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Q&A Podcast: Kerry Kennedy, "Ethel"
Oct 19, 2026
1h 03m 27s
America’s Book Club: Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis on War, Global Conflict, and Their Bestselling Thrillers
Oct 18, 2026
1h 01m 53s
BN+: John Ryan, "America's Trial"
Oct 13, 2026
1h 41m 25s
Q&A: Brad Ryan, "Grandma Joy and Me"
Oct 12, 2026
1h 03m 41s
Min Jin Lee on “Pachinko,” Her Literary Career & Meeting King Charles
Oct 11, 2026
1h 02m 13s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 |  Q&A Podcast: Kerry Kennedy, "Ethel" | Lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, author of "Ethel," discusses her mother Ethel Kennedy's early life, marriage to Robert Kennedy, and involvement in human rights causes both at home and abroad. Kerry Kennedy also talks about the Kennedy family's long involvement in American politics and the assassination of her father by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 03m 27s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 |  America’s Book Club: Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis on War, Global Conflict, and Their Bestselling Thrillers | Bestselling authors Elliot Ackerman, a Marine Corps veteran, and retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis join David M. Rubenstein to discuss their military thrillers, including 2034: A Novel of the Next World War and 2054: A Novel. They explore the future of warfare, emerging technologies, global security threats, and how their military experiences influence their writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 01m 53s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  BN+: John Ryan, "America's Trial" | Only nine men have been convicted, through military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, out of roughly 780 total detainees held there for some time since 2002. However, only 15 prisoners are currently housed at Gitmo. One of those is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who allegedly said he was the mastermind of 9/11. Mohammed has spent the last 20 years incarcerated and is said to go on trial in June 2028. John Ryan, founder of Lawdragon, has spent the past decade detailing the day-to-day activities at Guantanamo. His book is "America's Trial: Torture and the 9/11 Case on Guantanamo Bay." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 41m 25s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 |  Q&A: Brad Ryan, "Grandma Joy and Me" | Brad Ryan and his 96-year-old grandmother Joy recount their visits to all 63 U.S. National Parks. Completed over a 7-year period, the duo visited parks from Alaska to Florida, concluding with a visit to the National Park of American Samoa in 2023 when Joy Ryan was 93. In total they traveled over 100,000 miles together. Brad Ryan chronicled their adventures in real time on social media and now in a book titled "Grandma Joy and Me." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 03m 41s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 |  Min Jin Lee on “Pachinko,” Her Literary Career & Meeting King Charles | Bestselling author Min Jin Lee joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her literary career, early life in the United States, her award-winning novel "Pachinko," and meeting King Charles and Queen Camilla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 13s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | AW: Dad Brain - The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives | Neuroscientist Darby Saxbe describes how men's brains change with fatherhood. She was interviewed by journalist, Matthew Yglesias at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., in June of 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 57m 47s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  BN+: Sam Roberts, "Are They Dead Yet?" | The name of the book is "Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit." The author, Sam Roberts, is a 50-year veteran of New York journalism. He says in his book: "I've buried 1,600 or so people during my improbable decade writing obituaries for the New York Times." Reporters who do his kind of reporting are called obituarists. Sam Roberts, in his book's prologue, says he "learned more on the job about accuracy, context, and the distinction between cynicism and skepticism than I would have in any journalism school." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 56s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  Q&A: Mitch Daniels, "Impatience Is a Virtue" | Purdue University President Mitch Daniels discusses his life in public service, including his time in Washington, DC, during the Reagan and George W. Bush administrations and his two-term governorship of Indiana. He also talks about his upbringing, his early years in Indiana politics, and his years as an executive at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 08s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 |  ABC: Nathaniel Philbrick on the Mayflower, George Washington & the California Gold Rush | National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist historian Nathaniel Philbrick joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his bestselling books about the Mayflower, George Washington, and the California gold rush, as well as life on Nantucket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 01m 34s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 | AW: "Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco" | The 21st century saga of San Francisco's rise and fall -- paralleled by the arrival of tech entrepreneurs who remade the city's culture, politics, and economy - as told by journalist Jonathan Weber. In 1990, he became the first "Silicon Valley" reporter for the Los Angeles Times and later coordinated Reuters' reporting on West Coast technology. He sat down with former New York Times Technology Reporter, John Markoff, at The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California in San Francisco in June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 44s | ||||||
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| 9/29/26 |  BN+: Craig Whitlock, Washington Post Investigative Reporter | On Saturday, August 8, on the front page of the Washington Post was this headline: "Some Vets Went Along with Scams of the G.I. Bill." Leading the team of Post reporters was Craig Whitlock. His co-author was Andrew Ba Tran. The dateline on the story was San Diego. The first paragraph of the story was: "At Blue Star Learning, a vocational school that defrauded taxpayers of $29 million in GI Bill funds, learning was not the point." Craig Whitlock, 28-year Washington Post veteran, was a gust on Booknotes+ in both 2021 and 2024, the first time for his book "The Afghanistan Papers" and the second about his book "Fat Leonard," about a Malaysian man now serving a 15-year prison sentence for defrauding the U.S. Navy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 04m 31s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 |  Q&A: Zayd Ayers Dohrn, "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young" | Zayd Ayers Dohrn, author of "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young," spent the first three years of his life on the run from the law with his fugitive parents, Weather Underground founders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once called his mother the "most dangerous woman in America." Zayd Ayers Dohrn talks about his parents' upbringing and revolutionary politics, the violence committed by the Weather Underground during the 1970s, and his life after his parents turned themselves in to federal authorities in 1980. His book has been nominated for the National Book Award this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 01m 55s | ||||||
| 9/27/26 |  ABC: Scott Turow on Legal Thrillers, Writing & Artificial Intelligence | Bestselling author and attorney Scott Turow joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his career as a master of the legal thriller, his writing process, and the experiences that have inspired his novels. Turow also shares his concerns about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on writers, publishing, and the creative process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 00m 01s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 |  BN+: Andrew Burstein, "Being Thomas Jefferson" | Andrew Burstein recently retired as a professor of history at Louisiana State University. "Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History" is his 16th book about the early years of the United States. In the introduction, Prof. Burstein writes: "This book is about extraordinary drama that punctuated the life of a famous man who had an unusual need to control his environment." Andrew Burstein continues, noting that "as much as his creative imagination led to memorable achievements, the capaciousness of his intellect exacted a price. When enticed by nature's mysteries, his eyes were wide open to new possibilities. And when it came to the clash of egos in public venues, he was acutely sensitive to slights." Professor Burstein says Jefferson "was driven for public celebrity." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 08m 08s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  Q&A: Andrea Mitchell, NBC Chief Washington Correspondent | NBC News Chief Washington and Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell talks about some of the big stories and important people – including U.S. presidents and world leaders – she has covered during her nearly 50 years with the network. Mitchell also talks about her upbringing, her early years in radio and TV in Philadelphia, and her marriage to the late Alan Greenspan, who served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 02m 05s | ||||||
| 9/20/26 |  ABC: David Maraniss on Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Vince Lombardi & Jim Thorpe | Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime Washington Post reporter David Maraniss joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his biographies of Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Vince Lombardi, and Jim Thorpe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 00m 47s | ||||||
