next from the annual libertarian a conference freedomfest author and attorney carla gericke discusses her political point of view and the free state project. >> find more schedule information in your program guide for online at booktv.org. >> carla gericke is the author of this book, "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)." carla gericke of what ask your question i i've never asked an altar before. what was i reading? what was i reading? >> well, you're reading a collection of my essays and short stories overtime. sort of an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my work at city called in york. those were award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political in there, a lot of essays and blog post an opinion pieces of written over the years mostly in my role with the free state project. >> what is the free state project? >> so the free state project is a libertarian movement. we're trying to attract libertarians to new hampshire. it's a mass migration movement. so really what we're trying to do and we been around since 2003 at her success stories are really piling u

now from freedom fest libertarian author attorney carla derek carla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)". i want to ask you a question i have never asked an author before . what was i reading west and mark what was ireading ? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and short stories over time. it was an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my mfa in city college in new york. those are award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political polemic i guess in there. a lot of essays, blog posts and opinion pieces i've written over the years mostly on my wall with the free state project. >> what is the free state project ? >> the free state project is in libertarian movement. trying to attract libertarians to the state of new hampshire. a mass migration movement so what we're trying to do and we've been around and are success stories are highly of the state but what we did is in 2001, this gentleman was a yale student at the time wrote asa and he was like

. >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)". i want to ask you a question i have never asked an author before . what was i reading west and mark what was ireading ? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and short stories over time. it was an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my mfa in city college in new york. those are award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political polemic i guess in there. a lot of essays, blog posts and opinion pieces i've written over the years mostly on my wall with the free state project. >> what is the free state project ? >> the free state project is in libertarian movement. trying to attract libertarians to the state of new hampshire. a mass migration movement so what we're trying to do and we've been around and are success stories are highly of the state but what we did is in 2001, this gentleman was a yale student at the time wrote asa and he was like what would happen if we put all libertarians in one geographic area. the problem is there are a lot of people who actually b

. >> carla gericke is the author of this book, "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)." carla gericke of what ask your question i i've never asked an altar before. what was i reading? what was i reading? >> well, you're reading a collection of my essays and short stories overtime. sort of an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my work at city called in york. those were award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political in there, a lot of essays and blog post an opinion pieces of written over the years mostly in my role with the free state project. >> what is the free state project? >> so the free state project is a libertarian movement. we're trying to attract libertarians to new hampshire. it's a mass migration movement. so really what we're trying to do and we been around since 2003 at her success stories are really piling up at this stage but what we did is in 2001 this gentleman jason, ideal student at the time, wrote an essay in use like what would happen if we put all libertarians in one geographic area? the problem is there's a lot of people who beli

carla gericke of what ask your question i i've never asked an altar before. what was i reading? what was i reading? >> well, you're reading a

carla gericke of what ask your question i i've never asked an altar before. what was i reading? what was i reading? >> well, you're reading a collection of my essays and short stories overtime. sort of an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my work at city called in york. those were award-winning short stories and there's a lot of political in there, a lot of essays and blog post an opinion piec o

carla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the

now from freedom fest libertarian author attorney carla derek carla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)". i want to ask you a question i have never asked an author before . what was i reading west and mark what was ireading ? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and short stories over time. it was an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my mfa

carla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories

eastern, hear from authors attending freedom fest in rapid city, south dakota, including carla gericke. her book "the ecstatic pessimist." and john fund with his book "our broken elections" in which he argues that liberals used the covid-19 pandemic to change the election system, making it more vulnerable. at 3:05 p.m., economic historian deidra mccluskey with her book that looks at a new kind of economics that focuses on science and better understanding of human objection -- action. at 4:45 p.m., george gilder talks about the future dominance of artificial intelligence in his book, "gaming air. a.i." and ben shapiro discusses his new book, "the authoritarian moment" in which he argues the progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda in america. he's interviewed by nationally syndicated radio talk show host eric mataxes. watch american history and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> sunday, january 6, views from the house continues. three more members of congress show what they saw, heard, and experienced, inclu

stay well and staycarla gericke discusses her point of view and the freestate project . >> carla gericke is the author of this book "the ecstatic pessimist: stories of hope (mostly)". i want to ask you a question i have never asked an author before . what was i reading west and mark what was ireading ? >> you were reading a collection of my essays and short stories over time. it was an amalgamation of the work i did when i did my mfa in city college in new york.