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Taking the concept from Brian Lamb's long running Booknotes TV program, the podcast offers listeners more books and authors. Booknotes+ features a mix of new interviews with authors and historians, along with some old favorites from the archives. The platform may be different, but the goal is the sa...
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Ep. 240 Jonathan Mahler on The Gods of New York: NYC in the 1980s
The names are almost all known nationally: Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, David Dinkins, Al Sharpton, Larry Kramer, and Donald Trump. These are people who we...
Ep. 239 Philip & William Taubman, "McNamara at War"
Philip Taubman and his brother William have written what the publisher Norton is calling "McNamara at War: A New History." It's a full life biography...
Ep. 238 Daniel Flynn, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism"
Daniel Flynn's book is titled, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer." Mr. Flynn points out in his introduction that...
Ep. 237 Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Failure: Communism in the 20th Century
In our last podcast, Ed Luce of the Financial Times told us about his book, "Zbig," for Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) who he calls America's great p...
Ep. 236 Edward Luce, "Zbig" - Zbigniew Brzezinski & Carter Era U.S. Foreign Policy
"I was initially very skeptical about embarking on a full life biography of anyone, let alone a figure as big as Zbig."Edward Luce is talking about Pr...
Ep. 235 Simon Ball, "Death to Order"
Simon Ball is the author of the book "Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination." Professor Ball is British and is located at the University o...
Ep. 234 Sam Tanenhaus, "Buckley"
Author Sam Tanenhaus opens the acknowledgement section in his latest book, "Buckley," this way: "I first met William F. Buckley in 1990, shortly after...
Ep. 233 Jay Winik, "1861"
Historian Jay Winik first appeared on the Booknotes television program 24 years ago to discuss his book, "April 1865." It became a #1 New York Times b...
Ep. 232 Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People"
Sir Richard J. Evans has been writing about Germany and Adolf Hitler for his entire professional life. He was knighted in Britain in 2012 for his serv...
Ep. 231 David Herbert Donald, "Lincoln"
In our earlier discussion with Zaakir Tameez about his biography of Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, he discussed his differences with Profess...
Ep. 230 Zaakir Tameez, "Charles Sumner"
Charles Sumner was from Boston, Massachusetts. He was a U.S. Senator for 23 years from 1851 to 1874. Sumner, an anti-slavery Republican, was brutally...
Ep. 229 John Seabrook, "The Spinach King"
The patriarch, C.F. Seabrook, was hailed as the Henry Ford of agriculture. His son, Jack, a keen businessman, was poised to take over what Life magazi...
Ep. 228 Evan Osnos, "The Haves and Have-Yachts"
In a word, Evan Osnos' latest book focuses on the subject of money. His book is titled "The Haves and the Have Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultra-Rich."...
Ep. 227 Dave Barry, "Class Clown"
Dave Barry's memoir is called "Class Clown." It is at least his 46th book. On the front of his book, he makes an important declaration: "How I went 77...
Ep. 226 John Laurence, "The Cat from Hue"
As a follow-up to last week's interview with Lien-Hang Nguyen, here is an encore interview with former CBS and ABC reporter John Laurence. Mr. Laurenc...
Ep. 225 Lien-Hang Nguyen, "Hanoi's War"
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Netflix is offering a five-part documentary series titled "Turning Point: The Vietnam War,...
Ep. 224 William Geroux, "The Fifteen"
One October morning in 2018, journalist William Geroux says he was returning some books to his local Virginia Beach Library when he noticed a new stat...
Ep. 223 Claire Hoffman, "Sister, Sinner"
It's a story from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The book by Claire Hoffman is called "Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of A...
Ep. 222 Kathryn Olmsted, "Red Spy Queen"
In several recent episodes of the podcast, we have featured books about the World War II era. An important figure from that time has been mentioned bu...
Ep. 221 Kenneth Rogoff, "Our Dollar, Your Problem"
Kenneth Rogoff is professor of economics at Harvard University and former International Monetary
Fund (IMF) chief economist. In his most recent...
Ep. 220 Rick Atkinson, "The Fate of the Day"
Rick Atkinson has just published the second volume of his American Revolution trilogy. The book is called "The Fate of the Day" and covers years 1777...
Ep. 219 Rick Atkinson, "An Army at Dawn"
On November 17th, 2002, 23 years ago, Rick Atkinson appeared on the Booknotes television program to discuss his book, "Army at Dawn." This was the fir...
Ep. 218 Thomas Maier, "The Invisible Spy"
"Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer a...
Ep. 217 Clay Risen, "Red Scare"
McCarthyism, Whitaker Chambers, Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Paul Robeson, House Un-American Activities Committee, the Smith Act, the Holly...
Ep. 216 Jill Eicher, "Mellon vs. Churchill"
After a career in investment management and some time as a credit risk specialist at the US Treasury Department, Jill Eicher has written her first boo...
Ep. 215 Dr. Hassan Tetteh, "Smarter Healthcare with AI"
Dr. Hassan Tetteh, in his latest book, opens the introduction with a question: "How do we prepare for the future with AI?" His primary focus is on hea...
Ep. 214 Phil Tinline, "Ghosts of Iron Mountain"
British writer Phil Tinline has written a book titled "Ghosts of Iron Mountain." The publisher Scribner calls it "an investigative masterpiece for rea...
Ep. 213 Richard Overy, "Rain of Ruin"
Richard Overy is a British historian who has spent most of his professional life writing books about war, primarily World War II. Professor Overy's cu...
Ep. 212 Dennis Hutchinson, "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox"
As a follow on to Stuart Banner's history of the Supreme Court, this week's Booknotes+ podcast features a 2002 interview with Dennis Hutchinson, a Uni...
Ep. 211 Stuart Banner, "The Most Powerful Court in the World"
UCLA law professor Stuart Banner's book, "The Most Powerful Court in the World," is a history of the United States Supreme Court from the founding era...
The C-SPAN Story
C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb is in conversation with Sam Feist, the network's CEO, and Susan Swain, C-SPAN's former co-CEO, about his quest to bring live...
Ep. 210 Steven Gillon, "Presidents at War"
Steven Gillon was a scholar in residence at the History Channel for more than 20 years. He has written 12 books on subjects including a history of the...
Ep. 209 Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"
As a follow up to our recent podcast regarding the life and times of Anne Frank, we asked author Alexandra Ritchie to tell us more about the horrors o...
Ep. 208 Katherine Carter, "Churchill's Citadel"
In the years right before World War II started in 1939, Winston Churchill had been out of government. However, even though he was far from power, his...
Ep. 207 Ruth Franklin, "The Many Lives of Anne Frank"
80 years ago, in early 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic in the Nazi German-based concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. As the 7500...
Ep. 206 Sean McMeekin, "July 1914"
A little over 100 years ago was the beginning of what's often been called the Great War. World War I had military casualties of over nine million and...
Ep. 205 David Levering Lewis, "The Stained Glass Window"
David Levering Lewis is an American historian and retired professor from New York University. He's the author of 12 books and the winner of two Pulitz...
Ep. 204 Jane Calvert, "Penman of the Founding"
John Dickinson is one of the most significant founders of the United States who is not well known by the American public. Author Jane Calvert is tryin...
Ep. 203 Robert Kaplan, "Waste Land"
For In his latest book titled "Waste Land," author Robert Kaplan focuses on the importance of technology in determining the world's future. Kaplan, au...
Ep. 202 John Berendt, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
For 216 weeks, a record, John Berendt's book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" sat on the New York Times best sellers list. It was published i...