The Shadow Docket
Law professor Stephen Vladeck argued that the Supreme Court increasingly uses obscure rulings to change the law with no accountability to the public. BookPeople in Austin, Texas, hosted this…
520 viewsLaw professor Stephen Vladeck argued that the Supreme Court increasingly uses obscure rulings to change the law with no accountability to the public. BookPeople in Austin, Texas, hosted this…
520 viewsThe Battle of the Alamo has been mythologized according to a new book by author Bryan Burrough, columnist Chris Tomlinson, and political consultant Jason Stanford. Past accounts omitted the …
1,930 viewsBestselling author James Patterson and retired Army Ranger Matt Eversmann profiled men and women who have fought in U.S. wars going back to Vietnam. This virtual event was hosted by Book Peo…
510 viewsThe Marshall Project staff writer Maurice Chammah reported on capital punishment in Texas. This virtual event was sponsored by Book People Bookstore in Austin, Texas.
174 viewsUCLA Professor Eddie Cole examined the impact that college presidents had on the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by BookPeople Bookstore in Austin, Texas.
564 viewsFormer Buzzfeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen explored the reasons for ‘burnout’ and how it most impacts millennials. This virtual event was provided by BookPeople Bookstore in A…
915 viewsPulitzer prize-winning author Lawrence Wright looked at pandemics and how deadly viruses work. This virtual program was sponsored by Book People bookstore in Austin, Texas.
762 viewsH.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. chair in history at the University of Texas at Austin, talked about his book, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West , in which he provided a hi…
1,259 viewsUniversity of Texas journalism Professor Kate Winkler Dawson looked at the life of Edward Oscar Heinrich, America’s first forensic scientist, who was integral in introducing the use of balli…
1,122 viewsParatrooper-turned-historian James Fenelon recounted World War II’s largest airborne operation, when 17,000 Allied paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines in 1945.
812 viewsDaily Beast senior reporter Samantha Allen talked about her book, Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States.
805 viewsSarah Vowell examines the Americanization of Hawaii that began with the arrival of New England missionaries in 1820. The author recounts the coup, organized by the missionaries, that deposed…
2,565 viewsJulie Lythcott-Haims talked about her book, Real American, about her experiences growing up biracial in America.
966 viewsMajor Mary Jennings Hegar talked about her book Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, in which she talks about her tours in Afghanistan with the…
1,736 viewsDaina Ramey Berry talked about her book The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation, in which she examines the economic val…
2,503 viewsRichard Paul and Steven Moss talked about their book, We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program, about 10 African Americans who broke the color barrier at NASA. The…
2,213 viewsProfessor Max Krochmal talked about his book Blue Texas: The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era, in which he examines liberal politics and civil rights acti…
428 viewsJames Hornfischer talked about his book The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945, in which he recalls the U.S. invasion of the Mariana Islands and the final op…
1,710 viewsJuan Thompson talked about his book Stories I tell Myself: Growing Up with Hunter S. Thompson, in which he remembers his childhood and formative years with his father. He spoke with historia…
1,186 viewsBuzz Bissinger talked about his book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, in which he reports on the winningest high school football team in Texas history, the Permian Panthers,…
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