Cross-Examining History

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Frank Cogliano, author and Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and former president of the Scottish Association for the Study of America.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize winning author and long time staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.

In this very special episode, Talmage Boston has the tables turned and is interviewed by Dale Petroskey. Talmage Boston is a trial lawyer, historian, and podcaster who just published his newest book, How The Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Tracy Daugherty, biographer and author of Larry McMurtry: A Life.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of H.W. Brands, historian and author of Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics. H.W. Brands is Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and a two time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of George Getschow, editor of Pastures of the Empty Page: Fellow Writers on the Life and Legacy of Larry McMurtry. His book is a collection of essays offering an intimate view of Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Ronald C. White, historian and author of A. Lincoln, American Ulysses, and his new book On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. On Great Fields is a comprehensive biography of an American soldier and leader who deserves to be known for more than his heroism in the Civil War.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of David Brooks on his new book How To Know A Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen. David is author of New York Times best sellers The Second Mountain and The Road to Character. He also writes for The New York Times.

Talmage Boston invites Bret Baier back for a live cross-examination style interview on his new book To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment. Bret Baier is the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on the Fox News Channel and chief political correspondent for Fox.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Jonathan Eig on his newest book King: A Life. Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his previous book Ali: A Life.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Gregg Jarrett. Gregg Jarrett is a Fox News commentator, attorney, and bestselling author of The Russia Hoax and his newest book, The Trial of the Century, about the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of S.C. Gwynne. S.C. Gwynne is the Pulitzer prize nominated author of Empire of the Summer Moon, The Perfect Pass, and Rebel Yell. His newest book, His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine, tells the story of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireba...

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of James Conroy on his new book The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War. James Conroy is a trial lawyer of 37 years turned award-winning author of narrative history.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Evan Thomas on his new book Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II. Evan Thomas is an American journalist, historian, and author. He is the author of nine books, including two New York Times bestsellers, John Paul Jones and Sea of Thunder.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Philip Taubman on his new book In The Nation's Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz. George P. Shultz was US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, and was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of William Inboden and Dale Petroskey on William Inboden's his new book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, The Cold War, And The World On The Brink, about how Ronald Reagan and his national security team confronted the Soviets, reduced the nuclear threat, won the Cold War, and supported the spread of freedom around the world. Dale Petroske...

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Burk Murchison and Michael Granberry on their new book, Hole In The Roof, about The Dallas Cowboys, Clint Murchison Jr., and the stadium that changed American sports forever.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Phil Gramm on his newest book The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate. Phil Gramm is a former US Senator of nearly two decades, an economist, and author.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Ed Goeas on his new book A Question of RESPECT: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation which he co-authored with Celinda Lake. Goeas is an author, premier pollster, and political veteran of Washington DC of over 40 years.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Jon Meacham on his newest book And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and #1 New York Times Bestselling author.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Doug Brinkley on his newest book Silent Spring Revolution. Brinkley is an author, historian, and Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities in the Department of History at Rice University.

In a program of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Talmage Boston moderates a live event with the great Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and author of over a dozen books on diplomatic history and international relations. Since its founding in 1951, the mission of the nonprofit, nonpartisan World Affairs Co...

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on their newest book The Divider: Trump in the White House. Baker and Glasser are the bestselling authors of The Man Who Ran Washington.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of David Maraniss on his fantastic new book Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe. David Maraniss is a New York Times best-selling author and two time Pulitzer Prize winner.