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 The C-SPAN Bookshelf podcast feed makes it easy for you to listen to all of the C-SPAN podcast episodes about nonfiction books. Each week we gather episodes from the different C-SPAN podcasts that feature authors talking about history, biography, current events, and culture to make it easier to discover the episodes and listen. If you like nonfiction books, follow this podcast feed so you never miss an episode!Copyright NCSC 2023 Art Political Science Politics & Government
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  • BN+: Candace Rondeaux, "Putin's Sledgehammer"

    BN+: Candace Rondeaux, "Putin's Sledgehammer"
    Feb 10 2026
    Russian Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, marched toward Moscow starting on June 23, 2023. His forces were advancing north on M4 Highway after seizing Rostov-on-Don. The rebellion against his longtime colleague Vladimir Putin was halted the next day. Literally two months later, at a little past 6pm, Prigozhin and nine others boarded his Embraer 600 jet in Moscow. Several minutes later, at 6:20pm, over Tver, Russia, 100-miles north of Moscow, the plane exploded. All 10 passengers perished, including two pilots and the flight attendant. Writer and intelligence expert, Candace Rondeaux, gives us the rest of the story in her book, "Putin's Sledgehammer: The Wagner Group and Russia's Collapse into Mercenary Chaos." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Q&A: Teasel Muir-Harmony, History of the U.S. Space Program

    Q&A: Teasel Muir-Harmony, History of the U.S. Space Program
    Feb 9 2026
    The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Teasel Muir-Harmony discusses the history of the U.S. space program, from the creation of NASA in 1958 through the Gemini early flights to Neil Armstrong taking his historic first steps on the lunar surface in July 1969. She also talks about the missions that followed and NASA's current efforts to return astronauts to the moon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • AW: The State and the Soldier

    AW: The State and the Soldier
    Feb 8 2026
    Kori Schake, director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, examined the relationship between civilian and military leadership in America going back to the country's founding. This event was hosted by AEI in Washington, D.C Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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