Programs. I wish we could do it more than once a week. Continue to let us know what you think about the shows that you are watching. Or send us a tweet. Or follow ussage on twitter. Last week, the annual Washington Ideas Forum. We heard remarks from mike farman on what he is doing to work on trade. This is 15 minutes. Thank you. Told secretary kerry went on longer than planned. This is going to be a staccato interview. Thank you for joining me. Midst of a big trade negotiation in the pacific and across the atlantic. Trade investment talks. You still dont have fasttrack negotiation authority. I dont think there has been any significant trade deal in u. S. History without fasttrack. What are your chances of getting fasttrack after the midterm . Authoritys,otion congressnism by which gives us the marching orders how to work with congress, and what process they would use to approve an agreement. The key thing is is that trade policy more than any other area of policy is one where the execu
Today we know that these three writers are gifts to the english language. This morning, the first author that i will be introducing nonother than dave barry. Lets give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] you just cant do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, insane city, his first adult novel in more than a decade. He is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and its pretty cool. Like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. In our next author is roy blount. Come on out and lets give him a round of applause. [applause] a master of language and the humorist to boot. He has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the Pittsburgh Steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist
On and up to the caller and have my hair combed in all that. Now i dont have to do that anymore. What it means is i was always writing even when i was doing the news hour but i was writing plays as well as novels. Now i just have more space between offense. Im still writing. I have more space and more time to spend with my kids and my grandkids. I know thats a cliche but in my case it really is true. I am the happiest nonretired retiree i know. Jim lehrers most recent novel is top down a novel of the kennedy assassination. This is booktv on cspan2. Now and look at scientology with lawrence wright. This is about 40 minutes. [applause] well, good morning. Larry lets begin with a word in the title of the book, going clear scientology, hollywood and the prison of belief. Scientology devotes a lot of Organizational Energy to tap into the celebrity culture that is so prominent in the United States today. Talk to us about that. Talk to us about what you found and why he devoted so much attent