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 can text in what your thoughts are as well. 202 7488903. I can text number only 202 7488903. Please include a first name in your city if you would. Also, unsocial needy booktv the facebook, twitter an instagram you can also make a comment on those platforms. So we will begin taking those calls in just a minute. Now, john lucas was the first gas that was february 6 of 2000. That same year, and 2000, richard rhodes, William F Buckley junior, joe didion, milton freedman, corbett all, Steven Ambrose and arthurs lessons are junior all appeared. Corporate always one of the guests, heres a portion. The heart of an aristocracy are theea school. And is very interesting she is example of your daughter. He is example of went and over neil. I would have gone to harvard if i hadar not chosen the army instead. Schools are what control the opinion of the children of the rich and or powerful. I had a stepbrother whos going to inherit a lot of money. Groton st. Marks, the schools. And its for those who will be rich to make them into not only gentlemanly scholars, but instill certain values. A tone opinion is in the ruling class. They know if youre sent to groton in the way you are going to get in political trading. But their view of the world. I belong to the ruling class as a stepbrother. But im not going to inherit any money. So im sent to where is the bright boys of the ruling class who will eventually work for the rich boys. And it will become judges, senators, editors of the New York Times, many fields are open to us, bankers. But we are the sort of apparatchiks and not properly speaking except by birth a member of the ultimate class. Thats how its done and thats how they continue it. Theres always been a move in england where, as you point out, they know about the upper classes and we are not told we are the most intelligent upperclass ive ever seen or at least overall they are. Nobody knows they are there. They own the newspapers, the newspapers are not going to give the game away who really owns what. Who really w controls what, controls opinion. And to be there and never be named, people have done marvelous work, but nothing really gets through to theou people at large. And so, they go on and on. Occasionally a maverick appears among them, i was one. And there are others. But by and large is a closed corporation. Stomach incorporate all passed away in 2012. His books include the United States, and lincoln for the next three hours or take your calls on these topics. What are you reading . Who is your favorite indepth guest . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author question at 202 is area code 7488200 for those in the Eastern Central time does 202 7488201. Given the mountain pacific time zones you can text in your answers as well. Include your first name and city. 202 7488903. Well, it was in 2001 that fiction author Toni Morrison appeared. And she is a prize winner, author of beloved. Heres a little bit from tony morris. How do d you get inside the psyches of these people . It is difficult. I use what i think are methods for the actors and actresses us use. You have a vague character you want to be in that persons head if you are on stage to wear the clothes, where the shoes, behave the way that person would. So you would have to enter or project and no where they park their hair, what kind of soap they would wear, what food they dont like. Whether or not it appears in the book, you try to imagine all of those things. And that works for me. I can suspend, i dont judge my characters that way whether or not im going to have lunch with them not a something quite different. You have to love them for the moment of their portrayal. Whether they are men, women, old, young, children, what have you. Stay what are they sprung from your pen fully formed . Are they developed as you write . Two as you sit down in the book comes out you arty know the story youre going to tell . And thinking of questions a story iss supposed to answer. Or i am provoked as i was by mary garner what must that feel like . Or in paradise to hear about those people who walked all that distance to get to free black towns and were turned away by black people who would also been slaves like them. And they were not welcome there. I thought my god what that must feel like. So i know what the story is about. I sort of know the journey. Now i have to find out who is going to work that out for me . Garner did not want to know too much about her, what she look like et cetera. I wanted to invent her. And that was just a few strokes to start. Then i put them together. They are never fully realized immediately. They always take currying and coddling and stroking, personal introductions and anything i can do to get them to speak and trust me. And along with Toni Morrison in 2001, norman also appeared Toni Morrison was on in februar february. James mcpherson studs terkel jaques bar zone, shall be foot, richard for kaiser David Halberstams and David Mccullough all appeared in 2001. Now just one note. When it came to david burke kaiser we started the show. But the war in afghanistan started that day, bid cut it short. We brought him back for a later date. He is one of the few that ever pealed on the program twice. Mark in kansas city, missouri. Which of those three questions that she went to answer . Favorite author, what he, or favorite indepth guest . My favorite authors mary roach. I have got most of her books. Stomach did you watch her when she was on indepth . Yes, yes. Ive also replayed it on your websites a couple of times. Because shes very entertaining. I like the way of lot of her books just have the oneword title. But i have even emailed her geez email me back. She