This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn speaks with Francine Prose, author of 1974: A Personal History. More

“Lewis understood that without the past, we lose the ability to think productively or even understand the present.” More

“This episode, my first behind the microphone, won’t be a conversation, but it will be a duet. I’ll be sharing the microphone some with Lewis Lapham.” More

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power. More

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies. More

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis. More

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing. More

Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History. More