American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 4 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “biography”.
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Episode 16: Emma Rothschild’s Generational Portrait of France
February 19th, 2021 | 29 mins 4 secs
biography, books, history, politics
"History from below” is usually an effort at social history seen through statistics and figures. Our guest this week, Emma Rothschild, takes a different approach in her new book, An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries, by recounting a vast narrative at times resembling a period novel.
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Episode 15: Robert D. Kaplan on Humanitarian Bob Gersony
February 12th, 2021 | 33 mins 10 secs
biography, books, espionage, history, politics
Bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan joins Richard Aldous to discuss human rights, activism, realism, and his new book, The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian.
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Episode 7: Susan Glasser and Peter Baker on James A. Baker
December 4th, 2020 | 35 mins 31 secs
america, biography, books, history, politics, uk, us
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker join our host Richard Aldous to discuss their new book, The Man Who Ran Washington, a biography of George H. W. Bush's legendary White House chief of staff and Secretary of State, and a rumination about a Washington that perhaps no longer exists.
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Episode 4: Bookstack: Mark Salter on Senator John McCain’s Legacy
November 6th, 2020 | 36 mins 23 secs
biography, books, elections, history, politics
As we await the final vote tally from the 2020 presidential election, some reflections on political leadership.