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Intriguing hour-long conversations with people who are making things happen. Hosted by Peter Slen. New episodes every Sunday evening. From the network that brings you "Washington Today" and "Lectures in History" podcasts.

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David Brooks 28.04.2019 59:33

New York Times columnist David Brooks discusses his book "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Q&A with Senate Youth Program 21.04.2019 59:01

High school students from the U.S. Senate Youth Program talk about their week in Washington and what they've learned from the experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Page 15.04.2019 59:16

USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page discusses her book, [The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Brinkley 07.04.2019 59:14

Historian Douglas Brinkley talks about his book, "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joan Buskupic 31.03.2019 1:00:25

Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic discusses her biography of Chief Justice John Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Caro 24.03.2019 58:46

Author and LBJ biographer Robert Caro discusses his book, [Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Hoh 17.03.2019 1:00:18

Iraq War veteran and former State Department official Matthew Hoh talks about his article, "Time for Peace in Afghanistan and an End to the Lies." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Greenberg 10.03.2019 59:51

Penn State history professor Amy Greenberg discusses her book [Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eileen Rivers 03.03.2019 59:47

U.S. Army veteran Eileen Rivers talks about her book "Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Samet 24.02.2019 59:58

West Point English professor Elizabeth Samet discusses her annotated edition of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Monica Norton 17.02.2019 59:49

Monica Norton, Washington Post deputy local editor, talks about James Baldwin's "If Beale Street Could Talk" and the impact the book had on her as a teenager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jackie Speier 18.11.2018 59:22

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) talks about her memoir, [Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanne Freeman 07.10.2018 59:36

Yale University historian Joanne Freeman discusses her book, "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Engel 30.09.2018 59:19

Southern Methodist University's Jeffrey Engel discusses his book, [When the World Seemed New: George H. W. Bush and the End of the Cold War]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Kennan Warnecke 22.07.2018 59:32

Grace Kennan Warnecke, daughter of American diplomat George Kennan, discusses her memoir, [Daughter of the Cold War]." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Wax 24.06.2018 59:23

University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Amy Wax talked about the limits of free expression on college campuses in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michio Kaku 08.04.2018 59:58

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku talks about his book, [The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Chua 25.03.2018 59:10

Yale University Law School professor Amy Chua discusses her book, [Political Tribes], about the role that group identity plays in shaping domestic and foreign affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Bowler 25.02.2018 1:00:06

Prosperity gospel scholar, Kate Bowler, discusses her memoir, [Everything Happens for a Reason], in which she reflects on being diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at the age of 35. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Mills 11.02.2018 59:57

New York Times staff photographer Doug Mills talks about some of the photos he took during the 2016 presidential race and discusses what it's like to cover President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caitriona Perry 28.01.2018 59:13

Caitriona Perry, former Washington correspondent for RTE, Ireland's public service broadcaster, talks about her book, [In America], which chronicles her encounters with Trump supporters during the 2016 presidential election season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daryl Davis 19.11.2017 59:01

Musician and author Daryl Davis talks about his efforts over the past 30 years to befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan to try to understand their hatred and to convince them that they are wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allison Stanger 29.10.2017 59:51

Allison Stanger, professor of international politics and economics at Middlebury College in Vermont, talks about students' reaction to the appearance of author Charles Murray on Campus last March. Both were attacked by students following the event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manal Al-Sharif 16.07.2017 59:45

Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal Al-Sharif talks about her book, [Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pat Buchanan 02.07.2017 59:51

Columnist and political commentator Pat Buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon, discusses his book, [Nixon's White House Wars]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices