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
BN+: Evan Osnos, "The Haves and Have-Yachts"
In a word, Evan Osnos' latest book focuses on the subject of money. His book is titled "The Haves and the Have Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultra-Rich." There are 10 essays which originally appeared in …
01:10:45 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Q&A: Presidential Legacies
David Kramer (G.W. Bush Institute), Stephanie Streett (Clinton Foundation), Alice Yates (George & Barbara Bush Foundation), and Mark Updegrove (LBJ Foundation) talk about preserving the legacies of U…
01:04:40 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
AW: Bill Clinton and James Patterson, "First Gentleman"
Former President Bill Clinton talked with his co-author James Patterson about their latest novel: A mystery in the White House that leads to the first gentleman on trial for murder. Politics and Pros…
01:11:03 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
BN+: Dave Barry, "Class Clown"
Dave Barry's memoir is called "Class Clown." It is at least his 46th book. On the front of his book, he makes an important declaration: "How I went 77 years without growing up." For 30 years, Dave Ba…
01:07:10 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
Dr. Robert Malone, "PsyWar"
Dr. Robert Malone, recently appointed to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, talks about his book "PsyWar," in which he argues that the U.S. government uses psychological warfare …
01:01:44 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
AW: Senator Lisa Murkowski, "Far From Home"
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) told her own political story in Far From Home. She was first elected in 2001 and has served in the Senate since 2002. Her book covers a career ranging from the emergence…
01:10:20 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
BN+: John Laurence, "The Cat from Hue"
As a follow-up to last week's interview with Lien-Hang Nguyen, here is an encore interview with former CBS and ABC reporter John Laurence. Mr. Laurence was interviewed on Booknotes, the television pr…
01:01:28 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Q&A: Rosie Rios, America250 Commission Chair
July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In 2016, Congress established the America250 Commission to plan events to celebrate the semiquincetennial.…
01:00:03 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
AW: Jose Andres. "Change the Recipe"
Chef José Andrés talked about the life lessons he's learned through the work he does with the World Central Kitchen, an organization that feeds people in conflict and disaster zones around the world.…
01:09:48 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
BN+: Lien-Hang Nguyen, "Hanoi's War"
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Netflix is offering a five-part documentary series titled "Turning Point: The Vietnam War," directed by Brian Knappenberger. The series inc…
01:03:35 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Q&A: Jonathan Turley, "The Indispensable Right"
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley discusses the history of free speech in America and the people who advanced it. He argues that the right to free speech, enshrined in…
01:03:43 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Dave and Dina McCormick, "Who Believed in You?"
Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and his wife Dina McCormick discussed the importance of mentors and shared stories of successful politicians and business leaders who have had their lives changed by them. …
00:45:57 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
BN+: William Geroux, "The Fifteen"
One October morning in 2018, journalist William Geroux says he was returning some books to his local Virginia Beach Library when he noticed a new state historical marker planted in the ground near th…
01:10:22 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Q&A: Peniel Joseph, "Freedom Season"
University of Texas at Austin history professor Peniel Joseph, author of "Freedom Season," talks about the pivotal events of 1963 that impacted the Civil Rights Movement in America. That year, which …
01:03:31 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
AW: Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults
Emory University professor Mark Bauerlein argues that the lack of general civics knowledge by Millennials poses a threat to America's political and social institutions. He was interviewed by the Fede…
01:04:26 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
BN+: Claire Hoffman, "Sister, Sinner"
It's a story from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. The book by Claire Hoffman is called "Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple MacPherson." FSG, the publisher, furt…
01:08:05 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Q&A: Mark Whitaker, "The Afterlife of Malcolm X"
Former Newsweek editor and managing editor of CNN Worldwide, Mark Whitaker, discusses the life and legacy of the Black nationalist leader Malcolm X, who was assassinated in 1965. Mr. Whitaker, author…
01:03:22 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
AW: Teresa Ghilarducci, "Work, Retire, Repeat - The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy"
New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics corresponde…
01:00:50 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
BN+: Kathryn Olmsted, "Red Spy Queen"
In several recent episodes of the podcast, we have featured books about the World War II era. An important figure from that time has been mentioned but not discussed during any of those interviews. H…
01:05:14 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Q&A: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK Co-Founder
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the pro-peace, feminist grassroots organization CODEPINK, talks about her life as an activist and CODEPINK's current campaigns focusing on Gaza, Ukraine, Iran, and Latin…
01:03:30 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
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