All Episodes

JD Vance, "Hillbilly Elegy"

John Jenkins, "Summer of '71" – Part 2

John Jenkins, "Summer of '71" – Part 1

Christine Kuehn, "Family of Spies"

Ted Widmer, "The Living Declaration"

Valerie Fridland, "Why We Talk Funny"

Claudia Rowe, "Wards of the State"

Richard Brookhiser, "The Hero Returns"

Michael Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet"

David Garrow on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Barack Obama

Lerone Bennett Jr., "Forced Into Glory"

Lois Romano, "An Inconvenient Widow"

Danny Funt, "Everybody Loses"

Theo Baker, "How to Rule the World"

Harvey Mansfield, "Where Harvard Went Wrong"

Bruce Nichols, "The Emerson Circle"

Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise"

Antony Beevor, "Rasputin"

Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"

Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo"

Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes"

Michael Hastings, "The Operators"

Investigative Journalist Seth Harp Explores The Fort Bragg Cartel

Josh Ireland, "The Death of Trotsky"

Richard John Neuhaus, "As I Lay Dying"

David Sirota, "Master Plan"

Elliot Williams, "Five Bullets"

Candace Rondeaux, "Putin's Sledgehammer"

Ep. 257 Carol Hymowitz on 10 Books That Changed the Way Americans Thought About Work

Ep. 256 Jonathan Horn, "The Fate of the Generals"

Ep. 255 Anne Marshall, "Cassius Marcellus Clay"

Ep. 253 Ben Freeman, "The Trillion Dollar War Machine"

Ep. 252 John Ferling, "Shots Heard Round the World"

Ep. 251 Frank McCourt on Angela’s Ashes: Pulitzer Prize–Winning Memoir

Ep.250 Peter Gomes, "The Good Book"

Ep. 249 Alexandra Churchill, "Ring of Fire"

Ep. 248 Kenneth Vogel, "Devils' Advocates"

Ep. 247 Doug Most, "Launching Liberty"

Ep. 246 Constitutional Scholar Akhil Reed Amar on America’s Equality Story

Ep. 245 Kenneth Feinberg, "What is Life Worth?"

Ep. 244 William Galston, "Anger, Fear, Domination"

Ep. 243 Peter Henriques Explores George Washington’s Character and Presidency

Ep. 242 Geri Spieler on Housewife Assassin: The True Story Behind a Suburban Double Life

Ep. 241 Dan Wang on Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future

Ep. 240 Jonathan Mahler on The Gods of New York: NYC in the 1980s

Ep. 239 Inside McNamara at War: Philip and William Taubman on Vietnam and U.S. Power

Ep. 238 Daniel Flynn, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism"

Ep. 237 Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Failure: Communism in the 20th Century

Ep. 236 Edward Luce, "Zbig" - Zbigniew Brzezinski & Carter Era U.S. Foreign Policy

Ep. 235 Simon Ball, "Death to Order"

Ep. 234 Sam Tanenhaus, "Buckley"

Ep. 233 Jay Winik, "1861"

Ep. 232 Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People"

Ep. 231 David Herbert Donald, "Lincoln"

Ep. 230 Zaakir Tameez, "Charles Sumner"

Ep. 229 John Seabrook, "The Spinach King"

Ep. 228 Evan Osnos, "The Haves and Have-Yachts"

Ep. 227 Dave Barry, "Class Clown"

Ep. 226 John Laurence, "The Cat from Hue"

Ep. 225 Lien-Hang Nguyen, "Hanoi's War"

Ep. 224 William Geroux, "The Fifteen"

Ep. 223 Claire Hoffman, "Sister, Sinner"

Ep. 222 Kathryn Olmsted, "Red Spy Queen"

Ep. 221 Kenneth Rogoff, "Our Dollar, Your Problem"

Ep. 220 Rick Atkinson, "The Fate of the Day"

Ep. 219 Rick Atkinson, "An Army at Dawn"

Ep. 218 Thomas Maier, "The Invisible Spy"

Ep. 217 Clay Risen, "Red Scare"

Ep. 216 Jill Eicher, "Mellon vs. Churchill"

Ep. 215 Dr. Hassan Tetteh, "Smarter Healthcare with AI"

Ep. 214 Phil Tinline, "Ghosts of Iron Mountain"

Ep. 213 Richard Overy, "Rain of Ruin"

Ep. 212 Dennis Hutchinson, "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox"

Ep. 211 Stuart Banner, "The Most Powerful Court in the World"

The C-SPAN Story

Ep. 210 Steven Gillon, "Presidents at War"

Ep. 209 Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"

Ep. 208 Katherine Carter, "Churchill's Citadel"

