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Former Boston Globe reporter and biographer John Farrell talked about his book, Ted Kennedy: A Life, on the life and political career of the late Democratic senator from Massachusetts. He ta…

Retiring Archivist of the United States David Ferriero talked about his accomplishments and challenges in office, and the work that remains for his successor. Appointed by President Barack O…

Erin Thompson, professor of art crime at the City University of New York and the author of Smashing Statues, talked about the history of American monuments, the motivations for putting them …

Matthew Continetti, author of “The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism,” talked about the history of the conservative movement since the early 20th century. He said that “r…

Jason Riley, a Wall Street Journal columnist and Manhattan Institute senior fellow, talked about the life and influence of economist Thomas Sowell, whose writings on economics, race, culture…

Helen Andrews, senior editor at The American Conservative Magazine, talked about her book, Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster, in which she argued that th…

Gary Ginsberg, a Clinton administration aide and the author of First Friends, talked about the personal confidants of U.S. presidents and the influence they have wielded. He discussed banker…

Donald Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, talked about his book, The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson’s Washington, on the influence of Drew Pearson’s muckrakin…

A Wall Street Journal reporter and a Northeastern University professor discussed their views on the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. First, reporter Aruna Viswanatha outlined the…

Sarada Peri, senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and John McConnell, senior speechwriter for President George W. Bush, talked about about presidential inaugural addresses, from J…

Historians Susan Schulten and Eric Rauchway talked about two of the most contentious presidential transitions in U.S. history - in 1861, between James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln, and in 19…

U.S. Representatives-elect Kat Cammack (R-FL) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), the youngest women in the freshmen class of the incoming 117th Congress, talked about their backgrounds and what they ho…

Katherine Gehl, co-author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, talked about the current U.S. political system, arguing that …

Theodore Olson and Douglas Smith talked about the 1962 Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr, in which the court ruled that the drawing of election districts was a constitutional rather than a po…

John Burtka, executive director and acting editor of The American Conservative, talked about the special edition of the magazine that examines where American conservatism came from and where…

James Wallner, a former U.S. Senate aide who researches and writes about Congress at the R Street Institute, talked about the role and power of Senate majority leaders throughout history. He…

Donald Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, talked about the history of impeachment trials. The program began with a clip of former Maryland Senator Barb Mikulski speaking about s…

Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), ranking member on the Oversight and Reform Committee, talked about committee issues including investigations of President, Trump, security clearances at the…

Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) talked about key issues in Congress. Topics included how Democrats might follow up on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in …

Representative Ralph Hall (R-TX), who was retiring at the end of the 113th Congress, reflected on his career in the House of Representatives.