A Lucky Child
Thomas Buergenthal, the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, recalled his childhood during the Holocaust. He was a survivor of two labor camps and one of the yo…
1,318 viewsThomas Buergenthal, the American judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, recalled his childhood during the Holocaust. He was a survivor of two labor camps and one of the yo…
1,318 viewsCharles Mann, author of 1491, about the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, revisits the Americas afterward. The author reports on the European voyages that followed and the…
5,756 viewsGretel Ehrlich talked about global climate change. Ms. Ehrlich spent 20 years traveling to Greenland, observing the lives and cultures of the villagers and hunters there. In 2016, she travel…
610 viewsJill Lepore talked about her book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, in which she examines the feminist underpinnings of the superhero Wonder Woman. In her book, the author reports on the …
2,620 viewsMoscow-based journalist Masha Gessen talked about her book, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, in which she profiles the feminist punk rock collective, Pussy Riot, whose cri…
1,337 viewsNorman Davies talked about his book No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945, published by Viking. In his book historian Norman Davies questions common conceptions about World Wa…
1,617 viewsEboo Patel, a member of President Obama’s inaugural Faith Council, talked about his book, Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, in which he argues that America sho…
449 viewsMr. Hansen talked about his book, The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation, published by Ecco. This is the first book about Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech…
705 viewsFilm historian Steven Ross presents a history of politics and the film industry. Mr. Ross examines the impact that Hollywood has played on the American political landscape and profiles sever…
638 viewsLeymah Roberta Gbowee discussed her memoir at about co-founding the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. The women’s protest movement is credited with being instrumental in ending the Sec…
1,383 viewsLegal scholars spoke about the current make up and operations of the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as its future direction. They also talked about the growing influence of conservative legal t…
733 viewsElizabeth Drew was interviewed on stage by Timothy Naftali about her book, Richard M. Nixon, published by Times Books as part of the American Presidents series. She talked about writing the …
546 viewsCharles Bowden chronicles the murders that have plagued Juarez, Mexico, over the past several years. Once heralded as an economic success story and a beneficiary of NAFTA, the city is now on…
1,339 viewsChris Anderson talked about his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price (Hyperion; July 7, 2009). He explored the next revolution in business, which is making more money by initially provid…
519 viewsRichard Rayner talked about his book A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age (Doubleday; June 23, 2009). In his book Richard Rayner presents a hist…
658 viewsHumorist and author Roy Blount, Jr., talked about his book Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, P…
621 viewsLeonard Susskind talked about his book The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make The World Safe for Quantum Mechanics (Little, Brown, and Company). In his book Dr. Susskind …
1,242 viewsDonna Foote talked with Paul Cummins about Relentless Pursuit: In the Trenches with Teach for America, her book about the creation and impact of Teach for America, a national teaching corp s…
193 viewsLouis Breger talked about his book, Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision: An Analytical Biography, published by John Wiley and Sons. He talked about the “vision” of some of Freud’s theorie…
784 viewsPsychologist Philip Zimbardo talked about his book, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, published by Random House. He explained how particular situations and group d…
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