C-SPAN Bookshelf
The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 374
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Q&A: John Malone, "Born to Be Wired"
Liberty Media chairman and cable TV pioneer John Malone, author of "Born to Be Wired," discusses his life and entrepreneurship. Mr. Malone's many business ventures include the Discovery Channel, QVC,…
01:06:38 |
Mon 08 Sep 2025
AW: Heath Hardage Lee, "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon"
Historian Heath Hardage Lee, author of The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon, talked about the life and times of the former first lady (1969-74). She said that Pat Nixon, who was voted "Most Admired Woman in the…
01:04:37 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
BN+: 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 I had begun work on a biography of Whitaker Cham…
01:14:58 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
Q&A: Jason Riley, "The Affirmative Action Myth"
Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley, author of "The Affirmative Action Myth," argues that the racial preference policies of the 1960s and 70s have had an overall negative impact on the success …
01:03:51 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
AW: Kathleen deLaski, "Who Needs College Anymore?"
Education Design Lab founder Kathleen deLaski examined whether the U.S. higher education system can meet the needs of future generations of students. She discusses alternatives to the four-year colle…
01:04:29 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
BN+: 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 bestseller, reportedly read by Bill Clinton, Barac…
01:05:58 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Q&A: Syndicated Columnist George Will on His Life & Career
Author and writer George Will, whose nationally syndicated column has been running since 1974, discusses his life and career in the opinion business. Mr. Will talks about the impact of his work on U.…
01:03:40 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
AW: Michael Grynbaum, "Empire of the Elite"
This was an inside look at the glamorous Condé Nast publishing empire, the people who crafted its publications, and the standards they set for American culture. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washin…
01:04:09 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
BN+: 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 service to scholarship. From 2003-2008, Professor Eva…
01:02:31 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Q&A: Jane McManus, "The Fast Track"
Sports journalist and academic Jane McManus, author of "The Fast Track," discusses the rise in popularity of women's sports since the early 1970s and the challenges female athletes have faced since t…
01:04:14 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
AW: Isabel Allende, "My Name Is Emilia del Valle"
Isabel Allende spoke about identity & resilience in her historical novel set in the 19th century against a backdrop of civil war breaking out in Chile. The Sixth and I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., …
01:00:17 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
BN+: 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 Professor David Herbert Donald on the same subject. On D…
01:02:43 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Q&A: Lee Hawkins, "I Am Nobody's Slave"
Journalist and musician Lee Hawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave," talks about the impact that slavery and Jim Crow have had on his family through multiple generations. Mr. Hawkins examines the re…
01:06:26 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
AW: Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, "2024"
This conversation was a behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president othe…
01:02:31 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
BN+: 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 caned on the Senate floor by pro-slavery Democrat…
01:07:04 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Q&A: Nicole Kobie, "The Long History of the Future"
Technology reporter Nicole Kobie, author of "The Long History of the Future," talks about how technology evolves and discusses why many predicted technologies – including driverless and flying cars, …
01:02:39 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
AW: "Framed," John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
Bestselling author John Grisham and co-author Jim McCloskey wrote about the challenges of exonerating a person who is wrongfully convicted. Princeton Library, Centurion, and Labyrinth Books in Prince…
01:02:39 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
BN+: 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 magazine called the biggest vegetable factory on earth.…
01:10:26 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Q&A: Cornel West & Robert George, "Truth Matters"
Progressive professor Cornel West and conservative professor Robert George talk about their decades-long friendship and teaching together at Princeton University. They also discuss their new book, "T…
01:48:22 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
AW: Patrick McGee, "Apple in China"
Financial Times San Francisco Correspondent Patrick McGee examined Apple's relationship with China and the impact of locating so many factories there. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Franc…
01:12:06 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
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