הפודקאסטים הטובים ביותר ב-C Span (2025)

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BN+: William Galston, "Anger, Fear, Domination" 1:08:02

4d ago1:08:02

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William Arthur Galston has been a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution since 2006 and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal for the past 12 years. In the first paragraph of his latest 161-page book, he tells us what the book is about: "This book advances this proposition that what I call the dark passions - anger, hatred, humiliation, res…

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Q&A: Stewart McLaurin on The People’s House Miscellany: Stories from the White House 55:00

5d ago55:00

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White House Historical Association president Stewart McLaurin, author of "The People's House Miscellany," talks about the history of the White House and White House-related trivia. He also discusses the changes that presidents and first ladies have made to the White House's interior and exterior going back to President Thomas Jefferson. Learn more …

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2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America 46:40

5d ago46:40

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This week on After Words — Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd discusses her new book, Notorious, with CNN Chief Political Analyst David Axelrod. In the book, Dowd profiles some of the most talked-about figures from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and American culture. Their conversation was recorded at the 2025 Printers Row Lit…

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David Grann on Killers of the Flower Moon and America’s Hidden History 1:01:35

5d ago1:01:35

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Author David Grann joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his books including "Killers of the Flower Moon" and "The Wager" and visits the vault of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Peter Henriques Explores George Washington’s Character and Presidency 1:06:31

11d ago1:06:31

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Retired George Mason University history professor, Peter Henriques, starts off his author's note writing: "If anyone had told me in the summer of 2023 that I would be writing one more book on George Washington, I would have expressed extreme skepticism." In Episode 6 of this Booknotes+ podcast series in 2021, Professor Henriques told us the same th…

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Boyce Upholt on The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi 1:03:07

12d ago1:03:07

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Journalist Boyce Upholt talks about the history and geography of the Mississippi River and human attempts to control it going back to the Founding Era. He discusses how government-built levees, dikes, and dams have transformed the landscape and ecosystem along the 2,340-mile-long Mississippi and the impact that commerce, floods, and pollution have …

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Pulitzer Prize Author Stacy Schiff on Writing History That Feels Alive 1:01:09

12d ago1:01:09

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Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her biographies of Cleopatra, Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Adams before visiting the vault of the National Archives to view the Treaty of Paris and other priceless documents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Eric Trump, "Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation" 1:01:13

13d ago1:01:13

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Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, talked about growing up as a Trump and his family's involvement in business and politics. This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Geri Spieler, "Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford" 1:06:21

18d ago1:06:21

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In September 1975, 17 days apart, two women, one in Sacramento and the other in San Francisco, attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The first attempt on September the 5th came from Annette Squeaky Fromm. The Charles Manson follower spent over 30 years in prison, is out on parole, and is 76 years old. The other attempt came on the non-ent…

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Q&A: Media Mogul Barry Diller on His Life and Career in Television and Hollywood 1:02:42

19d ago1:02:42

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In his memoir, "Who Knew," media mogul Barry Diller talks about his career in television and Hollywood, and about his personal life and longtime relationship with fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. Mr. Diller has been an executive at ABC and head of Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox (where he created the Fox television network). While at…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett on "Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution" 1:01:35

19d ago1:01:35

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett joins host David M. Rubenstein to discuss her new book, her early life and her view of the Constitution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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Empire of AI - Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI 1:14:24

20d ago1:14:24

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Journalist Karen Hao discussed her reporting on OpenAI under the leadership of Sam Altman. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Dan Wang on Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future 1:04:59

25d ago1:04:59

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The book is called "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future." Author Dan Wang was born in China in 1992. His parents moved to Canada when he was seven. In 2014, he graduated from the University of Rochester in New York. Then in 2018, Dan Wang went to live in China until he returned to the US in 2023. He then went to the offices of the Yale …

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Q&A: Jill Dougherty — My Russia: War or Peace and a Life Covering the Kremlin 1:04:28

