Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about his forthcoming biography of President Ford and writing speeches for former Boston Mayor Kevin White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about his heart attack, Nelson Rockefeller, tracking hurricanes and his fascination with world fairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about his favorite historians, "Hamilton" (the musical), and Winston Churchill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about spending time with former President Ronald Reagan and living a solitary life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about Charles de Gaulle and Winston Churchill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about Ernest Hemingway, Somerset Maugham, and writing eulogies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about his writing technique, reading biographies, and book reviewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about the year 1968 and the least prepared/luckiest U.S. presidents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about greed, Fox News, the golden age of television, and our most religious president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about the U.S. presidents as public speakers, they myths about our presidents, and the presidents that are the most fun to talk/write about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about becoming a historian, former President Gerald Ford, and having dinner with Queen Elizabeth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about Broadway, Dorothy Kilgallen, Jack Paar, and George Gershwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about Alice Roosevelt Longworth, his books, and more on his forthcoming biography former President Gerald Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about his favorite books, former Senators Ed Brooke and Bob Dole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about President Trump, the Dole Institute, religion and Catholic popes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lamb talks with historian Richard Norton Smith about the Catholic Church sex scandal and running the Lincoln Presidential Library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

C-SPAN's Brian Lamb is Talking With… historian Richard Norton Smith. During their wide-ranging, eight-hour conversation—presented in 20-minute segments—you'll hear them discuss everything from U.S. presidents to hurricanes. Mr. Smith has written eight books, run five presidential libraries, and built the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices