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    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…

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    1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

    Charles 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…

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    Greenland and Climate Change

    Gretel 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…

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    The Secret History of Wonder Woman

    Jill 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 …

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    Words Will Break Cement

    Moscow-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…

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    No Simple Victory

    Norman 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…

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    Sacred Ground

    Eboo 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…

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    The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Mr. 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…

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    Hollywood Left and Right

    Film 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…

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    Mighty Be Our Powers

    Leymah 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…

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    Politics, Supreme Court, and the Constitution

    Legal 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…

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    Richard M. Nixon

    Elizabeth 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 …

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    Murder City

    Charles 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…

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    Free: The Future of a Radical Price

    Chris 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…

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    A Bright and Guilty Place

    Richard 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…

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    Alphabet Juice

    Humorist 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…

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    The Black Hole War

    Leonard 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 …

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    Relentless Pursuit

    Donna 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…

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    Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision

    Louis 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…

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    The Lucifer Effect

    Psychologist 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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