was a very good guest. Very good author. Gap, thank you for calling in for a less talked david and louisville, kentucky. David good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you for indepth. I want to answer the question about what in my reading. Alright. I am reading a book called twilight of the gods by ian w toll. It talks about the conclusion of the american effort against the japanese in world war ii. We recently had the 75th anniversary of the j day. I find it to be an excellent book. And we have covered him on book tv. Did you see him when he appeared . Yes i have. I was anxiously awaiting the third volume of his trilogy. s world war ii that attracts you . Yes. Specifically the pacific theater. Why . Caller because of the notoriety of the pearl harbor attack. He surprised that it garnered. And just the story, how it was a difficult task. The japanese had all of the advantages early on. And it took quite an effort for us to become victorious. Select thanks for calling and david in louisville, kentucky. Sometimes we take indepth on the road. In september of 2016 that we went to Hillsdale College comments right before the president ial election at that point. Dennis prager was on the program. And in front of an audience of students. Heres part of his presentation. Is there any way we can combat this socialism is utopia that the left is promoting and people of my generation . Because you and i know there systematically disestablishing the american we love. Thank you such nice thing to hear fromic a millennial. But that is exactly what is happening. That is factual pride that is not opinion. They are undoing what the founders meant to do. Theres one simple answer aside from all of the other arguments i gave. Socialism bankrupts countries. This country will be bankrupt and the bill will fall on you. And frankly i have no pity for you. Because your generation votes democrat. So thefore since im a, big believer in consequences, that is what children should learn. I have zero pity for millennials who vote democrat. For when the tab for the debt that they believe in by voting democrat comes to their generation. I will perhaps be gone or i will have my fine retirement account. So it has no effect on me. But it willo bankrupt, just like greece, just like portugal, just like italy, just like spain, just like veneela. And we will too. And we will be a borderless country. Because the left once borderless countries, just like whe the schengen rules of theuropean union. They do not believe in boarders because the do not believ in national identity. There be a country called United States between canada and mexic but it not be any different from canada or mexico. That is the lefts i dream. And so this will all happen to you per you will read about the once great country that existed. But that you helped dismantle because you, thank to the indoctrination you got in high school and in college voted for. That is my message t millennials. A non pity message. That was Dennis Prager in september of 2016 on indepth. By the way, all of these programs are available to watch in their entirety. Lets talk to carol in prince george, virginia. Carol good afternoon, which of those three questions you want to answer . The what i went to answers about my favorite interview on indepth. It was the year that indepth did the year of friction. It was David Ignatius paradigm a super fan of his. And i thought it was just such an engaging, really involved interview. And i just appreciated it so much. You still read him in the Washington Post . I do. Every time i get a little lonely egg on the archives and watch the interview on indepth again. I have read and think all but one of his books. And i follow him wherever i can. I think he is such an amazing, careful, precise author. Whether it is fiction or reporting. Host is the topic of National Security that interests you . Yes. Im interested in intelligence in the work of the cia. I dont have any professional background in it. I am a retired lawyer. Ive always been fascinated by it. I think he does a job of dispassionately but respectfully relating what the work of the cia and other intelligence agencies are in terms of protecting us nationally. And shaping our foreign policy. Thank you for calling in. We will look at some of those fiction authors that we did. I believe it was in 2008 team did a full year of fiction authors. We will look at some of those as we go. Nephew cant get through on the phone went to texan your message court social media at your message, text number 202748, 8903. Please include your first name and your city. Just a number tuppercaseletter was or handle for facebook, twitter, an instagram. Shelby foote was one of the authors that appeared in 2001. In fact we visited his home in memphis. On the desk there you also use that pen we used before. That is the kind that used to be in post offices. Finding points is an absolute nightmare, finding blotters. I dont worry about that. I was lucky i found a whole bunch of points at eight dusty old shop that was on the 44th street. And i bought b myself a lifetime supply. What kind of paper due right on . Ig that is a big problem. I write on typewriter paper. Doesnt hold inc. The way it used too. I have a bignod problem with paper. What is this i have in my hand . That is the manuscript ofit shiloh. At the end of each day i do the final corrective draft and put it on the stack. And then type it up for the printer. Is this the original or copy . That is a final days copy. Each day i do what ive done that day in the day by making that final copy. Youve got up on the shelf there how many other of your original . These were done last season, shiloh, counties not up yet. Thats my sixth novel. It had