Book Talk: Richard Breitman
THE BERLIN MISSION: THE AMERICAN WHO RESISTED NAZI GERMANY FROM WITHIN
October 30, 2019

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:50:36)

Book Talk: William R. Casto
ADVISING THE PRESIDENT: ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT H. JACKSON AND FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
July 31, 2019

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:55:59)

Book Event:
2019 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 15, 2019

Video:

Kara Dixon Vuic
THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR: BRINGING THE HOME FRONT TO THE FRONT LINES
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:06)

Eric Rauchway
WINTER WAR: HOOVER, ROOSEVELT AND THE FIRST CLASH OVER THE NEW DEAL
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:51:14)

Sandra M. Bolzenius
GLORY IN THEIR SPIRIT: HOW FOUR BLACK WOMEN TOOK ON THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:16)

David L. Roll
GEORGE MARSHALL: DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:33)

James Lacey
THE WASHINGTON WAR: FDR'S INNER CIRCLE AND THE POLITICS OF POWER THAT WON WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:41:15)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
“FDR: Leader and Educator”
with Michael Beschloss and Susan Dunn
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:52:57)

Book Talk: Mary Jo Binker
IF YOU ASK ME: ESSENTIAL ADVICE  FROM ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
October 11, 2018

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:57:00)

Book Event:
2018 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 16, 2018

Video:

Mordecai Lee
PROMOTING THE WAR EFFORT: ROBERT HORTON AND FEDERAL PROPAGANDA, 1938-1946
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:41:05)

Sandra Opdycke
THE WPA: CREATING JOBS AND HOPE IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:27)

Curt Smith
THE PRESIDENTS AND THE PASTIME: THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL AND THE WHITE HOUSE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:03)

Charissa Threat
NURSING CIVIL RIGHTS: GENDER AND RACE IN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:47:24)

Philip Padgett
ADVOCATING OVERLORD: THE D-DAY STRATEGY AND THE ATOMIC BOMB
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:46:30)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Susan Dunn
A BLUEPRINT FOR WAR: FDR AND THE HUNDRED DAYS THAT MOBILIZED AMERICA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:45)

Book Talk: Paul Brandus
THIS DAY IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY
February 17, 2018

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:55:32)

Book Talk: David B. Woolner
THE LAST 100 DAYS: FDR AT WAR AND AT PEACE
December 14, 2017

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:12:18)

Discussion:
THE NEW DEAL TODAY: THE GRANDCHILDREN SPEAK with James Roosevelt, Jr.; David Wallace Douglas and Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall (moderated by Christopher N. Breiseth)
August 19, 2017

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:44:26)

Book Event:
2017 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 17, 2017

Video:

Steve Twomey
COUNTDOWN TO PEARL HARBOR: THE TWELVE DAYS TO THE ATTACK
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:57)

Adrian Miller
THE PRESIDENT’S KITCHEN CABINET: THE STORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE FED OUR FIRST FAMILIES FROM THE WASHINGTONS TO THE OBAMAS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:38:15)

Howard Blum
THE LAST GOODNIGHT: A WORLD WAR II STORY OF ESPIONAGE, ADVENTURE, AND BETRAYAL
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:40:57)

Kathryn Smith
THE GATEKEEPER: MISSY LEHAND, FDR, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT DEFINED A PRESIDENCY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:42)

Geraldine Hawkins
ELLIOTT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: THE STORY OF A FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTER IN THE GILDED AGE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:12)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Joseph Lelyveld
HIS FINAL BATTLE: THE LAST MONTHS OF FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:36)

Conversation: George Takei & Kermit Roosevelt
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066
February 19, 2017

Video:
(YouTube, 01:26:20)

Discussion: Steven Lomazow & Harry Goldsmith
FDR's HEALTH: A MEDICAL MYSTERY
January 19, 2017

Video:
(YouTube, 01:03:55)

Conversation:
Alexander Heffner and Mark McKinnon
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
January 14, 2017

Video:
(YouTube, 01:19:26)

Conversation: Blanche Wiesen Cook
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, VOLUME 3: THE WAR YEARS AND AFTER, 1939-1962
October 22, 2016

Video:
(YouTube, 01:09:40)

Conversation: Kathryn Smith
THE GATEKEEPER: MISSY LEHAND, FDR, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT DEFINED A PRESIDENCY
September 8, 2016

Video:
(YouTube, 01:04:28)

