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Sep 6, 2026

1:08:13

Author Talk: Emily Wilson — Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea - with Claire Catenaccio

2.4K310

Sep 3, 2026

1:00:08

Author Talk: Paul Richter — The Distance Between Our Names- with Kathryn Tolbert

1.1K80

Sep 3, 2026

1:00:48

Behind the Issue with The Atlantic: Featuring Rose Horowitch in conversation with Yoni Appelbaum

34570

Sep 2, 2026

58:00

Author Talk: Donica Merhazion — Born at the End of the World - with Bsrat Mezghebe

20900

Sep 1, 2026

1:07:11

Author Talk: Hiram L. Smith — Wassup, My N...

1.2K230

Sep 1, 2026

59:33

Author Talk: Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn — I Have This Thing for Flowers: - w/ Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes

25610

Aug 31, 2026

1:03:28

Author Talk: Nina Simon — My Sister Is Going to Kill Me - with S.A. Cosby

54670

Aug 29, 2026

57:03

Author Talk: Seth Masket — The Elephants in the Room- with Hans Noel

98970

Aug 28, 2026

59:20

Author Talk: Haili Blassingame — They All Fall in Love at the End - with Jenn White

43000

Aug 27, 2026

1:06:35

Author Talk: Skye Perryman — Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times

1K280

Aug 27, 2026

1:02:11

Author Talk: Dr. Lucy McBride — Beyond the Prescription - with Franklin Foer

46750

Aug 26, 2026

59:13

Author Talk: James Loeffler — Exceptional Hatred

1.4K290

Aug 26, 2026

54:43

Author Talk: Chang-rae Lee — A Tender Age - with Kat Chow

25010

Aug 25, 2026

36:13

Podcast: George Pelecanos Writes For Washingtonians, Ayelet Waldman Says to Write What You Love

16170

Aug 25, 2026

1:01:52

Author Talk: Virginia Eubanks — A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving -with Jason Resendez

439130

Aug 20, 2026

58:28

Author Talk: Nicholas Reynolds — Ortiz’s War - with Dr. Jeffrey Rogg

30880

Aug 19, 2026

1:00:52

Author Talk: Kurt Andersen — The Breakup - with Sean Rameswaram

412180

Aug 18, 2026

59:20

Author Talk: Talitha L. LeFlouria — Searching for Jane Crow - with Marcus Board Jr.

525300

Aug 15, 2026

50:28

Author Talk: Robert G. Parkinson —Tyrants and Rogues - with Lindsay M. Chervinsky

14260

Aug 14, 2026

1:00:34

Author Talk: Rhonda M. Roorda — Torn from the Root -with Jelani Freeman

6150

Aug 13, 2026

1:00:33

Author Talk: Brian Tyler Cohen — The Day After- with Jim Acosta

20270

Aug 11, 2026

57:49

Author Talk: Chris Ballard — The Plunge - with S.L. Price

4100

Aug 9, 2026

52:51

Author Talk: Amy Chozick — With Friends Like You - with Adrienne LaFrance

3320

Aug 8, 2026

1:02:14

Author Talk: Lynda Schuster — A Burning Hunger: One Family’s Struggle Against Apartheid

18570

Aug 7, 2026

1:11:54

Author Talk: Dave Zirin — The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn

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Aug 7, 2026

52:04

Author Talk: Reyna Grande — Migrant Heart - with Marie Arana

12760

Aug 6, 2026

1:06:02

Author Talk: Paul L. Kimmel, M.D —The Body's Keepers

288120

Aug 5, 2026

1:54

Rashad Robinson Explains Who Profits From Racism

318100

Aug 5, 2026

51:48

Author Talk: George Pelecanos — The Blue Flame

247110

Aug 4, 2026

52:56

Author Talk: Charles O'Malley & Scott W. Stern — Shakespeare's Margaret

25340

Aug 3, 2026

24:12

Podcast: So Many Books: Sigrid Nunez Found Inspiration in Jury Duty- plus Weird Beach Reads

1510

Aug 2, 2026

1:04:04

Author Talk: Annie Jacobsen — Biological War: A Scenario - with Shane Harris

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Aug 1, 2026

1:00:37

Author Talk: Catherine Meeks — Bridging the Rivers of Difference

1420

Jul 29, 2026

57:29

Author Talk: Jason Dove Mark — The Earth Said Remember Me - with Mike Tidwell

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Jul 29, 2026

1:05:32

Author Talk: Samantha Paige Rosen — Living, Together

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Author Talk: Linda Robinson — Women in Power - with Tamara Wittes

