Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. Topics included his long interest in nature, his concept of "active" alternative historical fiction, environmentalism, the welfare system, the politics of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, the war in Iraq, a double standard for liberals and conservatives, religion, public education, and technology. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Mr. Gingrich responded to video segments including: a 1994 interview with his mother Kathleen in his hometown in Pennsylvania; a December 7, 1941, radio broadcast by Eleanor Roosevelt; background video of him and his historical ficiton writing partner William Forstchen in Gettysburg on July 4, 2003; on December 30, 1994, an interview at Zoo Atlanta and a news conference in Marietta, Georgia, about his controversial book contract; a clip of a walking tour of Washington, D.C. with his wife Callista from his video [Rediscove