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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 same – give listeners the opportunity to learn something new.
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Ep. 218 Thomas Maier, "The Invisible Spy"
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 217 Clay Risen, "Red Scare"
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 216 Jill Eicher, "Mellon vs. Churchill"
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 215 Dr. Hassan Tetteh, "Smarter Healthcare with AI"
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 214 Phil Tinline, "Ghosts of Iron Mountain"
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 213 Richard Overy, "Rain of Ruin"
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 212 Dennis Hutchinson, "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox"
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 211 Stuart Banner, "The Most Powerful Court in the World"
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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The C-SPAN Story
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 210 Steven Gillon, "Presidents at War"
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 209 Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 208 Katherine Carter, "Churchill's Citadel"
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 207 Ruth Franklin, "The Many Lives of Anne Frank"
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 206 Sean McMeekin, "July 1914"
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 205 David Levering Lewis, "The Stained Glass Window"
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 204 Jane Calvert, "Penman of the Founding"
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 203 Robert Kaplan, "Waste Land"
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 202 John Berendt, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 201 Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer on His Life & Work
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 200 Michael Tackett, "The Price of Power"
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 199 Brion McClanahan, "9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America"
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Ep. 198 Peter Osnos, "LBJ & McNamara"
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 197: Edward Aldrich, "The Partnership"
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 196 James Bradley, "Martin Van Buren"
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 195 Evan Thomas, "The Wise Men"
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 194 Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People"
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 193 Talmage Boston, "How the Best Did It"
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 192 Kyla Scanlon, "In This Economy?"
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 191 Tess Owen, "Inside the Patriot Wing"
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 190 Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins"
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 189 Max Boot, "Reagan: His Life and Legend"
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 188 Brenda Wineapple, "Keeping the Faith"
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 187 Harvey Mansfield on Presidential Immunity
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 186 Megan Gorman, "All the Presidents' Money"
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 185 Lindsay Chervinsky, "Making the Presidency"
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 184 Dr. Marty Makary, "Blind Spots"
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 183 Ken Khachigian, "Behind Closed Doors"
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 182: David Roll, "Ascent to Power" – Part 2
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 181 David Roll, "Ascent to Power" – Part 1
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 180 Tevi Troy, "The Power and the Money"
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 179 Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not"
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 178 Richard Brookhiser, "Glorious Lessons"
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 177 Former Washington Post Reporter & Professor Leon Dash
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 176 Ronald Feinman, "Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency"
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 175 Nigel West, "Operation Garbo"
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 174 Investigative Reporter Brody Mullins on Google & Law Professor Joshua Wright, and "The Wolves of K Street"
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 173 Robert Schmuhl, "Mr. Churchill in the White House"
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 172 David Tatel, "Vision"
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 171 Historian Stacey Schiff at Purdue University
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 170 Garrett Graff, "When the Sea Came Alive"
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 169: Erik Larson, "The Demon of Unrest"
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 168 Glenn Loury, "Late Admissions"
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 167 Alan Taylor, "American Civil Wars"
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 166 Craig Whitlock, "Fat Leonard"
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 165 Larry Tye, "The Jazzmen"
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 164 Carolyn Eisenberg, "Fire and Rain"
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life"
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 162 Chris Moody, "Finding Matt Drudge" Podcast Series
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 161 Jack McCallum, "The Real Hoosiers"
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 160 Stephen Puleo, "The Great Abolitionist"
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 159 Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War"
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 158 Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler, "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?"
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 157 James Traub, "True Believer"
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 156 Peter Englund, "November 1942"
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 155 Jim Trusty, Defense Attorney
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 154 Glenn Kirschner, Former Federal Prosecutor & "Justice Matters" Host
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 153 Steven Ujifusa, "The Last Ships from Hamburg"
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 152 Benn Steil, "The World That Wasn't"
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 151 H.W. Brands, "Founding Partisans"
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 150 Nigel Hamilton, "FDR at War" Trilogy
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 149 Kira Anne West, Defense Attorney
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 148 Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, "The Vice President's Black Wife"
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 147 Ross Perot on His Life & Career
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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FEED DROP: Convo w/ New Q&A Host Peter Slen
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 146 R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., "How Do We Get Out of Here?"
