American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “books”.
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Episode 8: Thomas E. Ricks on First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
December 11th, 2020 | 28 mins 9 secs
america, books, history, politics, us
Is the America we have today, the America that elected Donald Trump and is still struggling to move on from his term in office, the country our Founding Fathers envisioned? And just what is it that this illustrious group really thought they were building?
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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 6: Ian Buruma on America's Special Relationship with the UK
November 20th, 2020 | 31 mins 55 secs
books, history, politics
Ian Buruma, author, historian, and a professor at Bard College, joins our host Richard Aldous to discuss all this, as well as his new book, The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit.
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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.
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Episode 3: Francis Fukuyama on the End of History and the Last Man
October 30th, 2020 | 29 mins 17 secs
books, history, libralism, politics
Francis Fukuyama joins host Richard Aldous to discuss how his seminal work has aged, the challenges liberalism is facing today from both the left and the right, and why now is the perfect time to start a new magazine.
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Episode 2: Lindsay M. Chervinsky on the Origins of the Presidential Cabinet
October 23rd, 2020 | 28 mins 29 secs
books, founding, history
Lindsay M. Chervinsky joins Bookstack host Richard Aldous to discuss her new book 'The Cabinet.'
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Charles A. Kupchan on 'Isolationism'
October 16th, 2020 | 34 mins 7 secs
books, foreign policy, history
Author Charles A. Kupchan joins Bookstack host Richard Aldous to discuss his new book 'Isolationism.'