What caused student loan debt in the U.S. to rise to more than a trillion dollars? Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Mitchell talks about this growing debt for parents and students with NPR education reporter Anya Kamenetz.
Longtime historian, activist, professor and author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz joins Book TV to talk and take calls about Native American culture and history, the Women’s Liberation Movement, the founding of the United States, and more.
Breitbart editor in chief Alex Marlow argued that the mainstream media has destroyed its credibility. He was interviewed by Reason Magazine editor at large and Reason Roundtable Podcast host Matt Welch.
Carol Swain, former professor of political science and law at Vanderbilt University and vice chair of President Trump’s 1776 Commission, joined us to talk and take calls about critical race theory, the 1619 Project, immigration and more. Her books include Be…
Historian John Ferling looked at the tactical decisions that secured the Continental Army’s victory in the Revolutionary War. This was a virtual event hosted by the Avon Free Public Library in Connecticut.
Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Phil Rucker looked at the final year of the Trump administration. Washington Post Live in Washington, D.C., hosted this virtual program.
U.S. Army War College Professor Kevin Weddle provided a history of the American Revolution’s Battle of Saratoga in 1777. This was a virtual event hosted by Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Journalist Sebastian Junger recounted his 400-mile walk along the railroads from Washington, to Philadelphia as he reflected on the concepts of freedom, independence, and community. This virtual program was hosted by Parnassus Bookstore in Nashville.
North Dakota State History Professor Donald Johnson looked at life under British occupation in several port cities during the American Revolution. This was a virtual event hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon.
Harvard University History Professor Tiya Miles looked at three generations of Black women through the inheritance of a cotton bag originally given by a mother to her daughter separated by slavery. This was a virtual event hosted by the Concord Museum in…
Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, talked about her suspense novel, While Justice Sleeps, set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. This virtual program was hosted by the Decatur Book Festival and…
Amy Sohn looked at the life of 19th century U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock, who used his position to promote morality laws that included the 1873 Comstock laws that prohibited the shipment of “obscene” material through the mail. This was a virtual…