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: 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
BN+: Phil Tinline, "Ghosts of Iron Mountain"
British writer Phil Tinline has written a book titled "Ghosts of Iron Mountain." The publisher Scribner calls it "an investigative masterpiece for readers curious about the surprising connection betw…
01:04:48 |
Tue 15 Apr 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 …
01:02:33 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
AW: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), "Turnaround - America's Revival"
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) speaks about his faith, the challenges the country faces, and what he believes needs to happen to improve the country. He's interviewed by Wall Street Journal congressio…
01:02:46 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
BN+: Richard Overy, "Rain of Ruin"
Richard Overy is a British historian who has spent most of his professional life writing books about war, primarily World War II. Professor Overy's current work is called "Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hirosh…
00:54:48 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Q&A: Lee Hawkins, "I Am Nobody's Slave"
Journalist and musician Lee Hawkins, author of "I Am Nobody's Slave," talks about the impact that slavery and Jim Crow have had on his family through multiple generations. Mr. Hawkins examines the re…
01:04:33 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
AW: David Enrich, "Murder the Truth"
New York Times investigative journalist David Enrich argues that the rich & powerful are using free speech laws to suppress dissent. He's interviewed by author and George Washington Law School profes…
01:03:02 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
BN+: Dennis Hutchinson, "The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox"
As a follow on to Stuart Banner's history of the Supreme Court, this week's Booknotes+ podcast features a 2002 interview with Dennis Hutchinson, a University of Chicago law professor emeritus. The su…
01:02:44 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Q&A: Syndicated Columnist George Will on His Life & Career
Author and writer George Will, whose nationally syndicated column has been running since 1974, discusses his life and career in the opinion business. Mr. Will talks about the impact of his work on U.…
01:03:56 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
AW: Paul Blustein, "King Dollar - The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency"'
Writer Paul Blustein made the case for why he believes the dollar will remain the world's dominant currency. He was interviewed by author and Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Zongyuan Zoe L…
01:01:38 |
Sun 30 Mar 2025
BN+: Stuart Banner, "The Most Powerful Court in the World"
UCLA law professor Stuart Banner's book, "The Most Powerful Court in the World," is a history of the United States Supreme Court from the founding era to the present. In his introduction, Stuart Bann…
01:06:49 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Q&A: Loretta Ross, "Calling In"
Activist and professor Loretta Ross, author of "Calling In," discusses the excesses of cancel culture and the need for a more inclusive way to hold people accountable in the age of social media. Prof…
01:04:12 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
AW: Michael Lewis, "Who is Government?"
Bestselling author Michael Lewis posed the question, who works for the government and why does their work matter? He's interviewed by Harvard Kennedy School of Government Public Policy & Management …
00:59:29 |
Sun 23 Mar 2025
The C-SPAN Story
C-SPAN Founder Brian Lamb is in conversation with Sam Feist, the network's CEO, and Susan Swain, C-SPAN's former co-CEO, about his quest to bring live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress into every …
01:09:54 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
BN+: Steven Gillon, "Presidents at War"
Steven Gillon was a scholar in residence at the History Channel for more than 20 years. He has written 12 books on subjects including a history of the United States, the Kerner Commission, Lee Harvey…
01:01:42 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Q&A: Meryl Gordon, "The Woman Who Knew Everyone"
New York University journalism professor Meryl Gordon, author of "The Woman Who Knew Everyone," talks about the life of socialite and Democratic fundraiser Perle Mesta. Mesta, dubbed the "hostess wit…
01:03:06 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
AW: Dr. Adam Ratner, "Booster Shots -The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health"
Dr. Adam Ratner spoke about the resurgence of measles that he's seeing as a pediatrician and the future of children's health. He was interviewed by George Washington University Milken Institute Schoo…
01:00:58 |
Sun 16 Mar 2025
BN+ Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"
As a follow up to our recent podcast regarding the life and times of Anne Frank, we asked author Alexandra Ritchie to tell us more about the horrors of World War II and Poland. Ritchie, a citizen of …
01:08:37 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Q&A: Rep. James Comer (R-KY), "All the President's Money"
House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY), author of "All the President's Money," talks about his committee's 15-month investigation into the business practices of then President Joe…
01:03:44 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
AW: Omar El Akkad, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"
Omar El Akkad questions if the U.S. is forsaking its core values, after covering wars around the globe & social unrest as a journalist for 20 years. He's interviewed by author and University of Oxfor…
01:02:30 |
Sun 09 Mar 2025
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