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
AB: The Internet Archive & Digital Libraries
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle discusses digital libraries, legal disputes over electronic book lending, and copyright laws.
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00:30:54 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
BTSA: Journals of Lewis and Clark w/ Author Lanny Jones
Our guest this week is author, historian, and magazine editor Lanny Jones. He is the author of "William Clark and the Shaping of the West. His latest work is Celebrity Nation.
Shortly after the 1803 …
00:22:23 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
BN: Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
Author Charlotte Gray, our guest this week, is a Canadian born in Great Britain who now lives in a suburb of Ottawa. Her book "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons" is about Jennie Jerome Churchill and …
01:03:11 |
Tue 26 Sep 2023
AW: Meg Kissinger, "While You Were Out - An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence"
Meg Kissinger spoke about her family's struggle with mental illness and her coverage of mental health care in America as a journalist. She was interviewed by Mindsite News founding editor Rob Waters.…
01:02:26 |
Sun 24 Sep 2023
BTSA: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton & John Jay "The Federalist Papers"
Colleen Sheehan, Arizona State University Professor, discusses the early life and times of the Federalist's three authors. She explains how their lives challenged their writing and thinking. Plus the…
00:33:53 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
BN: Erec Smith, Co-Founder of Free Black Thought
Erec Smith, our guest this week, is an associate professor of rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-founder of Free Black Thought, a website that "seeks to represent the rich di…
01:04:59 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Q&A: Cliff Sloan, "The Court at War
Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of "The Court at War," talks about the civil rights and civil liberties cases taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court during World War Two and the i…
01:02:54 |
Sun 17 Sep 2023
AW: Loren Grush, "The Six - The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts"
Journalist Loren Grush detailed the history & experiences of the six women selected in 1978 to become America's first female astronauts. She was interviewed by former NASA deputy administrator Lori G…
01:02:02 |
Sun 17 Sep 2023
AB: Fall Book Preview with Colette Bancroft
Tampa Bay Times book critic Colette Bancroft previews some of the most anticipated non-fiction books being released this fall. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news.
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00:28:58 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
BTSA: Professor Richard Bell on "Common Sense" Thomas Paine (1776)
Englishman Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 as the conflict between the colonies and Great Britain peaked. Up to that point, the colonies were said to have considered negotiation rather than s…
00:28:43 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
BN: Lindsay Chervinsky, "The Cabinet"
Lindsay Chervinsky is a presidential historian who has written what she says is the first book on the presidential cabinet. It's called "The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American…
01:01:41 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Q&A: Richard Striner, "Ike in Love and War"
Historian Richard Striner talks about his book "Ike in Love and War," about the personal life and career of Dwight D. Eisenhower, covering everything from his upbringing and military service to his t…
00:59:59 |
Mon 11 Sep 2023
AW: Cara Fitzpatrick, "The Death of Public School"
Chalkbeat editor Cara Fitzpatrick looked at the school choice movement and the future of education in America. She was interviewed by Washington Post education reporter Moriah Balingit.
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01:00:46 |
Sun 10 Sep 2023
BN: Politico's Kyle Cheney on the January 6 Trials
It has been 32 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of completing the presidential election result. More than 1,100 defendant…
01:04:36 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Q&A: Richard Norton Smith, "An Ordinary Man"
Presidential historian and author Richard Norton Smith discusses his biography of President Gerald Ford titled "An Ordinary Man." He talks about Ford's personal life, anti-establishment politics, and…
01:02:19 |
Mon 04 Sep 2023
BN: Matthew Delmont, "Half American"
The title of Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont's latest book is "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad." Prof. Delmont, our guest this …
01:04:41 |
Sun 03 Sep 2023
AB: Max Miller, "Tasting History"
YouTuber Max Miller discussed his cookbook which explores history through recipes. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books.
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00:34:05 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
BN: Luke Nichter, "The Year That Broke Politics"
Chapman University professor Luke Nichter is the author of the book "The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968." Professor Nichter is also the creator of …
01:04:45 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Q&A: Jean Twenge, "Generations"
San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge discusses her book "Generations," about the differences between the six generations – The Silents, Baby Boomers, Gen. X, Millennials, Gen. …
01:01:36 |
Mon 28 Aug 2023
BN: Craig Nelson, "V Is For Victory"
Craig Nelson, in his book "V Is For Victory," reports on the number of casualties from World War II. He writes that, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, the military casualties were 1,870,00…
01:04:19 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
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