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The first and only vice presidential debate of Campaign 2000, between former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, took place in Danville, Kentucky on October 6. If you missed the debate, or want to hear it again, audible.com provides this program for FREE. Listen now before you vote!

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to...

A major new biography of the fourth U.S. president, from New York Times–bestselling author Lynne Cheney James Madison was a true genius of the early republic, the leader who did more than any other to create the nation we know today. This majestic new biography tells his story. Outwardly...

In this six-part series, we pull back the curtain on the most quietly consequential political figure of the last half-century. Long before he reshaped America’s post-9/11 world, Dick Cheney mastered Washington from the shadows — studying power under Nixon, weaponizing process under Ford, steering global war strategy at the Pentagon, merging corporate muscle with government reach at Halliburton, and ultimately reinventing the vice presidency into a command center of executive authority. This isn’t a retelling of headlines — it’s a forensic look at the blueprint he built, the systems ...

A vivid account of leadership focusing on the first four Virginia presidents--George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe--from the bestselling historian and author of James Madison. From a small expanse of land on the North American continent came four of the nation's...

Texas Titans is a story of George Herbert Walker Bush and James Addison Baker, III, two of America's most consequential statesmen of the past 50 years. Two men from opposite areas of the country who found friendship on the tennis courts at the Houston Country Club. Two men who helped transform a world during an era of immense challenges and change. Two men who became - and still are - Texas titans.

Hey there! I'm Elizabeth Cheney, host of The In-Between. Each week I'm talking about life, relationships, work, mental health, pop culture, and wait for it... all the things in-between. No matter how vulnerable, no matter how ridiculous, I'll cover it all, leaving you empowered and entertained. So what are you waiting for? Join me in navigating life's in-between's - new episodes every Wednesday!

Former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, is considering a presidential run while denouncing Trump as "the single most dangerous threat." Cheney has not ruled out a presidential bid but expressed her commitment to supporting candidates who value the Constitution. She also criticized her party's disarray in the House of Representatives, attributing it to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's alliance with Trump and far-right members. The race for a new House Speaker has seen multiple candidates nominated, including Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan....

What is the answer to life, the universe and bicycling? Join host Wesley Cheney as he talks with guests about the bikes they’ve ridden and the adventures they’ve had along the way, how biking has changed their lives, and what biking mean to them. Bicycles are vehicles for storytelling, so let’s go for a ride!

A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and...

Hold on to your maternity panties, cause it’s about to get weird. Hosts Taylor & Alex go balls deep into the dark and scary reality of raising tiny terrorists, all while trying to keep their shit together and remaining moderately sober. But once those little girls go night-night? That’s when the flood gates open up to sex stories, embarrassing moments, and repressed memories. They’re bold enough to say what you’re already thinking, or dumb enough to just not give a F@$%. Either way, cheers to shedding some Champagne Tears 🥂

A couple of years ago, Annie was volunteering at a public radio station. The reporters who trained her told her that asking people what they had for breakfast was a good way to set your recording levels and make the interview subjects more comfortable. To Annie, what people had for breakfast was the most interesting part of the conversation. In this season of feasting and family, and the anxiety sometimes associated with it, we have a featured program about eating, and not eating-precisely, about Anorexia.

After a chance meeting aboard the ocean liner Paris in 1924, Harvard University scholar and activist F. O. Matthiessen and artist Russell Cheney fell in love and remained inseparable until Cheney's death in 1945. During the intervening years, the men traveled throughout Europe and the United States, achieving great professional success while contending with serious personal challenges, including addiction, chronic disease, and severe depression.

When Gore Vidal’s New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In Dreaming War, Vidal continues this defense by confronting the Cheney-Bush junta head-on in a series of devastating essays that demolish the lies American Empire lives by, unveiling a counter-history that traces the origins of America’s current imperial ambitions to the experience of World War Two and the post-war Truman doctrine.

A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and...