| 9/20/26 | AW: The American Way of Welfare | Chris Pope argued for policies that he believes would improve the current welfare system in the United States. The Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 09m 34s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  BN+: Jonathan Jordan, "Ike and Winston | Jonathan Jordan devotes 544 pages and 57 chapters of his book "Ike and Winston" to telling the story of the friendship between Dwight David Eisenhower and Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. President Eisenhower lived to be 78 and died in 1969. Sir Winston died four years before that, in 1965, at age 90. Author Jonathan Jordan says: "Churchill could have had his pick of friendship, but he wanted Ike's. In the beginning, he courted Ike for what Ike could do for Britain. The Kansan held the trust of men like Franklin Roosevelt and George C. Marshall. This influence gave Ike the power to destroy or create, and Ike had the gambler's nerve to use that power. London needed a friend like that." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 12m 47s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 |  Q&A: Kenneth Feinberg, "What Is Life Worth?" | Eleven days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress passed a law establishing the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to compensate families who lost loved ones on 9/11. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, author of "What Is Life Worth?," was chosen to head up the taxpayer-funded effort and was solely responsible for determining how much each family would get paid. In all, 5,500 people received a combined total of $7.1 billion, with the average payout being $2 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 05m 06s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 |  ABC: Susan Page on Queen Elizabeth’s Relationships With 13 U.S. Presidents | Best-selling author and USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her book about Queen Elizabeth's relationships with 13 U.S. presidents and her biographies of Barbara Bush, Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Walters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 00m 24s | ||||||
| 9/13/26 | AW: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose with Martha Raddatz | Longtime ABC News war correspondent Martha Raddatz profiled American military service members and their families who have served in the 25 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. She was interviewed by San Francisco ABC7 News Anchor, Dan Ashley, at the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California in May of 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 10m 25s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | historyfounding fathers+3 | Scott Greenberger | Simon & Schuster37 Ink+1 | — | Gouverneur MorrisConstitution+5 | — | 1h 04m 46s | ||
| 9/7/26 | 9/11oral histories+5 | Tim BrownLarry Silverstein+7 | — | — | 9/11oral histories+7 | — | 1h 05m 22s | ||
| 9/6/26 | biographyliterature+4 | Kai Bird | American ScoundrelAmerican Prometheus+1 | — | Roy Cohnbiography+5 | — | 1h 00m 17s | ||
| 9/6/26 | labor unionsAmazon+3 | Chris Smalls | Amazon Labor UnionPolitics and Prose | Washington, D.C. | Chris SmallsAmazon Labor Union+3 | — | 1h 06m 15s | ||
| 9/1/26 | terrorismbiography+3 | Joby Warrick | Washington Post | — | Carlos the JackalJoby Warrick+3 | — | 1h 04m 14s | ||
| 8/31/26 | photographyWhite House+4 | Doug Mills | New York Times | — | Doug MillsNew York Times+5 | — | 1h 03m 32s | ||
| 8/30/26 | artificial intelligencetechnology+3 | Joanna Stern | Computer History Museum | Mountain View, California | artificial intelligencerobots+3 | — | 1h 05m 20s | ||
| 8/25/26 | memoiraging+3 | Paul Taylor | This Is Getting Old: Two Boomers and Their Generation at Dusk | — | Paul Taylormemoir+3 | — | 1h 06m 18s | ||
| 8/24/26 | Supreme Courtchildren's books+4 | Neil Gorsuch | Supreme Court of the United StatesHeroes of 1776 | British | Neil GorsuchHeroes of 1776+3 | — | 50m 31s | ||
| 8/23/26 | revolutionary erawomen's history+3 | Molly Beer | Monticello | — | Molly BeerAngelica Schuyler Church+4 | — | 50m 21s | ||
| 7/21/26 | Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+4 | Ted Widmer | Library of AmericaThe Living Declaration: A Biography of America's Founding Text | — | Declaration of IndependenceTed Widmer+5 | — | 1h 06m 57s | ||
| 7/20/26 | Space Shuttle Columbiadisaster investigation+3 | Mike Leinbach | Bringing Columbia Home | TexasLouisiana | ColumbiaSpace Shuttle+6 | — | 58m 23s | ||
| 7/19/26 | American historyRevolutionary War+3 | Michael Beschloss | C-SPAN | — | American historyMichael Beschloss+5 | — | 1h 01m 16s | ||
| 7/19/26 | political realignmentright-wing politics+3 | Stephen Davies | John Locke InstituteCompetitive Enterprise Institute | Washington, DC | political realignmentnew right+3 | — | 1h 05m 54s | ||
| 7/14/26 | linguisticsaccents+4 | Valerie Fridland | C-SPANWhy We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents | United StatesUniversity of Nevada, Reno+2 | linguistic scienceaccents+4 | — | 1h 13m 28s | ||
| 7/12/26 | memoirfiction+3 | Geraldine Brooks | Pulitzer Prize | — | Geraldine Brooksmemoir+3 | — | 1h 02m 09s | ||
| 7/12/26 | politicizationJustice Department+3 | Aaron Davis | Trump administration | MarylandGaithersburg | Justice Departmentpoliticization+3 | — | 48m 26s | ||
