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After Words
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Best-selling nonfiction authors in in-depth conversations about their books, ideas, and the issues shaping today’s world. New episodes drop every Saturday after 10 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that also brings you the Lectures in History and Q&A
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Stuck - How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
1w ago01:01:49Tap to summarizeMaya Kornberg and Former U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (D-WA) discussed congressional reform over the past 50 years and the forces that thwart those efforts. This event was hosted by the New York University John Brademas Center in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Managing Chronic Pain with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
2w ago00:52:51Tap to summarizeNeurosurgeon and medical journalist Sanjay Gupta discussed strategies for preventing and managing pain and promoting wellness. This event took place at the 2026 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Realignment and the "New Right"
3w ago01:05:54Tap to summarizeThe John Locke Institute's Stephen Davies argued that the world is witnessing the emergence a permanent new form of "right-wing" politics. He spoke at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Politicization of the Justice Department
Jul 1200:48:26Tap to summarizeReporter Aaron Davis argued the Trump administration has politicized the Justice Department. This was part of Maryland's 2026 Gaithersburg Book Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →American Struggle with Jon Meacham
Jul 501:08:32Tap to summarizePulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham told America's complicated story through the words of those who have shaped our national debates from 1619 into the early 21st century. To read highlights from those accounts, he was joined by Academy Award actor Ellen Burstyn and Stephen Lang, best known for his roles in the movie Gettysburg and the Avatar series. The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
Jun 2800:57:54Tap to summarizeAtlantic Staff Writer Megan Garber argued that screens and social media have changed how we relate to each other. Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
Jun 2101:05:24Tap to summarizeThe Hoover Institution's Eyck Freymann argues that the United States can deter a war with China by strengthening its defense of Taiwan. He spoke at the Hoover Institution in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon
Jun 1401:09:55Tap to summarizeAziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian whose brother was killed by the IDF, and Maoz Inon, an Israeli whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, talked about their friendship and efforts to figand I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance
Jun 701:14:24Tap to summarizeElectronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn recalled her career fighting for digital privacy. Harvard Book Store hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →"Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik
May 3100:46:40Tap to summarizeRep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) argued that elite universities in America have embraced a culture of antisemitism, leftist groupthink, and censorship. She spoke at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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