26d ago1:04:28

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Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty discusses her life-long interest in Russia, which she first visited in 1969 as an exchange student. A fluent Russian speaker, she spent 10 years covering Russia for Voice of America and CNN. Besides serving as Moscow Bureau Chief, Jill Dougherty was White House correspondent during the H.W. Bush and Cli…

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From the Library of Congress: John Grisham on Storytelling and Justice 1:01:35

26d ago1:01:35

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From the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, master of the legal thriller John Grisham joins host David M. Rubenstein to discuss his early life, writing process, latest novel and his work with wrongfully convicted prisoners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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AW: "Rocket Dreams..." C. Davenport, Musk, Bezos and space race 57:14

27d ago57:14

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The Washington Post's Christian Davenport reported on the private companies in space flight and the rivalry between Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Jonathan Mahler on The Gods of New York: NYC in the 1980s 1:00:28

1M ago1:00:28

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The names are almost all known nationally: Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, David Dinkins, Al Sharpton, Larry Kramer, and Donald Trump. These are people who were first in the news in the 1980s. Their early public lives are now featured in Jonathan Mahler's book, "The Gods of New York." The book is divided into four large chapters titled 1986, 1987, 1988, 19…

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AW: Jane Goodall "Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink" 54:36

1M ago54:36

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Jane Goodall talked about her book Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink (Grand Central Publishing; September 2, 2009). In the book, she and her co-authors describe people and projects around the world that are rescuing species on the brink of extinction. The guest interviewer was John Nielsen. Th…

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BN+: Inside McNamara at War: Philip and William Taubman on Vietnam and U.S. Power 1:10:29

1M ago1:10:29

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Christopher Scalia, "13 Novels Conservative Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read)" 1:04:54

1M ago1:04:54

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Critic and opinion writer Christopher Scalia, son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, recommends 13 novels with conservative themes that, he says, aren’t widely known by conservatives. In his book "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read," the former English professor discusses books by Walter Scott, George Eliot, P.D. James, Z…

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AW: Trump 2024: Joe Concha on Strategy, Media, and The Greatest Comeback Ever 1:02:38

1M ago1:02:38

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Fox News contributor Joe Concha gave his take on President Donald Trump's return to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute in Simi Valley, California, hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Daniel Flynn, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism" 1:11:12

2M ago1:11:12

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Daniel Flynn's book is titled, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer." Mr. Flynn points out in his introduction that "Meyer travels from communist to conservative, peace activist to soldier, Jew to Catholic, rhapsodist of Satan to cheerleader for Reagan, and free love enthusiast to family man." Flynn, who is a seni…

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Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society 1:01:02

2M ago1:01:02

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Last week, President Trump announced that a deal had been reached between the U.S. government and China regarding the control of the widely popular social media platform, TikTok. In April 2024, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law that required TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok within a year or face a ban in t…

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AW: The Mission: Tim Weiner on How the CIA Operates in the Modern Era 1:08:23

2M ago1:08:23

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Tim Weiner discussed the history and evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency from the end of the Cold War through the first quarter of the 21st century. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Failure: Communism in the 20th Century 1:02:02

2M ago1:02:02

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In our last podcast, Ed Luce of the Financial Times told us about his book, "Zbig," for Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) who he calls America's great power prophet. In this episode, we're going to feature a Booknotes interview from April 2, 1989, with Dr. Brzezinski. He was the first guest for the weekly Sunday evening program that ran until 2005. H…

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Q&A: Peter Navarro Reflects on Politics, Prison, and the Trump Presidency 1:03:49

2M ago1:03:49

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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro went to prison in 2024 after being found guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6th Committee. In his book, "I Went to Prison So You Won’t Have To," Mr. Navarro describes the Justice Department's case against him, his arrest and tria…

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Lee Tilghman on ‘If You Don’t Like This I Might Die’: Life Inside Influencer Culture 44:42

2M ago44:42

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Former influencer Lee Tilghman described the impact on herself of making a career on social media. Strand Books in New York City hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Edward Luce, "Zbig"- Zbigniew Brzezinski & Carter Era U.S. Foreign Policy 1:02:46