166120

Jul 27, 2026

1:02:53

Author Talk: Nathaniel Rich — Cloudthief: A Novel - with Michael Svoboda

19850

Jul 24, 2026

1:08:03

Behind the Issue with The Atlantic- feat. Yoni Appelbaum and Clint Smith

226100

Jul 23, 2026

49:28

Author Talk: J Brooke- I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side w/ Aaron Hamburger

9400

Jul 22, 2026

56:11

Author Talk: Tommy Siegel — Extremely Accurate Birds - with Billy Libby

13510

Jul 20, 2026

42:19

Podcast: So Many Books: A Deep Dive into Music Books with Casey and Grant

11860

Jul 16, 2026

59:17

Author Talk: Devlin Barrett — The Department of Revenge - with Evan Perez

252130

Jul 15, 2026

58:42

Author Talk: Lily Qi — Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland - with Josh Kurtz

14890

Jul 13, 2026

52:56

Author Talk: Atima Omara — The Instigators- with Kimberly Atkins-Stohr

9840

Jul 13, 2026

0:57

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Jul 12, 2026

54:23

Author Talk: Fergus M. Bordewich — Centennial - with Peter Cozzens

12240

Jul 11, 2026

58:20

Author Talk: Isaac Butler — The Perfect Moment -with Dan Kois

24960

Jul 10, 2026

1:04:42

Author Talk: Brad Ryan — Grandma Joy and Me- with Jennifer D. Roberts

10210

Jul 9, 2026

1:50

Maggie Haberman Explains Trump's Obsession With His Legacy #news#trump

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Jul 6, 2026

32:48

Podcast: So Many Books: Reading History To Understand The Present

31790

Jul 2, 2026

1:06:16

Author Talk: David McKean & M. Todd Bennett — The Flag Was Still There - with A'Lelia Bundles

8740

Jul 2, 2026

1:10:37

Author Talk: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan — Regime Change- with Tim Alberta

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Jun 30, 2026

1:18:38

Author Talk: Tad Stoermer — A Resistance History of the United States - with Karen Attiah

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Jun 29, 2026

1:01:44

Author Talk: Jessica M. Goldstein — Retro - with Alexandra Petri

20080

Jun 25, 2026

1:12:19

Author Talk: Senator Chris Murphy — Crisis of the Common Good- with Jonathan Capehart

1800

Jun 24, 2026

58:25

Author Talk: Samuel Clowes Huneke & Hugh Ryan

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Jun 23, 2026

1:03:34

Author Talk: Dr. Jill Biden — View from the East Wing - with Paola Ramos

2210

Jun 22, 2026

59:15

Author Talk: Daniel Squadron — The Fourth Branch- with E.J. Dionne, Jr. and Senator Chuck Schumer

16420

Jun 16, 2026

52:33

An Evening with Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life

11520

Jun 16, 2026

56:15

Author Talk: Gautham Rao — White Power: Policing American Slavery - with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

9660

Jun 15, 2026

59:01

Author Talk: Bobuq Sayed — No God but Us - with Lupita Aquino

8540

Jun 15, 2026

2:02

Ben Fountain on the Trump Era

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Jun 15, 2026

39:22

So Many Books: Happy Bloomsday and Paige Lewis on Writing Without Knowing Where You're Going

9430

Jun 14, 2026

1:02:32

Author Talk: Senator Lamar Alexander — The Education of a Senator - with Jonathan Martin

23530

Jun 13, 2026

1:10:03

Author Talk: Ben Fountain — Rasputin Swims the Potomac: A Novel - with Stephen Kearse

403130

Jun 13, 2026

1:06:12

Author Talk: Melissa Murray — The U.S. Constitution - with Eric Holder

1.4K760

Jun 12, 2026

1:11:08

Author Talk: James Verini — The Theater- with William B. Taylor Jr. - and Kateryna Smagliy

15510

Jun 11, 2026

SHORT

Author Talk: Mark Oppenheimer — Judy Blume: A Life - with Katherine Marsh

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Rashad Robinson — From Presence to Power - with Joy Ann Reid

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Ben Wikler — This Is The Plan - with Nancy Pelosi & Judy Woodruff

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Sigrid Nunez — It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories - with Lily Meyer

