Dialogue with Marcia Franklin

Idaho Public Television•www.idahoptv.org

Choose from dozens of illuminating conversations with some of the finest writers and thinkers in the world, interviewed over the past 25 years by Idaho Public Television host Marcia Franklin. Be sure to subscribe to receive the latest episodes!

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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: Active Liberty

In his book, Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution , U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer lays out his judicial philosophy, that judges should decide cases in a way that allows the public to maximize participation in government through what he calls "active liberty." Marcia Franklin talks with Justice Breyer about the precepts of "active liberty, why he wanted to write the book, the values that guide him in his judicial decisions, and why it's important for judges to writ...

Oct 11, 2020•30 min

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed: Sally Hemings of Monticello

Host Marcia Franklin sits down with historian and law professor Annette Gordon-Reed about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family . The book, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, explores the complex bonds between President Thomas Jefferson and one of his slave families, the Hemingses. Using primary source documents, as well as second-hand accounts, Gordon-Reed tries to piece together the relationship between Jefferson and Sally Hemings, with whom most...

Oct 04, 2020•29 min

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin: Lessons from Lincoln

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about her book, Team of Rivals , which chronicles the sometimes fraught relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet members. The book was the basis for the 2012 movie, Lincoln , which was nominated for 12 Academy Awards. Goodwin talks about the lessons we can learn from Lincoln, who was the rare president who asked his main rivals to be a part of his cabinet, and what it was like to spend so much time researching such an iconic...

Sep 27, 2020•29 min

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Welcome to "Dialogue with Marcia Franklin." The podcast includes dozens of interviews that Marcia has conducted over the past 25 years with some of the most respected writers and thinkers in the world. Take a listen, and subscribe for more "conversations that matter!"

Sep 13, 2020•2 min

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