Show overview
C-SPAN Bookshelf has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 500 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 510 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 1m and 1h 5m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 69 episodes already out so far this year. Published by C-SPAN.
From the publisher
The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!
Latest Episodes
View all 500 episodesHarvey Mansfield, "Where Harvard Went Wrong"
Q&A: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Discusses Heroes of 1776
ABC: Heather Cox Richardson on Democracy, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War
AW: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care
Bruce Nichols, "The Emerson Circle"
Q&A: Historian & Biographer Robert Caro
ABC: Douglas Brinkley on America at 250, D-Day, and the Space Race
The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms
Craig Fehrman, "This Vast Enterprise"
Q&A: Jean Becker & Tom Collamore, "Don't Tell the President"
ABC: America’s Book Club: Andrew Ross Sorkin in Conversation with David Rubenstein
AW: Palantir's CTO on Rebuilding the American Industrial Base
Antony Beevor, "Rasputin"
Q&A: Howard Mortman, "Extreme Mortman" Podcast Host
ABC: Pulitzer Finalist Alice McDermott Talks Novels and Writing Process with David Rubenstein
AW: What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan
Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"
Q&A: Carla Kaplan, "Troublemaker"
Muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford and her 5 sisters – two of whom were intimate friends with Hitler – were global celebrities during the early and mid-20th century, known for their colorful personal lives and political differences. Born a British aristocrat like her sisters, Jessica Mitford rejected her upbringing at an early age, eventually moving to America, where she became a communist, civil rights activist, and bestselling author. Northeastern University literature professor Carla Kaplan, our guest this week, tells Jessica Mitford's story in her book, "Troublemaker." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ABC: David Rubenstein on the Presidency, Congress & Economy — Interview with Evan Smith at Tulane Book Festival
Journalist Evan Smith interviews America's Book Club Host David M. Rubenstein about the presidency, Congress, and the state of the economy in a special episode from The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AW: The Problem with Plastic
Judith Enck warned against the health and environmental impacts of plastic. Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices