jack abramoff had just been released from prison to a halfway house in baltimore this week? well, i knew it was going to and frankly, you know, i thought he had spent enough time in a might well have gone to prison but didn t. he s out in a halfway house. i think that s all right. when was the first time that you thought about doing your documentary, brand-new, called casino jack and the united states of money ? stories in the washington post, and i was astounded really by sort of the audacity of the story and how colorful it was. so i thought it would make a good movie because i m always interested in stories per se, and jack is a fascinating character. very colorful, very outrageous. at thh same time, the other interesting to me was it was a story that seemed to me to poont out the most fundamental problem in our democracy right now, which is the way that money rules our democracy. it s beccme so unbalanced that i think it s become the fundamental problem in our soci
well, i heard some of the post, and i was astounded really by sort of the audacity of the story and how colorful it was. so thought it would make a good movie because i m always interested in stories per se, and jack is a fascinating character. very colorful, very outrageous. at the same time, the other interesting to me was it was a story that seemed to me to point out the most fundamental problem in our democracy right now, which is theeway that money rules our democracy. it s become so unbalanced that i think it s become the fundamental problem in our socieey. let s run a clip just so the auddence can get some sense of where you re going with this, and this is about a minute, 25 seconds. ii s near the beginning of the documentary. it was immediately apparent that it was going to be a much bigger deal, because he was such a well-known figure on capitol hill, really an uber lobbyist, and his connections were so widespread both in the republican party itself and in the
because of these standards. we downsized the cards. these are all things we should be thinking about in the context of our human environment, the broader natural environment and i hope we continue studying them for long time and making some wise policy decisions. lancaster, you are on the air. air. caller: we need more informative programs like this. anybody know anything that the cycle of plays of police in? is that still applicable? you can t find in the winter and the north grapes or berries or fruits from other than chile or mexico. host: cycle of plays in. guest: everything we create has a half life and termination point. various levels of toxicity. it depends on the type of poison, the type of exposure. so all of those things get rolled into an analysis of what the cycle of plays and and we have to avoid the speculation and extrapolation and actually deal with the scientific facts on that. linda, 30 seconds the biggest impact of rachel carson and silence spr
thanks so much. my pleasure. up next, reporter documenter film correspondent and author t.r. reid joins booktv for a live three our in depth interview. . . you ve written by healthcare, international relations, ski resorts, the roman empire. how do you choose your topics? guest: well, partly i guess what i write for money. dr. johnson famously said no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. i don t even succeed. some of my books have really flopped but i try to find a topic that looks complicated but can be penetrated with some work. and then i try to explain it in an engaging, understandable way. it s hard work. but that s what i try to do. i try to find something where people say, oh, god i ll never figure how the how a calculator can add 2 plus 2. and that s what i explain to people. that s what i m looking for. host: what book has flopped? guest: oh, let s see. which of my books has flopped. the first time i brought out i wrote this book called t