Conversation: Mary E. Stuckey
LISTENING TO THE ROOSEVELTS - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: THE WAR YEARS
September 28, 2016

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:15:59)

Book Event:
2016 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 18, 2016

Video:

Paul Brandus
UNDER THIS ROOF: THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENCY; 21 PRESIDENTS, 21 ROOMS, 21 INSIDE STORIES
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:40:31)

Walter R. Borneman
MACARTHUR AT WAR: WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:05)

David Priess
THE PRESIDENT'S BOOK OF SECRETS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS TO AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS FROM KENNEDY TO OBAMA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:47)

Marlene Trestman
FAIR LABOR LAWYER: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF NEW DEAL ATTORNEY AND SUPREME COURT ADVOCATE BESSIE MARGOLIN
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:29)

Marc Wortman
1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR: A DIVIDED AMERICA IN A WORLD AT WAR
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:41:59)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Alonzo Hamby
MAN OF DESTINY: FDR AND THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:57:05)

75th Anniversary Ceremony: 
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
June 30, 2016

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:12:37)

Conversation:
Alexander Heffner and Harvey J. Kaye
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "FOUR FREEDOMS"
January 6, 2016

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:57:13)

Fall Forum:
THE ROOSEVELTS' UNITED NATIONS: THEN & NOW with Stephen C. Schlesinger and Gillian Sorensen (moderated by Linda Fasulo)
October 24, 2015

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:17:50)

Book Event:
2015 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 20, 2015

Video:

Christopher O'Sullivan
HARRY HOPKINS: FDR'S ENVOY TO CHURCHILL AND STALIN
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:12)

Patrick Lukens
A QUIET VICTORY FOR LATINO RIGHTS: FDR AND THE CONTROVERSY OVER "WHITENESS"
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:36:35)

Sheila Collins and Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
WHEN GOVERNMENT HELPED: LEARNING FROM THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE NEW DEAL
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:36)

Stephen Drury Smith
THE FIRST LADY OF RADIO: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’S HISTORIC BROADCASTS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:18)

Molly Guptill Manning
WHEN BOOKS WENT TO WAR: THE STORIES THAT HELPED US WIN WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:41:12)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Lucinda Franks
TIMELESS: LOVE, MORGENTHAU, AND ME
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:12)

Book Talk: Susan Butler
ROOSEVELT AND STALIN: PORTRAIT OF A PARTNERSHIP
April 2, 2015

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:23)

Book Event:
2014 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 21, 2014

Video:

David P. Cross
CHASING HISTORY: ONE MAN’S ROAD TRIP THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:42)

Amity Shlaes
THE FORGOTTEN MAN GRAPHIC EDITION: A NEW HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:02)

David Kaiser
NO END SAVE VICTORY: HOW FDR LED THE NATION INTO WAR
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:48)

Michael Golay
AMERICA 1933: THE GREAT DEPRESSION, LORENA HICKOK, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, AND THE SHAPING OF THE NEW DEAL
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:36:58)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
James Tobin
THE MAN HE BECAME: HOW FDR DEFIED POLIO TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:55:56)

Book Talk: Harvey J. Kaye
THE FIGHT FOR THE FOUR FREEDOMS: WHAT MADE FDR AND THE GREATEST GENERATION TRULY GREAT
April 8, 2014

Audio (MP3):

Book Talk: Stephen C. Schlesinger, ed.
THE LETTERS OF ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR.
April 3, 2014

Audio:
(MP3, 00:41:44)

Book Talk: Stanley Weintraub
YOUNG MR. ROOSEVELT: FDR'S INTRODUCTION TO WAR, POLITICS, AND LIFE 
November 3, 2013

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:58:36)

Book Talk: Kenneth T. Walsh
PRISONERS OF THE WHITE HOUSE: THE ISOLATION OF AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS AND THE CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP
August 18, 2013

Audio:
(MP3, 01:09:16)

Book Event:
2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival
July 27, 2013

Video:

Maurine Beasley
WOMEN OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS: POLITICS, PREJUDICE, AND PERSISTENCE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:25)

Joseph E. Persico
ROOSEVELT'S CENTURIONS: FDR AND THE COMMANDERS HE LED TO VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:50:22)

Susan Dunn
1940: FDR, WILLKIE, LINDBERGH, HITLER - THE ELECTION AMID THE STORM
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:09)

Cheryl Mullenbach
DOUBLE VICTORY: HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN BROKE RACE AND GENDER BARRIERS TO HELP WIN WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:31:38)

