse Tyson, on his new book, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet. The links below include information on the author, book, and program, and will show future airings:
http://booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=10220&SectionName=
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=284252-1
The controversy among scientists over Pluto’s planetary status [...]
John Taylor Gatto on BookTV
March 21, 2009 – 2:50 pm
UPDATE: This program will be re-aired Sunday, June 14, 6:00 – 7:45 am EDT.
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On CSPAN-2 tonight (3am Sunday morning): John Taylor Gatto (). The links below include information on the author, book, and program, and will show future airings:
@ booktv.org
@ c-spanarchives.org
Speaking on his new book, Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark [...]
Bill Ayers to be on BookTV Sunday, March 8, 2009
March 6, 2009 – 7:19 pm
Bill Ayers will be on BookTV (CSPAN-2) from 8:30-9:40 am Eastern DAYLIGHT Time.
The BookTV page for this program says:
William (Bill) Ayers talks about two books he co-edited on the problems facing city schools, students, and teachers. “City Kids, City Teachers” is an updated edition of a book first published ten years ago. “City Kids, City Schools” [...]
ID debate: Meyer & Gilder versus Shermer & Bailey
August 21, 2008 – 6:52 pm
A debate that was held Saturday July 12 at FreedomFest 08 in Las Vegas will be aired on BookTV (CSpan-2) on Sunday August 24 from about 6:15 am to 7:30 am EDT. The program is described here at booktv.org. The page title says: “Debate on Intelligent Design with George Gilder, Stephen Meyer, Michael Shermer, and [...]
Creationists’ new legistlative maneuvering: state “Academic Freedom” acts
April 6, 2008 – 4:25 pm
The latest wave of anti-bioscience activity in the legislative arenas in several states is the Introduction of “Academic Freedom” bills, such as the one introduced in Louisiana recently (and discussed by Casey Luskin at the Discovery Institute’s Evolution News and Views blog (with the illustration posted here at right).
The “Louisiana Academic Freedom Act” declares its [...]
Schönborn & Ratzinger on Evolution, Creation, and “Intelligent Design”
February 25, 2008 – 1:04 am
This program will be re-run this weekend:
Upcoming Schedule
Sunday, April 13, at 9:30 AM EDT
Sunday, April 13, at 2:00 PM EDT
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This weekend I heard the talk by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California, given February 15, 2008, and aired this weekend on CSpan2/BookTV (where it might be re-aired in [...]
Children of Jihad
December 30, 2007 – 8:47 pm
I’m listening now to a fascinating presentation by a book author who has spent substantial time with young people in the Middle East. The book is:
Cohen, Jared. Children of Jihad a Young American’s Travels among the Youth of the Middle East. New York: Gotham Books, 2007.
Information about the book, including library holdings in local areas, [...]
Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker
December 16, 2007 – 1:15 pm
from BookTV.org (ncludes links for purchasing the book, or viewing RealPlayer recording of the program):
Richard Kahlenberg talks about the life and career of Albert Shanker, president of the United Federation of Teachers from 1964 to 1984 and president of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997. Commentary is provided by Eugenia Kemble [...]
E.O. Wilson on BookTV (& “methodological naturalism”)
August 3, 2007 – 12:20 pm
E.O. Wilson will be featured in a 3-hour interview program on CSpan-2 in the US Sunday August 5 Here is a question that I’ve sent by email. I don’t expect they’ll use it, but I’d be interested in responses from others as well. Since this blog concerns curriculum, the question here is not whether ID is true or not, but whether it belongs in science classes.
Pledging Allegiance (BookTV)
May 17, 2007 – 7:21 pm
Added April 20, 2008: Somebody reached this post today by doing a search on “Ayers” and “BookTV”. I see the BookTV and CSpan links that were originally posted here are no longer good. They’ve changed their databases. The new link for the BookTV database is HERE. The page there includes a link for [...]
Blyth Patriotism (BookTV): “How to Raise an American”
May 17, 2007 – 7:19 pm
On BookTV — CSpan-2 — Eastern Daylight Time
On Saturday, May 19 at 9:15 am and Sunday, May 20 at 4:00 pm
How to Raise an American: 1776 Fun and Easy Tools, Tips, and Activities to Help Your Child Love This Country
Myrna Blyth
Description: In “How to Raise an American,” Myrna Blyth instructs parents on how to [...]
