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Author and journalist Jonathan Eig discussed the life of Martin Luther King Jr., in the first comprehensive biography of the civil rights leader in over 30 years. The Jimmy Carter Presidenti…

George Washington University professor Matthew Dallek discussed the origins and evolution of the John Birch Society and the group’s impact on conservatism and the Republican Party. The Jimmy…

Stanly Godbold talked about the second of his two-volume biography of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, chronicling their lives and work together from 1975 to 2020. The Jimmy Carter Presidential Li…

Author Chris Whipple gave an insider account of a presidency in progress, based on access to President Biden and his top advisers. He covered crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to Russia’s in…

Human rights lawyer Efren Olivares discussed his immigration story and the impact of family separations at the Southern border. This event took place at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library…

Air Force Officer Joseph Chapa discussed his book, Is Remote Warfare Moral? Weighing Issues of Life and Death from 7,000 Miles.

Former Carter Presidential Library director and energy policy scholar Jay Hakes looked back at the U.S. energy crises of the 1970s that included oil and gas shortages and the Three Mile Isla…

Slate national security columnist Fred Kaplan provided a history of American policy on nuclear war.

Brendan and Timothy McNulty talked about their book, The Meanest Man in Congress: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century, in which they recalled the life and work of the late U.S.…

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals founder and president Ingrid Newkirk discussed the formation of PETA and the influence it has had on public policy.

Aaron Glantz talked about his book, Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Shady Banks and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions out of Their Homes and Demoli…

Tony Horwitz recounted the travels of Frederick Law Olmstead during the lead-up to the Civil War. Olmstead, prior to his career as a famed parks architect, was a reporter for the New York Ti…

Rebecca Vaughn talked about her father Rufus Youngblood and the 20 years he served as a Secret Service agent during the administration’s of Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, …

Janet Croon talked about the book The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham. Gresham was a 12-year-old boy from a wealthy slave-holding family in Georgia when he …

Emory University Professor Vanessa Siddle Walker talked about her book, The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools, which recounts how …

Chris Whipple talked about his book The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, in which he examines the role of the White House chief of staff, a position …

Joseph Lelyveld talked about his book His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt, in which he looks at the final months of the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Antony Beevor talked about his book, Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge, about one of the last World War II battles in the European theater, the Battle of the Bulge, which began on Decem…

Alan Axelrod talked about his book Lost Destiny: Joe Kennedy Jr. and the Doomed WWII Mission to Save London, in which he recounts the American bombing mission, Operation Aphrodite/Project An…

Hugh Howard talked about his book, Houses of Civil War America, about the homes of notable Civil War-era figures, including Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, and Frederick Dougla…