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And the executive producer of the documentary all things bakelite which will be seeing a little clip from this evening. Bud micaterian awardwinning author and filmmaker whos currently doing research on leo bakerland and his journals and our moderator dr. Jeffrey michael professor of american studies at the university of texas at austin and the author of american plastic a cultural history. So please everybody join me in giving a great big march training house. Welcome to our guests this evening, please join us. It takes a moment for all them to get on camera and mike so here with us. Welcome a...

To welcome cspan again to politics and prose. It has added to cspan has added to our civil discourse and whatever bookstores you come to they are generally independent fast and cspan is really wonderful. I want to welcome tonight at 18. We are celebrating the publication of his book just plain dick. How many of you were around when the checkers speech was given . I am sure many people in the audience tonight will also the and statistically appropriate that this is the night before an election and this book is about the 1952 election and the context of the election, and kevin matson will tell u...

Its not church, synagogue or a mosque. Im very pleased that our friends from cspan are here. So this will be broadcast at some point. Sooner than later, im sure. And they always do a great job and want to welcome cspan again to politicspoliticspolitics an cspan has added to century civil discourse, and whatever book stores you come to theyre generally independents, and cspan is really wonderful. I want to welcome tonight Kevin Mattson, and were celebrating the publication of his book just plain dick. How many of you were around when the checkers speech was given . And im sure many people in th...

Coming up next on booktv encore booknotes from january 2000. Arthur herman discusses his book Joseph Mccarthy. Professor herman reassesses cart these legacy and argues the senator from wisconsin was justified in arguing there was a real communist threat inside the u. S. Government. This is about an hour. Cspan arthur herman, author of Joseph Mccarthy, why do you think we needed to reexamine the life and legacy of americas mosthated senator . Guest well, there are a couple of reasons. One is that we now know a lot more about the times and the context in which mccarthy had his political career a...

With us senior political analyst Mark Halperin. I was going to do a three thumb fight but willie wasnt up for it. Ill beat you that on any day. Msnbc analyst and visiting professor harold ford junior. Good morning. It was funny stuff last night. It was funny except its not fun funny. I guess he had to address all of David Lettermans jokes. I interviewed Chris Christie for my book coming up in may very seriously about his weight and about how much those jokes hurt him. I guess he felt he had to do that to sort of, you know, break the ice with letterman. What do you mean those jokes hurt him . T...