Interviews


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Taylor Branch: The Clinton Tapes
Taylor Branch
October 13, 2009
01:01:21
Taylor Branch talks about his book, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, an account of President Bill Clinton's confidential diary project, aimed at preserving the fullest record of his administration. The book is based on 78 diary sessions between 1993 and 2001.
Memoirs of a First Generation American
Memoirs of a First Generation American
Aaron Cohn
August 23, 2009
01:06:08
Atlanta's Juvenile Court Judge Aaron Cohn, accompanied by his daughter, Gail, discusses his book, Memoirs of a First Generation American. The son of Jewish immigrants who fled the Russian pogroms in 1906, Cohn came of age in a Jewish neighborhood in Columbus, GA.
Presidency of Gerald Ford
Steven Ford
May 3, 2009
01:31:59
Steven Ford, son of President Gerald Ford; Carla Hills, who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Ford administration; Benton Becker, advisor to President Ford; and historian Richard Norton Smith discuss his legacy.
Town Hall Meeting with Governor Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
March 23, 2009
00:54:56
Governor Deval Patrick discusses current issues facing Massachusetts citizens in a televised Town Meeting format moderated by NECN Anchor R.D. Sahl.
Civil Rights in the Age of Obama: Part I
Roger Wilkins
January 19, 2009
00:41:27
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and civil rights leader Roger Wilkins reflects on the state of American race relations, the evolution of our electoral politics, and Barack Obama's historic election with journalist Callie Crossley.
David Isay: Listening is an Act of Love
David Isay
December 9, 2008
00:57:15
David Isay talks about his new compilation in print, Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project.
Audio-only
Chuck Palahniuk: Snuff
Charles McNair
June 4, 2008
01:35:43
Charles McNair, author of Land O'Goshen, introduces and interviews author Chuck Palahniuk about his latest bawdy release, Snuff. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. Advisory: Adult Content.
Audio-only
Barbara Walters: Audition
Barbara Walters
May 19, 2008
00:50:43
Barbara Walters discusses her new book, Audition, and reveals the forces that shaped her extraordinary life.