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BN: Historians Douglas Brinkley, Joanne Freeman, Edna Medford and H.W. Brands on the Experiment of Democracy in America
At the beginning of November, the George Washington Presidential Library in Mount Vernon celebrated its 10th anniversary with a symposium titled, "Th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Q&A: Jesse Holland, "The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House"
Jesse Holland talked about his book, The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House.
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2 years, 6 months ago
BN: Sarah Ogilvie, "The Dictionary People"
Sarah Ogilvie spent 8 years studying the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Her book is called "The Dictionary People." Ogilvie, who has a Ph…
2 years, 6 months ago
Q&A: Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill, "The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence.”
Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill, two former Secret Service agents, spoke about the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. They also talked about t…
2 years, 6 months ago
AW: Fei-Fei Li, "The World's I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI"
Stanford University's Fei-Fei Li spoke about her life and journey to becoming one of the leading scientists in the field of artificial intelligence. …
2 years, 6 months ago
BTSA: "The Words of Cesar Chavez" with historian Miriam Pawl
Born in Yuma, Arizona, César Chávez began his working life as a manual laborer. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Chávez moved to California to join an…
2 years, 6 months ago
BN: Martin Gurri, "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium"
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst who writes about the relationship between politics and media. Gurri was born in Cuba and came to the United Stat…
2 years, 6 months ago
Q&A: Rosemary Stevens, "A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau"
Rosemary Stevens talked about her book, A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau.
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2 years, 6 months ago
AW: Greg Lukianoff, "The Canceling of the American Mind"
Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression president Greg Lukianoff argues that the right to free speech is being threatened by cancel culture. He…
2 years, 6 months ago
BTSA: "Free to Choose" Milton & Rose Friedman with Prof. Mark Skousen
Milton Friedman was a 1976 Nobel Prize-winning American economist and advisor to President Ronald Reagan and conservative British Prime Minister Marg…
2 years, 6 months ago