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BTSA: Journals of Lewis and Clark w/ Author Lanny Jones
Our guest this week is author, historian, and magazine editor Lanny Jones. He is the author of "William Clark and the Shaping of the West. His latest…
2 years, 10 months ago
BN: Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
Author Charlotte Gray, our guest this week, is a Canadian born in Great Britain who now lives in a suburb of Ottawa. Her book "Passionate Mothers, Po…
2 years, 10 months ago
AW: Meg Kissinger, "While You Were Out - An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence"
Meg Kissinger spoke about her family's struggle with mental illness and her coverage of mental health care in America as a journalist. She was interv…
2 years, 10 months ago
BTSA: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton & John Jay "The Federalist Papers"
Colleen Sheehan, Arizona State University Professor, discusses the early life and times of the Federalist's three authors. She explains how their liv…
2 years, 10 months ago
BN: Erec Smith, Co-Founder of Free Black Thought
Erec Smith, our guest this week, is an associate professor of rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-founder of Free Black Thoug…
2 years, 10 months ago
Q&A: Cliff Sloan, "The Court at War
Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of "The Court at War," talks about the civil rights and civil liberties cases taken up by the…
2 years, 10 months ago
AW: Loren Grush, "The Six - The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts"
Journalist Loren Grush detailed the history & experiences of the six women selected in 1978 to become America's first female astronauts. She was inte…
2 years, 10 months ago
AB: Fall Book Preview with Colette Bancroft
Tampa Bay Times book critic Colette Bancroft previews some of the most anticipated non-fiction books being released this fall. About Books also repor…
2 years, 10 months ago
BTSA: Professor Richard Bell on "Common Sense" Thomas Paine (1776)
Englishman Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 as the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain peaked. Up to that point, the colonies were…
2 years, 10 months ago
BN: Lindsay Chervinsky, "The Cabinet"
Lindsay Chervinsky is a presidential historian who has written what she says is the first book on the presidential cabinet. It's called "The Cabinet:…
2 years, 10 months ago