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University of Massachusetts Professor Holly Jackson discussed her book American Radicals, about the people, inspired by the Founding Fathers, who worked to spread freedom and equality in…

John Doar, former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, talked about his involvement in several major civil rights events during the 1960s. In…

Patty Rhule talked about Patty how the press has covered American presidents over the course of U.S. history. She discussed the inherent tension between presidents and the press, presidents who have…

William Seale talked about his book The President’s House: A History (The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2nd edition, April 23, 2008/ White House Historical Association; Deluxe Edition, September 2008).…

Lara Brown, author of Jockeying for the American Presidency, talked about the development of the presidential nominating system. She looked back to the Constitutional Convention to…

Pamela Constable talked about her recent lengthy tour of Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area she has reported on extensively since the early 2000s as Washington Post bureau chief of the…

Journalist Susannah Cahalan talked about her book, The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness, about a 1973 experiment, led by Stanford psychologist David…

Elizabeth Papez talked about the influence of Chief Justice John Roberts and other high-profile chief justices on the direction of the Supreme Court as well as American life. Ms. Papez is a…

Chris Arnade, a former Wall Street trader turned photojournalist, talked about his book, Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, in which he documents the plight of those living on…

Alan Kraut, an American University distinguished professor of history, looked back on the transformation over more than 200 years of U.S. laws and policies designed to manage immigration. With…

Historian Jeff Guinn talked about his book The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s Ten-Year Road Trip, on the highly-publicized summer road trips taken by Henry Ford and…

Peter Liebhold, work and industry curator at the National Museum of American History, talked about the history of tariffs from the Revolutionary War-era to the present. With President…

Historian James Banner talked abput his book, Presidential Misconduct: From George Washington to Today, an expanded version of a 1974 report on the misdeeds of U.S. presidents commissioned…

Kay Coles James talked about her life, career in government and politics, and her work as president of the Heritage Foundation think tank.

Malcolm Gladwell discussed his new book, Talking to Strangers, about how people make judgments, often inaccurately, about strangers.

University of Washington History Professor Margaret O’Mara discussed her book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, about the rise of Silicon Valley and the role that the…

University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Amy Wax talked about the limits of free expression on U.S. college campuses.

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku talked about his book, The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth.

New York Times photographer Doug Mills talked about covering President Trump and discussed some of the photos he took during and after the 2016 presidential election. Topics included his…

Professor Allison Stanger talked about the reaction of Middlebury College students to author Charles Murray appearing on campus in March 2017. Mr. Murray and Professor Stanger were…