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Update there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass, probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially with what is going on in the United States in terms of the fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionist as a former slave but he insisted from the ea...

We last broadcast book read updates. There are two i want to start with. One is this monumental Frederick Douglass prophet of freedom by david w. Blight, the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially what is going on in the United States with racial injustice, nobody was more consequential it has been more consequential on the target of race in america than Frederick Douglass. Way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionists as a former slave but he...

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Landscapes. I wanted to write a little pamphlety kind of book that took eight issues that i care about and, incidentally, where i think im in the majority of public opinion. I dont think im a barricaded minority with some weird, outlier ideas. I think im in the majority on issues like war and peace, issues like mass incarceration. So what i wanted to do was take it out of the frame thats been given to us and make it kind of in the form of a manifesto, this is what were fighting for. I wanted to ...

[inaudible conversations] booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what theyre reading this summer. Well, first of all, thanks to cspan for all you do on this front. Its very Important Service you give to the country. My folks are watching this. My kids will get a kick out of it. I hope they see their picture behind me. Ive got a pretty extensive reading list not only for the summer, but over the next year. I thought id start off with prayer for people under pressure by jo...

Gene. Ingratitude the Late Position all of her his life and thats a look at from the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the los angeles times. Many of these authors have appeared or will appear on book tv. You can watch them on her website, book tv. Org. Up next on book tv, Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell talk about their book, love win. This weekend marks the oneyear anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling making samesex marriage legal in all 50 states. [inaudible conversations] [in...

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The president told woodward that the virus was deadlier than the flu and he was intentionally hiding the truth from you, the American Public. Here now is trump in his own words in a series of taped interviews by woodward with the president s own permission and for his new book on the Trump Administration. Listen for yourself. And so what was president xi saying yesterday. We were talking mostly about the virus. And i think hes going to have it in good shape. But it is a very tricky situation. In...