Historian David Reynolds provides a biography of Abraham Lincoln and looks at how societal influences impacted his life.

Historian David Reynolds looks at how societal influences impacted Abraham Lincoln's life.

David Reynolds, Abe

Authors Rebecca Henderson and Myrian Sidibe share their thoughts on business and capitalism.

Author Discussion on Business & Capitalism

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn report on the issues facing the working-class in rural America.

Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn, Tightrope

Eitan Hersh, DeRay Mckesson and Catherine Sanderson provide their thoughts on activism and civil engagement.

Eitan Hersh, DeRay Mckesson and Catherine Sanderson discuss activism and civil engagement.

Author Discussion on Activism & Civic Engagement

Jeffrey Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit and former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, discusses a collection of the late Supreme Court Justice's writings.

Jeffrey Sutton discusses a collection of the late Justice Antonin Scalia's writings.

Jeffrey Sutton, The Essential Scalia

Author Steve Davis ("Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism") shares his thoughts on how leaders and citizens can bring about change in their communities and across the globe.

Author Steve Davis ("Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism").

Steve Davis, Undercurrents

Author Discussion on Covert Operations

Authors discuss covert operations, from the 20th annual National Book Festival.

National Book Festival

Ben Macintyre recalls the life of Soviet intelligence officer Ursula Bolton, who assumed a false identity in an English village in the years leading up to the Cold War as she gathered information to help the Soviet Union build an atomic bomb.

Ben Macintyre recalls the life of Soviet intelligence officer Ursula Bolton.

Ben Macintyre, Agent Sonya

Chef Alice Waters and Food Labor Research Center director Saru Jayaraman offer their thoughts on the food system in the United States and the people who are challenging it.

Alice Waters and Saru Jayaraman offer their thoughts on the food system in the United States.

Bay Area Book Festival -- Alice Waters and Saru Jayaraman on Food Politics

Former appellate judge and George Mason University law professor Douglas Ginsburg examines the Constitution through the eyes of judges, legal scholars and historians.

Douglas Ginsburg examines the Constitution through the eyes of legal scholars and historians.

Douglas Ginsburg, Voices of Our Republic

Former President Barack Obama reflects on his life and political career in his memoir, "A Promised Land."

Former President Barack Obama reflects on his life and career in his memoir, "A Promised Land."

Barack Obama, A Promised Land

Sally Hubbard, Monopolies Suck

In an interview by Bloomberg News reporter David McLaughlin, Open Markets Institute director Sally Hubbard looks at the history of monopolies in American industry and provides her thoughts on how to prevent monopoly power.

Sally Hubbard provides her thoughts on how to prevent monopoly power.

After Words

Economics professor David Rose argues that moral beliefs and culture are essential to a thriving civil society.

David Rose argues that moral beliefs and culture are essential to a thriving civil society.

David Rose, Why Culture Matters Most

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) discusses his handling of COVID-19 and the lessons he's learned.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo D-NY, American Crisis

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America CEO Deanna Mulligan weighs in on the effects of workplace evolution and automation.

Businesswoman Deanna Mulligan weighs in on the effects of workplace evolution and automation.

Deanna Mulligan, Hire Purpose

Public Religion Research Institute founder and CEO Robert Jones argues that there has been a relationship between Christianity and white supremacy throughout American history and it must be rectified.

Public Religion Research Institute founder and CEO Robert Jones.

Robert Jones, White Too Long

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) offers thoughts on how to move the populist movement forward in America.

Rep. Matt Gaetz R-FL, Firebrand - Dispatches From the Front Lines of the MAGA Revolution

Book TV presents coverage of the Schomburg Center Literary Festival.

Patrisse Khan-Cullors, When They Call You a Terrorist

Richard Haass, The World

Book TV presents coverage of the 20th annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.

Coverage of the 20th annual National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress.

Professors Deborah Willis, John Stauffer, and Sarah Lewis discuss fifteen photographs of slaves from South Carolina that were taken in 1850 and rediscovered in the archives of Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1976.

Discussing fifteen photographs of slaves from South Carolina that were taken in 1850.

Deborah Willis, John Stauffer, and Sarah Lewis, To Make Their Own Way in the World

Northwestern University history professor Carl Smith looks at the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that left close to one-third of Chicago's residents homeless.

Northwestern University history professor Carl Smith looks at the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Carl Smith, Chicago's Great Fire

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frederik Logevall looks at the first 39 years of John F. Kennedy's life in the first volume of a planned two-part biography of America's 35th President.

Frederik Logevall looks at the first 39 years of John F. Kennedy's life.

Frederik Logevall, JFK

Author Discussion on Ray Bradbury

Coverage of the 20th annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.

The 20th annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.

University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scholar Brian Christian explores the challenges we may face as we become more dependent on Artificial Intelligence.

Brian Christian explores the challenges we may face as we become more dependent on A.I..

Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem

Former Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen explores the reasons for "burnout," and how it most impacts millennials.

Anne Helen Petersen explores the reasons for "burnout," and how it most impacts millennials.

Anne Helen Petersen, Can't Even

Data scientist Andrew Whitby looks at the history of census taking around the world.

Andrew Whitby, The Sum of the People

Deborah Stone, Counting -- How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

Political scientist Deborah Stone argues that numbers aren't objective and explains numerous ways numbers impact people's lives daily; Stone is interviewed by data scientist and author Cathy O'Neil.

Political scientist Deborah Stone explains numerous ways numbers impact people's lives daily.

CSPAN2 Schedule (Eastern Time)

Saturday, November 28