Podcast

C-SPAN Bookshelf

Author: C-SPAN
Feed episode count: 538
Official site: https://www.c-span.org/
RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1559576942
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Summary

The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!

Episodes

Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Mike Leinbach, Former Space Shuttle Launch Director & Co-Author, "Bringing Columbia Home"

Duration seconds: 3503
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7699919173.mp3

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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Michael Beschloss Explores the Revolutionary War, Civil War & 20th Century America

Duration seconds: 3676
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4098028724.mp3

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Jul 19, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Political Realignment and the "New Right"

Duration seconds: 3954
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3565162591.mp3

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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Valerie Fridland, "Why We Talk Funny"

Duration seconds: 4408
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN8439128807.mp3

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Geraldine Brooks on Memoir, Fiction & War Reporting

Duration seconds: 3729
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5465599703.mp3

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Jul 12, 2026 · not_requested

AW: The Politicization of the Justice Department

Duration seconds: 2906
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7765042814.mp3

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Claudia Rowe, "Wards of the State"

Duration seconds: 4095
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2028039958.mp3

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: David McKean and M. Todd Bennett, "The Flag Was Still There"

Duration seconds: 3793
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN8406843363.mp3

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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Danielle Allen & Walter Isaacson on the Declaration of Independence

Duration seconds: 3750
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2336549361.mp3

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Jul 5, 2026 · not_requested

AW: American Struggle with Jon Meacham

Duration seconds: 4112
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2953100145.mp3

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Richard Brookhiser, "The Hero Returns"

Duration seconds: 4018
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4894080102.mp3

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, "Regime Change"

Duration seconds: 3676
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6152722495.mp3

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Mollie Hemingway, "Alito"

Duration seconds: 3605
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6041498604.mp3

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Jun 28, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Pulitzer Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin on America’s Greatest Presidents

Duration seconds: 3700
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2137482897.mp3

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Jun 28, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency

Duration seconds: 3474
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4579155889.mp3

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Michael Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet"

Duration seconds: 4199
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9099255351.mp3

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing" – Part Two

Duration seconds: 3630
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6860183746.mp3

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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

Kara Swisher on the Future of Technology and Journalism

Duration seconds: 3671
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4688892370.mp3

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Jun 21, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

Duration seconds: 3924
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4356951048.mp3?updated=1780595860

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

David Garrow on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Barack Obama

Duration seconds: 4022
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN8256769936.mp3

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing"

Duration seconds: 3775
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7956097332.mp3

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Lois Romano on Mary Todd Lincoln's Life, Legacy and Mental Health

Duration seconds: 3732
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5727505718.mp3

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

AW: The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon

Duration seconds: 4195
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5191418178.mp3

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Jun 9, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Lerone Bennett Jr., "Forced Into Glory"

Duration seconds: 3720
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2180778575.mp3?updated=1781016769

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Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested

Jonathan Wilson, "The Power and the Glory"

Duration seconds: 3778
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5247943402.mp3?updated=1780683839

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

David Baldacci on Writing Thrillers and Becoming a Bestselling Author

Duration seconds: 3767
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7047949749.mp3?updated=1780603626

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Jun 7, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance

Duration seconds: 4464
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6876538314.mp3?updated=1780596009

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Jun 2, 2026 · not_requested

Lois Romano, "An Inconvenient Widow"

Duration seconds: 4115
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6318842179.mp3?updated=1780335432

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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Gayle Feldman, "Nothing Random"

Duration seconds: 3578
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3373477469.mp3?updated=1780079389

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

Ann Patchett on Writing, Bookstores & Storytelling with David Rubenstein

Duration seconds: 3734
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6045998820.mp3?updated=1780079854

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May 31, 2026 · not_requested

AW: "Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik

Duration seconds: 2800
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN8223075324.mp3?updated=1779905126

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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Danny Funt, "Everybody Loses"

Duration seconds: 5190
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9252870732.mp3?updated=1779469108

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May 25, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Lamar Alexander, "Education of a Senator"

Duration seconds: 3685
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2684436365.mp3?updated=1779386453

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May 24, 2026 · not_requested

AW: The Pilots who Evacuated Ebola Patients in 2014

Duration seconds: 3740
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4127000552.mp3?updated=1779387618

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May 19, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Theo Baker, "How to Rule the World"

Duration seconds: 4204
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9222937670.mp3?updated=1779123064

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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Adam Szetela, "That Book Is Dangerous!"

