Videos

Former presidential adviser and political analyst David Gergen discussed the art of leadership. This event was part of the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival held in California.

President Biden’s sister Valerie Biden Owens (Growing Up Biden), former Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and historian Jon Meacham discussed President Biden’s life and political career. This ev…

Biographers Douglas Brinkley, Jon Meacham, Sally Bedell Smith, and Nigel Hamilton talked about their craft and shared stories about the people they have written about. This event was part of…

Presidential historian Jon Meacham reconsidered Abraham Lincoln’s life and the influences that shaped how he governed a divided country. The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, h…

Authors Eddie Glaude (Begin Again) and Jon Meacham (His Truth Is Marching On) talked about the legacies of author James Baldwin and civil rights leader and former Representative John Lewis (…

Valerie Biden Owens discussed her life, career in politics and her role as campaign manager for her brother President Joe Biden. Politics and Prose Bookstore and George Washington University…

A memorial service was held in Minneapolis for former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died in April 2021 at age 93. Speakers included President Biden, Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and…

Historians Walter Isaacson, Jon Meacham, and John Barry talked about the ingenuity and social movements that shaped America. The discussion, held at Tulane University, was moderated by autho…

Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham talked about the historical significance of the events of January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and related it to other periods of Amer…

Musician Tim McGraw and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham provided a history of American history through song.

Biographer Jon Meacham, author of His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, was joined by two former chiefs of staff to the late congressman and civil rights leader to disc…

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly talked with historian Jon Meacham about his more than 50-year-long photography career. Among the topics: Mr. Kennerly’s time as Presid…

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson explored what she called a hidden caste system in the United States. This was a virtual event hosted by the Atlanta History Center.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham discussed the life of the late U.S. representative and civil rights activist John Lewis. This program was part of the 20th annual National Book …

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham discussed the life of the late representative and civil rights activist John Lewis and took viewer phone calls as part of Book TV’s coverage of …

Joe Biden accepted the presidential nomination on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. Topics addressed during the evening included: Mr. Biden’s religious faith, the import…

Authors and historians Jon Meacham, Margaret MacMillan, and Douglas Brinkley discussed their favorite historical figures at the 2018 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

This special “Washington Journal” primetime edition on the coronavirus pandemic focused on American religious life and the nation’s culture. First, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese …

The co-authors of Impeachment: An American History talked about the only three presidential impeachment proceedings ever conducted: those involving Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Cl…

A commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the first Virginia General Assembly. This is the second of two parts.