Ep. 207 Ruth Franklin, "The Many Lives of Anne Frank"

Ep. 206 Sean McMeekin, "July 1914"

Ep. 205 David Levering Lewis, "The Stained Glass Window"

Ep. 204 Jane Calvert, "Penman of the Founding"

Ep. 203 Robert Kaplan, "Waste Land"

Ep. 202 John Berendt, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"

Ep. 201 Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer on His Life & Work

Ep. 200 Michael Tackett, "The Price of Power"

Ep. 199 Brion McClanahan, "9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America"

Ep. 198 Peter Osnos, "LBJ & McNamara"

Ep. 197: Edward Aldrich, "The Partnership"

Ep. 196 James Bradley, "Martin Van Buren"

Ep. 195 Evan Thomas, "The Wise Men"

Ep. 194 Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People"

Ep. 193 Talmage Boston, "How the Best Did It"

Ep. 192 Kyla Scanlon, "In This Economy?"

Ep. 191 Tess Owen, "Inside the Patriot Wing"

Ep. 190 Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins"

Ep. 189 Max Boot, "Reagan: His Life and Legend"

Ep. 188 Brenda Wineapple, "Keeping the Faith"

Ep. 187 Harvey Mansfield on Presidential Immunity

Ep. 186 Megan Gorman, "All the Presidents' Money"

Ep. 185 Lindsay Chervinsky, "Making the Presidency"

Ep. 184 Dr. Marty Makary, "Blind Spots"

Ep. 183 Ken Khachigian, "Behind Closed Doors"

Ep. 182: David Roll, "Ascent to Power" – Part 2

Ep. 181 David Roll, "Ascent to Power" – Part 1

Ep. 180 Tevi Troy, "The Power and the Money"

Ep. 179 Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not"

Ep. 178 Richard Brookhiser, "Glorious Lessons"

Ep. 177 Former Washington Post Reporter & Professor Leon Dash

Ep. 176 Ronald Feinman, "Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency"

Ep. 175 Nigel West, "Operation Garbo"

Ep. 174 Investigative Reporter Brody Mullins on Google & Law Professor Joshua Wright, and "The Wolves of K Street"

Ep. 173 Robert Schmuhl, "Mr. Churchill in the White House"

Ep. 172 David Tatel, "Vision"

Ep. 171 Historian Stacey Schiff at Purdue University

Ep. 170 Garrett Graff, "When the Sea Came Alive"

Ep. 169: Erik Larson, "The Demon of Unrest"

Ep. 168 Glenn Loury, "Late Admissions"

Ep. 167 Alan Taylor, "American Civil Wars"

Ep. 166 Craig Whitlock, "Fat Leonard"

Ep. 165 Larry Tye, "The Jazzmen"

Ep. 164 Carolyn Eisenberg, "Fire and Rain"

Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life"

Ep. 162 Chris Moody, "Finding Matt Drudge" Podcast Series

Ep. 161 Jack McCallum, "The Real Hoosiers"

Ep. 160 Stephen Puleo, "The Great Abolitionist"

Ep. 159 Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War"

Ep. 158 Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler, "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?"

Ep. 157 James Traub, "True Believer"

Ep. 156 Peter Englund, "November 1942"

Ep. 155 Jim Trusty, Defense Attorney

Ep. 154 Glenn Kirschner, Former Federal Prosecutor & "Justice Matters" Host

Ep. 153 Steven Ujifusa, "The Last Ships from Hamburg"

Ep. 152 Benn Steil, "The World That Wasn't"

Ep. 151 H.W. Brands, "Founding Partisans"

Ep. 150 Nigel Hamilton, "FDR at War" Trilogy

Ep. 149 Kira Anne West, Defense Attorney

Ep. 148 Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, "The Vice President's Black Wife"

Ep. 147 Ross Perot on His Life & Career

FEED DROP: Convo w/ New Q&A Host Peter Slen

Ep. 146 R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., "How Do We Get Out of Here?"

