Have You Not Read?

Hi Folks, Today’s guest was Jeffrey Rosen, historian, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, host of the brand-new podcast “The Blessings of Liberty”, and author of The Pursuit of Happiness. For those of you who may not be aware, Jeffrey was the second-ever guest on my podcast, and he returned today to talk about his book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers o...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Adam Hochschild, journalist, writer, historian, author of 11 books, and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Adam and I spoke about his newest book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis. His book tells the story of a forgotten, dark chapter in American history between World War I and the Roaring Twent...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Eric Jay Dolin, a graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, and an award-winning author of 17 books, including his latest The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, My guest for today’s episode is Adam Cohen, lawyer, journalist, writer, and author of five books on law and history. He has taught at Yale Law School, served on the New York Times editorial board, and written for the Washington Post, LA Times, and the Atlantic, among others His latest book is The Captain’s Dinner, a shipwreck, an act of cannibalism, and a murder trial that changed legal...

Hi Folks, On today’s podcast, my guest today was Peter Stark, adventurer, writer, and historian. I brought him on to talk about his book Astoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substack.com/subscribe

Hi Folks, On today’s episode, my guest is James Traub, writer, journalist, and author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, which in my estimation, is the best single-volume biography of our 6th president in existence. Mr. Traub is here with me today to talk about the book, and I feel it only appropriate that on the 250th year anniversary of our nation, we give John Quincy Adams the tremendous cr...

Hi Folks, My guest today was Kai Bird, columnist, biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer , a book he co-wrote with Martin J. Sherwin. In this episode, we explore Oppenheimer’s brilliant achievements and his humiliating defeat, his formidable intellect and his inexcusable foolishness. My podcast is also now available on...

In this latest episode of my podcast, Pulitzer Prize winner Professor McDougall joins me to discuss his new book, The Mighty Continent, a brilliant analysis of modern European history, from the 1500s to the present. If you enjoy this episode, please like/comment and share the link with the history lovers in your life. Enjoy the episode! Get full access to Jonathan Burdett at haveyounotread.substac...

In today’s episode, I am joined by David S. Brown, historian, professor of history at Elizabethtown College, and author of several books, including his brand-new biography of Teddy Roosevelt called In the Arena : Teddy Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution. In this interview, we’ll explore not only how Teddy’s beliefs shaped the modern presidency—but also how his muscular foreign policy was resp...

Hi Folks, This is my conversation with Talmage Boston, lawyer, historian, and author of How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Greatest Presidents. In this episode, Talmage joins me to distill decades of historical study and conversations with top presidential scholars into a clear, compelling framework for understanding what true leadership looks like at the highest level. We explore th...

Hi Folks, Here is my conversation with Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a leading thinker on politics, culture, and history, and the author of the book The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left . It’s about book two men who came to embody the great divide in modern politics — the revoluti...

Hi Folks, Here is my conversation with Edward Fishman — a man who has served in the U.S. state department in sanctions, economic statecraft and foreign policy roles, and now teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He sat down with me to talk about his new book Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare. The book traces how the United States has...

Hi Folks, My guest for this episode was none other than H.W. Brands, professor, historian, and author of more than 30 books about U.S. history. He was kind enough to sit down with me to talk about his book Founding Partisans : Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and the Brawling Birth of American Politics. In our conversation, he and I explore how the bitter rivalries among the Founders gave rise...

Hi Folks, Here is my interview with Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, about his new book, The Pursuit of Liberty : How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America . This conversation was so much fun to record, and I hope you all enjoy it. If you enjoy it, please like and/or comment, and be sure to share it with all the history lovers...

Hi Folks - this is my very first podcast episode to accompany my newsletter, where I will be interviewing authors and historians on the great history books and biographies that have had a profound impact on me. The podcast is called Have You Not Read, which is the same name as my newsletter. In this week’s episode, I interviewed special guest Jeffrey Boutwell on his new book Boutwell: Radical Repu...