Great Podversations
Great Podversations features nationally-recognized writers in conversation. These candid discussions invite the listener to learn about literature, politics, history, economics, science, and culture through the voices of compelling authors and experts. NPR’s Robert Siegel introduces each pair of fascinating guests.Podcasts
Stephen Bright and James Forman Jr.
Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 3 seconds
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Jill Lepore and Jamie Raskin
Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds
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Geraldine Brooks and Jacki Lyden
Published: May 12, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 41 seconds
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Maggie Haberman and Laura Coates
Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 16 seconds
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Josh Chin and Evan Osnos
Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 42 seconds
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Maggie Nelson and Eula Biss
Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds
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Charles Booker and Eddie Glaude Jr.
Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 27 seconds
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James Bridle and Claire Evans
Published: July 22, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 29 seconds
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Geraldine Brooks and Gal Beckerman
Published: June 24, 2022, 12:28 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds
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Keri Blakinger and Piper Kerman
Published: June 10, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 31 seconds
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Anna Quindlen and Amy Bloom
Published: April 29, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 19 seconds
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Moises Naim and Ari Shapiro
Published: March 25, 2022, 10 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 3 seconds
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Jamie Raskin and Fiona Hill
Published: March 11, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 25 seconds
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Roya Hakakian and Jen Balderama
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 48 seconds
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Amy Zegart and Scott Shane
Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds
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Laurence Leamer and Leo Braudy
Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds
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Frank Wilczek and Janna Levin
Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds
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Mary Roach and Peter Sagal
Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 59 seconds
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Kathryn Paige Harden and Carl Zimmer
Published: Nov. 19, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 57 seconds
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Kurt Andersen and Daron Acemoglu
Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 53 seconds
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Ethan Kross and Maria Konnikova
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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Anne-Marie Slaughter and Sarah J. Jackson
Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds
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Sonia Shah and Caitlin Dickerson
Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 17 seconds
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James Stavridis and Thom Shanker
Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 58 seconds
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Richard Haass and Francis Fukuyama
Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 52 seconds
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Matthew Barzun and Amy Edmondson
Published: July 9, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds
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Anne Applebaum and Jason Stanley
Published: June 18, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 1 second
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Barton Gellman and Ellen Nakashima
Published: June 4, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 54 seconds
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Nicholas Christakis and Rob Stein
Published: May 21, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 47 seconds
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Elizabeth Kolbert and Kate Aronoff
Published: May 7, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 41 seconds
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Nicole Krauss and Elizabeth Blair
Published: April 23, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds
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Yo-Yo Ma and Teddy Abrams
Published: April 2, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds
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Philip Rucker and Mara Liasson
Published: March 19, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 6 seconds
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Jane Smiley and Eleanor Beardsley
Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds
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Terry Tempest Williams and Nathaniel Rich
Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 12 seconds
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Heather Clark and Daphne Merkin
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 30 seconds
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Thomas Ricks and Danielle Allen
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 28 seconds
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Wright Thompson and Andrew Zimmern
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 16 seconds
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Amanda Little and Allison Aubrey
Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 8 seconds
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Amaryllis Fox and Melissa Block
Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds
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Mary Beth Keane and Maureen Corrigan
Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds
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Elaine Pagels and Timothy Egan
Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds
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Jerome Groopman and Timothy Snyder
Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 47 seconds
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Clarissa Ward and Peter Bergen
Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 51 seconds
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Isabel Allende and Madeline Miller
Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 5 seconds
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Michael R. Jackson and Ari Shapiro
Published: July 24, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds
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Erik Larson and Amor Towles
Published: July 10, 2020, 2:26 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds
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Franklin Foer and Malcolm Nance
Published: June 26, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds
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Ann Patchett and Dani Shapiro
Published: June 12, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 39 seconds
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Chuck Rosenberg and David Frum
Published: May 29, 2020, 10 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 54 seconds
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Coming Soon: "Great Podversations," from the Kentucky Author Forum
Published: May 22, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
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Admiral James Stavridis - Sailing True North
Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 7:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 5 seconds
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Dani Shapiro - Inheritance
Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 3:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds
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Doris Kearns Goodwin - Leadership in Turbulent Times
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 9:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 48 seconds
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Thomas Friedman - Thank You For Being Late: Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 9:24 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 50 seconds
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Robert Wright - Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 9:20 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 37 seconds
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Charles Graeber - The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 8:08 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 25 seconds
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Malcolm Nance - The Plot to Hack America
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 7:12 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 22 seconds
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John Feinstein - The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 6:19 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds
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Casey Gerald - There Will Be No Miracles Here
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 6:14 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 25 seconds
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David Frum - Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 52 seconds
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Alain De Botton: How Does News Shape our Thoughts and Lives?
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 5:20 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds
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David McCrawTruth In Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 2:42 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 seconds
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Masha Gessen - The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
Published: Dec. 21, 2017, 6:37 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 54 seconds
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Joseph Stiglitz: The Euro, The Great Divide, The Price of Inequality
Published: April 18, 2017, 2:50 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds
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P.J. O'Rourke - How the Hell Did This Happen?
Published: March 28, 2017, 8:54 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 14 seconds
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Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad
Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 7:12 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 9 seconds
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Sebastian Junger - Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
Published: Sept. 28, 2016, 6:33 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 20 seconds
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Joe Nocera - Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
Published: April 27, 2016, 8:04 p.m.Duration: 57 minutes 46 seconds
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Diane Rehm: On My Own
Published: April 27, 2016, 8:03 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 45 seconds
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Why the Right Went Wrong: E.J. Dionne at the Kentucky Author Forum
Published: March 2, 2016, 8:02 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 30 seconds
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The Avenue of Mysteries: John Irving at Kentucky Author Forum 11/10/15
Published: Nov. 17, 2015, 7:58 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 16 seconds
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David Boies: Proposition 8 and the Legal Battle for Marriage Equality
Published: April 3, 2015, 2:31 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds
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Jessye Norman: Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Published: Nov. 21, 2014, 3:41 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 30 seconds
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Timothy Geithner on Stopping the Panic in a Financial Crisis
Published: Nov. 7, 2014, 5:10 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 10 seconds
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Philippe de Montebello: Rendez-vous with Art
Published: Oct. 24, 2014, 6:50 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 27 seconds
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Sister Helen Prejean with Jonathan Bastian on Here and Now
Published: Dec. 5, 2013, 9:27 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 34 seconds
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Chris Matthews at Kentucky Author Forum 12/3/13
Published: Dec. 4, 2013, 5:07 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 25 seconds
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Congressman John Lewis: "March" at Kentucky Author Forum 10/15/13
Published: Nov. 19, 2013, 7:39 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds
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Pat Conroy at Kentucky Author Forum 10/30/13 - The Death of Santini
Published: Nov. 4, 2013, 4:05 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 35 seconds
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Coach Rick Pitino at the Kentucky Author Forum
Published: Oct. 22, 2013, 3:16 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 56 seconds
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Learning From Past Societies to Improve the Future: Jared Diamond
Published: Sept. 9, 2013, 2:48 p.m.Duration: 56 minutes 16 seconds
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Plagues, Wars, and Famines: Elaine Pagels Discusses Revelations
Published: Sept. 6, 2013, 9:11 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds
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Predicting the Future of Artificial Intelligence: Ray Kurzweil
Published: Sept. 6, 2013, 9:10 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 19 seconds
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Steven Pinker: World is Actually Less Violent Today; Why?
Published: Sept. 6, 2013, 9:08 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 24 seconds
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