Cross-Examining History

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of lawyer-turned-author Corban Addison on his new book, Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial.

In a program of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Talmage Boston moderates a live event with Jonathan Martin and Karl Rove on Martin's new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future. Jonathan Martin is a national political correspondent for The New York Times and a political analyst for CNN. Since its founding in 1951, the mission of the nonprofit, non...

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Kostya Kennedy, author of True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson., which has received glowing reviews in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. In the past, Kostya has written NYTimes bestsellers on Joe DiMaggio and Pete Rose, and is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He’s now the Editorial Director at Dotdash Mer...

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Mark Updegrove, an American author, historian, journalist, and Presidential Historian for ABC News, about his latest book Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency. Mark Updegrove is also the president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation in Austin, Texas, and served as the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum for eight...

James Baker returns for a cross-examination style interview. James Baker is an American attorney and statesman who served as White House Chief of Staff and US Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan and as US Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under George H.W. Bush.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of John Avlon on his new book Lincoln and the Fight for Peace. John Avlon is an author, columnist and commentator. He is a senior political analyst and fill-in anchor at CNN, appearing on New Day every morning.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and Harvard Professor, on her newest book On Juneteenth.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Joe Lieberman, American Senator, on centrism and how to work together across the aisle in the government.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and author of the new spy thriller Damascus Station.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of David Rubenstein, American patriotic philanthropist and author of the bestselling new book The American Experiment.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Bret Baier, host of Special Report with Bret Baier on the Fox News Channel and chief political correspondent for Fox, on his newest book To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Jeff Shesol, historian, cartoonist, and author of Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. The Supreme Court, about his newest book Mercury Rising.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Julia Sweig, historian and author of Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding In Plain Sight. "Perhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most accomplished and often her husband's secret weapon."

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Jason Riley, historian and author of Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell. Maverick showcases Sowell's most significant writings and traces the life events that shaped his ideas and resulted in a Black orphan from the Jim Crow South becoming one of our foremost public intellectuals.

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 Lincoln in Private. Lincoln in Private looks at Abraham Lincoln's reflections and ruminations he wrote on slips of paper to give a better understanding of the private Lincoln behind the public Lincoln.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson's newest book tells the story of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.

Talmage Boston holds a live cross-examination style interview of the legendary John Grisham, author of (among many others) A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and his newest novel, A Time For Mercy.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of David Stewart, bestselling and award-winning author of the new book "George Washington", about the political rise of America's founding father.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of David Michaelis, author of the new biography of unforgettable first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, titled "Eleanor".

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Susan Eisenhower. Susan Eisenhower is an American consultant, author, and expert on international security, space policy, energy, and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. She is the daughter of John Eisenhower, and the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of David Eisenhower. David Eisenhower is an American author, public policy fellow, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and eponym of the U.S. presidential retreat Camp David. He is the grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower and a son-in-law of President Richard Nixon.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of investigative journalist Bob Woodward, who did much of the original news reporting on Watergate, about the 2020 election. Journalist Gene Roberts called Woodward and Bernstein's reporting "maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time".

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of prolific historian HW Brands, two time Pulitzer Prize finalist, about his new book The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Lincoln Prize winner Harold Holzer, author of The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle Between the White House and the Media, From the Founding Fathers to Fake News.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of NYT chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and Politico editor Susan Glasser about their new book, The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.