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Former federal prosecutor and George Washington University Law School professor Randall Eliason talked about the ongoing trial of Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and other prominent political corruption…

Adam Andrzejewski talked about Open the Books, the government watchdog organization that tracks government spending at the federal, state, and local levels.

Anthony Clark talked about his book The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies, in which he takes a critical look at U.S. presidential…

Thomas Ricks talked about his book Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom, on the impact on the world of the lives of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and novelist,…

Carl Cannon talked about his book On This Date: From the Pilgrims to Today, Discovering America One Day at a Time, in which he tells stories about events in U.S. history that happened on…

Professor Paul Butler talked Chokehold: Policing Black Men, his book on the American criminal justice system and its impact on African-American men.

Cate Lineberry talked about her book, Be Free or Die, about the life of Robert Smalls, a slave who escaped bondage during the Civil War and went on to become a member of the U.S. Congress.…

Mark Bowden talked about his book, Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, about one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Professor David Garrow talked about his book, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, in which he looks at President Obama’s life prior to his years as president. The is the second of a…

Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Manal Al-Sharif talks about her book, Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening, about her decision to challenge the Saudi government’s ban on women…

Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of WNYC’s “On the Media,” talked about her book, The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in our Time.

David McCullough talked about his book, The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For, a selection of his speeches going back to 1989.

Columnist and political commentator Pat Buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon, talked about his book, Nixon’s White House Wars.

Robert Caro talked about talks about, “On Power,” his audio project on the evolution and exercise of political power in America. He also talked about the progress he is making on the next…

Professor David Garrow talked about his book, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, in which he looks at President Obama’s life prior to his years as president.

Paul Sparrow, director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, talked about the papers and artifacts housed at the location and provided a rare look…

Professor Thomas Hazlett talked about his book, The Political Spectrum: The Tumultuous Liberation of Wireless Technology from Herbert Hoover to the Smartphone, about the history and…

Former counterterrorism and intelligence officer Malcolm Nance talked about his career and his most recent books, The Plot to Hack America: How Putin’s Cyberspies and Wikileaks Tried to…

Mr. Brzezinski recently wrote Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower, published by Basic Books. He talked about his book, his time in politics, and his…

Author and journalist T.R. Reid talked about his book A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System, in which he compares tax systems around the world.…