# C-SPAN Bookshelf

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RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1559576942
Official site: https://www.c-span.org/
Author: C-SPAN
Episodes: 538

## Resource

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!

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## Episodes
- [Q&A: Mike Leinbach, Former Space Shuttle Launch Director & Co-Author, "Bringing Columbia Home"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-mike-leinbach-former-space-shuttle-launch-director-co-author-bringing-columbia-home) — 2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Michael Beschloss Explores the Revolutionary War, Civil War & 20th Century America](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-michael-beschloss-explores-the-revolutionary-war-civil-war-20th-century-america) — 2026-07-19T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Political Realignment and the "New Right"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-political-realignment-and-the-new-right) — 2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Valerie Fridland, "Why We Talk Funny"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-valerie-fridland-why-we-talk-funny) — 2026-07-14T08:30:00+00:00
- [ABC: Geraldine Brooks on Memoir, Fiction & War Reporting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-geraldine-brooks-on-memoir-fiction-war-reporting) — 2026-07-12T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: The Politicization of the Justice Department](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-the-politicization-of-the-justice-department) — 2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00
- [Claudia Rowe, "Wards of the State"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/claudia-rowe-wards-of-the-state) — 2026-07-07T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: David McKean and M. Todd Bennett, "The Flag Was Still There"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-david-mckean-and-m-todd-bennett-the-flag-was-still-there) — 2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Danielle Allen & Walter Isaacson on the Declaration of Independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-danielle-allen-walter-isaacson-on-the-declaration-of-independence) — 2026-07-05T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: American Struggle with Jon Meacham](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-american-struggle-with-jon-meacham) — 2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Richard Brookhiser, "The Hero Returns"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-richard-brookhiser-the-hero-returns) — 2026-06-30T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, "Regime Change"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-maggie-haberman-jonathan-swan-regime-change) — 2026-06-30T01:00:00+00:00
- [Mollie Hemingway, "Alito"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/mollie-hemingway-alito) — 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Pulitzer Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin on America’s Greatest Presidents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-pulitzer-winner-doris-kearns-goodwin-on-america-s-greatest-presidents) — 2026-06-28T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-screen-people-how-we-entertained-ourselves-into-a-state-of-emergency) — 2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Michael Cullinane, "Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-michael-cullinane-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet) — 2026-06-23T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing" – Part Two](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-sarah-isgur-last-branch-standing-part-two) — 2026-06-22T00:00:00+00:00
- [Kara Swisher on the Future of Technology and Journalism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/kara-swisher-on-the-future-of-technology-and-journalism) — 2026-06-21T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-defending-taiwan-a-strategy-to-prevent-war-with-china) — 2026-06-21T00:00:00+00:00
- [David Garrow on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Barack Obama](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/david-garrow-on-martin-luther-king-jr-barack-obama) — 2026-06-16T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Sarah Isgur, "Last Branch Standing"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-sarah-isgur-last-branch-standing) — 2026-06-15T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Lois Romano on Mary Todd Lincoln's Life, Legacy and Mental Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-lois-romano-on-mary-todd-lincoln-s-life-legacy-and-mental-health) — 2026-06-14T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-the-future-is-peace-with-palestinian-aziz-abu-sarah-and-israeli-maoz-inon) — 2026-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Lerone Bennett Jr., "Forced Into Glory"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-lerone-bennett-jr-forced-into-glory) — 2026-06-09T08:30:00+00:00
- [Jonathan Wilson, "The Power and the Glory"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/jonathan-wilson-the-power-and-the-glory) — 2026-06-08T00:00:00+00:00
- [David Baldacci on Writing Thrillers and Becoming a Bestselling Author](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/david-baldacci-on-writing-thrillers-and-becoming-a-bestselling-author) — 2026-06-07T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-suing-the-nsa-and-fighting-digital-surveillance) — 2026-06-07T00:00:00+00:00
- [Lois Romano, "An Inconvenient Widow"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/lois-romano-an-inconvenient-widow) — 2026-06-02T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Gayle Feldman, "Nothing Random"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-gayle-feldman-nothing-random) — 2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
- [Ann Patchett on Writing, Bookstores & Storytelling with David Rubenstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/ann-patchett-on-writing-bookstores-storytelling-with-david-rubenstein) — 2026-05-31T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: "Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-poisoned-ivies-with-r-ny-rep-elise-stefanik) — 2026-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
