http://www.c-span.org/XML/podcast/qa_feed.xml C-SPAN Every week, C-SPAN presents interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science and technology in hour-long conversations. Every week, C-SPAN presents interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science and technology in hour-long conversations. http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ en-us Copyright 2011, National Cable Satellite Corporation News & Politics Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:00:00 Est Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:00:00 Est http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss online@c-span.org 77205482 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa051913.mp3 Our guest is S. James Gates, Jr., a recipient of the National Medal of Science. The award for 2011 was presented by President Obama in a White House ceremony in February of 2013. Dr. Gates discusses the process by which a scientist is nominated and selected for this distinction, which is the highest honor the U.S. government bestows upon scientists. 00:59:15 C-SPAN, Q&A, S. James Gates, Jr., National Medal of Science, nomination process, scientists http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 19 MAY 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa051213.mp3 Our guest is Scott Shane, national security reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times. He discusses his recent New York Times Sunday feature story titled “From Spy to Source to Convict,” an examination of a former C.I.A. officer now in prison for leaking information to a reporter. 00:59:35 C-SPAN, Q&A, Scott Shane, New York Times, national security, From Spy to Source to Convict, CIA, prison, leak http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 12 MAY 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa050513.mp3 Our guest is former Michigan Republican Congressman and Reagan administration budget director David Stockman. He discusses his new book titled "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America." He suggests that Wall Street and the Federal Reserve have joined forces to harm the economy, punish savers, and fuel new financial bubbles which he claims will soon burst. 00:59:05 C-SPAN, Q&A, David Stockman, Reagan administration, budget director, "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America", Wall Street, Federal Reserve, bubble, speculation http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 05 MAY 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa042813.mp3 Our guest is former Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney to discuss his recent memoir titled, "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill." Ney discusses his eleven years in Congress representing Ohio's 18th district. He describes being sent to serve for thirty months at the Federal Corrections Facility in Morgantown, West Virginia. 00:59:05 C-SPAN, Q&A, former Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill", Ohios 18th district, Federal Corrections Facility in Morgantown http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 28 APR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa042113.mp3 Our guest is Washington Post Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor Rajiv Chandrasekaran. He discusses his recent Washington Post article titled, "Too Big to Bail," an examination of the embattled F-35 jet fighter program. He highlights the program’s unique ability to avoid budget cuts despite increases in production costs and delayed project completion. 00:58:54 C-SPAN, Q&A, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post, "Too Big to Bail", F-35 jet fighter program, defense department http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 21 APR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa041413.mp3 This week on Q&A, high school students from the United States Senate Youth Program discuss their participation in a week long government and leadership education program in Washington, DC. 104 students were selected from 50 states, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity. 00:58:48 C-SPAN, Q&A, high school students, United States Senate Youth Program, Congress, leadership education program, Washington http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 14 APR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa040713.mp3 Our guest is the former Ambassador to Belgium and former deputy assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford, Tom Korologos. He discusses his recent Washington Post opinion piece about White House nomination battles titled "A History of Nomination Train Wrecks." 00:59:09 C-SPAN, Q&A, Tom C. Korologos, former Ambassador to Belgium, former deputy assistant to Presidents Nixon and Ford, Washington Post, White House, nomination battles, Congress http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 07 APR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa033113.mp3 Our guest is author and co-founder of CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin. She discusses her new book, “Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control,” and explains why she believes the use of military drones should be stopped. She talks about what motivated her in her early years to become an activist for peace, and provides insight into CODEPINK’s origins and motivations. 00:59:39 C-SPAN, Q&A, author, co-founder of CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin, “Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control”, peace activist http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 31 MAR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa032413.mp3 Our guest is Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health and former head of the Human Genome Project. He talks about the administration of the NIH, which is comprised of 27 institutes and centers, and the importance of the Genome Project to medical research. 01:00:08 C-SPAN, Q&A, Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, Human Genome Project, 27 medical institutes, medical research http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 24 MAR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa031713.mp3 Our guest is Fred Barnes, television commentator and executive editor of the Weekly Standard. He discusses the relative importance of the Weekly Standard to those in the political community, including the role it played in discovering Sarah Palin in 2007. 00:59:46 C-SPAN, Q&A, Fred Barnes, television commentator, executive editor, Weekly Standard, Republican party, conservativism, Sarah Palin http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 17 MAR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa031013.mp3 Our guest is author and 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jody Williams. She discusses her newly released autobiography titled "My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize." Williams shares details of her prize winning work on the campaign to ban the use of landmines and her career as an advocate for world peace. She reveals the struggles she faced in adjusting to her new life as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. 00:58:52 C-SPAN, Q&A, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams, "My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize", landmines, world peace http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 10 MAR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa030313.mp3 Our guest is journalist Bill Steigerwald, author of "Dogging Steinbeck: Discovering America and Exposing the Truth About 'Travels With Charley'." He challenges the authenticity of Nobel Prize recipient and author John Steinbeck’s 1962 book called "Travels With Charley." He contends that Steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth in the original book that it should not be classified as non-fiction. 