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Summary: Interesting people. Informative conversations. Every Sunday night on Q&A, we introduce you to the people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science and technology in hour-long conversations about their lives and their work.
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Author Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his book, [The Romanovs], about the dynasty that ruled Russia for over 300 years.
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) discusses her career, legislation related to prescription drug abuse, and important moments in Wisconsin's political history.
CBS correspondent Morley Safer died Thursday, May 19, 2016. He was 84. In 2012, he discussed his early years at CBS News and some of the most controversial episodes of the weekly news magazine "60 Minutes."
U.S. Senate Historian Betty Koed discusses key moments in Senate history, as well as the work done by her office.
Michael Kinsley talks about living with Parkinson's disease and discusses his book, [Old Age: A Beginners Guide], which looks at the baby boomer generation as they approach the end of life.
Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations, discusses his memoir, [The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World].
Author Adam Hochschild discusses his book [Spain In Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939].
Amy Goodman, host of [Democracy Now!], discusses the influence of corporate media outlets on journalism and American politics.
Author Ron Chernow discusses his 2004 book, [Alexander Hamilton], which has been adapted into the Broadway musical, "Hamilton."
Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, discusses the process of nominating U.S. Supreme Court justices and the current court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia.
Author Sally Denton discusses her book, [The Profiteers], which looks at the Bechtel Corporation, the largest civil engineering company in the United States. To read the Bechtel statement on this program, see more information on this program below.
Boston College Law School professor Mary Sarah Bilder discusses her book, [Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention], in which she examines the notes James Madison took during and after the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Robert Kaplan, contributing editor with [The Atlantic], discusses his book, [In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond].
Thomas Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, discusses his organization's efforts to bring attention to the issue of government inefficiency and waste.
Talk show host Bill Press discusses his book, [Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down]. He also talks about the promotional blurb written by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that appears on the back of the book.
