Becoming FDR
Author, journalist, and historian Jonathan Darman revealed how polio transformed Franklin Roosevelt into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. The Roosev…
534 viewsAuthor, journalist, and historian Jonathan Darman revealed how polio transformed Franklin Roosevelt into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. The Roosev…
534 viewsRabbi Meir Soloveichik, author of Providence and Power, talked about the historic impact of 10 Jewish statesmen, including King David, Benjamin Disraeli, and Louis Brandeis. This event was h…
190 viewsThe Federal Writers' Project was part of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration, which offered employment to writers from 1935-39. Author Scott Borchert provided a history of the progr…
207 viewsHistorian Catherine Grace Katz discussed the relationship between the three women who attended the Yalta Conference with their fathers: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman…
2,056 viewsHarold 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 Roos…
2,164 viewsDan Abrams, ABC News chief legal affairs correspondent, recounted the libel case against President Theodore Roosevelt in 1915. The author reported that Roosevelt had claimed that the former …
804 viewsThomas Mallon discussed the final book in his historical fiction trilogy on the presidency, which began with Wategate and ends with the George W. Bush administration.
478 viewsFormer Newsweek legal affairs correspondent David Kaplan examined the judicial power of the Supreme Court.
1,210 viewsFormer Johnson White House official & Carter Cabinet Secretary Joseph Califano examined our democracy and shared his views on how to bring back trustworthy systems of government.
586 viewsPolitico Magazine contributing editor Joshua Zeitz examined the creation and enactment of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society legislation.
670 viewsHeather Ann Thompson talked about her book Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, in which she recalls the Attica prison uprising that took place at the Attic…
2,204 viewsKenneth Whyte talked about his book Hoover, in which he recalls the personal and political life of President Herbert Hoover. He spoke with author and presidential scholar Amity Shlaes.
1,013 viewsNatan Sharansky, a leading figure of the Soviet dissident movement of the 1970s and later an Israeli politician, spoke about his life and career with PublicAffairs Founder Peter Osnos. Mr. S…
546 viewsProfessor Blanche Wiesen Cook talked about her book Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962, which completes her three volume series on the life of Eleanor Roosevelt.…
1,231 viewsPatricia Bell-Scott talked about her book The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice, in which she explo…
1,696 viewsWinston Churchill’s grand-grandchildren, Randolph and Jennie Churchill, talked about their family’s American past. The former Prime Minister’s mother was born in Brooklyn in 1854 and met her…
2,777 viewsAndrew Nagorski talked about his book The Nazi Hunters, in which he profiles the men and women who continued to hunt down Nazi war criminals in the years following the Nuremberg and Dachau t…
2,008 viewsRon Chernow talked about his book Alexander Hamilton, which was adapted into a Broadway musical. Mr. Chernow spoke about the success of the show, written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, …
3,870 viewsIrin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik talked about their book, Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They spoke with CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin.
1,863 viewsArthur Sulzberger, Jr., and Dean Baquet talked about the past, present, and future of the New York Times. They discussed the paper’s shift to digital content. They were interviewed by Jack R…
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