New Books in Biography

Interviews with Biographers about their New Books

Society & Culture
History
101
Elaine Pagels, "Miracles and Wonder:The Histori...
36 min
102
Nechama Birnbaum, "The Redhead of Auschwitz: A ...
An interview with Nechama Birnbaum
48 min
103
John Lee Hooker Jr., "From the Shadow of the Bl...
An interview with John Lee Hooker Jr.
50 min
104
Jerome Powell: “We don't think you're a straigh...
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve Episode 8
45 min
105
Janet Yellen: “She had a view that the world wa...
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve Episode 7
53 min
106
Ben Bernanke: “Like being a paleontologist”
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve 6
40 min
107
Alan Greenspan: “The man who knew”
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve Episode 5
44 min
108
Alexandra Popoff, "Vasily Grossman and the Sovi...
Popoff brings the life and work of this often-overlooked writer into brilliant focus...
62 min
109
Chris Stowers, "Shoot, Ask...and Run" (Earnshaw...
An interview with Chris Stowers
48 min
110
Reider Payne, "War and Diplomacy in the Napoleo...
An interview with Reider Payne
65 min
111
Geoffrey Roberts, "Stalin's Library: A Dictator...
An interview with Geoffrey Roberts
73 min
112
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, ed., "We Have Ceased to See...
An interview with Ignat Solzhenitsyn
40 min
113
Kayla E.'s "Precious Rubbish" (Fantagraphics Bo...
An interview with Kayla E.
54 min
114
Erica Stern, "Frontier: A Memoir and a Ghost St...
An interview with Erica Stern
50 min
115
Martha A. Sandweiss, "The Girl in the Middle: A...
An interview with Martha Sandweiss
50 min
116
Ulf Zander, "Raoul Wallenberg: Life and Legacy"...
An interview with Ulf Zander
63 min
117
Mark Doyle, "John Cale's Paris 1919" (Bloomsbur...
An interview with Mark Doyle
53 min
118
Karen A. Frenkel, "Family Treasures: Lost & Fou...
An interview with Karen A. Frenkel
53 min
119
Stephen J. Campbell, "Leonardo da Vinci: An Unt...
An interview with Stephen Campbell
40 min
120
Loretta Vandi, "Eufrasia Burlamacchi" (Getty Pu...
An interview with Loretta Vandi
41 min
121
Seán Creagh, "Republican Solipsist: The Life an...
35 min
122
Michael Backus, "The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memo...
An interview with Michael Backus
50 min
123
Martha S. Jones, "The Trouble of Color: An Amer...
An interview with Martha Jones
48 min
124
Miriam Haughton, "The Theatre of Louise Lowe" (...
An interview with Miriam Haughton
51 min
125
Jason Cannon, "A Time for Reflection: The Paral...
An interview with Jason Cannon
59 min