Depth. The next three hours shall see many of the authors who appeared on the program. We were also joined by an author, cornell west and the heads of Simon Schuster and rectory publishing. There is something there is still something that brings tears to my eyes. I hope it wont do it now. On the seventh of december, or the eighth of december 1941, i went to what you would call a problem, an event, you know. I was the equivalent of a freshman at the university. I came home atoc 2 00 oclock at night, the light was on. Excuse me. [inaudible] americas and the war. Yes. And why did that touch you so much . To act because we knew it was going to lose it. Would that mean for you and hungry . I did not cry then. How old were you . Eighteen . I was 18 yes. With that interview with the late author john lucas, indepth was born 20 years ago. 2000 leading nonfiction fiction authors of our time have appeared on indepth. Freeman, colton walker, bob woodward, george well, just to name a few. So over the next three hours, our goal is to review the last 20 years of indepth. But also to ask you a couple of questions. Here they are. Who is your favorite in depth guest . What book are you reading now . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author. And that is what we will be talking about. Well be showing you some video from the past 20 years as well. But here is taken dialin on this 20th anniversary of indepth. 202 is the area code 7488200 for those of you in the mountains, east and central time zones. 202 7488201 if you live in the mountainous pacific time zone. And, you can text in a what your thoughts are as well. 202 7488903. Again tax number only 202 7488903. Please include your first name and your city if you would. Also, on social media booktv for facebook, twitter an instagram. You can also make a comment on those platforms. So we will begin taking those calls and just a minutes. Now john lucas was the first gas that was february 6 of 2000. Thathe same year, in 2000, richard rhodes, William F Buckley junior, joan didion, milton freedman, Steven Ambrose and Arthur Celestine george junior all appeared. Corporate all was one of the guests, here is a portion. The heart of aristocracy are thehe schools. And this is interesting she is the example of your daughter, and the example of bush at yale. I went to extern, wouldve gone to harvard had i not chosen the army instead. The schools are what control the opinion of the children of the rich and or powerful. I had a stepbrother who is to inherit a lot of money. And he was sent to groton. That is was st. Marks and so o on. And then for those who will be rich to make them not into gentlemen and scholars but give them certain values. Opinions this is how an opinion is formed in the class. They know what they are going to get their view of the world , i belong to the ruling class, and my stepbrother purred but im not going to inherit any money. So im sent to ecuador which is for the right boys of the ruling class who will eventually work for the rich boys. And who will become judges, senators, editors of the New York Times, there are many fields open to us, bankers. We are not properly speaking except by birth, a member ofpe the ultimate class. That is has done and thats how they continue it. Its always been a move and england, where as you point out they know about the upper classes. And we are not told, we are the most intelligent upperclass ive ever seen or at least overall they are. No one knows they are there. They on the newspapers, the newspapers are not going to give the game away, who really owns what, who really controls what. To be there and never be named theyve done a marvelous work but nothing gets through people at large. So they go on and on, occasionally a maverick appears among them i was one. The closed corporation in corporate el paso in 2012. His books include the United States next three hours we are takingur calls on these topics. What are you reading . Who is your favorite indepth guest . And who is your favorite Nonfiction Author . To accuse the area code 7488200 for east and central time zones. 202748282001 and mountain pacific time zones. You can textou in your answer as well include your first name and city. 202748, 8903. Well, it was8 in 2001 that fiction author Toni Morrison appeared. Pulitzer prize winning author of beloved. Heres a little bit from Toni Morrison. Had you get inside people . It is difficult. I use what i think are methods the actors and actresses use. Try to make it specific and they realize you want to be in that persons head if you are on stage to wear the clothes, where the shoes, behave the way that person would. So you have to enter or project and no, are they part their hair, what kind of soap they wear, what food they dont like, whether or not it appears in the book you try to imagine all of those things. That works for me. I could not spend, i dont judge my characters that way. Whether men have lunch with them or not is something quite different. But you have to love them for the moment of their portrayal. Whether they are men, women, old, young, children what have you. Stuart are they sprung from your pen fully formed . Or are they developed as you write . Guest sue and as you sit down to the book comes out yorty know the story are going to tell . Thinking of the questions of the story posted the answer. I am provoked as i was by robert garner, what must that feel like . Or paradise to hear this people walk to three black towns and were turned away by black people but also been slaves like them. They were not welcome b h there. I felt my god what that must feel like part i note the story is about, i sort of know the journey but now i have to find out who is going to work that out for me . Robert garner did not want to know too much about her, et cetera. I wanted to inventor. As a d few strokes to start than a sort of put them together. Theyre never fully realized immediately. They always take currying and coddling ands stroking, personal introductions and anything i can do to speak and trust t me in 2001, Toni Morrison was on in february. Jamesar mcpherson, Richard Brook