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Robert Wright — The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Beverly Gage — This Land is Your Land - with Timothy Shenk

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer — On Courage - with Miles Taylor

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Stephanie Green — American Crown: From Revolutionaries to Royalty

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Crystal Simone Smith — Common Sense (1776), Addressed to Today's Citizens of America

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Jun 11, 2026

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Author Talk: Thomas Levenson — A Pox on Fools - with Jennifer Ouellette

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Jun 11, 2026

1:01:54

Author Talk: Rick Atkinson — The British Are Coming: The Graphic Edition- with Evan Osnos

20390

Jun 11, 2026

1:01:57

Author Talk: Deb Haaland — A Voice Like Mine- with Jonathan Capehart

513250

Jun 11, 2026

1:00:25

Author Talk: Liaquat Ahamed — 1873 - with Steven R. Weisman

30090

Jun 10, 2026

54:29

Author Talk: Caroline Bock — The Other Beautiful People - with Laura Scalzo

11930

Jun 10, 2026

59:59

Author Talk: Jim Rasenberger — A Perfect Coincidence - with Jonathan Horn

675380

Jun 8, 2026

1:03:52

Author Talk: Robin Broad & John Cavanagh — The Water Defenders - with Tope Folarin

18740

Jun 7, 2026

59:12

Author Talk: Martha Raddatz — The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose

25080

Jun 6, 2026

2:46

Barbara McQuade Reveals What Trump Supporters Really Want

1.6K700

Jun 6, 2026

14:07

Author Talk Highlights: Will Hackman — Radically Reframing Climate Change- with Nihal J. Krishan

24150

Jun 5, 2026

1:55

Why Will Hackman Doesn't Say "Climate Change"

954340

Jun 5, 2026

59:47

Author Talk: Barbara McQuade — The Fix- with Kimberly Atkins Stohr

1.5K710

Jun 5, 2026

53:38

Author Talk: Deborah Kalb — Everything She Most Admired: A Mystery Novel - with Susan Coll

12330

Jun 4, 2026

17:46

Lissa and Anton's Summer Reads 2026

37290

Jun 3, 2026

53:47

Author Talk: Danielle Crittenden — Dispatches from Grief - with Mary Haft

20730

Jun 1, 2026

41:16

Podcast: So Many Books: June Picks and Madeline Bell

20070

May 28, 2026

1:03:51

Author Talk: Ben Rhodes — All We Say - with Susan Page

4K1270

May 27, 2026

1:04:51

Author Talk: Andrew Weissmann — Liar's Kingdom - with Carol Leonnig

23.3K7540

May 27, 2026

1:00:55

Author Talk: David Beckmann — Poverty Abolitionists

636260

May 25, 2026

23:25

Podcast: So Many Books- Bonus Episode- Rob and Amber ICYMI

14540

May 23, 2026

1:16:16

April Ryan's Race In America Panel 2026 w/ Keith Boykin, Mary Francis Berry, and Eric Michael Dyson

796290

May 22, 2026

53:29

Author Talk: Megan Garber — Screen People- with Adrienne LaFrance

29940

May 22, 2026

54:58

Author Talk: Lois Romano — An Inconvenient Widow- with Elisabeth Bumiller

697280

May 21, 2026

56:03

Author Talk: Theo Baker — How to Rule the World - with Mary Louise Kelly

2.3K590

May 21, 2026

25:06

Author Talk: Derrick Palmer — Handbook for the Revolution -with Afeni Evans

13770

May 20, 2026

1:08:49

Author Talk: Neal Allen and Anne Lamott — Good Writing 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences

415120

May 20, 2026

2:46

Paige Lewis discusses their novel's origins

350100

May 20, 2026

2:54

Kaveh Akbar reads a love poem

26570

May 20, 2026

1:01:51

Author Talk: Paige Lewis — Canon - with Kaveh Akbar

702200

May 19, 2026

2:58

Yasmine Cheyenne discusses the "Little You"

18710

May 19, 2026

1:01:03

Author Talk: Yasmine Cheyenne — The Comeback Era: From Limiting Beliefs to Living Without Limits

30890

May 18, 2026

2:55

Isaac Fitzgerald explains why "American Ramble" doesn't mention politics. #shorts

28440

May 18, 2026

47:47

Author Talk: Isaac Fitzgerald discusses Johnny Appleseed's American Ramble- with Ben Smith