Christopher D. O'Sullivan
FDR AND THE END OF EMPIRE: THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:46:21)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Allida M. Black, ed.
TOMORROW IS NOW
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:02:54)

Fall Forum: FDR'S 4 CAMPAIGNS
October 21, 2012

Video:

FDR'S 4 CAMPAIGNS: 1932 & 1936
Donald A. Ritchie and Gregory Geddes
(moderated by Mary E. Stuckey)
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:21:05)

FDR'S 4 CAMPAIGNS: 1940 & 1944
Charles Peters and Stanley Weintraub
(moderated by Richard Aldous)
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:23:53)

Rededication Ceremony: 
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
June 30, 2013

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:12:08)

Discussion:
ENGAGING AMERICA'S YOUTH - Carrie Sheffield, Taylor Jo Isenberg and Alexander Heffner (moderated by Jeffrey Urbin)
October 18, 2012

Audio:
(MP3, 01:08:39)

Discussion:
THE CHURCHILL-ROOSEVELT LEGACY
June 9, 2012

Video:

THE CHURCHILL-ROOSEVELT LEGACY:
THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP with Warren F. Kimball, David Reynolds and Richard Aldous
(moderated by J. Garry Clifford)
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:32:23)

THE CHURCHILL-ROOSEVELT LEGACY:
FDR & CHURCHILL TODAY with Andrew Roberts and David B. Woolner
(moderated by Glen Johnson)
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:21:35)

Book Event:
2012 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 23, 2012

Video:

James T. de Kay
ROOSEVELT'S NAVY: THE EDUCATION OF A WARRIOR PRESIDENT, 1882-1920
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:58)

Mark Huddle, ed.
ROI OTTLEY’S WORLD WAR II: THE LOST DIARY OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:02)

Jean Edward Smith
EISENHOWER IN WAR AND PEACE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:30)

Mary Stuckey
DEFINING AMERICANS: THE PRESIDENCY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:34.14)

John Bodnar
THE "GOOD WAR" IN AMERICAN MEMORY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:55)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
Joseph Persico
ROOSEVELT’S CENTURIONS: FDR AND THE COMMANDERS HE LED TO VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:56)

Fall Forum:
FDR'S INNER CIRCLE

Video:

FDR'S INNER CIRCLE: DOMESTIC AFFAIRS with Adam Cohen, Linda Lotridge Levin, Joseph E. Persico, Allida Black and Ellen Chesler
(moderated by Alan Chartock)
September 25, 2011
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:58:37)

FDR'S INNER CIRCLE: FOREIGN AFFAIRS with Lynne Olson, Douglas Waller, Thomas Parrish, Allida Black and David B Woolner
(moderated by Stuart Shinske) 
October 23, 2011
(C-SPANvideo.org, 02:02:02)

Book Talk: Christopher Breiseth (with Stefan Lonce)
A PROMISE TO ALL GENERATIONS: STORIES AND ESSAYS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY AND FRANCES PERKINS
August 14, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 01:09:01)

Book Talk: Jeff Madrick
AGE OF GREED: THE TRIUMPH OF FINANCE AND THE DECLINE OF AMERICA, 1970 TO THE PRESENT
July 10, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 01:30:21)

Book Event:
2011 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 18, 2011

Video:

J. Todd Moye
FREEDOM FLYER: THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN OF WORLD WAR II
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:13)

Philip Terzian
ARCHITECTS OF POWER: ROOSEVELT, EISENHOWER, AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:51:46)

Mario R. Dinunzio
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE THIRD AMERICAN REVOLUTION
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:44:15)

Susan Dunn
ROOSEVELT’S PURGE: HOW FDR FOUGHT TO CHANGE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:23)

Greg Robinson
A TRAGEDY OF DEMOCRACY: JAPANESE CONFINEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:37)

Special Afternoon Presentation:
“James MacGregor Burns:
A Conversation & Readings”
with James MacGregor Burns, Michael Beschloss and Susan Dunn
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:55:08)

Book Talk: C. Edward Spann
PRESIDENTIAL PRAISE: OUR PRESIDENTS AND THEIR HYMNS
April 21, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 01:36:06)

Book Talk: Lynne Olson
CITIZENS OF LONDON: THE AMERICANS WHO STOOD WITH BRITAIN IN ITS DARKEST, FINEST HOUR
April 2, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 00:58:56)

Book Talk: Maureen Beasley
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: TRANSFORMATIVE FIRST LADY
March 27, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 00:57:27)