kaiser, David Halberstam and David Mccullough all appeared in 2001. Now, just one know when it came to Richard Brook kaiser, who started the show. But the war in afghanistan started that day, so we started cut it short we brought them back at a later date is for the few that is of appeared on the program twice. Mark in kansas city, missouri, which of those three questions as you want to answer . Favoriteo author . What you reading . Or favorite indepth guest . Soon i might favorite author is larry roach. Ive got most of her books. Host did you watch her and she was on indepth . Guest yes, yes and ive replayed on your website a couple of times. Because shes very inentertaining. I like the way that a lot of her books just have the one word title. But i have even emailed her and shes emailed me back. She is a very good guest. Very good author. Steven thanks for calling in for the stock to david in louisville, kentucky. David good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you for indepth. I want to answer the question about what am i reading . Stuart alright. Caller i am reading a book called twilight of the gods by ian w told. It talks about the conclusion of the american effort against the japanese in world war ii. We recently had the 75th anniversary of the j day and i find it to be an excellent book. We have covered him up book tv have you seenhe him when he appeared . Yes i have it is anxiously awaiting the third volume of his trilogy. Is it world war ii that attracts you . Tsubaki yes. And specifically the pacific theater. Why . Because of the notoriety of the pearl harbor attack, the surprise that it garnered. And just the story how it was a difficult task. The japanese had all of the advantages earlydv on. And it took quite an effort for us to become victorious. Host thanks for calling in, david in a louisville, kentucky. Sometimes we take indepth on the road. It was in september of 2016 that we went to Hillsdale College we authored just before the president ial election at t that point. Dennis prager was on the program and in front ofro an audience of students. Heres part of his presentation. Is there any way we can combat this socialism is a utopia that the left is promoting a people of my generation . Because you and i both of their systematically disestablishing the america wee lopez. The north is establishing its thank you that such nice things there from a millennial. But that is exactly what is happening. That is factual, not opinion. They are undoing but the founders meant to do. There is one simple answer aside fromid all of the other arguments that i gave. Socialism bankrupt countries. This country will be bankrupt and the bill will fall on you. And frankly have no pity for yo you. Because your generation photogenicen rat. So therefore, since i am a big believer in consequences, that is what children should learn. I have zero pity for millennials who votee democrat. For when the tab for the debt that they believed in by voting democrat comes to their generation. I will perhapsmo be gone or i will have my find retirement account accounts. It has no effect on me. But it will go bankrupt, just like greece, just like portugal, just like italy, just like spain, just like venezuela. And we willju too. We will be a borderless countryrl. Because the left once a borderless countries, just like with the schengen rules of the european union. They do not believe in borders they do not believe in national identity. Theyll be a country called the United States between canadabe and mexico that it will not be any different from canada or mexico that is thes last dream. This will all happen to you you will read about a once great country that existed. But that you helped dismantle because you, thanks to the indoctrination you got in high school and in college, voted fo for. That is my message to millennials. A non pity message. That was Dennis Prager and september of 2016 on indepth. Way, all of these programs are available to watch inn their entirety talk to Carolyn Prinz george virginia. Carol could afternoon. Which of the three questions you want to answer . The one about my favorite interview on an depth. Was the year that indepthnt did the year of fiction. And it was david ignatius. I am a super fan of his. And i thought it was such an engaging, really involved interview. And i just appreciated it so much. Maam, do you still read him in the Washington Post . I do. Every time i get a little lonely i go on the archives and watch the interview on indepth again. Ive read it think but one of his books. And i follow him wherever i can. Think he is such an amazing, careful, precise fellow author whether it is fiction overreporting. Civic is that the topic of national security. I am particularly interested for intelligent and the work of the cia. I do not have any professional background in it. I am a re toilet retired lawye lawyer. Ive always been fascinatedna by it the job of dispassionately but respectfully relating what the work of the cia and other intelligence agencies are in terms of protecting us nationally. Thank you. Beck and shaping our Foreign Policy based. Thank you for calling in. We will look at some of us fiction authors that we did, i believe it was in 2018, we did a full year of fiction authors but will look at some of those o as we go. Now if you cant get there on the phone lines when the text in your message or social media at your message, text number 202 7488903, please include your first name and your city. And just remember, booktv is our handle for facebook, twitter, an instagram. Shelby. Foote was one of the authors it appeared in 2001. Factory visited his home inth memphis. On that depth there also use that dip penal we talked about before. Shows the hand . That is the kind that used to be in post offices. Absence nightmare, finding his brothers was a hard thing to do. I dont worry about that. I was lucky, i found a whole bunchdusty old stationary shop that used to be on 44th stree street, and i bought myself a lifetimes of scripted respect what kind of paper did you write on . That is a big problem. I dont type write a paper. And it doesnt take