Media Menu September 6, 2012

The Media Menu is taking a couple weeks off for travel. We will still post the Book TV schedule. See you October 6.

Tuesday, September 4th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses"
Peter Piot

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 59 min.
In Depth: Michael Beschloss

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr"
H.W. Brands

1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 52 min.
"A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons"
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

2:30pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Man of War: My Adventures in the World of Historical Reenactment"
Charlie Schroeder

3:30pm (ET)
Approx. 16 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Alondra Nelson, “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination”
Alondra Nelson

4pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses"
Peter Piot

5pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 59 min.
In Depth: Michael Beschloss

8pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: Kaitlin Bell Barnett, "Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up," hosted by Judith Warner, New York Times

10:15pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 13 min.
"Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier"
Neil deGrasse Tyson

11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Jonathan Weiner, "Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality"
Jonathan Weiner

Wednesday, September 5th

12am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 13 min.
"Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier"
Neil deGrasse Tyson

2:15am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
After Words: Kaitlin Bell Barnett, "Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up," hosted by Judith Warner, New York Times

3:30am (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
Book TV at Columbia University: Jonathan Weiner, "Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality"
Jonathan Weiner

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle"
Timothy Gay

5:15am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con"
Amy Reading

6am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Social Conquest of Earth"
E.O. Wilson

7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism"
Christopher Daly

8am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Wenguang Huang, "The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir"
Wenguang Huang

9am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
"The American Way Of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table"
Tracie McMillan

10:45am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Roosevelt Reading Festival - Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace"
Jean Edward Smith

11:30am (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: J.C.A. Stagg, "The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent"
J.C.A. Stagg

12pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Assignment To Hell: The War Against Nazi Germany with Correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle"
Timothy Gay

1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
"The Mark Inside: A Perfect Swindle, a Cunning Revenge, and a Small History of the Big Con"
Amy Reading

2pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Social Conquest of Earth"
E.O. Wilson

3pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism"
Christopher Daly

4pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Wenguang Huang, "The Little Red Guard: A Family Memoir"
Wenguang Huang

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 34 min.
"The American Way Of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table"
Tracie McMillan

6:45pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Roosevelt Reading Festival - Jean Edward Smith, "Eisenhower in War and Peace"
Jean Edward Smith

7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 21 min.
Book TV at University of Virginia: J.C.A. Stagg, "The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent"
J.C.A. Stagg

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China"
Ezra Vogel

9:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World"
Dambisa Moyo

10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"China Airborne"
James Fallows

Thursday, September 6th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China"
Ezra Vogel

1:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World"
Dambisa Moyo

2:45am (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"China Airborne"
James Fallows

4am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: Eric Klinenberg, "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone," hosted by Kim Blankenship, American University

5am (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
Masha Gessen

6am (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Reginald Dwayne Betts, "A Question of Freedom"
Reginald Dwayne Betts

7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic"
Joe Jackson

8:15am (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
"They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 59 min.
In Depth: Tom Brokaw

12pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
After Words: Eric Klinenberg, "Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone," hosted by Kim Blankenship, American University

1pm (ET)
Approx. 55 min.
"The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin"
Masha Gessen

2pm (ET)
Approx. 45 min.
2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest: Reginald Dwayne Betts, "A Question of Freedom"
Reginald Dwayne Betts

3pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Atlantic Fever: Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic"
Joe Jackson

4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
"They Eat Puppies, Don't They?
Christopher Buckley

5pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 59 min.
In Depth: Tom Brokaw

8pm (ET)
Approx. 24 min.
Book TV at Georgetown University: Chandra Manning, “What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War”
Chandra Manning

8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
"Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War"
Guy Gugliotta

9:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
2012 Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Ralph Peters, "Cain at Gettysburg"
Ralph Peters

11pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
"When General Grant Expelled the Jews"
Jonathan Sarna