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
- 375
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
AW: Dr. Elizabeth Comen, "All in Her Head"
Dr. Elizabeth Comen looked at the medical history of women's health and discussed how the narrative around women's bodies was shaped mostly by men. She was interviewed by Muhlenberg College Medical H…
01:01:05 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
BN+: Peter Englund, "November 1942"
The year is 1942, the month is November. The subject of Peter Englund's book is "An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II." Mr. Englund, who is based in his native Sweden, features cl…
01:09:23 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Q&A: Katie Rogers, "American Woman"
New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers discusses her book "American Woman," about the modern evolution of First Ladies of the United States. She talks about the impact and contribution…
01:03:17 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
AW: Kara Swisher, "Burn Book - A Tech Love Story"
Journalist Kara Swisher spoke about her career and covering the tech industry and its key players. She was interviewed by author and Financial Times global business columnist and associate editor Ran…
01:00:02 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
Tony Lyons of Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse President & Publisher Tony Lyons discusses the company he founded in 2006, his latest expansion efforts and outlook on the publishing industry.
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00:30:04 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
BN+: Jim Trusty, Defense Attorney
Jim Trusty, our guest this week, is an attorney with 28 years of experience as a prosecutor, first in the state of Maryland and later with the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, DC. He has worked…
01:03:47 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Q&A: Patti Davis, "Dear Mom and Dad"
Patti Davis discusses her book "Dear Mom and Dad," a memoir written as a letter to her late parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan. She talks about being in the spotlight after her father entered politics …
00:55:48 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
AW: Marie Arana, "LatinoLand - A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority"
Writer Marie Arana shares stories and little-known histories of the diverse Latino population of America, the fastest-growing minority in the U.S.
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00:55:42 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
BN+: Glenn Kirschner, Former Federal Prosecutor & "Justice Matters" Host
Glenn Kirschner, our guest this week, is an attorney with 30 years of trial experience. For 24 of those years, he prosecuted 50 murder trials for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, DC. Three y…
01:08:27 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Q&A: Speaker Don Scott (D), Virginia House of Delegates
"For every young kid that makes a mistake, they can look at Don Scott and say, 'I'll never give up. I can still be what I want to be in America.'" That was former Republican governor Bob McDonnell of…
01:06:09 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
AW: Andrew Curran, "Who’s Black and Why?"
Wesleyan University professor Andrew Curran looked at how the concept of race emerged during the 18th-century Enlightenment period. George Mason University history professor Christy Pichichero interv…
01:03:46 |
Sat 17 Feb 2024
AB: Daniel Paisner on Ghostwriting
Author Daniel Paisner discusses his ghostwriting career and the recent National Convention of Ghostwriters.
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00:32:26 |
Fri 16 Feb 2024
BN+: Steven Ujifusa, "The Last Ships from Hamburg"
"Between 1881 and 1914, over ten million people crossed the Atlantic from Europe to America, the largest mass migration of people from one continent to another in human history." Those are the words …
01:09:24 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Q&A: Charles Scribner III, "Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing"
Charles Scribner III, author of "Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing," talks about his family's history at the famous publishing house that was founded by his great-great-grandfather in 1846. H…
01:03:20 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
AW: Coleman Hughes, "The End of Race Politics"
Writer and podcaster Coleman Hughes argued that the U.S. should move towards a colorblind approach to politics and race. He was interviewed by the Atlantic staff writer and author Thomas Chatterton …
01:00:14 |
Sat 10 Feb 2024
BN+: Benn Steil, "The World That Wasn't"
Henry Wallace was President Franklin Roosevelt's vice president during his third term, 1941-1945. FDR then chose Harry Truman as vice president in his fourth and last term. In author Benn Steil's boo…
01:08:25 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
QA: Sebastian Thrun, AI Pioneer & Tech Entrepreneur
Tech entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun talks about his work in Silicon Valley and the future of artificial intelligence. Thrun, formerly a vice president at Google, is the founder or co-founder of Google …
01:02:37 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
AW: Ijeoma Oluo, "Be a Revolution"
Writer Ijeoma Oluo looked at how everyday Americans are fighting oppression in our systems and institutions to bring about change in communities. She was interviewed by author and activist Soraya Che…
00:58:43 |
Sat 03 Feb 2024
AB: Mary Beth Tinker on Book Bans & Free Speech
Free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker discussed Iowa's state law on "age-appropriate" books in public school libraries. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current no…
00:28:28 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
BN: H.W. Brands, "Founding Partisans"
Henry William Brands Jr. has written close to 40 books in the past 36 years. The Portland, Oregon, native is a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin, the same school where he earn…
01:08:09 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
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