Lewis Lapham talks with William Hogeland about the creation of the United States’ first standing army and its victory over a coalition of Indian forces that sought to halt the country’s expansion. More

Lewis Lapham talks to John Micklethwait about rethinking the machinery of the state in the twenty-first century. More

Lewis Lapham talks to Andrew J. Bacevich about America’s shift from the Cold War to war in the Middle East. More

Lewis Lapham talks with Nancy Isenberg about the language of poverty and American myths about class, work, and equality. More

Lewis Lapham talks with Stephen Greenblatt, 2011 winner of the National Book Award in nonfiction.  More

Lewis Lapham speaks with Elizabeth Abbott, author of Mistresses: A History of the Other Woman.  More

Willard Sterne Randall and Lewis Lapham talk about the life and adventures of Ethan Allen.  More

Lewis Lapham talks with author Brook Wilensky-Lanford about the search for Adam and Eve’s hometown. More