Podcasts by John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series

The Life of Rose Kennedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Legacy of Joe Moakley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

JFK's Last Hundred Days from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the final months of JFK’s presidency, Thurston Clarke discusses his new book, JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Grea...

A Conversation with John Lewis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Obama Presidency from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

JFK's Quest for Peace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

2013 PEN Hemingway Awards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with John King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with John Irving from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Selected Letters of William Styron from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Thomas Jefferson the Politician from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Life of Joseph P Kennedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

2012 New Frontier Awards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Obama and the Supreme Court from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A New and Improved Constitution from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Remembering Sargent Shriver from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

David McCullough on Americans in Paris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Poverty in America from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with Conan O'Brien from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

LBJ: From Senate Majority Leader to President, 1958-1964 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Alan Brinkley on JFK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with Madeleine Albright from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Celebrating the Centennial of Fenway Park from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A Conversation with Carole King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

2012 PEN Hemingway Awards from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

An Evening with Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Renowned Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns presented a special performance and was joined by students from the University of Massachusetts Boston, who read selections from Irish literature.

Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Civil Rights: Then and Now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ray Suarez, Allida Black, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and Roger Wilkins discuss how the lessons learned from the civil rights movement 50 years ago inform the struggle for equal rights today.

Kennedy, Johnson Civil Rights Forum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Roger Wilkins and Harris Wofford, who worked with and for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, discussed the struggle for civil rights in the early 1960's with Harv...

Truman, Eisenhower Civil Rights Forum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Ernest Green of the Little Rock Nine and historians David Nichols and Carol Anderson discussed Truman's decision to desegregate the Armed Forces and Eisenhower's handling of the crisis at Little Ro...

Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Civil Rights Forum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Historian Allida Black examines how civil rights issues were handled in the Roosevelt administration and the Roosevelts' role in the watershed event that featured Marian Anderson singing at the Lin...

50th Anniversary of White House Tour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A screening and discussion with White House curator William Allman of Mrs. Kennedy’s famous televised tour where she describes her work on the restoration of the White House.

A Conversation with Jim Lehrer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jim Lehrer, former host of PBS Newshour, discussed his book, Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain, with PBS Newshour senior correspondent Ray Suarez.

Literary Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Joe Armstrong, Betty Sue Flowers, Harriet Rubin and David Stenn shared their memories of working with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis during her time as an editor in New York City. Greg Lawrence, author...

Assessing Obama's Presidency from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jonathan Alter, author of The Promise: President Obama, Year One, and Hendrik Hertzberg, columnist for The New Yorker, analyzed the Obama presidency as the 2012 presidential race began with former ...

Cissy Patterson: The Most Powerful Woman in 20th Century America from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Amanda Smith, the daughter of Jean Kennedy Smith, discussed her recent biography, Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson, with WBUR's political news reporter Fre...

Chris Matthews on JFK from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Chris Matthews, host of Hardball, discussed his new biography, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, with former Boston Globe editor Marty Nolan.

A Conversation with Annie Leibovitz from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Annie Leibovitz discussed her new book, Pilgrimage, which explores the places where the people who have inspired her have worked. The book includes the homes of Henry David Thoreau, Eleanor Rooseve...

A Conversation with Stephen King from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stephen King read from his new novel 11/22/63 and discussed his long literary career with novelist Tom Perrotta.

A Conversation with Margaret Marshall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Retired Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Margaret Marshall shared memories of her childhood in South Africa, her immigration to the United States and her most memorable court cases with Pulitzer...

50th Anniversary of Missile Gap Controversy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Former senior CIA intelligence officer Gene Poteat and historians Timothy Naftali, Fred Kaplan and John Prados discussed the moment the US had surpassed the USSR in missiles. Mary Elise Sarotte, Pr...

Protecting Jacqueline Kennedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Clinton Hill, Jacqueline Kennedy’s Secret Service detail, shared memories of the Kennedy White House and his service protecting the first family with Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Pre...

A Conversation with Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-Winners from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize-winners Ellen Goodman, Walter Robinson, Charlie Savage and Sebastian Smee reflected on how winning the award changed their careers. Former Boston Globe columnist and Pu...

A Conversation with Judge Nancy Gertner from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Judge Nancy Gertner discussed her new book, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate, with Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory.

Celebrate JFK's Birthday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The public was invited to join Caroline Kennedy and The Honorable Ray Mabus, United States Secretary of the Navy, for a very special celebration of President John F. Kennedy's birthday Sunday, May 29.

A Conversation with President Jimmy Carter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

President Jimmy Carter discussed his new book, White House Diary, with PBS Newshour senior correspondent Ray Suarez.

A Tribute to Seamus Heaney from 2013-10-26T14:00

On the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College, the Kennedy Library hosted a tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet who passed away ...

A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai from 2013-10-12T17:00

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Taliban last October because of her advocacy for children’s education, discusses her book, I am Malala, and her determination to continue her figh...