2025 Tucson Festival of Books
Book TV presents coverage of the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books.
Upcoming Programs
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After Words with Dr. Adam Ratner
Dr. Adam Ratner talks about the resurgence of measles that he’s seeing as a pediatrician and the future of children’s health.
Featured Programs
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Modern Libertarianism
Reason Magazine senior editor Brian Doherty talked about the modern libertarian movement led by thinkers like F.A. Hayek, Ayn Rand. Murray Rothbard, Milton Friedman, and Barry Goldwater. This event was hosted by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.
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After Words with Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad questioned if the U.S. is forsaking its core values, after covering wars around the globe and social unrest as a journalist for 20 years. He was interviewed by author and University of Oxford Modern Middle Eastern History professor Eugene Rogan.
TV Schedule
BookTV Videos
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Owned - How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left
Journalist Eoin Higgins examined the impact that Silicon Valley CEOs and founders have had on the media. The Lenox Library in Massachusetts hosted this event.
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Watchdogs
Glenn Fine, who served as inspector general of the Departments of Defense and Justice under Presidents Clinton, W. Bush, Obama and Trump, talked about corruption in the U.S. government and the role that inspectors general play in a democratic system. This even…
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Blind Spots - When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
Surgeon and Johns Hopkins University public policy researcher Dr. Marty Makary looked at what happens when medical institutions make mistakes in their public health recommendations. The Cato Institute in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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Against Platforms - Surviving Digital Utopia
Mike Pepi examined how digital technologies that were promised to connect people caused more division. P&T Knitwear in New York City hosted this event.
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American Values
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, reflected on his life and provided a history of America through the lens of his childhood and formative years.
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Last Seen - The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
History professor Judith Giesberg spoke about the archival materials that capture the search of formerly enslaved people to find family members stolen during slavery. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this event.
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The Black Tax
History professor Andrew Kahrl argued that America has used unfair tax laws to disadvantage Black people from Reconstruction to the current day. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
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American Covenant
Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute talked about the power of the U.S. Constitution and its ability to bring Americans together. He spoke at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Hoodwinked- How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults
Media Studies professor and former marketing executive Mara Einstein suggested that companies use the same psychological tactics as cults to get consumers dedicated to their brands. This virtual event was hosted by All Tech is Human.