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 145 Nick Bunker, "In the Shadow of Fear"
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 144 Michael Bryant (Co-Editor), "Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' and the Holocaust"
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 143 McKay Coppins, "Romney"
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 142 Historians Douglas Brinkley, Joanne Freeman, Edna Medford and H.W. Brands on the Experiment of Democracy in America
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 141 Sarah Ogilvie, "The Dictionary People"
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 140 Martin Gurri, "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium"
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 139 Robert Hartley, "Purpose, Power & Prison"
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 138 Ben Stein, "The Peacemaker"
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 137 Brooke Barbier, "King Hancock"
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 136 Diana Henriques, "Taming the Street"
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 135 Kenneth Rendell, "Safeguarding History"
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 134 Fox News Contributor Karl Rove on America's Broken Politics
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 133 Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 132 Erec Smith, Co-Founder of Free Black Thought
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 131 Lindsay Chervinsky, "The Cabinet"
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 130 Politico's Kyle Cheney on the January 6 Trials
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 129 Luke Nichter, "The Year That Broke Politics"
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep. 128 Craig Nelson, "V Is For Victory"
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 127 Alan Philps, "The Red Hotel"
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 126 Adam Andrzejewski, OpenTheBooks.com
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 125 Katherine Clarke, "Billionaires' Row"
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 124 Rebeccah Heinrichs, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 123 Benjamin Lorr, "The Secret Life of Groceries"
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 122 Martha Hodes, "My Hijacking"
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 121 C.W. Goodyear, "President Garfield"
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 120 William Hazelgrove, "The Last Charge of the Rough Rider"
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 119 Simon Sebag Montefiore, "The World"
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 118 Robert Kaplan, "The Tragic Mind"
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 117 James Risen, "The Last Honest Man"
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 116 Marcela Gaviria, Documentary Filmmaker
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May 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 115 Richard Norton Smith, "An Ordinary Man"
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May 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 114 Timothy Egan, "A Fever in the Heartland"
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May 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 113 Philipos Melaku-Bello, Peace Activist
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May 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 112 Ahmed White, "Under the Iron Heel"
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May 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 111 Historian Edna Greene Medford on African American History, U.S. Presidents, the Civil War & Reconstruction
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 110 James B. Stewart, "Unscripted"
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 109 Derek Leebaert, "Unlikely Heroes"
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 108 Edward Achorn, "The Lincoln Miracle"
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 107 Oath Keepers Trial Juror
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 106 Nathan Masters, "Crooked"
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 105 Richard White, "Who Killed Jane Stanford?"
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 104 Kidada Williams, "I Saw Death Coming"
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 103 Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence & the Constitution
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 102 Titus Herman, CEO of Southeastern Guide Dogs
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 101 Robert Kagan, "The Ghost at the Feast"
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 100 Southern Poverty Law Center's Megan Squire on Researching Extremist Groups
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 99 Lawfare's Roger Parloff on the Proud Boys Trial
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 98 Dorian Lynskey, "The Ministry of Truth"
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 97 Beverly Gage, "G-Man"
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 96 Paul Gregory, "The Oswalds"
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 95 Steve Kornacki, Host of "The Revolution" Podcast
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 94 Author and Opinion Writer Gordon Chang on China and Its Future
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 93 Mark Bergen, "Like, Comment, Subscribe"
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 92 Matthew Delmont, "Half American"
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 91 Winslow Wheeler on the United States' Military Posture
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 90 Adam Hochschild, "American Midnight"
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 89 Mark Dimunation, Library of Congress Rare Book & Special Collections Division Chief
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 88 Stacy Schiff, "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams"
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 87 Dakota Wood, Editor, "2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength"
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 86 Vivek Ramaswamy, "Nation of Victims"
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 85 Nell Wulfhart, "The Great Stewardess Rebellion"
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 84 Brad Snyder, "Democratic Justice"
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 83 Charles Kupchan on Russian Propaganda and the War in Ukraine
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 82 Greg Steinmetz, "American Rascal"
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 81 Troy Senik, "A Man of Iron"
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 80 Judy Shelton on the Federal Reserve
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 79 Claire Arcenas, "America's Philosopher"
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 78 Alanna Nash, "The Colonel"
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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C-SPAN in the Classroom Trailer: Season 2
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 77 Ron Liebman & Tim Baker on the Prosecution of Vice President Spiro Agnew
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 76 Terrence Smith, "Four Wars, Five Presidents"
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 75 David Kertzer, "The Pope at War"
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 74 Aram Saroyan, author of "Last Rites," on His Father William Saroyan
