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The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!
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BN+: Richard Brookhiser, "The Hero Returns"
4d ago01:06:58Tap to summarizeRichard Brookhiser is an American journalist, biographer, historian, and senior editor at National Review. He has appeared on C-SPAN for many years as the author of biographies of America's founders. His latest book features a Frenchman and is titled "The Hero Returns." His focus is on Lafayette (LAH-fee-et) and the legacy of revolution. Mr. Brookhiser's particular attention is on 1824, the year the former Revolutionary War hero returned to the United States for a tour of all 24 states at the invitation of President James Monroe. The retired general was celebrated in each of those states during his visit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Q&A: Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, "Regime Change"
5d ago01:01:16Tap to summarizeNew York Times White House Correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan discuss their just-published bestseller about the first year of the second Trump administration. They discuss his inner circle, decision-making process on some of the major issues, and what they found inside the Oval Office and the Situation Room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mollie Hemingway, "Alito"
6d ago01:00:05Tap to summarizeMollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist and author of "Alito," discusses the life, career, and legal opinions of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who joined the Court in 2006. She talks about Justice Alito's role in overturning Roe v. Wade, the flag controversy involving his wife Martha-Ann, and the backlash that he and other justices on the Court have received in response to their legal decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ABC: Pulitzer Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin on America’s Greatest Presidents
6d ago01:01:40Tap to summarizePulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her acclaimed biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as the life and legacy of her late husband, Richard Goodwin, who served as a speechwriter for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →AW: Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency
1w ago00:57:54Tap 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
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BN+: Michael Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet"
2w ago01:09:59Tap to summarizeIn July of this year, 2026, the new, multi-million-dollar Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens to the public in Medora (muh-"DOOR"-uh), North Dakota, population 121. The senior historian for the T.R. Library is a man named Michael Patrick Cullinane, a professor of history at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, 36 miles from Medora. To coincide with the opening of T.R.'s Library, Professor Cullinane has written a book titled "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet." He credits Mrs. Roosevelt with building a tennis court right outside the president's West Wing office. Cullinane says: "The convenient location robbed Roosevelt of any excuse to skip his daily exercise." In the book, Cullinane introduces readers to over 30 of T.R.'s tennis partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing" – Part Two
2w ago01:00:30Tap to summarizeAs the Supreme Court's term winds down, with some notable cases still to be decided, we take a behind the scenes look at the Supreme Court and how it operates with SCOTUSblog editor Sarah Isgur (IHS-ger). Her new book on the topic is titled "Last Branch Standing." In part two of our discussion, we talk to Sarah Isgur about the power of Chief Justice John Roberts, the personalities and influence of the other justices, and her relationship with Justice Elena Kagan, who was dean of Harvard Law School when Isgur was a student and chapter president of the Federalist Society there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Kara Swisher on the Future of Technology and Journalism
2w ago01:01:11Tap to summarizeJournalist Kara Swisher joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and technology, human longevity, and her interviewing style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →AW: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China
2w ago01:05:24Tap 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
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David Garrow on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Barack Obama
3w ago01:07:02Tap to summarizeDavid J. Garrow is a prize-winning historian. Since graduating from Wesleyan University in 1975 and completing his law degree at Duke in 1981, he has spent most of his time writing about civil rights. His best selling and most praised book is titled "Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference," published in 1986. We last talked to David Garrow in May of 2017 about his book "Rising Star" – 1,472 pages about President Barack Obama. The book was limited to President Obama's life before his presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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