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Jan 15, 2025 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
In John Updike’s 1992 novel Memories of the Ford Administration, the historian non-hero of the story just can’t finish writing his biography of James Buchanan because the fifteenth president of the United States is so overshadowed by the giant figure who comes after him—Abraham Lincoln. We know how he feels.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
open.substack.com | Richard Aldous
In John Updike’s 1992 novel Memories of the Ford Administration, the historian non-hero of the story just can’t finish writing his biography of James Buchanan because the fifteenth president of the United States is so overshadowed by the giant figure who comes after him—Abraham Lincoln. We know how he feels.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -30:47Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this week’s episode of Bookstack, host Richard Aldous talks to Michael Mandelbaum, author of the new book, The Titans of the Twentieth Century: How They Made History and the History They Made(Oxford University Press). Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous |Caitlin M. Rivers
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -32:48Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. In this week's episode of Bookstack, host Richard Aldous talks to Johns Hopkins epidemiologist , PhD, about her new book, Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks (Viking). Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
In this week’s episode of Bookstack, recorded in the week post-U.S. presidential election, host Richard Aldous chats with American historian Hyrum Lewis about his latest book, co-written with his brother Verlan Lewis, The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America (Oxford University Press)Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
In this week’s episode, host Richard Aldous talks to fellow Bard College historian Sean McMeekin about his new book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (Basic Books). Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion. Follow Persuasion on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles, podcasts, and events, as well as updates from excellent writers across our network.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
Bookstack is back with its 150th episode! On this week's show, host Richard Aldous talks to Marsha E. Barrett, assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, about her new book, Nelson Rockefeller's Dilemma: The Fight to Save Moderate Republicanism (Three Hills/Cornell University Press). Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
Today we’re delighted to publish an article by the historian Richard Aldous to mark Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday. Richard presents the Bookstack podcast, carried forward from American Purpose and now hosted at Persuasion.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
On this week's episode of Bookstack, host Richard Aldous is joined by Clara Bingham to discuss her new book, The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973. Bookstack is now a production of American Purpose at Persuasion. Follow Persuasion on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube to keep up with our latest articles, podcasts, and events, as well as updates from excellent writers across our network. And, to receive pieces like this in your inbox and support our work, subscribe below.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
persuasion.community | Richard Aldous
Bookstack is back! As American Purpose and Persuasion join forces, Bookstack will run once every two weeks, as Bard professor and host Richard Aldous speaks with some of today’s most interesting authors about their recent works. On today’s episode, host Richard Aldous talks to James Graham Wilson, historian at the U.S. Department of State, about James's new book, America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan (Cornell University Press).
