In my mothers bedroom. Then on. Americas and the war. And why did you so much . Because we knew they were going to lose it. What did that mean for you in hungary . I did not cry then. Cold are you . I was 18. With that interview the late author john lucas in depth that was born 20 years ago. Since 2000, over 230 of the leading nonfiction and fiction authors of our time of appeared on in depth. Milton freedman, alice walker, Colton Whitehead bob woodward, neil degrasse, tyson george wells, just to name a few. So over the next three hours our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth. But also to ask you a couple of questions, here they are. Who is your favorite indepth gas . What book are you reading now . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author . And that is what will be talking about. Heres how you can dial in on the 20th anniversary of indepth. 2020 code 7488200. For those of you in the Eastern Central time zone, 202 7488201 if you live the mountain pacific time zone. And you
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[instrumental music] hi everyone and welcome to the National Books festival. My name is anna lehman and im the executive director of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Im here today with megan twohey and gail collins. Both incredible authors and writers and journalists and i cannot wait for you to hear what they have to say. I mentioned that im the executive director of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission, the commission is a very proud sponsor of the National Books festival this year, we are the sponsor of the fearless women trail, which is featuring authors who are fearless just like gail and megan also books and stories about women throughout American History. Its just really a privilege to be here in this place today with these two women. Id like to start us off with some brief introductions for gail and megan and then we will kick it off. Megan is joining us, she is the author of she said breaking the Sexual Harassment story that helped ignite a movement. She is a Pu
Interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All afterwards programs are also available as podcasts. Adam hi my name is adam. I worked with the hard times times for about four years. Ive covered National Security including the fbi in a reported extensively on the fbis russia investigation. Its known as crossfire hurricane. On a think piece for coming on and having his frank discussion with me. He actually came up with the name crossfire hurricane. So much and how he came to use that code name. But before we get into the details of the book, that you have written about. One is you tell us a little bit about yourself and your Counter Intelligence back out of the fbi. Peter first thank you to cspan for hosting. I started in the in 1996. Ive been in the army prior to that and then college. When into activeduty and then was with the fbi as an analyst with domestic terrorism back in 96. I saw the organization and the ages in a new but that was absolutely what i wanted to be d
Washington post columnist, thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Colson Whitehead as our guest. His most recent book is the under ground railroad. Mr. Whitehead, whats the appropriate response new book is appraised by oprah, president obama, you won the National Book award, what is the appropriate response . If only it took the pain aw away. [laughter] has taken off in a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. Just try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years doing fiction 20 some years, sometimes we write a book and people dig it and understand it sometimes write a book and no one cares and its sort of disappears so i have the pride the job i did with the book. Either you dig the groups of two prospectors or you dont and so you are either along for the ride description or not. Definitely when i was writing was my second attempt at a novel. My fir