First broadcast
(with link to
transcript / video) |
Author |
Book |
Subject matter |
January 2, 2000 and January 9, 2000 |
Thomas Keneally |
The Great Shame and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World |
Irish diaspora; Irish migration to Great Britain; Irish Canadians; Irish Americans; Irish Australians; History of Ireland (1801–1923); Great Famine (Ireland) |
January 16, 2000 |
William Least Heat-Moon |
River-Horse: A Voyage Across America |
Travel literature; The United States of America |
January 23, 2000 |
Isaac Stern |
My First 79 Years |
Memoir/Autobiography; Classical music; Violins |
January 30, 2000 |
Robert Novak |
Completing the Revolution: A Vision for Victory in 2000 |
Conservatism in the United States; United States elections, 2000; United States presidential election, 2000; United States House of Representatives elections, 2000; United States Senate elections, 2000; United States gubernatorial elections, 2000 |
February 6, 2000 |
Arthur Herman |
Joseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator |
Joseph McCarthy |
February 13, 2000 |
Arianna Huffington |
How to Overthrow the Government |
Politics of the United States |
February 22, 2000 |
Cornel West |
The Cornel West Reader |
Essays; African American studies |
February 27, 2000 |
Gina Kolata |
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It |
1918 flu pandemic |
March 5, 2000 |
David Haward Bain |
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad |
First Transcontinental Railroad |
March 12, 2000 |
Howard Zinn |
A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present |
U.S. History; Populism |
March 19, 2000 |
Loung Ung |
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers |
Memoir/Autobiography; Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia |
March 26, 2000 |
John Dower |
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II |
Occupation of Japan |
April 2, 2000 |
Philip Short |
Mao: A Life |
Mao Zedong |
April 9, 2000 |
Tavis Smiley |
Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe In - And Make a Difference |
Essays |
April 16, 2000 |
Allen Guelzo |
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President |
Abraham Lincoln |
April 23, 2000 |
Walter Mosley |
Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History |
Politics of the United States; Economics of the United States |
April 30, 2000 |
Ward Connerly |
Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences |
Memoir/Autobiography; Affirmative action |
May 7, 2000 |
David Wise |
Cassidy's Run: The Street Spy War Over Nerve Gas |
History of Soviet and Russian espionage in the United States; Counterintelligence |
May 14, 2000 |
Stephanie Gutmann |
The Kinder, Gentler Military: Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars? |
Women in the military; Military history of the United States |
May 21, 2000 |
James Perry |
A Bohemian Brigade: The Civil War Correspondents - Mostly Rough, Sometimes Ready |
History of journalism; The American Civil War |
May 28, 2000 |
David Crosby |
Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History |
Memoir/Autobiography; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; The Byrds |
June 4, 2000 |
Zachary Karabell |
The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election |
Harry S. Truman; United States presidential election, 1948 |
June 11, 2000 |
Dan Baum |
Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty |
Category:Coors family; Coors Brewing Company |
June 18, 2000 |
Joyce Appleby |
Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans |
History of the United States (1789–1849); Timeline of United States history (1790–1819) |
June 25, 2000 |
Francis Wheen |
Karl Marx: A Life |
Karl Marx |
July 9, 2000 |
James Bradley |
Flags of Our Fathers |
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima |
July 16, 2000 |
Brooks Simpson |
Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity |
Ulysses S. Grant |
July 23, 2000 |
Elizabeth Taylor |
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley |
Richard J. Daley |
July 30, 2000 |
David Brooks |
Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There |
Yuppies; American upper class; Meritocracy |
August 6, 2000 |
H. Paul Jeffers |
An Honest President: The Life & Presidencies of Grover Cleveland |
Grover Cleveland |
August 13, 2000 |
Jane Alexander |
Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics |
Memoir/Autobiography; National Endowment for the Arts |
August 20, 2000 |
Harry Stein |
How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy |
Memoir/Autobiography; American Left; Conservatism in America |
August 27, 2000 |
Ted Gup |
The Book of Honor: Covert Lives & Classified Deaths at the CIA |
The Central Intelligence Agency |
September 3, 2000 |
Harold Bloom |
How to Read and Why |
Literature |
September 10, 2000 |
Lerone Bennett |
Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream |
Abraham Lincoln |
September 17, 2000 |
Alan Murray |
The Wealth of Choices: How the New Economy Puts Power in Your Hand & Money in Your Pocket |
The New Economy |
September 22, 2000 |
Karen Armstrong |
Islam: A Short History |
Islam |
September 24, 2000 |
Michael Paterniti |
Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain |
Albert Einstein's brain |
October 1, 2000 |
Nina Easton |
Gang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative Crusade |
Bill Kristol; Ralph Reed; Clint Bolick; Grover Norquist; David McIntosh |
October 8, 2000 |
Diane Ravitch |
Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms |
Education reform |
October 15, 2000 |
Rick Bragg |
Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg |
Journalism |
November 5, 2000 |
Bonnie Angelo |
First Mothers |
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November 12, 2000 |
William Duiker |
Ho Chi Minh: A Life |
Ho Chi Minh |
November 19, 2000 |
Maya Lin |
Boundaries |
Memoir/Autobiography; Architecture; Public art; Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
November 26, 2000 |
Murray Sperber |
Beer & Circus |
College athletics |
December 10, 2000 |
Frank Rich |
Ghost Light: A Memoir |
Memoir/Autobiography; Broadway theatre |
December 17, 2000 |
Harvey Mansfield |
Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America |
Alexis de Tocqueville |
December 24, 2000 |
Robert Putnam |
Bowling Alone |
Social capital; Civil society |
December 31, 2000 |
Peter Hitchens |
The Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess Diana |
History of the United Kingdom (1945–present) |