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Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"
Bob Crawford plays upright bass, bass guitar, and violin with the Grammy nominated Americana band, the Avett Brothers. He's been with the band for 25…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Q&A: Carla Kaplan, "Troublemaker"
Muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford and her 5 sisters – two of whom were intimate friends with Hitler – were global celebrities during the early an…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
ABC: David Rubenstein on the Presidency, Congress & Economy — Interview with Evan Smith at Tulane Book Festival
Journalist Evan Smith interviews America's Book Club Host David M. Rubenstein about the presidency, Congress, and the state of the economy in a speci…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
AW: The Problem with Plastic
Judith Enck warned against the health and environmental impacts of plastic. Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
BN+: Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo"
Giles Tremlett is a biographer, a narrative historian, and a journalist based in Madrid, Spain. He was born in Plymouth, England, in 1962, but since…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum
The Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum's Jennifer Levasseur discusses the history of the 135-mission Space Shuttle program (1981-201…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
AW: Reagan's Invasion of Grenada During the Cold War
Newsmax host John Bachman talked about the 1983 U.S. invasion of the island of Grenada and the overthrow of its People's Revolutionary Government. Th…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
BN+: Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes"
Author and editor Tom Wells opens his 600-page book titled "The Kissinger Tapes" this way: "Henry Kissinger is one of the most polarizing figures in…
4 months ago
ABC: Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover Biography & American History Road Trip
Historian and Yale University Professor Beverly Gage joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her Pulitzer Prize winning biography of former FBI Director…
4 months ago
Q&A: Lloyd Blankfein on “Streetwise,” Goldman Sachs, and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, author of the memoir "Streetwise," discusses his upbringing in public housing in Brooklyn, being educated a…
4 months ago