Elizabeth Catte ("What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia"), Steven Stoll ("Ramp Hollow"), and Wendy Welch ("Fall or Fly") discussed the stereotypes and reality of life in Appalachia. This discussion was part of the Virginia Festival of the Book, held annually in Charlottesville.
Former Chicago Mayor and Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration Rahm Emanuel offered a first-hand account of how innovation is taking place at the local level in cities across the country.
Author Robert Plumb looked at how Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Julia Ward Howe had an impact on the Civil War.
James Mann reported on the relationship between Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. The author dicussed that the once close allies in the George H.W. Bush administration were at odds in the George W. Bush administration due to their contradictory thinking on terrorism and American foreign policy.
Former Chicago Mayor and Chief of Staff in the Obama Administration Rahm Emanuel offered a first-hand account of how innovation is taking place at the local level in cities across the country.
