{"podcast":{"title":"C-SPAN Bookshelf","slug":"c-span-bookshelf-6416723","podcast_index_feed_id":6416723,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSPAN1559576942","website_url":"https://www.c-span.org/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bf9c539e-fb2b-11ed-bd44-6ffd507af733/image/1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"C-SPAN","episode_count":538,"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!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:18:14.515371+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723"},"episode":{"title":"BN+: Michael Cullinane, \"Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet\"","slug":"bn-michael-cullinane-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet","published_at":"2026-06-23T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-michael-cullinane-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9099255351.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSPAN9099255351.mp3","summary":"In July of this year, 2026, the new, multi-million-dollar Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens to the public in Medora (muh-\"DOOR\"-uh), North Dakota, population 121. The senior historian for the T.R. Library is a man named Michael Patrick Cullinane, a professor of history at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, 36 miles from Medora. To coincide with the opening of T.R.'s Library, Professor Cullinane has written a book titled \"Theodore Roosevelt and the Tennis Cabinet.\" He credits Mrs. Roosevelt with building a tennis court right outside the president's West Wing office. Cullinane says: \"The convenient location robbed Roosevelt of any excuse to skip his daily exercise.\" In the book, Cullinane introduces readers to over 30 of T.R.'s tennis partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In July of this year, 2026, the new, multi-million-dollar Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens to the public in Medora (muh-\"DOOR\"-uh), North Dak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4199,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/episodes/bn-michael-cullinane-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/c-span-bookshelf-6416723/bn-michael-cullinane-theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}