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
AW: Stephanie Land, "Maid"
Stephanie Land discusses her path from working as a maid to earning a journalism degree and later writing about the working poor. She was interviewed by Rachel Schneider, co-author of "The Financial …
00:59:18 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
BN+: Kenneth Rogoff, "Our Dollar, Your Problem"
Kenneth Rogoff is professor of economics at Harvard University and former International Monetary
Fund (IMF) chief economist. In his most recent book, "Our Dollar, Your
Problem," he argues that Americ…
01:07:34 |
Tue 03 Jun 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 …
01:03:58 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
BN+: Rick Atkinson, "The Fate of the Day"
Rick Atkinson has just published the second volume of his American Revolution trilogy. The book is called "The Fate of the Day" and covers years 1777 to 1780. His initial 800-page volume, titled "The…
01:14:36 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Q&A: Rick Steves, "On the Hippie Trail"
Travel writer Rick Steves talks about his 1978 journey along the "Hippie Trail" and the 60,000-word journal he kept of the trip which he recently published as a book. During the 3,000-mile trek, the …
00:59:03 |
Mon 26 May 2025
BN+: Rick Atkinson, "An Army at Dawn"
On November 17th, 2002, 23 years ago, Rick Atkinson appeared on the Booknotes television program to discuss his book, "Army at Dawn." This was the first of three books Atkinson called the "Liberation…
01:01:52 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Q&A: Christopher Cox, "Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn"
Former U.S. Congressman Christopher Cox (R-CA), author of "Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn," takes a critical look at the 28th President of the United States and his attitudes towards racial equa…
01:05:27 |
Mon 19 May 2025
AW: Leah Litman, "Lawless - How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes"
University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman explains why she believes the Supreme Court isn't making rulings based on legal principles. She was interviewed by author and Nation Magazine justice …
01:00:54 |
Sun 18 May 2025
BN+: Thomas Maier, "The Invisible Spy"
"Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a City Hall lawyer and 'Brain Trust' aide to President Franklin Roose…
01:02:56 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Q&A: John Kasich, "Heaven Help Us"
Former Ohio governor John Kasich (R) talks about the good work done by religious institutions and people of faith in the United States. In his book "Heaven Help Us," Mr. Kasich profiles over a dozen …
00:55:22 |
Mon 12 May 2025
AW: Sophie Gilbert, "Girl on Girl - How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves"
Atlantic Magazine staff writer Sophie Gilbert looks at the pop culture of the '90s & early 2000s and its impact on women and the feminist movement. She's interviewed by Jennifer Pozner, author and fo…
01:02:11 |
Sun 11 May 2025
BN+: Clay Risen, "Red Scare"
McCarthyism, Whitaker Chambers, Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Paul Robeson, House Un-American Activities Committee, the Smith Act, the Hollywood 10, the Joint Anti-Fascist Committee, the Tr…
01:05:25 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Q&A: Kathleen deLaski, "Who Needs College Anymore?"
Education Design Lab founder Kathleen deLaski, author of "Who Needs College Anymore?," questions if the U.S. higher education system, with its skyrocketing costs and declining enrollment, is currentl…
01:01:22 |
Mon 05 May 2025
AW: David Graham, "The Project - How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America"
Journalist David Graham looks at how parts of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 document is being implemented by the Trump administration. He's interviewed by author and George Washington Univer…
01:02:01 |
Sun 04 May 2025
BN+: Jill Eicher, "Mellon vs. Churchill"
After a career in investment management and some time as a credit risk specialist at the US Treasury Department, Jill Eicher has written her first book titled, "Melon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story…
01:05:24 |
Tue 29 Apr 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…
01:03:44 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
AW: Stephen Witt, "The Thinking Machine - Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip"
Journalist Stephen Witt profiles the company Nvidia, its founder Jensen Huang, and the development of their microchip. He's interviewed by Business Insider reporter Emma Cosgrove.
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01:03:26 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
BN+: Dr. Hassan Tetteh, "Smarter Healthcare with AI"
Dr. Hassan Tetteh, in his latest book, opens the introduction with a question: "How do we prepare for the future with AI?" His primary focus is on healthcare and AI, but it's subtitled "Harnessing Mi…
01:09:26 |
Tue 22 Apr 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 21 Apr 2025
AW: Viet Thanh Nguyen, "To Save and to Destroy - Writing as an Other
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen reflected on how society can build allegiances beyond racial identity & have more global solidarity. He's interviewed by author Ijeoma Oluo.
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00:58:07 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
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