American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “politics”.
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Episode 47: Brendan Borrell on the race to the vaccine
December 10th, 2021 | 25 mins 51 secs
books, history, politics
As another COVID winter looms, Brendan Borrell joins host Richard Aldous to discuss his new book The First Shots, about the epic, and inspiring scientific and bureaucratic race to find a vaccine and save the world.
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Episode 46: Olivia Williams on the Savoy's glamorous tales
December 3rd, 2021 | 29 mins 48 secs
books, history, politics
The origins of the luxury hotel and of modern theater, the start of Gilbert and Sullivan’s career, the roots of Oscar Wilde celebrity—Olivia Williams joins host Richard Aldous to discuss her new book, The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World’s Most Famous Hotel.
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Episode 45: Bruce Jones on naval supremacy and today’s geopolitics
November 19th, 2021 | 29 mins 16 secs
books, history, politics
Alfred Thayer Mahan would feel right at home in today’s geopolitical landscape: all of the great struggles of our time are playing out atop, within, and below the world’s oceans. Bruce Jones joins host Richard Aldous this week to discuss what the struggle for global supremacy might look like, as outlined in his new book, To Rule the Waves.
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Episode 44: Fiona Hill on political dysfunction
November 12th, 2021 | 37 mins 59 secs
books, history, politics
What’s it really like working for Donald Trump? Fiona Hill joins host Richard Aldous to talk about her new book, There Is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century, her harrowing time at the White House, growing up poor in England, and the roots of our current political dysfunction.
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Episode 43: Sarotte on the post-Cold War stalemate
November 9th, 2021 | 31 mins 55 secs
books, history, politics
Just because no history is completely determined by one decision does not mean that NATO expansion in the 1990s could not have been handled better. Mary Sarotte, the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS joins host Richard Aldous to discuss her new book, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate.
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Episode 42: Parag Khanna on societal upheaval
October 29th, 2021 | 35 mins 40 secs
books, history, politics
Climate change, pandemics, social upheaval, technological change—all these things are uprooting our modern conceptions of what a settled life can and should be. This week, Parag Khanna joins host Richard Aldous to talk about all this and his new book Move: The Forces Uprooting Us.
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Episode 41: Matthew Sturgis on Oscar Wilde and social mores
October 22nd, 2021 | 31 mins 13 secs
books, history, politics
What does the life of Oscar Wilde tell us about #metoo and predatory celebrity culture, in Victorian England and today? More than you might imagine, and in surprising ways at that. This week, Matthew Sturgis joins host Richard Aldous to talk about his new book, Oscar Wilde: A Life, to discuss all this and more.
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Episode 40: Anne-Marie Slaughter on American renewal
October 15th, 2021 | 34 mins 10 secs
american, books, history, politics
Can America bounce back in an era of crisis? Absolutely it can, says Anne-Marie Slaughter, as she joins our host Richard Aldous to discuss her new book Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics.
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Episode 39: Harold James on political terminology
October 1st, 2021 | 26 mins 1 sec
books, history, language, politics
The importance of language cannot be overstated in today’s overheated political climate. To think through how best to navigate the language wars, Professor Harold James joins host Richard Aldous to discuss his new book The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization.
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Episode 38: H.R. McMaster on America's future battlegrounds
September 24th, 2021 | 40 mins 1 sec
america, books, history, military, politics
As his most recent book Battlegrounds comes out in paperback, General H.R. McMaster joins host Richard Aldous for a whirlwind tour of the geostrategic landscape for the United States, and the challenges the country faces in sustaining its commitments abroad.