Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Sunday, November 15
8 a.m. Robert Thorson, author of The Walden Experiments: The Science of Henry David Thoreau (Princeton University Press, $27.95, 9780691265384). (Re-airs Sunday at 11:30 p.m.)
9 a.m. Tania Lombrozo, author of Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand (Ecco, $30, 9780063395008), at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, N.J.
12:30 to 7 p.m. Coverage of the 2026 Brooklyn Book Festival, which took place in late September. Highlights include:
- 12:30 p.m. A discussion on the role of the media in American society with Manoush Zomorodi, author of Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being; Ian Bogost, author of The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life; and Bruce Feiler, author of A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World--and How It Can Save Us.
- 1:14 p.m. A discussion on the state of the American economy and democracy with A. Mechele Dickerson, author of Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream; and Hélène Landemore, author of Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule.
- 1:57 p.m. A discussion on exploring family history with Rachel Aviv, author of You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters; Tom Junod, author of In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir; and Ed Park, author of Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties.
- 2:42 p.m. A discussion on income inequality in the United States with Ben Tarnoff, co-author of Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed; Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America; and Derrick Palmer, author of Handbook for the Revolution: Building a More Perfect Union for the Twenty-First Century.
- 3:26 p.m. A discussion on science and nature with Beronda L. Montgomery, author of When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy; Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie; and Nathan H. Lents, author of Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes.
- 4:58 p.m. A discussion on protest movements with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer, authors of On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear; Jelani Cobb, author of Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025; Anand Gopal, author of Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution.
- 5:44 p.m. Ibram X. Kendi, author of Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age.
8 p.m. Brett McGurk, author of Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages (Crown, $31, 9798217399796).
9 p.m. Carlos Gutierrez, author of Sheer Will: Learning to Lead When There Is No Path (St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250381163).
9:30 p.m. David Hume Kennerly, author of In the Room: 60 Years on the Front Lines of History (Rizzoli, $55, 9780847877133).
10:30 p.m. Gary Sinise, author of Graceful Warrior: The True Story of a Son, a Father, and a Family Who Carried Each Other Through (Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400208159).