First air date
(Links to video) |
Interviewee(s) |
Interviewer(s) |
Book |
Topic of interview / Comments
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| January 2, 2016 |
Karl Rove |
Richard Brookhiser |
The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters |
William McKinley, William McKinley presidential campaign, 1896, 1896 United States presidential election
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| January 9, 2016 |
James Rosen |
Dana Perino |
Cheney One on One: A Candid Conversation with America’s Most Controversial Statesman |
Dick Cheney
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| January 16, 2016 |
Mei Fong |
Evan Osnos |
One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment |
One-child policy
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| January 23, 2016 |
Tom Daschle and Trent Lott |
J.C. Watts |
Crisis Point: Why We Must-and How We Can-Overcome Our Broken Politics in Washington and Across America |
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| January 30, 2016 |
Eddie Glaude |
Marc Morial |
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul |
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| February 6, 2016 |
Matt Lewis |
S. E. Cupp |
Too Dumb to Fail: How the GOP Betrayed the Reagan Revolution to Win Elections (and How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots) |
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| February 13, 2016 |
Barry Latzer |
Samuel Bieler |
The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America |
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| February 20, 2016 |
Cory Booker |
Robert A. George |
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good |
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| February 27, 2016 |
Michael Hayden |
James Woolsey |
Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror |
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| March 5, 2016 |
E. J. Dionne |
Juan Williams |
Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism From Goldwater to the Tea Party and Beyond |
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| March 12, 2016 |
Michael Eric Dyson |
April Ryan |
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America |
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| March 19, 2016 |
John Yoo |
Victoria Toensing |
Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State |
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| March 26, 2016 |
Nancy Cohen |
Kim Azzarelli |
Breakthrough: The Making of America's First Woman President |
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| April 2, 2016 |
Mary Frances Berry |
Spencer Overton |
Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy |
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| April 9, 2016 |
J.C. Watts |
Kevin Merida |
Dig Deep: 7 Truths to Finding Strength Within |
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| April 16, 2016 |
Ellen Malcolm |
Maxine Waters |
When Women Win: Emily’s List and the Rise of Women in American Politics |
EMILY's list
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| April 23, 2016 |
Sue Klebold |
Mary Giliberti |
A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy |
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| April 30, 2016 |
Steve Case |
John Delaney |
The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future |
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| May 7, 2016 |
Peter Marks |
Bethany McLean |
Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America |
Bob Benmosche, American International Group
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| May 14, 2016 |
Don Watkins |
Diana Furchtgott-Roth |
Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality |
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| May 21, 2016 |
Shaka Senghor |
Paul Butler |
Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison |
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| May 28, 2016 |
Tamara Draut |
Amy Goodman |
Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America |
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| June 4, 2016 |
Mitch McConnell |
Lamar Alexander |
The Long Game: A Memoir |
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| June 11, 2016 |
Barbara Boxer |
Amy Klobuchar |
The Art of Tough: Fearlessly Facing Politics and Life |
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| June 18, 2016 |
Fawaz Gerges |
Geneive Abdo |
ISIS: A History |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| June 25, 2016 |
Pamela Haag |
William Doyle |
The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture |
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| July 2, 2016 |
Nathalia Holt |
Lisa Rand |
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars |
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| July 9, 2016 |
Heather Mac Donald |
Delores Jones-Brown |
The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe |
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| July 16, 2016 |
Darrell Issa |
Tom Davis |
Watchdog: The Real Stories Behind the Headlines from the Congressman Who Exposed Washington’s Biggest Scandals |
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| July 23, 2016 |
Karen Greenberg |
Ali Soufan |
Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State |
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| July 30, 2016 |
Eric Fair |
Raha Wala |
Consequence: A Memoir |
Abu Ghraib prison, Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
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| August 6, 2016 |
Kimberley Strassel |
Ginni Thomas |
The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech |
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| August 13, 2016 |
Dana Loesch |
Guy Benson |
Flyover Nation: You Can’t Run a Country You’ve Never Been To |
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| August 20, 2016 |
Seymour Hersh |
Bob Dreyfuss |
The Killing of Osama bin Laden |
Death of Osama bin Laden
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| August 27, 2016 |
Ann Coulter |
Tucker Carlson |
In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome! |
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
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| September 3, 2016 |
Rosa Brooks |
Kathleen Hicks |
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon |
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| September 10, 2016 |
Alberto Gonzales |
Brent Kendall |
True Faith and Allegiance: A Story of Service and Sacrifice in War and Peace |
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| September 17, 2016 |
Mark Thompson |
Arianna Huffington |
Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics? |
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| September 24, 2016 |
Dave Brat |
Ed Gillespie |
American Underdog: Proof That Principles Matter |
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| October 1, 2016 |
John Dickerson |
Clarence Page |
Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History |
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| October 8, 2016 |
Mary Thompson-Jones |
Paula Dobriansky |
To the Secretary: Leaked Embassy Cables and America’s Foreign Policy Disconnect |
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| October 15, 2016 |
Sara Goldrick-Rab |
Lisa Coico |
Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream |
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| October 22, 2016 |
Julissa Arce |
Doris Meissner |
My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive |
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| October 29, 2016 |
Tim Wu |
Jon Fortt |
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads |
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| November 5, 2016 |
Edward Conard |
N. Gregory Mankiw |
The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class |
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| November 12, 2016 |
George Borjas |
Edward Alden |
We Wanted Workers: Unraveling the Immigration Narrative |
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| November 19, 2016 |
Sebastian Mallaby |
Alice Rivlin |
The Man who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan |
Alan Greenspan
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| November 26, 2016 |
Gary Younge |
Juleyka Lantigua-Williams |
Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives |
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| December 3, 2016 |
George Mitchell |
Jane Harman |
A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East |
Israeli–Palestinian peace process
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| December 10, 2016 |
Eugene Soltes |
Robert Khuzami |
Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal |
White-collar crime
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| December 17, 2016 |
Jason Brennan |
David Boaz |
Against Democracy |
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| December 24, 2016 |
Ellen Silbergeld |
Dan Glickman |
Chickenizing Farms and Food: How Industrial Meat Production Endangers Workers, Animals, and Consumers |
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| December 31, 2016 |
Joann Lublin |
Jay Newton-Small |
Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World |
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