2M ago1:02:46

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"I was initially very skeptical about embarking on a full life biography of anyone, let alone a figure as big as Zbig." Edward Luce is talking about President Carter's former national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Mr. Luce is the Financial Times' chief commentator and columnist. Luce is a native of Sussex, England, and has spent close to 2…

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Q&A: Ann Butler, "Wife, Mother, Spy" — Women, Espionage, and the CIA 1:03:18

2M ago1:03:18

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Ann Butler was a CIA spy for 25+ years. She donned disguises, used false names, and learned how to evade surveillance. She did this clandestine work while simultaneously raising five children. As she says, "No one suspected a pregnant woman was a spy." Ann Butler talks about her work with the Agency, what it took to become an overseas operative in …

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AW: Gianno Caldwell, "The Day My Brother Was Murdered" — Crime, Justice, and Loss 1:03:25

2M ago1:03:25

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Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell's book, The Day My Brother Was Murdered, explores crime and justice in American cities through the stories of murders that occurred the night that his 18-year-old brother was killed as an innocent bystander during a drive-by shooting.. The loss of his brother inspired Gianno Caldwell to establish the Caldw…

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BN+: Simon Ball, "Death to Order" 1:12:22

2M ago1:12:22

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Simon Ball is the author of the book "Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination." Professor Ball is British and is located at the University of Leeds. His publisher, Yale University Press, says: "Assassination, the murder of a specific individual by an organized conspiracy in pursuit of political ends has shaped the fate not only of the fam…

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Q&A: John Malone, "Born to Be Wired" 1:06:38

2M ago1:06:38

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Liberty Media chairman and cable TV pioneer John Malone, author of "Born to Be Wired," discusses his life and entrepreneurship. Mr. Malone's many business ventures include the Discovery Channel, QVC, SiriusXM, Formula One, and Ticketmaster. He also talks about competing with Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, the value of philanthropy, Republican leade…

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AW: Heath Hardage Lee, "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon" 1:04:37

2M ago1:04:37

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Historian Heath Hardage Lee, author of The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon, talked about the life and times of the former first lady (1969-74). She said that Pat Nixon, who was voted "Most Admired Woman in the World" in 1972, was largely mis-portrayed by the press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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BN+: Sam Tanenhaus, "Buckley" 1:14:58

2M ago1:14:58

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Author Sam Tanenhaus opens the acknowledgement section in his latest book, "Buckley," this way: "I first met William F. Buckley in 1990, shortly after I had begun work on a biography of Whitaker Chambers…Bill Buckley had been Chambers' last patron and most eloquent champion." The biography of Chambers was published in 1997. Now 28 years later, Sam …

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Q&A: Jason Riley, "The Affirmative Action Myth" 1:03:51

3M ago1:03:51

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Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley, author of "The Affirmative Action Myth," argues that the racial preference policies of the 1960s and 70s have had an overall negative impact on the success of Black Americans. He says that Black incomes, homeownership, and educational attainment were all on an upward trajectory prior to these policies bein…

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AW: Kathleen deLaski, "Who Needs College Anymore?" 1:04:29

3M ago1:04:29

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Education Design Lab founder Kathleen deLaski examined whether the U.S. higher education system can meet the needs of future generations of students. She discusses alternatives to the four-year college degree, including educational bootcamps, skills-based learning, and apprenticeships. This event took place at Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass…

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BN+: Jay Winik, "1861" 1:05:58

3M ago1:05:58

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Historian Jay Winik first appeared on the Booknotes television program 24 years ago to discuss his book, "April 1865." It became a #1 New York Times bestseller, reportedly read by Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and many others. It's the narrative story of the Civil War. For his latest book, Winik stepped back four years in history to l…

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Q&A: Syndicated Columnist George Will on His Life & Career 1:03:40

3M ago1:03:40

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Author and writer George Will, whose nationally syndicated column has been running since 1974, discusses his life and career in the opinion business. Mr. Will talks about the impact of his work on U.S. politics over the past 50 years, conservatism in the age of Donald Trump, his love of baseball, and other topics. Learn more about your ad choices. …

