Videos

Stanford University history professor Ana Raquel Minian talked about the history of immigrant detention in the U.S. This event was part of the 2024 San Antonio Book Festival.

Jonna Mendez, former chief of disguise at the CIA, talked about her life and career overseas during the Cold War. This event was hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

Nathan Thrall, former Arab-Israeli Project director at the International Crisis Group, discussed his book about the plight of a Palestinian man whose five-year-old son was a in a school bus …

Politico national security reporter Alexander Ward talked about the Biden administration’s efforts to restore America’s influence globally following the Trump administration’s America First …

Catholic University Professor Michael Kimmage discussed the origins of the war in Ukraine and the global dimensions of the conflict. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted …

Ohio State University law professor Cesar Hernandez argued that U.S. immigration enforcement should be separated from the criminal legal system. This event was hosted by Books & Books in Cor…

Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, Ret. (China as a 21st Century Naval Power), Brent Sadler (U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century), and Xiaobing Li (China’s New Navy) talked about the competitio…

New York University professor Martha Hodes talked about being hijacked as a 12-year-old in 1970 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine during a flight from Israel to New York C…

Authors Steven Levitsky (Tyranny of the Minority) and Stephen Vladeck (The Shadow Docket) discussed the future of democracy and the role of the Supreme Court. This event was part of the 2024…

Beth Nguyen recalled her experience growing up in America after her parents fled Saigon when she was eight months old. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison…

Journalist Liza Mundy discussed the little-known history of the roles and impact of the women working in the CIA.

National Interest editor Jacob Heilbrunn discussed American conservatives' views of foreign autocrats in the 20th and 21st centuries. This event was hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore in W…

Counterpoint Institute president Shea Bradley Farrell talked about Hungary’s fight against communism and the lessons she thinks the United States should learn from it. The Embassy of Hungary…

Time Magazine senior correspondent Simon Shuster talked about the life and political career of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This event was held at Unity Temple on The Plaza in Kans…

Col. Gregory Gadson (Ret.) and Terese Schlachter talked about Col. Gadson’s military career, the IED explosion that took his legs in Iraq, and his post-injury career as a motivational speake…

The 50th anniversary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago was marked with a discussion about the book’s impact and anti-totalitarianism legacy. The Victims of Communism Museum i…

Douglas Brinkley (Silent Spring Revolution) and David Lipsky (The Parrot and the Igloo) discussed the history of environmental activism and the evolution of environmental science. They spoke…

Authors Anne Applebaum ("Twilight of Democracy") and Ezra Klein ("Why We’re Polarized") talked about the future of democracy in the U.S. and around the world. This event was part of the Ranc…

Dan Senor, former Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq) spokesperson and Republican political adviser, talked about Israel’s social and economic success. This event was hosted by the Temple…

Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war there since February 2022. This event was hosted by Columbia Journalism Scho…