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It's the first Monday in October, the day that traditionally the United States Supreme Court returns to work after its summer recess.

Behind the scenes at the high court are a few dozen law clerks, the young lawyers who do much of the work that ultimately is reflected in Supreme Court rulings.

It was his fascination with the largely unrecognized power of those clerks that inspired thriller writer Brad Meltzer’s first novel, The Tenth Justice.

In this 1997 interview Meltzer talks about his lioterary debut.

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What has happened to the idea that the American people are the ones in charge of their own country?

According to Longtime cable news personality Lou Dobbs, American populism has been replaced by a network of elites in government and business.

In this 2007 interview Dobbs dioscusses his book Independents Day

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After the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade decision many states have enacted, or restored, strict anti-abortion laws. It’s become a major campaign issue in the 2024 presidential contest.

And much of this was forecast nearly 20 years ago by Kate Michelman, the longtime head of NARAL, the pro-choice organization founded by feminist icon Betty Friedan.

In this 2006 interview Michelman discusses her mrmoir.

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Truddi Chase became the public face of multiple personality disorder in the late 1980s when she wrote an autobiography in which she described the 92 distinct personalities she carried.

She said it was the product of sustained childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. She eventually came to refer to her personality as “The Troops.”

In this 1987 interview Chase talks about her book When Rabbit Howls.

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"Saturday Nitght Live" debuted on Oct. 11, 1975. The first guest host was comedian George Carlin, and the show featured two musical guests, Billy Preston and Janis Ian.

At 24, Ian was a major recording artist. She was starring in concerts and on TV before she graduated from high school.

In this 2008 interview Janis Ian talks about her memoir Society's Child.

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Whatever happened to honesty, Integrity, and accountability?

And not just among our politicians, but our sports heroes, our entertainers, and all leaders.

In this 2006 interview longtime Ohio politician John Kasich explains how he recognized years ago that the country is in a battle, of sorts, to reclaim personal responsibility.

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For the better part of four decades historian Deborah Lipstadt has been combating Holocaust denial.

She has found that there is a sizeable share of people, both in the United States and elsewhere, who are convinced the Holocaust never happened

In this 1993 interview Lipstadt discusses her book Denying The Holoocaust.

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For 15 years, from 1989 to 2004, Brian Lamb was host of the popular weekly C-SPAN show “Booknotes.”

In this 1997 interview Lamb reflects on the personalities he interviewed, and the knowledge his viewers gained about history and writring.

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Kamala Harris is going to be our next president. So says historian Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every presidential election except one since 1984.

In this 1990 interview Lichtman explains the basis for his "13 Keys" method of forecastinhg election outcomes.

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It was in the summer of 1963 that young actress Mariette Harley lost her father to suicide, a tragedy that has colored her life ever since.

But even she wasn’t fully aware of just how deeply it had affected her until the 1980s. And it inspired her to write a book that became a bestseller.

In this 1991 interview Hartley talks about her book Breaking The Silence.

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