Duration seconds: 3790
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5004577541.mp3?updated=1778793194

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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Candice Millard Discusses Theodore Roosevelt, James A. Garfield & Winston Churchill

Duration seconds: 3755
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9942871603.mp3?updated=1778792867

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May 17, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Modern Russian History through the Experiences of its Women

Duration seconds: 2935
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4242810881.mp3?updated=1778872643

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

Harvey Mansfield, "Where Harvard Went Wrong"

Duration seconds: 4076
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7079743343.mp3?updated=1778186605

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Discusses Heroes of 1776

Duration seconds: 3031
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2472322641.mp3?updated=1778166687

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War

Duration seconds: 3698
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5542798562.mp3?updated=1778185849

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May 10, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care

Duration seconds: 4082
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6283178142.mp3?updated=1778252715

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Bruce Nichols, "The Emerson Circle"

Duration seconds: 4052
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6345283997.mp3?updated=1778173656

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert Caro

Duration seconds: 3804
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6726417209.mp3?updated=1777667660

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Douglas Brinkley on America at 250, D-Day, and the Space Race

Duration seconds: 3751
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9918384761.mp3?updated=1777669658

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May 3, 2026 · not_requested

The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms

Duration seconds: 3738
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6570249738.mp3?updated=1777658328

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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise"

Duration seconds: 4212
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7626583876.mp3?updated=1777305205

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Jean Becker & Tom Collamore, "Don't Tell the President"

Duration seconds: 3693
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3031774659.mp3?updated=1776970760

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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: America’s Book Club: Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation with David Rubenstein

Duration seconds: 3705
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5849699641.mp3?updated=1776891157

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Apr 26, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Palantir's CTO on Rebuilding the American Industrial Base

Duration seconds: 3854
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN6721130762.mp3?updated=1777057433

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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Antony Beevor, "Rasputin"

Duration seconds: 4000
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1802529085.mp3?updated=1776723785

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Howard Mortman, "Extreme Mortman" Podcast Host

Duration seconds: 3653
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7836878752.mp3?updated=1776352716

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Apr 19, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Pulitzer Finalist Alice McDermott Talks Novels and Writing Process with David Rubenstein

Duration seconds: 3730
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9203594623.mp3?updated=1776265241

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Apr 19, 2026 · not_requested

AW: What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan

Duration seconds: 3860
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN4421915783.mp3?updated=1776449033

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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"

Duration seconds: 3668
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1582450046.mp3?updated=1776120670

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Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Carla Kaplan, "Troublemaker"

Duration seconds: 3934
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN7703087601.mp3?updated=1775757229

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Apr 12, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: David Rubenstein on the Presidency, Congress & Economy — Interview with Evan Smith at Tulane Book Festival

Duration seconds: 3810
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9723754477.mp3?updated=1775847817

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Apr 12, 2026 · not_requested

AW: The Problem with Plastic

Duration seconds: 3516
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5136690358.mp3?updated=1775843946

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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo"

Duration seconds: 3910
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1722855006.mp3?updated=1775485897

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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum

Duration seconds: 3757
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3778982122.mp3?updated=1775236749

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Apr 5, 2026 · not_requested

AW: Reagan's Invasion of Grenada During the Cold War

Duration seconds: 3153
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3619190913.mp3?updated=1775235889

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Mar 31, 2026 · not_requested

BN+: Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes"

Duration seconds: 4343
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN5664900638.mp3?updated=1774894100

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Mar 29, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Lloyd Blankfein on “Streetwise,” Goldman Sachs, and the 2008 Financial Crisis

Duration seconds: 3711
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN2642741487.mp3?updated=1774652428

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Mar 29, 2026 · not_requested

ABC: Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover Biography & American History Road Trip

Duration seconds: 3736
Source: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN3546506119.mp3?updated=1774457486

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