List of After Words interviews first aired in 2014

After Words is an American television series on the C-SPAN2 network’s weekend programming schedule known as Book TV. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.

First air date(Links to video)Interviewee(s)Interviewer(s)BookTopic of interview / CommentsJanuary 4, 2014Yuval LevinJonah GoldbergThe Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left Edmund Burke, Thomas PaineJanuary 11, 2014Ranya Tabari IdlibyDaisy KhanBurqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie: Being Muslim in America Islam in the United States, Stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims in the United StatesJanuary 18, 2014Nicholas JohnsonZaheer AliNegroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms January 25, 2014Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoTanzina VegaOur America: A Hispanic History of the United States Hispanic and Latino Americans, History of Hispanic and Latino AmericansFebruary 1, 2014Angela StentDimitri SimesThe Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century Russia–United States relationsFebruary 8, 2014John RizzoDana PriestCompany Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA Central Intelligence AgencyFebruary 15, 2014Keith EllisonCorey MitchellMy Country, 'Tis of Thee: My Faith, My Family, Our Future February 22, 2014Aram GoudsouzianRich BenjaminDown to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear James MeredithMarch 1, 2014Gabriel ShermanJane HallThe Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News -- and Divided a Country Roger Ailes, Fox NewsMarch 8, 2014Amy Chua & Jed RubenfeldDavid PlotzThe Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America March 15, 2014George NashAmity ShlaesThe Crusade Years 1933-1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath Herbert HooverMarch 22, 2014Paul TaylorJonathan LastThe Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown Millennials, Baby BoomersMarch 29, 2014Walid PharesJoshua MuravchikThe Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid United States foreign policy in the Middle East, Arab SpringApril 5, 2014Zachary KarabellKimberly StrasselThe Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers that Rule Our World April 12, 2014Cal ThomasJuan WilliamsWhat Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America April 19, 2014Ezekiel EmanuelSally SatelReinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act Will Improve Our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActApril 26, 2014Patrick TuckerHeidi BoghosianThe Naked Future: What Happens in a World that Anticipates Your Every Move Predictive analyticsMay 3, 2014Burton FolsomKevin WilliamsonUncle Sam Can't Count: A History of Failed Government Investments, from Beaver Pelts to Green Energy May 10, 2014Nomi PrinsLarry DoyleAll the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power May 17, 2014John Paul StevensJeffrey RosenSix Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution U.S. ConstitutionMay 24, 2014Jo BeckerSuzanne GoldbergForcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality Same-sex marriage in the United StatesMay 31, 2014Susan StranahanGregory JaczkoFukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disasterJune 7, 2014Jeremy RifkinSiva VaidhyanathanThe Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism Internet of ThingsJune 14, 2014Ken AdelmanRomesh RatnesarReagan at Reykjavik: The Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War Reykjavík Summit, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail GorbachevJune 21, 2014Rick SantorumTucker CarlsonBlue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America That Works June 28, 2014Kwasi KwartengToby HarndenWar and Gold: A 500-Year History of Empires, Adventures, and Debt July 5, 2014Matt KibbeTim CarneyDon't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto Libertarianism in the United StatesJuly 12, 2014Jason RileyApril RyanPlease Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed July 19, 2014Jay BarbreeMichael NeufeldNeil Armstrong: A Life of Flight Neil ArmstrongJuly 26, 2014Chris TomlinsonLavar TomlinsonTomlinson Hill Tomlinson Hill, TexasAugust 2, 2014Cheryl ChumleyTheresa PaytonPolice State U.S.A.: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming Our Reality August 9, 2014John DeanBob WoodwardThe Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It Richard Nixon, Watergate scandalAugust 16, 2014Daniel HalperJuan WilliamsClinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine August 23, 2014Ben CarsonChuck ToddOne Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future August 30, 2014William BurrowsArlin CrottsThe Asteroid Threat: Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects Asteroid impact avoidanceSeptember 6, 2014Mike GonzalezNiger InnisA Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans Hispanic and Latino Conservatism in the United StatesSeptember 13, 2014Ken SilversteinMegan McArdleThe Secret World of Oil Petroleum industrySeptember 20, 2014Caleb ScharfIngrid WickelgrenThe Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities September 27, 2014Matt RichtelMaggie JacksonA Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention Distracted drivingOctober 4, 2014Heather Cox RichardsonMatthew ContinettiTo Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party Republican Party (United States)October 11, 2014Atul GawandeMarty MakaryBeing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End End-of-life care, Palliative careOctober 18, 2014Jake HalpernNomi PrinsBad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld Debt buyersOctober 25, 2014Linda TiradoTracey RossHand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap AmericaPoverty in the United States November 1, 2014James McPhersonJames SwansonEmbattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief Jefferson DavisNovember 8, 2014Jeff ChangMarc Lamont HillWho We Be: The Colorization of America Race and ethnicity in the United StatesNovember 15, 2014Karen ArmstrongSally QuinnFields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence November 22, 2014Sharyl AttkissonNia-Malika HendersonStonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation and Harassment in Obama's Washington November 29, 2014Jonathan EigKatha PollittThe Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a RevolutionBirth control pillDecember 6, 2014Jason SokolMichael MeyersAll Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn December 13, 2014Lindsay Mark LewisDave LevinthalPolitical Mercenaries: The Inside Story of How Fundraisers Allowed Billionaires to Take Over Politics December 20, 2014William DeresiewiczChester GillisExcellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life December 27, 2014Damon RootJenna GreeneOverruled: The Long War for Control of the Supreme Court

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