| 7/7/26 | foster carechild welfare+3 | Claudia Rowe | Wards of the State | United States | foster careClaudia Rowe+5 | — | 1h 08m 15s | ||
| 7/6/26 | American historyDeclaration of Independence+4 | David McKeanM. Todd Bennett | The Flag Was Still There | — | Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+5 | — | 1h 03m 13s | ||
| 7/5/26 | Declaration of IndependenceAmerican history+3 | Danielle AllenWalter Isaacson | C-SPANDeclaration of Independence | U.S. Capitol | Declaration of IndependenceDanielle Allen+3 | — | 1h 02m 30s | ||
| 6/9/26 | Lerone Bennett Jr.Abraham Lincoln+3 | Lerone Bennett Jr. | Johnson PublishingEbony magazine+2 | Clarksdale, MississippiChicago | Lerone Bennett Jr.Abraham Lincoln+3 | — | 1h 02m 00s | ||
| 6/8/26 | FIFA World Cupsoccer history+3 | Jonathan Wilson | GuardianThe Power and the Glory | United StatesMexico+1 | FIFA World CupJonathan Wilson+5 | — | 1h 02m 58s | ||
| 6/7/26 | writingthrillers+4 | David Baldacci | Clint EastwoodAI companies+1 | — | David Baldaccithriller writing+5 | — | 1h 02m 47s | ||
| 6/7/26 | digital privacysurveillance+3 | Cindy Cohn | Electronic Frontier FoundationHarvard Book Store | — | NSAdigital surveillance+3 | — | 1h 14m 24s | ||
| 6/2/26 | Mary Todd Lincolnwidowhood+3 | Lois Romano | Washington PostSimon & Schuster | — | Mary Todd LincolnLois Romano+5 | — | 1h 08m 35s | ||
| 6/1/26 | publishing historybiography+4 | Gayle Feldman | Random HouseNothing Random+1 | — | Gayle FeldmanBennett Cerf+5 | — | 59m 38s | ||
| 5/31/26 | writingbookstores+3 | Ann Patchett | — | — | Ann PatchettDavid M. Rubenstein+5 | — | 1h 02m 14s | ||
| 5/31/26 | antisemitismelite universities+3 | Elise Stefanik | Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum | Yorba LindaCalifornia+1 | Elise Stefanikantisemitism+3 | — | 46m 40s | ||
| 5/26/26 | sports gamblingU.S. Supreme Court+3 | Danny Funt | U.S. Supreme CourtEverybody Loses | United States | sports gamblingDanny Funt+5 | — | 1h 26m 30s | ||
| 5/25/26 | politicseducation+3 | Lamar Alexander | C-SPANThe Education of a Senator | — | Lamar AlexanderEducation of a Senator+3 | — | 1h 01m 25s | ||
| 5/24/26 | Ebolaair ambulance+4 | Kevin Hazzard | Phoenix Air | Washington, DC | EbolaPhoenix Air+3 | — | 1h 02m 20s | ||
| 5/19/26 | educationpower+3 | Theo Baker | Stanford UniversityPenguin Press+2 | — | Theo BakerHow to Rule the World+3 | — | 1h 10m 04s | ||
| 5/18/26 | self-censorshippublishing industry+5 | Adam Szetela | Big Five publishersliterary agents+3 | — | self-censorshippublishing+5 | — | 1h 03m 10s | ||
| 5/17/26 | historybiography+3 | Candice Millard | C-SPAN | U.S. Capitol | Candice MillardTheodore Roosevelt+5 | — | 1h 02m 35s | ||
| 5/17/26 | modern Russian historywomen's experiences+3 | — | San Antonio Book Festival | Russia | Russiawomen+3 | — | 48m 55s | ||
| 5/5/26 | publishingAmerican history+3 | Bruce Nichols | Houghton Mifflin HarcourtLittle Brown & Company+1 | — | Bruce NicholsThe Emerson Circle+3 | — | 1h 04m 02s | ||
| 5/3/26 | American historyD-Day+4 | Douglas Brinkley | Walter Cronkite | — | Douglas BrinkleyDavid M. Rubenstein+5 | — | 1h 02m 31s | ||
| 5/3/26 | Black sitcomscomedy history+3 | Geoff Bennett | PBS NewshourBlack comedy | — | Black sitcomscomedy+3 | — | 1h 02m 18s | ||
| 4/28/26 | Lewis and Clark expeditionAmerican history+3 | Craig Fehrman | This Vast Enterprise | St. Louis | Lewis and ClarkCraig Fehrman+5 | — | 1h 10m 12s | ||
| 4/27/26 | presidential eventsadvance teams+3 | Jean BeckerTom Collamore | Don't Tell the President | — | advance teamspresidential events+3 | — | 1h 01m 33s | ||
| 4/26/26 | stock market crashfinancial history+3 | Andrew Ross Sorkin | CNBCbook examining the 1929 stock market crash | New Orleans | Andrew Ross SorkinDavid M. Rubenstein+3 | — | 1h 01m 45s | ||
| 4/26/26 | industrial basedefense technology+4 | Shyam Sankar | PalantirHudson Institute | United StatesWashington, D.C. | PalantirShyam Sankar+4 | — | 1h 04m 14s | ||
| 4/21/26 | historyRasputin+4 | Antony Beevor | C-SPANRasputin | Russia | Antony BeevorRasputin+5 | — | 1h 06m 40s | ||
| 4/20/26 | White House Correspondents' AssociationHoward Mortman+3 | Howard Mortman | C-SPANExtreme Mortman | Washington Hilton | White House Correspondents' AssociationHoward Mortman+4 | — | 1h 00m 53s | ||
| 4/19/26 | Pulitzer Prizenovels+3 | Alice McDermott | — | — | Alice McDermottDavid M. Rubenstein+3 | — | 1h 02m 10s | ||
| 4/19/26 | consciousnesshuman experience+3 | Michael Pollan | C-SPANA World Appears | New OrleansTulane University | consciousnessMichael Pollan+3 | — | 1h 04m 20s | ||
| 4/14/26 | historypolitics+4 | Bob Crawford | Avett BrothersArizona State University+1 | — | Bob CrawfordJohn Quincy Adams+5 | — | 1h 01m 08s | ||
| 4/13/26 | journalismbiography+3 | Carla Kaplan | Northeastern UniversityTroublemaker | — | Jessica MitfordCarla Kaplan+3 | — | 1h 05m 34s | ||
| 4/12/26 | presidencyCongress+3 | David M. Rubenstein | C-SPAN | Tulane University | David M. RubensteinEvan Smith+5 | — | 1h 03m 30s | ||
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Chart history for C-SPAN Bookshelf
Peaked at #138 in PH, currently #138 in PH.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| IL | — | #186 | #186 | — |
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.