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Ray Smock talked about Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), who on November 18, 2009, would become the member with the longest continuous service in Congress in the history of the country. Mr. Smock …

Omar Wasow is a Ph.D candidate in African American Studies and Government at Harvard. In 1999, he co-founded BlackPlanet.com, a social networking site. He has appeared on Oprah, Martha Stewa…

Sally Quinn talked about her new book, The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining, published by Simon and Schuster. She talked about what makes a good guest at a dinner party and her ide…

Michael Fauntroy, a political commentator and assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University, spoke about his experiences as a writer, political analyst and civil rights pro…

Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and writer for “The New Yorker” magazine, spoke about his writing and the state of the journalism and publishing industries. He had four books on eithe…

Naomi Klein talked about her upbringing in the United States and Canada and the influence of her parents on her activism today. Klein’s father was an anti-war resister and physician who left…

J. Bowyer Bell, author of The Irish Troubles: A Generation of Violence, 1967-1992, published by St. Martin’s Press, described his research for the book. He said he conducted over 10,000 hour…

Judy Shelton is an economist who has written 15 pieces for the Wall Street Journal over the past two years. She is the author of several books including Money Meltdown in 1994 and The Coming…

Ken Auletta is the author of a forthcoming book, Googled: The End of the World as We Know It (Penguin; November 3, 2009). The book is a biography of the company Google. It tells the story of…

Chaplain Barry Black talked about his youth in Baltimore as one of eight children whose mother struggled financially. His story is told in his 2006 book From the Hood to the Hill. He also ta…

Author Andrew Sullivan talked about his recently published book, Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality. The book focused on the debate over the “normalcy” of being homosexual and…

Tracy Kidder talked about his book Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness (Random House; August 25, 2009). It is the story of Deogratis (Deo), a medical student f…

Mark Farkas talked about C-SPAN’s documentary on the U.S. Supreme Court, and told the story of how the documentary was developed. All nine justices and two retired justices were interviewed …

Philip Short talked about his book Mao: A Life, published by Henry and Company. The book is a biography of the late Chinese premier and leader, Mao Tse-Tung. It follows his life from his hum…

Christopher Caldwell talked about his book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West (Doubleday; July 28, 2009). The book looks at the immigrant experience in…

T.R. Reid talked about his book, The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care (The Penguin Press; August 20, 2009). The former Washington Post reporter …

Doctors from the Virginia Hospital Center participated in a roundtable discussion in the emergency room of the hospital. They talked about health care reform, their medical practices, health…

Dr. John Garrett talked about his life in medicine, the workings of a hospital, and how government and non-government programs impact medicine. The interview took place in the Fast Track Eme…

Frank Mankiewicz spoke about his career and experiences in public service. He is vice chairman of Hill & Knowlton’s Washington, D.C. office. Hill & Knowlton is a public relations firm based …

Don Hewitt talked about his book Tell Me a Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes in Television, published by Public Affairs. In the book, Mr. Hewitt recounts his participation in the early days…