America’s Book Club
Hosted by David M Rubenstein · C-SPAN
4.7from 26 ratings
- 40
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 26
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About America’s Book Club
America's Book Club is a podcast hosted by author and philanthropist David Rubenstein featuring conversations with leading authors, policymakers, business innovators, and cultural figures exploring the ideas that shaped America’s past, challenge the nation's present, and inspire our future.
- Publisher
- C-SPAN
- Category
- arts · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Aug 2025
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 40 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis on War, Global Conflict, and Their Bestselling Thrillers
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Min Jin Lee on “Pachinko,” Her Literary Career & Meeting King Charles
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nathaniel Philbrick on the Mayflower, George Washington & the California Gold Rush
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Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis on War, Global Conflict, and Their Bestselling Thrillers
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So you must have been wounded. I was, yeah. And did you ever think you might be killed while you were fighting? Sure. But, you know, I think you're much more focused on getting the job done. And, you know, I was a troop leader for all my time in the Marine Corps, and I think you're also much more focused on, you know, what your unit needs. And when I was in the infantry, it was my platoon. When I was in special operations, it was my special operations team. And I think you don't really have the luxury of doing a lot of introspection in those situations. Now, my father was a Marine in World War II, so I obviously respect the Marines, not just because my father was in it, but it's an incredible... organization, but they don't usually produce a lot of novelists, that's my observation. […]
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- Elliot Ackerman
- James Stavridis
- Min Jin Lee
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Scott Turow
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
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Who hosts America’s Book Club?
David M Rubenstein host the show. Published by C-SPAN.
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