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Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff discussed her 2010 biography, Cleopatra: A Life. Ms. Schiff talked about growing up in western Massachusetts and her early days as an editor wi…

David McCullough talked about his newest book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. The book focuses on a group of Americans who spent time living in Paris between 1830 and 1900 to study…

Juan Williams talked about his new book, Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate, in which he wrote about his controversial comments about Muslims in 2010, which resulted in him being fired fr…

Christopher Hitchens was interviewed in his home about his life and work following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer. He authored over a dozen books including his recent memoir, Hitch-22. Oth…

Former President George W. Bush talked about his memoir Decision Points. The program took place on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where his presidential library was b…

Karl Marlantes talked about his autobiographical narrative, What It Is Like To Go To War. In the book he related many of his own combat experiences, including one intense battle in Vietnam t…

John Feinstein discussed his memoir, One On One: Behind The Scenes with The Greats In The Game, which chronicles his years of reporting on some the greatest sports figures. He talked about t…

Melissa Lee hosts several daily programs for CNBC including "Fast Money", "Fast Money Halftime Report", "Options Actions", and a new program "Money in Motion". She has also produced document…

Richard Norton Smith, Carl Cannon, and Jean Baker participated in a roundtable discussion reflecting on the C-SPAN series, “The Contenders: They Lost the Election But Changed Political Histo…

Ivan Kander and Rob Jones talked about “Survive. Recover. Live. The Rob Jones Story,” a documentary Mr. Kander directed about the events leading up to his friend Marine Corporal Jones' sever…

Simon Winchester talked about his sweeping historical narrative of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.…

Lawrence Lessig talked about his latest book about the influence of money on Congress, in which he argued that large amounts of money, fueled by recent changes in campaign finance rules, can…

Cary Nelson talked about the social, political, and cultural forces undermining the principle of academic freedom. He described the increasing struggles for governance and unionization of fa…

David McCullough talked about his newest book, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. The book focuses on a group of Americans who spent time living in Paris between 1830 and 1900 to study…

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels answered questions from Purdue University students, and he talked about his book, Keeping the Republic. He also spoke about state and local politics and his de…

Students from The Washington Center talked about politics and government. The students represented one group of the 600-800 college students who come to Washington, D.C. each year in seminar…

High school students from 35 states and Guam who were attending George Mason University’s Washington Journalism and Media Conference discussed the quality of journalism and their career aspi…

R. Gerald Turner spoke about university operations and his experiences with higher education. He has been president of Southern Methodist University (SMU) since 1995. Southern Methodist Univ…

William Beutler Talked about his role as an editor, commentator and consultant for the Wikipedia website. Among the topics he addressed were potential problems, such as vandalism, which coul…

Clarence Lusane spoke about his book The Black History of the White House, a historical narrative detailing the contributions of past and present African Americans in the White House. He rec…