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Every saturday at 10 00 p. M. And sunday at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on book tv. You can watch all previous programs on our website, booktv. Org. Guess now is Nick Penniman, executive director of an organization known as issue one. What is issue one . Guest it is a new nonprofit focused on reducing the influence of money in politics. Host how are you funded . Guest foundations and individual donors. You have a book that says this nation is on the take. What are you trying to say . Guest we are trying to say the problem of money in politics has reached crisis proportions. Stage four cancer at this po...

Brexit, which is the departure of Great Britain from the European Union, a vote that takes place next week. The story has been compounded and troubled by the tragic assassination of a young member of parliament in her history. We talk to John Micklethwait about the brexit vote and the tragedy on the streets of leeds. And now you have the murder of jo cox. A tragedy completely unforeseen. And the strange thing about it is, throughout this entire campaign, we had sat there always imagining if there was a terrorist incident or something very ugly happened, it might be something involving muslim e...

Brexit, which is the departure of Great Britain from the European Union, a vote that takes place next week. The story has been compounded and troubled by the tragic assassination of a young member of parliament in her history. We talk to John Micklethwait about the brexit vote and the tragedy on the streets of leeds. And now you have the murder of jo cox. A tragedy completely unforeseen. And the strange thing about it is, throughout this entire campaign, we had sat there always imagining if there was a terrorist incident or something very ugly happened, it might be something involving muslim e...

It was a kind of sponsored tour, just not by the state department. Still, his role as jazz ambassador was already well cemented in 1960. Why the congo . On a commercially sponsored tour. Certainly, the state department wanted him there. Theres no doubt about that. Why the congo was important . The congo was rich in minerals. Particularly uranium, which becomes important to National Security interests after 1945. Right away, congo becomes this center of attention for the u. S. And the soviet union. More than just that, it was in 1959, stepping back a year, when belgium said to the congolese we ...

A different class, a fun topic. What we are doing is continuing that series on cold war topics. We have talked about central america, we have talked about the wars. We are talking about cultural cold war. The war over culture and that fight for influence. Jazz comes tot the forefront. We are thinking about why that congo whenhrough the they are traveling to farflung places of the world. What are they doing . We will impact that. That. To start with please tell me recognize that. Yes it is Louis Armstrong. You know who it is. You cant miss that smile. He is americas most prominent jazz musician...