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
BN+: Katherine Carter, "Churchill's Citadel"
In the years right before World War II started in 1939, Winston Churchill had been out of government. However, even though he was far from power, his country home, Chartwell, became Churchill's headq…
00:58:39 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Q&A: Tara Roberts, "Written in the Waters"
National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts travels the world documenting underwater wrecks of some of the 12,000 slave ships that operated during the Atlantic slave trade. In her memoir, "Written in t…
01:04:05 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Kevin Fagan, "The Lost and the Found - A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances"
Journalist Kevin Fagan reports on the underlying issues of homelessness in America, tracing the experiences of two unhoused persons in San Francisco. He was interviewed by former Obama Administration…
01:12:44 |
Sun 02 Mar 2025
BN+: Ruth Franklin, "The Many Lives of Anne Frank"
80 years ago, in early 1945, 15-year-old Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic in the Nazi German-based concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. As the 7500 square foot replica of the Otto Frank family sec…
01:01:44 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Q&A: Louis Ferrante, "Borgata: Clash of Titans" PART 2
Former mafia associate Louis Ferrante talks about "Borgata: Clash of Titans," volume two of his history of the American mafia that covers the years 1960-1985. In part two of this two-part interview, …
01:03:46 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
AW: Eve Ewing, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism"
Professor Eve Ewing argues that education systems in the United States have been designed to reinforce racial inequality at the expense of Black & Native children. She's interviewed by Associate Pres…
01:03:10 |
Sun 23 Feb 2025
BN+: Sean McMeekin, "July 1914"
A little over 100 years ago was the beginning of what's often been called the Great War. World War I had military casualties of over nine million and millions more of civilians. Professor Sean McMeek…
01:07:30 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Q&A: Louis Ferrante, "Borgata: Clash of Titans" PART 1
Former mafia associate Louis Ferrante talks about "Borgata: Clash of Titans," volume two of his history of the American mafia that covers the years 1960-1985. In part one of a two-part interview, he …
01:03:57 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
AW: Anson Frericks, "Last Call for Bud Light"
Former president of Anheuser-Busch Sales & Distribution Company Anson Frericks offers his insight to the Bud Light controversy, declining sales & its future. He was interviewed by the Competitive Ent…
01:02:49 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
BN+: David Levering Lewis, "The Stained Glass Window"
David Levering Lewis is an American historian and retired professor from New York University. He's the author of 12 books and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for his two volumes on the life of W.E.…
01:04:39 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Q&A: Reginald Dwayne Betts on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Reginald Dwayne Betts originally read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" – King's defense of the use of nonviolent civil disobedience in the fight for civil rights – while in…
01:03:58 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
AW: Omo Moses, "The White Peril - A Family Memoir"
Omo Moses, son of civil rights organizer Robert Moses, talks about being Black in America through the voices of three generations of the Moses family. He's interviewed by University of Maryland, Balt…
01:02:29 |
Sun 09 Feb 2025
BN+: Jane Calvert, "Penman of the Founding"
John Dickinson is one of the most significant founders of the United States who is not well known by the American public. Author Jane Calvert is trying to change that with her new biography "Penman o…
01:12:02 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Q&A: Judge Frederic Block, "A Second Chance"
U.S. District Court judge Frederic Block (Eastern District of New York) talks about the application of the 2018 First Step Act, under which federal prisoners who have served decades in prison can pet…
01:01:09 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
After Words: Eva Dou, House of Huawei - The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company"
The Washington Post's Eva Dou explains how Huawei became China's most powerful company & what that means for its global competitors. She was interviewed by author and Council on Foreign Relations eme…
01:02:22 |
Sun 02 Feb 2025
BN+: Robert Kaplan, "Waste Land"
For In his latest book titled "Waste Land," author Robert Kaplan focuses on the importance of technology in determining the world's future. Kaplan, author of 24 books, holds the chair in geopolitics …
01:06:05 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Q&A: Nigel Hamilton, "Lincoln vs. Davis" PART 2
Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discus…
01:07:10 |
Sun 26 Jan 2025
BN+: John Berendt, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"
For 216 weeks, a record, John Berendt's book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" sat on the New York Times best sellers list. It was published in 1994. It sold more than 1.5 million copies. Mr.…
01:03:09 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Q&A: Nigel Hamilton, "Lincoln vs. Davis" PART 1
Military historian and presidential biographer Nigel Hamilton talks about the military face-off between two American presidents – Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis – during the Civil War. He discus…
01:04:54 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), "It Takes Chutzpah - How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change"
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) shares his thoughts on having the tenacity to pursue progressive goals through strong alliances, hard work, & focus.
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00:58:29 |
Sun 19 Jan 2025
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