00:59:22 C-SPAN, Q&A, journalist Bill Steigerwald, "Dogging Steinbeck: Discovering America and Exposing the Truth About 'Travels With Charley'", Nobel Prize, John Steinbeck, travelogue, non-fiction narrative, fiction http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 03 MAR 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa022413.mp3 Our guest is author and former Washington Post reporter Keith Richburg. He discusses China and other countries he has lived in as a reporter for the past thirty-five years. He explains the co-dependency of the U.S.-China relationship and gives his personal assessment of the future of China. He also describes his reporting on the detention of a blind Chinese activist whose release was granted following negotiations involving then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 00:59:31 C-SPAN, Q&A, former Washington Post reporter Keith Richburg, China, U.S.-China relationship, blind Chinese activist, State Department, Secretary of State http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 24 FEB 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa021013.mp3 Our guest is Bloomberg syndicated columnist and author Amity Shlaes. She discusses her soon to be released biography of the 30th President of the United States, titled "Coolidge." She traces the life of Calvin Coolidge from his early days in Plymouth Notch, Vermont through his presidency and ultimate return to New England where he died at the age of 60. 00:59:23 C-SPAN, Q&A, Bloomberg syndicated columnist, author Amity Shlaes, 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, Plymouth Notch, conservative, Great Depression, Roaring Twenties http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 10 FEB 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa020313.mp3 Mark Shields, a syndicated columnist and political analyst on the PBS "Newshour," discusses his early days in politics and shares stories of his role as a legislative assistant to Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) and his work on the presidential campaigns of Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY) in 1968 and Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME) in 1972. He talks about the profound impact the assassination of Robert Kennedy had on his life and his eventual transition into journalism as a columnist for the Washington Post. 00:59:09 C-SPAN, Q&A, Mark Shields, syndicated columnist, political analyst,PBS "Newshour", Senator William Proxmire (D-WI), Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY), Senator Edmund Muskie (D-ME), assassination, RFK, Washington Post http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 03 FEB 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa012713.mp3 Our guest is Cathy Lanier, the Chief of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department. She discusses the department’s growth in the last twenty-three years she has been a police officer. She talks about the homicide rate in the District of Columbia being the lowest number for the past fifty-one years. She describes the reasons for this number, and looks to the future growth of the area as an opportunity to add officers to the force. 00:59:39 C-SPAN, Q&A, Cathy Lanier, Washington, DC Police Chief, homicide rate, recruitment, community policing http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 27 JAN 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa012013.mp3 Our guest is former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair, author of the new book, "Bull By The Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street From Itself." She describes the onset of the country's worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and efforts to repair the economy. She also speaks about her working relationships with Treasury Secretaries Hank Paulsen and Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. 00:59:26 C-SPAN, Q&A, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, former Chairman, Sheila Bair, "Bull By The Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street From Itself", Great Depression, economy, recovery, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsen, Tim Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 20 JAN 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa011313.mp3 Our guest is educator and author Jason Brennan who discusses his latest book titled "Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know." He suggests that his goal in the book was to make libertarianism seem reasonable to people who aren't inclined to know much about it. He describes the book as a primer in the political philosophy described as libertarianism. Brennan reviews well-known libertarians such as Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman, as well as Adam Smith and John Locke. 00:59:38 C-SPAN, Q&A, educator, author Jason Brennan, "Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know", political philosophy, Any Rand, Milton Friedman, Adam Smith, John Locke http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 13 JAN 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa010613.mp3 Our guest is historian and author Timothy Naftali. He discusses the oral history project he conducted during his tenure as Director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. Between himself and his assistant, Paul Musgrave, there were over 140 interviews performed in various locations throughout the country. 01:01:18 C-SPAN, Q&A, historian Timothy Naftali, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, Paul Musgrave, Cold War, Watergate, China http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 06 JAN 2013 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa123012.mp3 Our guest is historian and commentator Kevin Phillips to discuss his new historical narrative titled "1775: A Good Year for Revolution." Phillips suggests that the year 1775 was a critical launching point of both the Revolutionary War and American independence from Britain. He argues that the year 1776 has incorrectly emerged as a watershed year due to historical hype and confusion. 00:59:40 C-SPAN, Q&A, Kevin Phillips, "1775: A Good Year for Revolution", American Revolutionary War, Britain, Independence, 1776, historical hype http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 30 DEC 2012 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa122312.mp3 Our guest for 90 minutes is Paul Reid, co-author, with William Manchester of the third and final volume of the historical trilogy "The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965." Reid tells how he met and befriended co-author William Manchester who then invited Reid to complete the third volume of the book. He describes how he blended the hundreds of pages Manchester completed before his death, with Reid’s own research to produce the biography of the final twenty-five years of Winston Churchill's life. 01:26:48 C-SPAN, Q&A, Paul Reid, William Manchester, "The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965", history, research, Great Britain, World War II, Cold War, cigars http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 23 DEC 2012 20:00:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/qa121612_applebaum.mp3 Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winning author Anne Applebaum. She discusses her new historical narrative, "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956." Applebaum examines the effects of communist totalitarianism in East Germany, Poland and Hungary from the end of World War II to the uprisings of 1956 in the years following Stalin’s death. 00:57:41 C-SPAN, Q&A, Pulitzer Prize, author Anne Applebaum, "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956", communism, totalitarianism, East Germany, Poland and Hungary, Cold War http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 16 DEC 2012 20:00:00 EST