291100

May 18, 2026

26:41

Podcast: So Many Books: Douglas Stuart's favorite tweed and Yann Martel considers the Iliad

10810

May 18, 2026

56:04

Author Talk: Wesley Brown — Looking for Frank Wills: (Of the Diaspora)

32460

May 17, 2026

1:01:19

Author Talk: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi — Chain of Ideas- with Leah Greenberg

451230

May 17, 2026

1:03:24

Author Talk: Steven J. Ross — The Secret War Against Hate — with Dr. Robert J. Williams

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May 16, 2026

46:00

Author Talk: Simon Elegant — City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong - with Kurt Campbell

35160

May 15, 2026

1:01:15

Author Talk: Lawrence Douglas — The Criminal State - with Stephen I. Vladeck

539200

May 14, 2026

1:11:24

Author Talk: Ralph Remington — Penetrating Whiteness

24590

May 13, 2026

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Author Talk: Darby Saxbe, PhD — Dad Brain - with Jerusalem Demsas

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May 8, 2026

55:32

Author Talk: Lillian Li — Bad Asians - with Angie Kim

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: John A. Jenkins — Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Jesse Wegman — The Lost Founder

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Franklin Foer— How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Sarah M. S. Pearsall — Freedom Round the Globe

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Martin Walker — A Murder in the Springtime

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Phill Branch — The Double Dutch Fuss - with Shaniqua McClendon

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Joanna Stern — I Am Not a Robot- with Matt Murray

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May 7, 2026

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Author Talk: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. — America, U.S.A. - with Jonathan Capehart

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May 7, 2026

1:03:24

Author Talk: David Streitfeld — Western Star- with Marie Arana

18740

May 7, 2026

1:00:42

Author Talk: Douglas Stuart — John of John - with Aminatta Forna

753220

May 7, 2026

1:00:56

Author Talk: Linford D. Fisher — Stealing America - with Mishy Jacobson

36390

May 6, 2026

50:53

Author Talk: M Lin — The Memory Museum: Stories - with Shannon Sanders

19250

May 6, 2026

1:01:33

Author Talk: Scott Simon — Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known - with Robert Siegel

445120

May 6, 2026

1:02:41

Author Talk: Miguel Ángel Hernández — The Pain of Others - with Tope Folarin

14140

May 5, 2026

1:06:35

Author Talk: Omer Aziz — Shadows of the Republic- with Sally Quinn

436170

May 5, 2026

1:06:46

Author Talk: David Epstein — Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better - WITH Daniel H. Pink

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May 4, 2026

1:41:35

Author Talk: Erik Larson — The Demon of Unrest - with Clint Smith

50780

May 4, 2026

23:13

Podcast: So Many Books: May Book Picks and Lindy West Wants to Write a Mystery Novel

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Apr 29, 2026

49:13

Author Talk: Nancy Lemann — The Oyster Diaries - with Terence Monmaney

39580

Apr 28, 2026

1:05:25

Author Talk: Lanny J. Davis — Finding the Third Way- with Carl M. Cannon & Michael McCurry

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Apr 28, 2026

46:06

Author Talk: Brittany Butler — The Patriot's Daughter -with I.S. Berry

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Apr 27, 2026

1:03:11

Author Talk: Sarah Isgur — Last Branch Standing- with Jonathan Karl

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Apr 26, 2026

55:58

Author Talk: Nicholas Enrich — Into the Wood Chipper - with Atul Gawande

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Apr 25, 2026

59:24

Author Talk: Gal Beckerman — How to Be a Dissident - with Adam Harris

591130

Apr 22, 2026

1:02:54

Author Talk: Manil Suri — A Room in Bombay: A Memoir - with Rabih Alameddine

694130

Apr 20, 2026

25:20

Podcast: So Many Books: National Poetry Month and Remembering Book World

16540

Apr 17, 2026

1:00:38

Author Talk: Tikia K. Hamilton — Nothing Less Than Equality - with George Derek Musgrove

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Apr 17, 2026

54:00

Author Talk: Susan Page — The Queen and Her Presidents - with Susan Glasser

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Apr 15, 2026

56:28

Author Talk: Nicholas Lemann — Returning - with Franklin Foer

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Apr 14, 2026

1:04:24

Author Talk: Noam Scheiber — Mutiny - with Franklin Foer

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Apr 14, 2026

1:00:31

Author Talk: David Blumenthal and James A. Morone — Whiplash - Senator Richard Blumenthal

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