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AW: Michael Grynbaum, "Empire of the Elite" 1:04:09

3M ago1:04:09

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This was an inside look at the glamorous Condé Nast publishing empire, the people who crafted its publications, and the standards they set for American culture. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People" 1:02:31

3M ago1:02:31

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Sir Richard J. Evans has been writing about Germany and Adolf Hitler for his entire professional life. He was knighted in Britain in 2012 for his service to scholarship. From 2003-2008, Professor Evans published a trilogy of the Third Reich with a total of over 2,500 pages. His latest book is titled "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich." …

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Q&A: Jane McManus, "The Fast Track" 1:04:14

3M ago1:04:14

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Sports journalist and academic Jane McManus, author of "The Fast Track," discusses the rise in popularity of women's sports since the early 1970s and the challenges female athletes have faced since then, including unequal pay and lack of media coverage. Prof. McManus talks about the experiences of Billie Jean King, Venus and Serena Williams, Caitli…

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AW: Isabel Allende, "My Name Is Emilia del Valle" 1:00:17

3M ago1:00:17

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Isabel Allende spoke about identity & resilience in her historical novel set in the 19th century against a backdrop of civil war breaking out in Chile. The Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: David Herbert Donald, "Lincoln" 1:02:43

3M ago1:02:43

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In our earlier discussion with Zaakir Tameez about his biography of Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, he discussed his differences with Professor David Herbert Donald on the same subject. On December the 24th, 1995, Professor Donald talked about his book called "Lincoln" on the Booknotes television program. David Donald died in 2009 at age 8…

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Q&A: Lee Hawkins, "I Am Nobody's Slave" 1:06:26

3M ago1:06:26

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Journalist and musician Lee Hawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave," talks about the impact that slavery and Jim Crow have had on his family through multiple generations. Mr. Hawkins examines the relationship between the past violence experienced by family members, often at the hands of white people, and the way his parents raised and severely dis…

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AW: Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, "2024" 1:02:31

3M ago1:02:31

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This conversation was a behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president other than Grover Cleveland to achieve that distinction, and after a litany of criminal and civil investigations and two assassination attempts. Learn more…

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BN+: Zaakir Tameez, "Charles Sumner" 1:07:04

3M ago1:07:04

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Charles Sumner was from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a U.S. Senator for 23 years from 1851 to 1874. Sumner, an anti-slavery Republican, was brutally caned on the Senate floor by pro-slavery Democrats in 1856, during the lead-up to the Civil War. The attack, which almost killed Sumner, kept him out of the Senate for over 3 years. Sumner didn't marr…

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Q&A: Nicole Kobie, "The Long History of the Future" 1:02:39

3M ago1:02:39

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Technology reporter Nicole Kobie, author of "The Long History of the Future," talks about how technology evolves and discusses why many predicted technologies – including driverless and flying cars, smart cities, hyperloops, and autonomous robots – haven’t become a reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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AW: "Framed," John Grisham and Jim McCloskey 1:02:39

3M ago1:02:39

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Bestselling author John Grisham and co-author Jim McCloskey wrote about the challenges of exonerating a person who is wrongfully convicted. Princeton Library, Centurion, and Labyrinth Books in Princeton, New Jersey, sponsored this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי C-SPAN

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BN+: John Seabrook, "The Spinach King" 1:10:26

4M ago1:10:26

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The patriarch, C.F. Seabrook, was hailed as the Henry Ford of agriculture. His son, Jack, a keen businessman, was poised to take over what Life magazine called the biggest vegetable factory on earth. His son, John Seabrook, has written about his grandfather and father in his book called "The Spinach King." It's subtitled "The Rise and Fall of an Am…

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Q&A: Cornel West & Robert George, "Truth Matters" 1:48:22

4M ago1:48:22

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Progressive professor Cornel West and conservative professor Robert George talk about their decades-long friendship and teaching together at Princeton University. They also discuss their new book, "Truth Matters," a dialogue between the two on such topics as American history, great books, faith, and free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…

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