in getting more the way it used too. So i have a big problem with paper. Select what is this i have in my hand . That is a manuscript of shiloh. And at the end ofre each day, i do the final corrected draft. And put it on the stack and then type it up for the printer. So when is that an original or copy . Guest thousand final days copy print out in the day by making that final copy. See what you got up on the shelf there, how many other of your original . Last season, shiloh, county is not a bit, that september is my sixth novel. Its been in 80 how valuable those are . s speemac no. Sue had what do a with them . Guest leave them for my son. Host what are some the things you have there on the back of your desk . Guest they are favorites of mine. [inaudible] thats it old confederates outcome Birthday Party when i was about 11 years old with all of my friends robert e lee, u. S. Grants, i read similar work labor and was your favorite berries what. Guest absolutely he was in arkansas immigrant who became a lawyer and i was interested in the military because he had done a hitch in the british army as a corporal. Could we get a good close up on that board there so folks can see it you mentioned earlier. Host he was born four years into this century. But he is as modern today as he was when he was writing. Checkup had a tremendous influence on the adding of the short story. All short story writers they influence for the good. Checkup had a talent you cannot explain it. Lisa try to figure it how he does these things. We could never figure how he did it. He was so good. He passed away four years after that interview in 2005. Gail texts in from dubuque, iowa. Im currently reading cast the origins of our discontent by isabel wilkerson. I highly recommend that she writes. Isabel wilkerson hasasom now appeared on sunday night and on book tv as well. All available booktv. Org. Just type your name in the search function at the top of the page. Q, ashland, virginia. Good afternoon hugh, welcome to bookk tv. Caller good afternoon, thank you so much for taking my call perez prompted to call in by the call from the woman who is looking at the Government Agencies like the cia. I have had quite a bizarre life. I would love to share my name if i can because i am a vietnam era veteran changing the world for my dining room table. A selfproclaimed heartbeat of america. Im also a whistleblower. As a front page wall street journal article that can be seen on the internet that i was written up and it triggered an investigation that eventually led to the resignation of jim wright from speaker of the house. I also had some interaction with a high level cia operative, who authored a book the kgb, the eyes of russia. Very rosinski comment had some interesting synchronicitys that i had discovered with him and a lot of other things. I even share common background with the president , and will support any president in office that unite the people of the country properly. But im not going on the ego trip the president is on. And will still reach out until his last day to unite the people of this country properly. The secret Government Agencies have to be more transparent and empower the people with the freedoms that we have. Sue bechtel was the name of that book again that you wanted to recommend . Fiftieth titled the kgb, the eyes of russia. Authored by harry rosinski, c1 thank you sir. John and hutchinson, kansas. Good afternoon. Ive got a question maybe you or somebody can answer. On tv i watch and in the newspapers everywhere they talk about russia interfering in our elections. China interfering with our elections. And this goes on and on and on. But nobody says a word. They all say foreigna governments should not interfere with our election in any way, shape, or form. I go to channel eight which is our local. See what john for an interrupt you here were taught about books today in the 20th anniversary of in depth. Anything in the work world you in a comment on . Caller no, no i listened to Television Read the newspaper. It went okay thank you so we appreciate your y call. Brent and new york, good afternoon for it when he reading . Whos your favorite author . And you have a favorite indepth program of the past 20 years . Ive been. Caller ive been reading this book, cannot the authors name, its dooey beats truman. Its a really good book. Set the new a. J. Boehm . That be the author . Hes got a new and out on dooey beats truman, yes. The interesting book. German did not have a good second term until after he what i guess. Question about the favorite author have to be nonfiction . If youve got a favorite fiction author you want to bring up, go ahead. That would be thomas berger. Hes not real well known, but he wrote one novel is written 18 or 20 novels. He died when he is 8090 died in 2014. Anyway h, hes only known for really one book, little big man. Some people say is not so wellknown because hes work different genre. Its all fiction. But he said with detective numbers and contemporary stuff. Also he wrote a take off on king arthur legend, and these known for his grasp of the english language. Nobody writes like the guy. Soon where do you get your books, brent. Online . Library . Bookstore . Caller online and the library. But thomas berger, somebody said his staff is, proves fiction is stranger than truth. There is just nobody like the guy that writes like that. I got on the site went on this you like this author you o will like, i said thomas berger. I entered his name tom delay overcame byebye think is his name. So i got a book by tom i dont if im pronouncing the name right its white noise, he wrote white noise. A couple of other books. See what is in a specific genre . Is it intelligence . National security . Suspense . Caller i dont even know pretty started to read it and it is like unreadable. The point is, nobody writes like this guy like thomas berger. Alright thanks for calling in. In 2002, our guests included cornell west, tom clancy, peggy noonan, robert carol, bell hook hooks, edmund morris, george will, and bob woodward. Our first guest of 2003 was phyllis lee. And here is a portion of her tal