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Tad Devine, former chief campaign strategist for Bernie Sanders and the author of How the Democrats Screwed Bernie, argues that Hillary Clinton and the DNC used dirty tricks, dark money, and the media to thwart Sen. Sanders' 2016 presidential run.

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Former Bernie Sanders Chief Strategist Tad Devine on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

New York Times White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan discuss their just-published bestseller about the first year of the second Trump administration.

Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan on President Trump's Second Term

Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist and author of Alito, discusses the life, career, and legal opinions of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who joined the Court in 2006.

The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway on the Life & Career of Justice Samuel Alito

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Actor Mark Harmon and retired NCIS special agent Leon Carroll, Jr., discuss their book Ghosts of Sicily, about the U.S. government's use of the American mafia to fight the Nazis and Italians during World War II.

Authors Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll on the American Mafia's Involvement in World War II

From the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Neil Gorsuch discusses his children's book, Heroes of 1776, about the signers of the Declaration of Independence and other, lesser known, revolutionaries who fought for independence from the Brit.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on the Heroes of the American Revolution

We tour the New York City office and home library of Pulitzer Prize-winning bestselling biographer Robert Caro, who is currently working on the final volume of his 5-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson.

Author Robert Caro on His Writing Process and Biographies of LBJ and Robert Moses

The Smithsonian Institution National Air & Space Museum's Jennifer Levasseur discusses the history of the 135-mission Space Shuttle program (1981-2011), its accomplishments, and two tragic failures that led to the deaths of 14 shuttle astronauts.

Air & Space Museum's Jennifer Levasseur on the History of the Space Shuttle

California governor Gavin Newsom (D) discusses his memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, in which he chronicles moments in his life that influenced his political career.

Gov. Gavin Newsom D-CA on His Life & Political Career

Former Washington Post correspondent Wil Haygood, author of The War Within a War, discusses the experience of Black American soldiers in Vietnam and the struggle for racial equality, happening at the same time, back home in the United States.

Author Wil Haygood on Black American Soldiers in the Vietnam War

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