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Craig Fehrman talked about his book, Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote, in which he analyzed American presidents through the lens of the works they…

In this compiled program, former first lady Laura Bush talked about the role of first lady in the White House and the issues important to her.

In this compiled program, former first lady Nancy Reagan talked about the role of the first lady, her time in the White House, and the issues important to her.

Former Sports Illustrated senior writer Kostya Kennedy, author of “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” talked about the life and career of Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers playe…

University of Tennessee Law Professor Benjamin Barton talked about his book, “The Credentialed Court: Inside the Cloistered, Elite World of American Justice,” in which he argued that Supreme…

Peniel Joseph, a University of Texas history professor, talked about the activism and converging ideologies of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and the importance of their thinking on th…

University of California at Berkeley historian of medicine Elena Conis talked about the development of the polio vaccine in the 1950s and the lessons its distribution and use relate to expec…

Author and 2020 Kirkus Book Prize finalist Eric Jay Dolin talked about the destruction caused by hurricanes throughout U.S. history and the science and technology being applied to deal with …

University of Chicago Professor Kathleen Belew and the Wall Street Journal's Jillian Kay Melchior talked about the Proud Boys and antifa, right and left-wing groups, respectively, that have …

Nic Novicki, an actor and founder and director of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, talked about the 2020 entries and the winning films. The winning films came from three categories…

Peggy Wallace Kennedy, the author of The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter’s Journey to Reconciliation, talked about her segregationist father’s controversial career as the former f…

Steve Inskeep, host of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” discussed his book, Imperfect Union, which chronicles John and Jessie Fremont and their exploration of the American West in the 19th century.

Journalist and author Elaine Weiss discussed her book, The Woman’s Hour, about the lead-up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920, that guarant…

Author and historian Harold Holzer Author and historian Harold Holzer talked about his book, The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media: From the Founding Fathers to Fake News,…

Author and historian Harold Holzer talked about his book, The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media: From the Founding Fathers to Fake News, in which he examined the relations…

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Matthew Weil and CNET’s Laura Hautala talked about mail-in ballots, election security, and the evolution of voting machines since the 1960s.

Isabel Wilkerson, author and Kirkus Book Prize finalist, talked about Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In her book, she argued that the United States has a hidden caste system that has…

Ilya Shapiro, author of Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court , talked about the history of Supreme Court nominations and the confirmation battle…

Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the U.K.-based medical journal The Lancet, talked about the coronavirus pandemic and the response to it by governments around the world. He also talked abo…

Katherine Gehl, co-author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, talked about the current U.S. political system, arguing that …