Ep. 145 Nick Bunker, "In the Shadow of Fear"

Ep. 144 Michael Bryant (Co-Editor), "Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust"

Ep. 143 McKay Coppins, "Romney"

Ep. 142 Historians Douglas Brinkley, Joanne Freeman, Edna Medford and H.W. Brands on the Experiment of Democracy in America

Ep. 141 Sarah Ogilvie, "The Dictionary People"

Ep. 140 Martin Gurri, "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium"

Ep. 139 Robert Hartley, "Purpose, Power & Prison"

Ep. 138 Ben Stein, "The Peacemaker"

Ep. 137 Brooke Barbier, "King Hancock"

Ep. 136 Diana Henriques, "Taming the Street"

Ep. 135 Kenneth Rendell, "Safeguarding History"

Ep. 134 Fox News Contributor Karl Rove on America's Broken Politics

Ep. 133 Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"

Ep. 132 Erec Smith, Co-Founder of Free Black Thought

Ep. 131 Lindsay Chervinsky, "The Cabinet"

Ep. 130 Politico's Kyle Cheney on the January 6 Trials

Ep. 129 Luke Nichter, "The Year That Broke Politics"

Ep. 128 Craig Nelson, "V Is For Victory"

Ep. 127 Alan Philps, "The Red Hotel"

Ep. 126 Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks.com

Ep. 125 Katherine Clarke, "Billionaires' Row"

Ep. 124 Rebeccah Heinrichs, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow

Ep. 123 Benjamin Lorr, "The Secret Life of Groceries"

Ep. 122 Martha Hodes, "My Hijacking"

Ep. 121 C.W. Goodyear, "President Garfield"

Ep. 120 William Hazelgrove, "The Last Charge of the Rough Rider"

Ep. 119 Simon Sebag Montefiore, "The World"

Ep. 118 Robert Kaplan, "The Tragic Mind"

Ep. 117 James Risen, "The Last Honest Man"

Ep. 116 Marcela Gaviria, Documentary Filmmaker

Ep. 115 Richard Norton Smith, "An Ordinary Man"

Ep. 114 Timothy Egan, "A Fever in the Heartland"

Ep. 113 Philipos Melaku-Bello, Peace Activist

Ep. 112 Ahmed White, "Under the Iron Heel"

Ep. 111 Historian Edna Greene Medford on African American History, U.S. Presidents, the Civil War & Reconstruction

Ep. 110 James B. Stewart, "Unscripted"

Ep. 109 Derek Leebaert, "Unlikely Heroes"

Ep. 108 Edward Achorn, "The Lincoln Miracle"

Ep. 107 Oath Keepers Trial Juror

Ep. 106 Nathan Masters, "Crooked"

Ep. 105 Richard White, "Who Killed Jane Stanford?"

Ep. 104 Kidada Williams, "I Saw Death Coming"

Ep. 103 Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution

Ep. 102 Titus Herman, CEO of Southeastern Guide Dogs

Ep. 101 Robert Kagan, "The Ghost at the Feast"

Ep. 100 Southern Poverty Law Center's Megan Squire on Researching Extremist Groups

Ep. 99 Lawfare's Roger Parloff on the Proud Boys Trial

Ep. 98 Dorian Lynskey, "The Ministry of Truth"

Ep. 97 Beverly Gage, "G-Man"

Ep. 96 Paul Gregory, "The Oswalds"

Ep. 95 Steve Kornacki, Host of "The Revolution" Podcast

Ep. 94 Author and Opinion Writer Gordon Chang on China and Its Future

Ep. 93 Mark Bergen, "Like, Comment, Subscribe"

Ep. 92 Matthew Delmont, "Half American"

Ep. 91 Winslow Wheeler on the United States' Military Posture

Ep. 90 Adam Hochschild, "American Midnight"

Ep. 89 Mark Dimunation, Library of Congress Rare Book & Special Collections Division Chief

Ep. 88 Stacy Schiff, "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams"

Ep. 87 Dakota Wood, Editor, "2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength"

Ep. 86 Vivek Ramaswamy, "Nation of Victims"

Ep. 85 Nell Wulfhart, "The Great Stewardess Rebellion"

Ep. 84 Brad Snyder, "Democratic Justice"

Ep. 83 Charles Kupchan on Russian Propaganda and the War in Ukraine

Ep. 82 Greg Steinmetz, "American Rascal"

Ep. 81 Troy Senik, "A Man of Iron"

Ep. 80 Judy Shelton on the Federal Reserve

Ep. 79 Claire Arcenas, "America's Philosopher"

Ep. 78 Alanna Nash, "The Colonel"

C-SPAN in the Classroom Trailer: Season 2

Ep. 77 Ron Liebman & Tim Baker on the Prosecution of Vice President Spiro Agnew

Ep. 76 Terrence Smith, "Four Wars, Five Presidents"

Ep. 75 David Kertzer, "The Pope at War"

Ep. 74 Aram Saroyan, author of "Last Rites," on His Father William Saroyan

Ep. 73 Carl Foster, Director of the Little Blue House

Ep. 72 Stephen Eide, "Homelessness in America"

Ep. 71 David Gelles, "The Man Who Broke Capitalism"

Ep. 70 Author & Essayist Lance Morrow

Ep. 69 Beverley Eddy, "Ritchie Boy Secrets"

Presidential Recordings Trailer: Season 2 President Richard Nixon

Ep. 68 Thomas Kidd, "Thomas Jefferson"

Ep. 67 David S. Brown, "The First Populist"

Ep. 66 Bruce Oudes, "From: The President-Richard Nixon's Secret Files"

Ep. 65 Author and Historian Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln

Ep. 64 Andrew Kaufman on Russian Writer Leo Tolstoy

Ep. 63 Olivier Zunz, "The Man Who Understood Democracy"

Ep. 62 Joe Madison, "Radio Active"

Ep. 61 Megan McArdle, Washington Post Columnist

Ep. 60 Deborah Cohen, "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial"

Ep. 59 Dr. Thomas Fisher, "The Emergency"

Ep. 58 Jeffrey Frank, "The Trials of Harry S. Truman"

Ep. 57 Christopher Leonard, "The Lords of Easy Money"

Ep. 56 University of Virginia Student Emma Camp on Self-Censorship at College

Ep. 55 Jeffrey Hooke, "The Myth of Private Equity"

Ep. 54 John Mearsheimer on Ukraine, International Relations, and the Military

Ep. 53 Mark Vonnegut, "The Heart of Caring"

Ep. 52 Willard Sterne Randall, "The Founders' Fortunes"

Ep. 51 Brendan Simms & Charlie Laderman, "Hitler's American Gamble"

Ep. 50 Clarence Lusane on the 1967 Detroit Race Riot, His Life & Work

Ep. 49 Dwight Chapin, "The President's Man"

Ep. 48 Andrew Roberts, "The Last King of America"

Ep. 47 Bethany McLean on Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos

Ep. 46 Debby Applegate, "Madam"

Ep. 45 Lance Geiger, The History Guy

Ep. 44 John Berresford, The Hiss-Chambers Espionage Case

Ep. 43 James Golden, "Rush on the Radio"

Ep. 42 Isabel Wilkerson, "The Warmth of Other Suns"

Ep. 41 Jay Cost, "James Madison"

Ep. 40 Roosevelt Montás, "Rescuing Socrates"

Ep. 39 Ty Seidule, "Robert E. Lee and Me"

Ep. 38 Michael Knox Beran, "WASPs"

Ep. 37 Jason Emerson, "Giant in the Shadows"

Ep. 36 Walter Pincus, "Blown to Hell"

Ep. 35 Edward Moser, "The Lost History of the Capitol"

Ep. 34 Amity Shlaes on Calvin Coolidge's Autobiography

Ep. 33 Mike Duncan "Hero of Two Worlds"

Ep. 32 Keith Richburg, Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong

Ep. 31 Nathaniel Philbrick, "Travels with George"

Ep. 30 Erik Larson, "No One Goes Alone"

Ep. 29 Craig Whitlock, "The Afghanistan Papers"

Ep. 28 Kathleen Smith, "Moscow 1956"

Ep. 27 Susan Ronald, "The Ambassador"

Ep. 26 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Ep. 25 Chester Morgan, "Liberal Redneck"

Ep. 24 David Shambaugh, "China's Leaders: From Mao to Now"

Ep. 23 Derrick Bell, "Faces at the Bottom of the Well"

Ep. 22 Jenny Hartley, "Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction"

Ep. 21 Ken Cuthbertson, "Inside: The Biography of John Gunther"

Ep. 20 David Stewart, "George Washington"

Ep. 19 Robert Novak, "The Prince of Darkness"

Ep. 18: Peter Osnos, "An Especially Good View"

Ep. 17: Carol Leonnig on the Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

Ep. 16: Michael Dobbs, "King Richard"

Ep. 15: David Stokes, "JFK's Ghost"

Ep. 14: Dan Glickman, "Laughing at Myself"

Ep. 13: Liz Carpenter's Washington

Ep. 12: Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan & Chuck Berry

Ep. 11: Christopher Bonner, "Remaking the Republic"

Ep. 10: Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal Columnist

Ep 9: Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"

Ep. 8: Jason Hershey-David's Tent DC

Ep. 7: Randall Robinson - Off to St. Kitts

Ep. 6: Peter Henriques – A New Portrait of George Washington

Ep. 5: Harlow Giles Unger – Thomas Paine, Forgotten Hero of the American Revolution

Ep. 4: Thomas Ricks – The Founders, the Greeks, and the Romans

Ep. 3: Craig Fehrman – The Words of Our Presidents

Ep. 2: Christina Shutt – Incoming Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Ep. 1: Eleanor Herman - Sex with Presidents

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