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QA: Betty Koed, "Scenes"
ALL NEW EPISODE!!!
Retired U.S. Senate Historian Betty Koed shares stories from her book "Scenes: People, Places and Events That Shaped the United Sta…
2 years, 6 months ago
AW: Donald McNeil, "The Wisdom of Plagues - Lessons from 25 Years of Covering Pandemics"
Journalist Donald McNeil spoke about what he's learned from covering pandemics for 25 years for the New York Times. He was interviewed by Science Ma…
2 years, 6 months ago
BN: Ep 150 Nigel Hamilton, "FDR at War" Trilogy
When Nigel Hamilton was a student at Cambridge University in Great Britain, he stayed for a brief time with Winston and Lady Churchill at their home …
2 years, 6 months ago
AW: David Stockman, "Trump's War on Capitalism"
Reagan OMB director David Stockman argued that the economic policies of the Trump administration were a failure. He was interviewed by New York Times…
2 years, 6 months ago
AB: Brad Meltzer's Ordinary People Change the World Series
Author Brad Meltzer discussed the 10th anniversary of his children's series Ordinary People Change the World. About Books also reported on the latest…
2 years, 6 months ago
BN: Kira Anne West, Defense Attorney
It has been 3 years since the January 6th events at the U.S. Capitol occurred. Since that time close to 300 individuals have been charged with a crim…
2 years, 6 months ago
AW: Rachel Slade, "Making It in America"
Journalist Rachel Slade looked at the challenges of manufacturing goods in the United States through the lens of a sweatshirt company in Maine. She w…
2 years, 6 months ago
BN: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, "The Vice President's Black Wife"
The name of the book is "The Vice President's Black Wife." The author is Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Prof. Myers teaches history at Indiana University.…
2 years, 6 months ago
Q&A: Cassandra Good, "First Family"
Historian Cassandra Good talks about the lives and complicated legacies of George Washington's heirs. George and Martha Washington never had children…
2 years, 6 months ago
AW: Peter Biskind, "Pandora's Box - How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV"
Cultural critic and film historian Peter Biskind looked at the changes in television over the past 40 years from the networks to cable to streaming. …
2 years, 6 months ago