Cross-Examining History

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.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of former Secretary of State James A. Baker discussing "The Lawyer as Leader".

David Rubenstein returns to Cross-Examining History with another fascinating interview. David Rubenstein is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and most recently, author of The American Story: Interviews with Master Historians.

Talmage Boston holds a live Zoom meeting 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 holds a live Zoom meeting cross-examination style interview of Nicholas Basbanes, author of Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Barry Gewen, author of The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Scott Turow. Scott Turow is the author of many bestselling works of fiction, including Testimony, Identical, Innocent, and his latest book The Last Trial. His books have been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and have been adapted into movies and television projects.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Ted Widmer. Ted Widmer is an American historian, author of Martin Van Buren in The American Presidents Series and Ark of the Liberties: America and the World.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Ken Starr. Ken Starr is an American lawyer who served as the 39th Solicitor General of the United States, known for heading the investigation of the Whitewater controversy in the Clinton Administration. He has also served as Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law and President of Baylor University.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Jerry Mitchell. Jerry Mitchell is an American investigative journalist who convinced authorities to reopen cold murder cases from the Civil Rights Era. He tells the whole story in his new book Race Against Time.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Brian Kilmeade. Brian Kilmeade co-hosts Fox's morning show, Fox & Friends, and he hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. He is also author of 5 books, including his newest book Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of Stephen Harrigan. Stephen Harrigan is the author of Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas.

Talmage Boston conducts a live cross-examination style interview of David Rubenstein. David Rubenstein is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and most recently, author of The American Story: Interviews with Master Historians.

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, Hymns of the Republic, tells the story of the final year of the American Civil War.

Talmage Boston conducts a live, in-person, cross-examination style interview of John Grisham. John Grisham is the legendary author of A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and most recently, his brand new suspense thriller novel The Guardians.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Trish Hall, op-ed editor for the NYT, about her book Writing To Persuade.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey about their book Country Music: An illustrated History and its upcoming film by Ken Burns.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Bud Selig, the ninth commissioner of baseball, and author of For the Good of the Game.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of Clay Risen, author of: The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act; American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit; and A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of John Grisham, author of A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and most recently his series of young adult fiction books starring Theodore Boone.

Talmage Boston conducts a cross-examination style interview of David McCullough, author of The Pioneers.

Talmage Boston hosts a discussion and interview of David Brooks, author of The Second Mountain. Recorded at a live event in Dallas, TX.