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
Q&A: Daryl Davis, Musician & Author
Musician and author, Daryl Davis, who, for over 30 years, has befriended members of the Ku Klux Klan to try to understand their hatred and to convince them that they are wrong. He is the author of "K…
01:02:12 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
AW: Jeff Horwitz, "Broken Code Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets"
Wall Street Journal technology reporter Jeff Horwitz discusses Facebook's growth as a company and the challenges its platforms have faced. He's interviewed by Bloomberg News reporter Sarah Frier.
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01:04:05 |
Sun 10 Dec 2023
AB: Transit Books with Adam Levy
Adam Levy discusses his publishing company, Transit Books, which focuses on international literature and translated books.
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00:32:09 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
BN: McKay Coppins, "Romney"
It's not normal to hear what a politician really thinks about his or her colleagues in the United States House and Senate while they are still in office. McKay Coppins of the Atlantic magazine, our g…
01:01:57 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Q&A: Erik Larson, "In the Garden of Beasts"
Erik Larson talked about the life of William E. Dodd, who became America's first ambassador to Adolf Hitler's Germany in Berlin during 1933.
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01:02:58 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
AW: Jennifer Burns, "Milton Friedman - The Last Conservative"
Stanford University history professor Jennifer Burns discussed the life and career of economist Milton Friedman. She was interviewed by CATO Institute vice president for economic and social policy st…
01:04:07 |
Sun 03 Dec 2023
BN: Historians Douglas Brinkley, Joanne Freeman, Edna Medford and H.W. Brands on the Experiment of Democracy in America
At the beginning of November, the George Washington Presidential Library in Mount Vernon celebrated its 10th anniversary with a symposium titled, "The Great Experiment – Democracy from the Founding t…
01:32:32 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
Q&A: Jesse Holland, "The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House"
Jesse Holland talked about his book, The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House.
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01:03:07 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
BN: Sarah Ogilvie, "The Dictionary People"
Sarah Ogilvie spent 8 years studying the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Her book is called "The Dictionary People." Ogilvie, who has a PhD in linguistics from Oxford University, studied o…
01:04:58 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Q&A: Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill, "The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence.”
Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill, two former Secret Service agents, spoke about the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. They also talked about the assassination’s conspiracy theories and their l…
01:03:35 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
AW: Fei-Fei Li, "The World's I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI"
Stanford University's Fei-Fei Li spoke about her life and journey to becoming one of the leading scientists in the field of artificial intelligence. She's interviewed by New Scientist technology repo…
01:00:00 |
Sun 19 Nov 2023
BTSA: "The Words of Cesar Chavez" with historian Miriam Pawl
Born in Yuma, Arizona, César Chávez began his working life as a manual laborer. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Chávez moved to California to join an organization that helped laborers register to vot…
00:35:53 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
BN: Martin Gurri, "The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium"
Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst who writes about the relationship between politics and media. Gurri was born in Cuba and came to the United States with his parents in the 1950s. In 2014 he self-…
01:04:09 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Q&A: Rosemary Stevens, "A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau"
Rosemary Stevens talked about her book, A Time of Scandal: Charles R. Forbes, Warren G. Harding, and the Making of the Veterans Bureau.
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01:02:24 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
AW: Greg Lukianoff, "The Canceling of the American Mind"
Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression president Greg Lukianoff argues that the right to free speech is being threatened by cancel culture. He was interviewed by Reason Magazine's Matt Welch.
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01:00:56 |
Sun 12 Nov 2023
BTSA: "Free to Choose" Milton & Rose Friedman with Prof. Mark Skousen
Milton Friedman was a 1976 Nobel Prize-winning American economist and advisor to President Ronald Reagan and conservative British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, among others. This week, a conversa…
00:28:59 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
AB: Stephen Friot, "Containing History"
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Friot discussed his book on Cold War history and how it explains current U.S.-Russia relations. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and …
00:34:57 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
BN: Robert Hartley, "Purpose, Power & Prison"
When you read about the political history of Illinois, you often see the word "corruption." For instance, from January 1961 until January 2009 Illinois citizens elected 8 different men to be their go…
00:57:22 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Q&A: Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, "The Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment"
Professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick talked about their book, The Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment. They argued that the 14th Amendment, which gave the federal judiciary and Congress new p…
01:01:55 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
AW: Ruth Simmons, "Up Home - One Girl's Journey"
Ruth Simmons spoke about her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of Smith College, Brown University & Prairie View A&M University. She was interviewed by author Freeman Hrabowski.
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01:06:12 |
Sun 05 Nov 2023
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