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 73 Carl Foster, Director of the Little Blue House
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Ep. 72 Stephen Eide, "Homelessness in America"
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 71 David Gelles, "The Man Who Broke Capitalism"
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 70 Author & Essayist Lance Morrow
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 69 Beverley Eddy, "Ritchie Boy Secrets"
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Presidential Recordings Trailer: Season 2 President Richard Nixon
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 68 Thomas Kidd, "Thomas Jefferson"
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 67 David S. Brown, "The First Populist"
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 66 Bruce Oudes, "From: The President-Richard Nixon's Secret Files"
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 65 Author and Historian Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 64 Andrew Kaufman on Russian Writer Leo Tolstoy
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May 31, 2022 |
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Ep. 63 Olivier Zunz, "The Man Who Understood Democracy"
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May 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 62 Joe Madison, "Radio Active"
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 61 Megan McArdle, Washington Post Columnist
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 60 Deborah Cohen, "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial"
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 59 Dr. Thomas Fisher, "The Emergency"
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 58 Jeffrey Frank, "The Trials of Harry S. Truman"
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 57 Christopher Leonard, "The Lords of Easy Money"
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 56 University of Virginia Student Emma Camp on Self-Censorship at College
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 55 Jeffrey Hooke, "The Myth of Private Equity"
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 54 John Mearsheimer on Ukraine, International Relations, and the Military
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 53 Mark Vonnegut, "The Heart of Caring"
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 52 Willard Sterne Randall, "The Founders' Fortunes"
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 51 Brendan Simms & Charlie Laderman, "Hitler's American Gamble"
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 50 Clarence Lusane on the 1967 Detroit Race Riot, His Life & Work
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 49 Dwight Chapin, "The President's Man"
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 48 Andrew Roberts, "The Last King of America"
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 47 Bethany McLean on Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 46 Debby Applegate, "Madam"
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 45 Lance Geiger, The History Guy
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 44 John Berresford, The Hiss-Chambers Espionage Case
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 43 James Golden, "Rush on the Radio"
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 42 Isabel Wilkerson, "The Warmth of Other Suns"
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 41 Jay Cost, "James Madison"
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 40 Roosevelt Montás, "Rescuing Socrates"
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 39 Ty Seidule, "Robert E. Lee and Me"
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 38 Michael Knox Beran, "WASPs"
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 37 Jason Emerson, "Giant in the Shadows"
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 36 Walter Pincus, "Blown to Hell"
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 35 Edward Moser, "The Lost History of the Capitol"
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 34 Amity Shlaes on Calvin Coolidge's Autobiography
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 33 Mike Duncan "Hero of Two Worlds"
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 32 Keith Richburg, Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Ep. 31 Nathaniel Philbrick, "Travels with George"
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 30 Erik Larson, "No One Goes Alone"
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 29 Craig Whitlock, "The Afghanistan Papers"
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 28 Kathleen Smith, "Moscow 1956"
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 27 Susan Ronald, "The Ambassador"
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 26 20th Anniversary of 9/11
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 25 Chester Morgan, "Liberal Redneck"
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Ep. 24 David Shambaugh, "China's Leaders: From Mao to Now"
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 23 Derrick Bell, "Faces at the Bottom of the Well"
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 22 Jenny Hartley, "Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction"
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 21 Ken Cuthbertson, "Inside: The Biography of John Gunther"
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 20 David Stewart, "George Washington"
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 19 Robert Novak, "The Prince of Darkness"
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 18: Peter Osnos, "An Especially Good View"
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 17: Carol Leonnig on the Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 16: Michael Dobbs, "King Richard"
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 15: David Stokes, "JFK's Ghost"
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 14: Dan Glickman, "Laughing at Myself"
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 13: Liz Carpenter's Washington
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 12: Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan & Chuck Berry
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 11: Christopher Bonner, "Remaking the Republic"
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May 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 10: Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal Columnist
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May 18, 2021 |
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Ep 9: Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"
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May 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 8: Jason Hershey-David's Tent DC
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May 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 7: Randall Robinson - Off to St. Kitts
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 6: Peter Henriques – A New Portrait of George Washington
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 5: Harlow Giles Unger – Thomas Paine, Forgotten Hero of the American Revolution
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 4: Thomas Ricks – The Founders, the Greeks, and the Romans
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 3: Craig Fehrman – The Words of Our Presidents
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 2: Christina Shutt – Incoming Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 1: Eleanor Herman - Sex with Presidents
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Mar 31, 2021 |