Episodes

  • BN+: Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People"

    BN+: Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People"
    Nov 26 2024
    According to professor Corey Brettschneider, author of "The Presidents and the People," the following presidents in history threatened democracy: "John Adams waged war on the national press…prosecuting as many as 126 people who dared criticize him…James Buchanan colluded with the Supreme Court to deny constitutional personhood to African Americans….Andrew Johnson urged violence against his political opponents…Woodrow Wilson nationalized Jim Crow by segregating the federal government…Richard Nixon committed criminal acts – ordering the Watergate break-in." Corey Brettschneider teaches constitutional law and politics at the Providence, Rhode Island-based Brown University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Q&A: Peggy Noonan, "A Certain Idea of America"

    Q&A: Peggy Noonan, "A Certain Idea of America"
    Nov 25 2024
    Peggy Noonan, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Wall Street Journal and former speechwriter for President Reagan, discusses her book "A Certain Idea of America," a collection of her columns from over the past quarter century. She also talks about her time working in the White House and her career in radio after graduating from college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • AW: Stephanie Gorton, "The Icon and the Idealist - Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America"

    AW: Stephanie Gorton, "The Icon and the Idealist - Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America"
    Nov 24 2024
    Stephanie Gorton looked at the lives & rivalry between two key figures in the early movement for birth control & reproductive rights. She was interviewed by author and UC Davis School of Law professor Mary Ziegler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • BN+: Talmage Boston, "How the Best Did It"

    BN+: Talmage Boston, "How the Best Did It"
    Nov 19 2024
    Talmage Boston considers himself a full-time lawyer and a full-time historian. His latest book is called "How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents." He chose the first 4 of 8 off the face of Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. In addition, Mr. Boston chose 24 distinct leadership traits he says were exhibited by these presidents. The other 4 presidents include FDR, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. Seventy-one-year-old Talmage Boston lives in Dallas, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Q&A: Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not"

    Q&A: Maureen Callahan, "Ask Not"
    Nov 18 2024
    Investigative journalist Maureen Callahan talks about the physical and psychological abuse, and worse, that she says was experienced by women and girls connected to the Kennedy family going back to Joe Kennedy, Sr. In her book, "Ask Not," Callahan tells the stories of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, Martha Moxley, Mary Richardson Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • AW: Vince Beiser, "Power Metal - The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future"

    AW: Vince Beiser, "Power Metal - The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future"
    Nov 17 2024
    Journalist Vince Beiser looked at how the race to mine metals and other natural resources needed in technology & renewable energy is impacting geopolitics and the environment. He was interviewed by Wall Street Journal global metals and mining reporter Julie Steinberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    59 mins
  • AB: James Patterson, "American Heroes"

    AB: James Patterson, "American Heroes"
    Nov 15 2024
    Bestselling author James Patterson discusses servicemembers from World War II through modern conflicts who have been recognized for valor in combat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • BN+: Kyla Scanlon, "In This Economy?"

    BN+: Kyla Scanlon, "In This Economy?"
    Nov 12 2024
    The title of the book is "In This Economy?" The author, Kyla Scanlon, subtitles her 277-page effort: "How Money and Markets Really Work." Ms. Scanlon is a 27-year-old graduate of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. The author description in the back of the book says Kyla Scanlon is a writer and a video creator focused on "human-centric economic analysis that demystifies the complex." The author background note continues: "She is the founder of the financial education company called Bread." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins