Author and essayist Mary Eberstadt joins Book TV to talk and take calls about religious freedom, the sexual revolution in America, and more. Her books include “How the West Really Lost God” and “Adam and Eve After the Pill, Revisited.”
Musician and author Michelle Zauner speaks about her life and growing up Korean American in Eugene, Oregon.
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Amul Thapar discussed the judicial philosophy of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and recounted some of Thomas’s key opinions. He was interviewed by USA Today Supreme Court correspondent John Fritze.
Daily Beast’s Matt Lewis explored how American politics is fueled by wealth and offered reforms on how to hold elected officials more accountable. He was interviewed by RealClearPolitics columnist and associate editor A.B. Stoddard.
Historian Winifred Gallagher examined the role that women played in America’s westward expansion. This was a virtual event hosted by Smithsonian Associates.
Writer Fariha Roisin argued that the health industry is co-opting cultural healing traditions. Books Are Magic bookstore in New York City hosted this program.
University of Washington professor Chantel Prat explored how each brain is different and what people can do to better understand the functions of their own brains. The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle hosted this program.
Anthony Eames of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute talked about the foreign policy agendas of President Reagan and British Prime Minister Thatcher during the 1980s. This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and…
Author Alex Mar looked at crime and punishment in the U.S. and examined if there is a place for forgiveness in America’s judicial system. Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who covered wars in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans for the New York Times, discussed his thoughts on war and its victims. This event was held at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, New…
Jill Watts recalled the members of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Black brain trust” and their influence on administration policies. She spoke at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde…
Victoria Wolcott talked about the impact of utopianism on the 20th century civil rights movement and its leaders. She spoke at he 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.
Craig Nelson presented an analysis of how former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt prepared the country for a second world war. He spoke at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde…
