After Words

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After Words episodes

December 27, 2025 Bill McKibben on Climate Change: Why Solar and Wind Power Are the Best Path Forward
Environmentalist Bill McKibben argued that solar and wind power offer the best path for addressing climate change. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event.

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1 hr 14 min
December 21, 2025 Piers Morgan "Woke Is Dead: How Common Sense triumphed in an age of total madness"
British journalist Piers Morgan argued that there has been a global rejection of "wokeism" and discussed what he thinks a post-woke world will be like. He spoke at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California.

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1 hr 10 min
December 13, 2025 The Art Spy: Michelle Young Chronicles Rose Valland’s WWII Mission
Journalist Michelle Young discussed the history of Rose Valland, a female spy working for the French Resistance at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris during World War II. This event was part of the 2025 History Book Festival in Lewes, Delaware.

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59 min
December 07, 2025 David Gelles on How Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard Built a Purpose-Driven Company
Author David Gelles discussed how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard built his business, made a fortune, and then gave it all away. Books Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California, hosted this event.

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58 min
November 30, 2025 Ken Vogel’s “Devils’ Advocates”: Inside Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and D.C.’s Hidden Foreign Influence Networks
New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel talked about the secret world of foreign lobbying in Washington, D.C., and the Americans involved in it, including Rudy Giuliani and Hunter Biden. This event was hosted by the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

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1 hr 10 min
November 23, 2025 Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty on Understanding Today’s Russia
Former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty talked about her experiences covering Russia and Russian Presidents Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin. She spoke at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

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1 hr 3 min
November 16, 2025 George Selgin, "False Dawn: The Rise and Decline of Bitcoin"
University of Georgia professor emeritus George Selgin argued that many of FDR's New Deal programs were counterproductive and impeded recovery during the Great Depression. He spoke at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

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1 hr 5 min
November 08, 2025 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America
This week on After Words — Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd discusses her new book, Notorious, with CNN Chief Political Analyst David Axelrod. In the book, Dowd profiles some of the most talked-about figures from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and American culture. Their conversation was recorded at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago.

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47 min
November 02, 2025 Eric Trump, "Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation"
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, talked about growing up as a Trump and his family's involvement in business and politics. This event was held at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.

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1 hr 2 min
October 26, 2025 Karen Hao on Sam Altman’s Leadership and Her Book "Empire of AI"
Journalist Karen Hao discussed her reporting on OpenAI under the leadership of Sam Altman. The Commonwealth Club of California hosted this event.

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1 hr 15 min

About After Words

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Best-selling nonfiction authors in in-depth conversations about their books, ideas, and the issues shaping today’s world. New episodes drop every Saturday after 10 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that also brings you the Lectures in History and Q&A