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BN+: William Galston, "Anger, Fear, Domination"
William Arthur Galston has been a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution since 2006 and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal for the past 12…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Q&A: Stewart McLaurin on The People’s House Miscellany: Stories from the White House
White House Historical Association president Stewart McLaurin, author of "The People's House Miscellany," talks about the history of the White House …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
David Grann on Killers of the Flower Moon and America’s Hidden History
Author David Grann joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his books including "Killers of the Flower Moon" and "The Wager" and visits the vault of the …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America
This week on After Words — Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd discusses her new book, Notorious, with CNN Chief Political A…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
BN+: Peter Henriques Explores George Washington’s Character and Presidency
Retired George Mason University history professor, Peter Henriques, starts off his author's note writing: "If anyone had told me in the summer of 202…
9 months ago
Boyce Upholt on The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
Journalist Boyce Upholt talks about the history and geography of the Mississippi River and human attempts to control it going back to the Founding Er…
9 months ago
Pulitzer Prize Author Stacy Schiff on Writing History That Feels Alive
Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her biographies of Cleopatra, Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Adams before visit…
9 months ago
Eric Trump, "Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation"
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, talked about growing up as a Trump and his family's involvement in business and polit…
9 months ago
BN+: Geri Spieler, "Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford"
In September 1975, 17 days apart, two women, one in Sacramento and the other in San Francisco, attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The fi…
9 months, 1 week ago
Q&A: Media Mogul Barry Diller on His Life and Career in Television and Hollywood
In his memoir, "Who Knew," media mogul Barry Diller talks about his career in television and Hollywood, and about his personal life and longtime rela…
9 months, 1 week ago