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Matt Taibbi talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Taibbi, a contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, is the author of Insane Clown President:…

Author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about his life and career and responds to viewer phone calls and tweets. Mr. Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York…

Dave Barry talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated…

Annie Jacobsen talked about her life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Ms. Jacobsen is the author of Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base, Operation…

Nick Adams talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Adams, born in Australia, is the founder and executive director of the Foundation for Liberty and American…

Authors April Ryan, Eddie Glaude, and David Maraniss talked about the presidency of Barack Obama. They also responded to viewer comments and calls.

Steve Twomey, Eri Hotta, and Craig Nelson talked about the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Mr. Twomey is the author of Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack, Ms.…

Dennis Prager talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. He responded telephone calls, electronic communications, and to questions from members of the…

Kate Andersen Brower, William Seale, and Alvin Felzenberg discuss U.S. presidential history and respond to viewer comments and questions.

Author Gerald Horne talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. His most recent book is Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary. Gerald Horne is the…

Phyllis Schlafly talked about her career as an author and views on feminism. She is known primarily as the founder and president of Eagle Forum and as the leader of Stop ERA, a movement…

Jeffrey Toobin talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. His most recent book is American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of…

Sebastian Junger talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. His most recent book is Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. Other books include The Perfect…

Wil Haygood talked about his life and career and responded to viewer comments and questions. Mr. Haygood’s most recent book is Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination…

Steve Forbes talked about his life and career and responded to viewer calls and questions.  Steve Forbes is the author or co-author several books, including The New Birth of Freedom: Vision for…

Jane Mayer talked about her life and career and responded to viewer calls and questions. Ms. Mayer is the author of two books: Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the…

Steve Forbes spoke by phone about being on the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia earlier that day. Two people were reported to have died in the crash. Mr. Forbes was supposed to be the…

Eric Burns talked about his books, which include Broadcast Blues, The Joy of Books, The Autograph, The Spirits of America, Infamous Scribblers, The Smoke of Gods, and All the News Unfit to…

David Maraniss talked about his life and career and responded to viewer calls and questions. David Maraniss is the author of Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story. Other books include First in His…

Cokie Roberts talked about her life and career and responded to viewer calls and questions. Her latest book, Capital Dames, was published in April 2015. Her other books include Ladies of…