Book Talk: Paul J. Giddings
IDA: A SWORD AMONG LIONS - IDA B. WELLS AND THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST LYNCHING
February 13, 2011

Audio:
(MP3, 00:36:03)

Book Talk: Ted Gup
A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN’S KINDNESS – AND TROVE OF LETTERS – REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
December 5, 2010

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:53:01)

Book Talk: Hazel Rowley
FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR: AN EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE
October 28, 2010

Audio:
(MP3, 01:01:42)

Fall Forum:
1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL

Video:

1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL with Larry W. DeWitt, James Roosevelt Jr., Thomas Ferguson, Alan Brinkley, Brigid O'Farrell and Joseph E. Stiglitz (moderated by Alan Chartock)
September 26, 2010
(C-SPANvideo.org, 02:00:09)

1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL with Nick Taylor, Gray Brechin, D. Clayton Brown, William Thirsk and Lynn Parramore
(moderated by Stuart Shinske) 
October 24, 2010
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:57:28)

1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL with Nick Taylor, Peggy Bulger, David A. Taylor, Susan Quinn and Cynthia M. Koch
(moderated by Joe Donahue) 
November 21, 2010
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:50:15)

Book Talk: Robert Klara
FDR'S FUNERAL TRAIN: A BETRAYED WIDOW, A SOVIET SPY, AND A PRESIDENCY IN THE BALANCE
April 15, 2010

Audio:
(MP3, 00:55:28)

Book Event:
2010 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 19, 2010

Video:

Lauren Sklaroff
BLACK CULTURE AND THE NEW DEAL: THE QUEST FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE ROOSEVELT ERA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:38:53)

Steve Ortiz
BEYOND THE BONUS MARCH AND GI BILL: HOW VETERAN POLITICS SHAPED THE NEW DEAL ERA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:04)

Tonya Bolden
FDR'S ALPHABET SOUP: NEW DEAL AMERICA 1932-1939
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:36:15)

Julie Fenster
FDR'S SHADOW: LOUIS HOWE, THE FORCE THAT SHAPED FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:16)

Andrew Roberts
MASTERS AND COMMANDERS: HOW FOUR TITANS WON THE WAR IN THE WEST, 1941-45
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:37:07)

Keynote: Alan Brinkley
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:58:54)

Program: Mel Marmer
BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENCY
April 11, 2010

Video:
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:53:56)

Book Talk: Jeff Shesol
SUPREME POWER: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT VS. THE SUPREME COURT
March 24, 2010

Audio:
(MP3, 01:01:58)

Book Event:
2008 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 21, 2008

Video:

Joseph E. Persico
FRANKLIN AND LUCY: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, MRS. RUTHERFURD, AND THE OTHER REMARKABLE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:45:30)

Will Swift
THE KENNEDYS AMIDST THE GATHERING STORM: A THOUSAND DAYS IN LONDON, 1938-1940
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:40:41)

Anthony J. Badger
FDR: THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:10)

Book Event:
2007 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 23, 2007

Video:

Elizabeth Borgwardt
A NEW DEAL FOR THE WORLD: AMERICA'S VISION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:20)

Jean Edward Smith
FDR
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:51:30)

Daniel Scroop
MR. DEMOCRAT: JIM FARLEY, THE NEW DEAL & THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICAN POLITICS
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:41)

Gary Scott Smith
FAITH AND THHE PRESIDENCY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:51:32)

Hal Vaughn
FDR'S 12 APOSTLES: THE SPIES WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:39:35)

Geoffrey C. Ward
A FIRST CLASS TEMPERAMENT
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:56:49)

Book Event:
2006 Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 24, 2006

Video:

Robert Rosen
SAVING THE JEWS: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE HOLOCAUST
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:02)

Fergus Bordewich
BOUND FOR CANAAN: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THE WAR FOR SOUL OF AMERICA
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:39)

Charles Peters
FIVE DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA: THE AMAZING “WE WANT WILLKIE” CONVENTION OF 1940 AND HOW IT FREED FDR TO SAVE THE WESTERN WORLD
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:42:55)

Elliot Rosen
ROOSEVELT, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND THE ECONOMICS OF RECOVERY
(C-SPANvideo.org, 00:43:11)

Jonathan Alter
THE DEFINING MOMENT: FDR’S HUNDRED DAYS AND THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE
(C-SPANvideo.org, 01:03:26)