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Historian David McCullough discussed his book, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West.

Journalist and author David Maraniss discussed his book A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father.

Harold Holzer and Amity Shlaes talked about C-SPAN’s latest book, The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best - and Worst - Chief Executives. The program was recorded at the…

New York Times columnist David Brooks talked about his book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life.

High school students from the U.S. Senate Youth Program talked about their participation in a week-long government and leadership education program. One hundred four students were selected…

Professor Mark Cheathem talked about his book, Andrew Jackson, Southerner. Topics included the 1828 presidential campaign between Presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, and President…

Susan Page talked about her book, The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty.

Bloomberg correspondent and author Amity Shlaes talked about her biography of the 30th President of the United States, Coolidge, in which she traces the life of Calvin Coolidge from his early days in Plymouth Notch,…

Historian Douglas Brinkley talked about his book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race.

Robert Dallek, author of the historical narrative, Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House. He described his book as taking an inside look at the brain trust surrounding President John Kennedy’s administration. He discussed…

Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic talked about her biography of Chief Justice John Roberts, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Southern Methodist University’s Jeffrey Engel discussed his book, When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War.

Author and LBJ biographer Robert Caro talked about his book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.

Robert Strauss talked about Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents. One of the traits Mr. Strauss ascribed to the subject of his…

Matthew Hoh, an Iraq War veteran and former State Department official, talked about his Counterpunch.com article, “Time for Peace in Afghanistan and an End to the Lies.”

Caitriona Perry, former Washington Correspondent for RTE, Ireland’s public service broadcaster, talked about her book, In America, which chronicles her encounters with Donald Trump campaign…

Penn State Professor Amy Greenberg talked about her book, Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk.

Yale University Law School Professor Amy Chua talked about her book, Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations, about the role that group identity plays in shaping domestic…

U.S. Army veteran Eileen Rivers talked about her book, Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan.

West Point Professor Elizabeth Samet talked about her book, The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, an annotated edition of the 18th president’s autobiography that primarily covered his…