to have valuable those are . No. When you going to do with them . Weve been for my son. One of the things you have there the back of your desk . These are favorites of mine. As myself was an old confederate scout, that was when i was about 11 years old with all of my friends. Robert e lee, u. S. Grant, i thought kevin was one of your favorites . Absolutely. Who wasvo he . He was an irish immigrants. He became a lawyer. And i was interested in the military because he done a hitch in the british army as a corporal. He was a marvelous gentleman. He was killed in franklin and the laster of the war. We get a really good closeup on that board so folks can see from not such a distance. Check off you mentioned him earlier. He was a born years into this century. Chekhov had a tremendous influence on the writing of the short story. All short story writers influence for the good. He had a talent that you could not explain it. We used to try to figure out how he does these things. We could never figure how he did it so good. And shelby foote passed away four years after that interview in 2005. Text in dubuque iowa, im currently reading cass the origins of our discontent by isabel wilkerson. I highly recommend it she write writes. Isabel wilkerson has now appeared on our q a program on sunday nights. And on book tv as well. All available booktv. Just type her name in the search function at the top of the page. Hugh from ashland virginia good afternoon hugh welcome to book tv. Would afternoon, thank you so much for taking my call. I was prompted to call in by the earlier call from the woman whos looking at the Government Agencies like the cia. I have had quite a bizarre life. I would love to share my name if i can because i am a vietnam era veteran changing the world for my dining room table a selfproclaimed heartbeat of america. It also a whistleblower with the front page wall street journal article that can be seen on the internet that i was written up and it triggered an investigation that eventually led to the resignation of jim reitz, speaker of the house. I also its an interaction with a high level cia operative who authored about the kgb the eyes of russia. Harry brezinski and had some very interesting synchronicity s that i discovered with him and a lot of other things. I even share common background with the president will support any President Office to unite the people of the country properly. But im not going on the ego trip that the president is on. I will still reach out to unite the people of this country properly. The secret Government Agencies have to be more transparent and empower the people with the freedoms that we have. Host boasted name of the book he wanted to recommend . Is titled the kgb the eyes of russia authored by harry brezinski. Host alright thank you sir. John and hutchinson, kansas good afternoon. Yes. Ive got a question maybe you or somebody can answer. On tv i watch it in the newspapers everywhere they talk about russia interfering in our elections. China interfering with our elections. And this goes on and on and on. But nobody says a word. They all say foreign governments should not interfere with our election anyway, shape, form. I go to channel eight which is which is our local. So what went to interrupt you here paper talk about books editor 23 at aversive indepth. Anything along the book world you want to comment on . No. No i listened to television and read the newspaper praise vic right thank you sir appreciate your call. Rhett and new york, good afternoon. What he reading . Whos your favorite author . And do you have a favorite in Depth Program of the past 20 years . I have been reading this book, cannot murmur the authors name. Its due eight beats truman. Its a really good book part is at the new one, the a. J. Bain . Would that be the author . Yes thats the one. Hes got a new and out on dooey defeats truman. Yes its pretty interesting book. Truman did not have a good second term after he won i gues guess. This question about the favorite author have to be nonfiction . If youve got a favorite fiction author you want to ring up, go ahead. Abby Thomas Berger. Hes not real well known but he wrote one novel is written about 18 or 20 novels he died cummings 89 he died in 2014 i think it was. Anyway, hes only known really for one book. As little big man. It is written, some people stays not so wellknown because he worked in different genres, its all fiction. But he had detective novels, contemporary stuff. And also he wrote a takeoff on king arthur while. These known for his grasp of the english language. Nobody writes like the guy. Host where you get your books, brent . Why break, online, bookstore . Online and at the library. But Thomas Berger he is somebody his stuff is, proves fixture estrangement than truth. There is nobody like the guy who writes like the guy. I got on a site with time this if you like this author you will like him. So i saw Thomas Berger entered his name, tom dileo came up as i think his name. And so i got a book by tom im sure im not pronouncing the name right. He wrote a couple other books. Is at a specific genre . Is in intelligence, National Security . Suspense . I dont even know. I started to read it and it is unreadable. The point is nobody writes like this guy like Thomas Berger. Alright thanks for calling in. In 2000 to our guests included cornell west, tom clancy, peggy noonan robert caro, italics herod howard sims edwin morris, george will and bob woodward. In our first guest of 2003 was phyllis schlafly. Here is a portion of her talk. Will you remember kennedy was assassinated inat late november of 63. I was at that time the president of the Illinois Federation of republicann women. I had a whole series of republican speech