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C-SPAN Bookshelf

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Campus Free Speech
Wall Street Journal
Cleopatra
Samuel Adams
The Revolutionary Samuel Adams
Purdue University
Benjamin Franklin
First Amendment
Joshua Wright
Brody Mullins
Student Protests
Capitalism
Corporate Influence
Antitrust Law
World War II
Harvard University
Government Regulation
George Mason University
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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 mi... more

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Author David Gelles discussed how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard built his business, made a fortune, and then gave it all away. Books Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California, hosted this event.

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Boston-based writer Doug Most's new book is called "Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War." Most, who spent 15 years at the Boston Globe, writes: "In total, American shipyards produced 2,710 Liberty ships in ess... more

New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel talked about the secret world of foreign lobbying in Washington, D.C., and the Americans involved in it, including Rudy Giuliani and Hunter Biden. This event was hosted by the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of C... more

Yale constitutional law professor Akhil Reed Amar's second book in a trilogy is titled "Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920." In Professor Amar's introduction, he writes: "Millions of Americans can recite by heart Lincoln's opening... more

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Recent Guests

Akhil Reed Amar
Yale Constitutional Law Professor and Author
Yale University
Episode: BN+: Constitutional Scholar Akhil Reed Amar on America’s Equality Story
Jim Clyburn
Congressman from South Carolina and author of 'The First Eight'
U.S. House of Representatives
Episode: Q&A: Rep. James Clyburn on “The First Eight” and the Rise of Black Political Leadership
Walter Isaacson
Bestselling biographer of Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Elon Musk
Episode: ABC: Walter Isaacson on the Minds That Shape Our Modern World
William Arthur Galston
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
Brookings Institution
Episode: BN+: William Galston, "Anger, Fear, Domination"
Stewart McLaurin
President of the White House Historical Association and author of The People's House Miscellany
White House Historical Association
Episode: Q&A: Stewart McLaurin on The People’s House Miscellany: Stories from the White House
Boyce Upholt
Author of The Great River, The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
Episode: Boyce Upholt on The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
Geri Spieler
Author of Housewife Assassin and researcher on Sara Jane Moore
Episode: BN+: Geri Spieler, "Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford"
Barry Diller
Media mogul and author of the memoir Who Knew?
Episode: Q&A: Media Mogul Barry Diller on His Life and Career in Television and Hollywood
Dan Wang
Author of *Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future*
Author
Episode: BN+: Dan Wang on Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future

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Brian Lamb
Host of C-SPAN Bookshelf, focusing on discussions around nonfiction literature and its authors.

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 48 ratings
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    The ads have completely ruined my listening experience. They are so disruptive and highly annoying

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    United States8 months ago
  • Patrick Kennedy episode

    Kennedy says 53 million people died of AIDS yearly. That’s absurd. Interviewer doesn’t challenge him on it, so I turned it off

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    LisJoKiHa
    United Statesa year ago
  • Carlos Lozada Interview

    Many important questions were not asked :

    How many books he reads every year?

    How did he got interested in reading political books?

    Give us names of your top 3 favorite political books.

    Apple Podcasts
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    GiveMeRealNewz
    United States2 years ago

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BN+: Doug Most, "Launching Liberty"
Q: How many people did it take to build a Liberty ship?
The first Liberty ships took between seven and nine months to build, but innovations reduced this time significantly to as little as four days and fifteen hours.
BN+: Doug Most, "Launching Liberty"
Q: When was the first Liberty ship built?
The program started in 1940, with the first Liberty Ship under construction by spring of 1941, before Pearl Harbor.
BN+: Doug Most, "Launching Liberty"
Q: Can you describe a Liberty ship?
A Liberty ship is about 441 feet in length, which is 100 feet longer than a football field, and about the height of a 10-story building.
ABC: Chef José Andrés on Food, Humanity, and Global Relief Efforts
Q: So, when did you say, I got to get out of the Navy and become a chef and own my own restaurant?
After my military service, I worked in restaurants and got an opportunity in New York that changed my path.
ABC: Chef José Andrés on Food, Humanity, and Global Relief Efforts
Q: What did your parents do?
My father was a nurse studying medicine, and my mother became a nurse later on.

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2. Jim Clyburn
3. Walter Isaacson
4. William Arthur Galston
5. Stewart McLaurin
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7. Geri Spieler
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