Episodes 332
Avg. Duration 31m
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Since Oct 2020
Latest Episode May 2026

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Biweekly conversations between Richard Aldous, Bard College professor and distinguished historian, and authors on their newest books.

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Episode 188: Liaquat Ahamed on 1873

May 31, 2026 25m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…This week,…

Episode 187: Ian Shapiro on How Politicians Broke Our World

May 17, 2026 24m

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Episode 186: Odd Arne Westad on the Coming Storm

May 03, 2026 28m

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Episode 185: Michael Mandelbaum on the American Way of Foreign Policy

Apr 19, 2026 32m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…This week,…

Episode 184: Frank Dikötter on How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity

Apr 05, 2026 30m

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Episode 183: Steve Israel on the Einstein Conspiracy

Mar 22, 2026 29m

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Episode 182: Christopher Clark on A Scandal in Königsberg

Mar 08, 2026 26m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…This week, Richard…

Episode 181: Hélène Landemore on Politics Without Politicians

Feb 15, 2026 28m

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Episode 180: Nicolas Stavros Niarchos on the Elements of Power

Feb 01, 2026 26m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…This week,…

Episode 179: Georgios Varouxakis on the West

Jan 18, 2026 26m

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Episode 178: Geoffrey Ward on the American Revolution

Jan 04, 2026 28m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…For our…

Episode 177: Kori Schake on the State and the Soldier

Dec 14, 2025 26m

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Episode 176: Shadi Hamid on American Power

Nov 30, 2025 30m

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Episode 175: Sven Beckert on Capitalism

Nov 23, 2025 26m

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Episode 174: Vanessa Williamson on the Price of Democracy

Nov 16, 2025 25m

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Episode 173: Phillips O'Brien on War and Power

Nov 02, 2025 28m

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Episode 172: Phillip and William Taubman on McNamara at War

Oct 05, 2025 27m

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Episode 171: Scott Anderson on the Iranian Revolution

Sep 21, 2025 29m

Bookstack at Persuasion is delivered to you every other Sunday at 6am EST. Grab a coffee, settle onto the couch, and see your weekend out with a deep dive into the best new book releases…This week…

Episode 170: Simon Ball on A Modern History of Assassination

Sep 07, 2025 29m

Bookstack returns after the summer with Richard talking to author Simon Ball about his new book, Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination (Yale University Press).Bookstack is a production of…

Episode 169: Ross Benes on Why 1999 Was the Year Low Culture Conquered America

Aug 03, 2025 29m

In this week’s episode, Richard talks to Ross Benes, author of 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times (University Press of Kansas).Bookstack is a production of…

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