List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 2001

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.[1] The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author.[2] The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night,[3] and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.

First broadcast
(with link to
transcript / video)		AuthorBookSubject matter
January 7, 2001Martin GoldsmithThe Inextinguishable SymphonyJüdischer Kulturbund; Category:Jewish emigration from Nazi Germany
January 14, 2001Dinesh D'SouzaThe Virtue of ProsperityProsperity
January 21, 2001Robert SciglianoThe Federalist PapersThe Federalist Papers
January 28, 2001Arlen SpecterPassion for TruthMemoir/Autobiography; Single bullet theory; United States Senate
February 4, 2001 and February 11, 2001Kurt EichenwaldThe Informant: A True StoryLysine price-fixing conspiracy; Archer Daniels Midland; Mark Whitacre
February 18, 2001Maurizio ViroliNiccolo's Smile: A Biography of MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli
February 25, 2001Bernard WeisbergerAmerica Afire1800 United States presidential election
March 4, 2001Dick GregoryCallus on My Soul: A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; Civil Rights Movement
March 11, 2001Jeffrey MeyersOrwell: Wintry Conscience of a GenerationGeorge Orwell
March 18, 2001Jason EpsteinBook Business: Publishing—Past, Present, and FuturePublishing
March 25, 2001Reese SchonfeldMe and Ted Against the WorldHistory of CNN (1980–2003); Ted Turner
April 1, 2001Don HewittTell Me a Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes in TelevisionMemoir/Autobiography; CBS News; 60 Minutes
April 8, 2001William CooperJefferson Davis, AmericanJefferson Davis
April 15, 2001Andrew BursteinAmerica's Jubilee1826 in the United States
April 22, 2001Emily BernardRemember Me to HarlemHarlem Renaissance; Carl Van Vechten; Langston Hughes
April 29, 2001Kiron SkinnerReagan In His Own HandRonald Reagan
May 6, 2001Susan Dunn and James MacGregor BurnsThe Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed AmericaTheodore Roosevelt; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt
May 13, 2001Robert SlaytonEmpire Statesman: The Rise & Redemption of Al SmithAl Smith
May 20, 2001John FarrellTip O'Neill and the Democratic CenturyTip O'Neill
May 27, 2001Diane McWhorterCarry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights RevolutionBirmingham campaign; 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
June 3, 2001Rick PerlsteinBefore the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American ConsensusBarry Goldwater
June 10, 2001Morton KondrackeSaving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's DiseaseParkinson's Disease
June 17, 2001Edward SaidReflections on Exile and Other EssaysEssays; Literary criticism; Palestine
June 24, 2001Alma GuillermoprietoLooking for History: Dispatches from Latin AmericaLatin America
July 1, 2001Daniel SchorrStaying Tuned: A Life in JournalismMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism
July 8, 2001Alan EbensteinFriedrich Hayek: A BiographyFriedrich Hayek
July 15, 2001Sally SatelPC, M.D.: How Political Correctness is Corrupting MedicinePolitical correctness; Medicine
July 22, 2001Jeff GreenfieldOh, Waiter! One Order of Crow: Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History2000 United States presidential election
July 29, 2001Jay WinikApril 1865: The Month That Saved AmericaConclusion of the American Civil War
August 5, 2001Tom PhilpottGlory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of WarFloyd James Thompson
August 12, 2001Roger WilkinsJefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black PatriotismGeorge Washington; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; George Mason
August 19, 2001Walter BernsMaking PatriotsAmerican nationalism; Patriotism
August 26, 2001Thomas FlemingThe New Dealers' WarFranklin Roosevelt; Military history of the United States during World War II
September 2, 2001Herbert BixHirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHirohito; Shōwa period
September 9, 2001Irvin MolotskyThe Flag, The Poet and The SongFlag of the United States; The Star-Spangled Banner; Francis Scott Key
September 16, 2001
(Open phones)		James Bamford and Jeffrey RichelsonBody of Secrets; The Wizards of LangleyThe Central Intelligence Agency; The National Security Agency; United States Intelligence Community. (Note: This interview, the first one after the September 11 attacks, was aired live and featured viewer calls. It is also the only Booknotes to feature two different authors discussing their own separate books.)
September 23, 2001
(Open phones)		John Steele GordonThe Business of AmericaEconomy of the United States; Economic history of the United States; Business. (Note: This interview, the second one after the September 11 attacks, was aired live and featured viewer calls.)
September 30, 2001Hampton SidesGhost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic MissionBattle of Bataan; Raid at Cabanatuan
October 7, 2001Midge DecterAn Old Wife’s Tale: My Seven Decades in Love and WarMemoir/Autobiography; History of women in the United States
October 14, 2001Fran GraceCarry A. Nation: Retelling the LifeCarry Nation
October 21, 2001Stephen KinzerCrescent & Star: Turkey Between Two WorldsTurkey
October 28, 2001Ted YeatmanFrank and Jesse James: The Story Behind the LegendFrank James; Jesse James; James-Younger Gang
November 4, 2001Michael Eric DysonHoller If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac ShakurTupac Shakur
November 11, 2001Joseph PersicoRoosevelt’s Secret War: FDR and World War II EspionageFranklin D. Roosevelt; Office of Strategic Services; Category:World War II espionage
November 18, 2001Daniel PinkFree Agent Nation: How America’s New Independent Workers are Transforming the Way We LiveEmployment; Multiple careers
November 25, 2001Kirkpatrick SaleThe Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American DreamRobert Fulton
December 2, 2001Laura ClaridgeNorman Rockwell: A LifeNorman Rockwell
December 9, 2001Phyllis Lee LevinEdith and Woodrow: The Wilson White HouseWoodrow Wilson; Edith Wilson
December 16, 2001Peter BergenHoly War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin LadenOsama Bin Laden
December 23, 2001Vernon JordanVernon Can Read! A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; Civil Rights Movement
December 30, 2001Bernard LewisWhat Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern ResponseMuslim world

References
  1. "'Booknotes' Afterword". The Boston Globe. 19 August 2004.
  2. Ellen Emry Heltzel (17 August 1997). "Books On TV, and a Host Who Listens". The Sunday Oregonian.
  3. Frank J. Prial (4 December 2004). "After Many Million Pages, 'Booknotes' Ends Its Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
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