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TWO DVD’s for $40

Gore Vidal is the author of more than 20 novels and 5 plays.

DVD 1) Imperial America: Gore Vidal Reflects on the United States of Amnesia (Broadcast June 4, 2004)
In his recent book Gore Vidal writes that, "Not since the 1846 attack on Mexico in order to seize California has an American government been so nakedly predatory." Gore Vidal joins us in our firehouse studio to discuss President Bush, elections and much more.

DVD 2) Gore Vidal on Bush’s Inaugural Address: "The Most Un-American Speech I’ve Ever Heard"(Broadcast January 25, 2005)
We take a look at President Bush’s inaugural address with Gore Vidal, one of America’s most respected writers and thinkers. Vidal says, "If the United States does go abroad to slay dragons in the name of freedom, liberty and so on, she could become dictatress of the world, but in the process she would lose her soul."