- [Danny Funt, "Everybody Loses"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/danny-funt-everybody-loses) — 2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Lamar Alexander, "Education of a Senator"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-lamar-alexander-education-of-a-senator) — 2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
- [AW: The Pilots who Evacuated Ebola Patients in 2014](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-the-pilots-who-evacuated-ebola-patients-in-2014) — 2026-05-24T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Theo Baker, "How to Rule the World"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-theo-baker-how-to-rule-the-world) — 2026-05-19T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Adam Szetela, "That Book Is Dangerous!"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-adam-szetela-that-book-is-dangerous) — 2026-05-18T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Candice Millard Discusses Theodore Roosevelt, James A. Garfield & Winston Churchill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-candice-millard-discusses-theodore-roosevelt-james-a-garfield-winston-churchill) — 2026-05-17T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Modern Russian History through the Experiences of its Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-modern-russian-history-through-the-experiences-of-its-women) — 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00
- [Harvey Mansfield, "Where Harvard Went Wrong"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/harvey-mansfield-where-harvard-went-wrong) — 2026-05-12T08:30:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Discusses Heroes of 1776](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-discusses-heroes-of-1776) — 2026-05-11T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-heather-cox-richardson-on-democracy-the-revolutionary-war-and-the-civil-war) — 2026-05-10T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-reimagining-western-mental-health-care) — 2026-05-10T00:00:00+00:00
- [Bruce Nichols, "The Emerson Circle"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bruce-nichols-the-emerson-circle) — 2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert Caro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-historian-biographer-robert-caro) — 2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Douglas Brinkley on America at 250, D-Day, and the Space Race](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-douglas-brinkley-on-america-at-250-d-day-and-the-space-race) — 2026-05-03T22:00:00+00:00
- [The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/the-1990s-golden-era-of-black-sitcoms) — 2026-05-03T00:00:00+00:00
- [Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/craig-fehrman-this-vast-enterprise) — 2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Jean Becker & Tom Collamore, "Don't Tell the President"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-jean-becker-tom-collamore-don-t-tell-the-president) — 2026-04-27T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: America’s Book Club: Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation with David Rubenstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-america-s-book-club-andrew-ross-sorkin-in-conversation-with-david-rubenstein) — 2026-04-26T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Palantir's CTO on Rebuilding the American Industrial Base](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-palantir-s-cto-on-rebuilding-the-american-industrial-base) — 2026-04-26T00:00:00+00:00
- [Antony Beevor, "Rasputin"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/antony-beevor-rasputin) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Howard Mortman, "Extreme Mortman" Podcast Host](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-howard-mortman-extreme-mortman-podcast-host) — 2026-04-20T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Pulitzer Finalist Alice McDermott Talks Novels and Writing Process with David Rubenstein](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-pulitzer-finalist-alice-mcdermott-talks-novels-and-writing-process-with-david-rubenstein) — 2026-04-19T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-what-is-conciousness-with-michael-pollan) — 2026-04-19T00:00:00+00:00
- [Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bob-crawford-america-s-founding-son) — 2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Carla Kaplan, "Troublemaker"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-carla-kaplan-troublemaker) — 2026-04-13T00:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: David Rubenstein on the Presidency, Congress & Economy — Interview with Evan Smith at Tulane Book Festival](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-david-rubenstein-on-the-presidency-congress-economy-interview-with-evan-smith-at-tulane-book-festival) — 2026-04-12T22:00:00+00:00
- [AW: The Problem with Plastic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-the-problem-with-plastic) — 2026-04-12T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Giles Tremlett, "El Generalísimo"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-giles-tremlett-el-general-simo) — 2026-04-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Jennifer Levasseur, Space History Curator Smithsonian Institution's National Air & Space Museum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-jennifer-levasseur-space-history-curator-smithsonian-institution-s-national-air-space-museum) — 2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00
- [AW: Reagan's Invasion of Grenada During the Cold War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/aw-reagan-s-invasion-of-grenada-during-the-cold-war) — 2026-04-05T00:00:00+00:00
- [BN+: Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-tom-wells-the-kissinger-tapes) — 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [Q&A: Lloyd Blankfein on “Streetwise,” Goldman Sachs, and the 2008 Financial Crisis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/q-a-lloyd-blankfein-on-streetwise-goldman-sachs-and-the-2008-financial-crisis) — 2026-03-29T22:00:00+00:00
- [ABC: Beverly Gage on J. Edgar Hoover Biography & American History Road Trip](https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/abc-beverly-gage-on-j-edgar-hoover-biography-american-history-road-trip) — 2026-03-29T22:00:00+00:00

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