How do you write about the sex lives of past presidents without being salacious? If you're controversial publisher Larry Flynt, you co-write a book with history professor David Eisenbach and call it One Nation Under Sex.
"I knew nobody would want to read a history book written by a pornographer, so I was just covering myself there," says Flynt in the Web-exclusive video below.
Flynt's book has been well received, with Publishers Weekly writing, "Flynt and Eisenbach favor analysis over sensationalism, providing a new perspective of the men and women who have shaped our nation."
In this Web-exclusive video, Flynt explains what he feels we can learn from the sexual transgressions of past presidents and answers the tough question of why Americans seem to be so obsessed with sex.
"People, I think now, want more information, and no book has ever been written like this. Publishers of history books are conservative; they tend to only want politics and policy. They don't want to know about sex," Flynt says, adding, "Well, I know that there's a market out there that does want to know about the sex lives of politicians."
Be sure to watch the Web-exclusive video below, tune in to the full conversation tonight and share your thoughts. Do the private lives of presidents and elected officials matter? Should we care? Why do we?
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
"I knew nobody would want to read a history book written by a pornographer, so I was just covering myself there," says Flynt in the Web-exclusive video below.
Flynt's book has been well received, with Publishers Weekly writing, "Flynt and Eisenbach favor analysis over sensationalism, providing a new perspective of the men and women who have shaped our nation."
In this Web-exclusive video, Flynt explains what he feels we can learn from the sexual transgressions of past presidents and answers the tough question of why Americans seem to be so obsessed with sex.
"People, I think now, want more information, and no book has ever been written like this. Publishers of history books are conservative; they tend to only want politics and policy. They don't want to know about sex," Flynt says, adding, "Well, I know that there's a market out there that does want to know about the sex lives of politicians."
Be sure to watch the Web-exclusive video below, tune in to the full conversation tonight and share your thoughts. Do the private lives of presidents and elected officials matter? Should we care? Why do we?
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
