- 394
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 249
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2011
- First episode
About After Words
Best-selling nonfiction authors in in-depth conversations about their books, ideas, and the issues shaping today’s world. New episodes drop every Saturday after 10 pm ET. From C-SPAN, the network that also brings you the Lectures in History and Q&A podcasts.
- Publisher
- C-SPAN
- Category
- arts · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Sept 2011
- Latest episode
- 8 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
127 of 394 episodes have a transcript.
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How Companies Use Your Data to Charge You More
Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's a hot day. I've got an electronic menu board outside a drive-through at Wendy's. Can I hike the price of a Frosty, right? In Las Vegas, this is an example I talk about in the book. The Las Vegas Review Journal hired a bunch of interns one summer, great, right out of journalism school. […]
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- Lindsay Owens
- Sam Roberts
- Jill Lepore
- Jon Else
- Darby Saxbe
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 243 ratings
- Spotify
- 2.3 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 68
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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