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+: Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People"
According to professor Corey Brettschneider, author of "The Presidents and the People," the following presidents in history threatened democracy: "John Adams waged war on the national press…prosecuti…
01:08:56 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Q&A: Peggy Noonan, "A Certain Idea of America"
Peggy Noonan, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Wall Street Journal and former speechwriter for President Reagan, discusses her book "A Certain Idea of America," a collection of her columns fr…
01:03:27 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
AW: Stephanie Gorton, "The Icon and the Idealist - Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America"
Stephanie Gorton looked at the lives & rivalry between two key figures in the early movement for birth control & reproductive rights. She was interviewed by author and UC Davis School of Law professo…
01:00:37 |
Sun 24 Nov 2024
BN+: Talmage Boston, "How the Best Did It"
Talmage Boston considers himself a full-time lawyer and a full-time historian. His latest book is called "How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents." He chose the first 4 of 8 o…
01:11:30 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Q&A: Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not"
Investigative journalist Maureen Callahan talks about the physical and psychological abuse, and worse, that she says was experienced by women and girls connected to the Kennedy family going back to J…
01:02:01 |
Mon 18 Nov 2024
AW: Vince Beiser, "Power Metal - The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future"
Journalist Vince Beiser looked at how the race to mine metals and other natural resources needed in technology & renewable energy is impacting geopolitics and the environment. He was interviewed by W…
00:56:43 |
Sun 17 Nov 2024
AB: James Patterson, "American Heroes"
Bestselling author James Patterson discusses servicemembers from World War II through modern conflicts who have been recognized for valor in combat.
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00:32:11 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
BN+: Kyla Scanlon, "In This Economy?"
The title of the book is "In This Economy?" The author, Kyla Scanlon, subtitles her 277-page effort: "How Money and Markets Really Work." Ms. Scanlon is a 27-year-old graduate of Western Kentucky Uni…
01:03:13 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Q&A: Stuart Eizenstat, "The Art of Diplomacy"
Stuart Eizenstat, former Domestic Policy Adviser to President Carter and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union under President Clinton, talks about his political career and his new book, "The Art Of …
01:03:45 |
Mon 11 Nov 2024
AW: Tom Fitton, "Rights and Freedoms in Peril - An Investigative Report on the Left's Attack on America"
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton argues that the Left is attacking American rights and freedoms. He was interviewed by Washington Times legal affairs reporter Alex Swoyer.
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01:02:15 |
Sun 10 Nov 2024
BN+: Tess Owen, "Inside the Patriot Wing"
For the past 10 years, Tess Owen has covered extremism, disinformation, and politics for several nationally owned publications. In the October 8, 2024, issue of New York magazine, Ms. Owen wrote an a…
00:59:01 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
AW: Lina Zeldovich, "The Living Medicine"
Journalist Lina Zeldovich explained how a nearly forgotten lifesaving "healing virus" could be groundbreaking in treating deadly infectious diseases. She was interviewed by USA Today health reporter …
00:56:30 |
Sun 03 Nov 2024
Q&A: Christina Swarns, Innocence Project Executive Director
Since its founding in 1992, the Innocence Project has been responsible for getting hundreds of wrongfully convicted people in the United States out of prison. Attorney and Innocence Project executive…
01:01:46 |
Sun 03 Nov 2024
AB: Miranda Devine on the Biden Family
New York Post columnist and "Laptop From Hell" author Miranda Devine discussed her latest book on the Biden family, "The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out America."
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00:33:48 |
Fri 01 Nov 2024
BN+: Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins"
In 1943, in the middle of World War II, the Allied leaders FDR, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin were planning to meet secretly in Tehran. The Nazis wanted to kill them.
In his book "Night of the…
01:04:57 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Q&A: Pamela Toler, "The Dragon from Chicago"
Historian Pamela Toler talks about the life and career of journalist Sigrid Schultz, Berlin bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune from 1925-1941. Schultz provided first-hand accounts of the rise of Ad…
01:04:05 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
AW: Rep. Mike Waltz, "Hard Truths - Think and Lead Like a Green Beret"
Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL) spoke about serving in Afghanistan as a Green Beret and how his military career influences his decision making. He was interviewed by Politico Pentagon and National Secu…
01:05:19 |
Sun 27 Oct 2024
BN+: Max Boot, "Reagan: His Life and Legend"
Max Boot, in his 836-page book titled "Reagan: His Life and Legend," says that his is the first definitive biography of the 40th president. Boot suggests that Edmund Morris, the president's official …
01:07:41 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Q&A: John Mackey, "The Whole Story" & Steven Pinker, "Rationality"
This week on Q&A, Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and Harvard University psychology professor Steven Pinker discuss their books. John Mackey, author of "The Whole Story," talks about the rise of W…
01:07:24 |
Mon 21 Oct 2024
AW: Stephanie Baker "Punishing Putin"
Bloomberg News' Stephanie Baker looked at the global impact of U.S-led economic sanctions against Russia following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She was interviewed by author and Brookings In…
01:03:38 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
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