Q&A with Daniel Weiss
Daniel Weiss, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, talked about the life of poet and musician Michael O’Donnell, who went missing in action during the Vietnam War after the…
1,242 viewsDaniel Weiss, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, talked about the life of poet and musician Michael O’Donnell, who went missing in action during the Vietnam War after the…
1,242 viewsBloomberg Businessweek feature writer Ashlee Vance discussed his book, When the Heavens Went on Sale, about the private companies that are launching small satellites into Earth’s lower…
327 viewsLongtime syndicated columnist and author Cal Thomas discussed his book, A Watchman in the Night, a look back at his over 50-year career in journalism and the political and cultural events…
524 viewsSan Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge discussed her book, Generations, about the differences between the six generations - the silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X,…
642 viewsPresidential historian Richard Norton Smith discussed his biography of President Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. He talked about the…
651 viewsRebecca Roberts talked about her book, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, a biography of First Lady Edith Wilson. She talked about Mrs.…
331 viewsFormer Representative David Bonior (D-MI) and retired Catholic priest Peter Daly talked about their trip to Poland and Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian war refugees and the people who are…
493 viewsJournalist Alex Prud’homme, author of Dinner with the President, talked about how food and the culinary tastes of U.S. presidents have impacted American culture and history.
460 viewsTexas A&M University American history professor Elizabeth Cobbs, author of Fearless Women, talked about the history of feminism and feminists in the United States from the American…
362 viewsColumbia University history professor Matthew Connelly, author of The Declassification Engine, talked about the increase in U.S. government secrecy from World War II to today.
520 viewsTV and radio broadcaster Alvin Hall, author of Driving the Green Book, talked about his visits to a dozen sites mentioned in The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Jim Crow era travel guide for…
446 viewsAttorney Philip K. Howard, author of Not Accountable, provided a critique of public employee unions and their impact in the U.S. He argued that these unions have usurped decision-making…
772 viewsSupreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic, author of Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences, talked about the Supreme Court during and after the Trump…
685 viewsNeil King, former Wall Street Journal reporter and Washington, D.C., resident, talked about his nearly 300-mile walking trip to New York City in April 2021 to connect with American history.…
2,147 viewsBestselling author and journalist Jeff Hobbs talked about his book Children of the State, which looks at the workings of the juvenile justice system in the United States.
194 viewsNewsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen, author of Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986, talked about the first of his two-part biography of late Supreme Court Associate Justice…
552 viewsUniversity of Richmond journalism Professor Shahan Mufti talked about his book, American Caliph: The True Story of a Muslim Mystic, a Hollywood Epic, and the 1977 Siege of Washington, DC. Members of the…
603 viewsLegal scholar Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project director, talked about her book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, on…
1,550 viewsPoet and author Javier Zamora talked about the treacherous, 3,000-mile journey he made from El Salvador to the United States when he was 9 years old. He made the trip, along with a group of…
2,643 viewsAlan Maimon, former Louisville Courier-Journal reporter and the author of Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning, talked about the impact that politics, religion, coal mine closings,…
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