Space Shuttle Endeavour pilot Terry Virts provided an inside look at space travel and exploration. This was a virtual event hosted by Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Jordan Ritter Conn, a staff writer for the Ringer, detailed the journey of two Syrian brothers, one who immigrated to the United States and the other who remained in Syria during that country's civil war. This was a virtual event hosted by the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.
Authors and satirists P.J. O'Rourke, "A Cry from the Middle," and Dave Barry, "Lessons from Lucy," talked about their respective books. This was a virtual event hosted by the Miami Book Fair.
Authors Ainissa Ramirez and Susanne Tedrick and G Code co-founder Bridgette Wallace spoke about women of color working in the tech world. This virtual event was hosted by the Boston Book Festival.
Author and producer Ann Druyan provided a follow-up to her late husband Carl Sagan's study of space. This program was part of the 20th annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.
Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow remembered his friendship and working relationship with the late award-winning physicist Stephen Hawking. This virtual event was hosted by Powell's Bookstore.
Tamara Payne recounted the life of Malcolm X from her National Book Award-winning biography, "The Dead Are Arising." This was a virtual event hosted by the Miami Book Fair.
Military historian Ian Toll concluded his three-volume history of the Pacific Theater during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha Davidson offered their thoughts on the political, economic, and social issues facing sports today. This virtual program was part of the 2020 Texas Book Festival.
The American Enterprise Institute's Kevin Kosar, Lee Drutman of the New American Foundation, and James Madison University professor Timothy LaPira weighed in on Congress's inability to legislate. This virtual event was sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
Authors Anand Giridharadas and Nathaniel Rich, ACLU president Susan Herman, and ERA Coalition Board Chair Kimberly Peeler-Allen discussed the framework for drafting a 28th Amendment, which would make laws apply to Congress and the public equally. This virtual program was hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City.
Senator John McCain's former speechwriter and aide Mark Salter shared his thoughts on the life of the late Senator. This virtual program was hosted by the Poison Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Historian Catherine Grace Katz looked at the relationship between the three women who attend the Yalta Conference with their fathers, Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, daughter to the US Ambassador to the Soviet Union. This was a virtual event hosted by Roosevelt House in New York City.
Journalist David Davis provided a history of the first wheelchair basketball teams comprised of World War II veterans. This was a virtual event hosted by Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California.
New York University journalism and pediatrics professor Perri Klass, "A Good Time to Be Born," and NPR News correspondent Pam Fessler, "Carville's Cure," discussed the history of public health care in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the Miami Book Fair.
Mark Honigsbaum, author of "The Pandemic Century," Paolo Giordano, author of "How Contagion Works," and Sonia Shah, author of "Pandemic," discussed the potential effects COVID-19 will have on society. This video was provided by the Brooklyn Book Festival.
Law professor John Fabian Witt examined the relationship between law, epidemics, and public health guidelines. He was interviewed by Georgetown University law professor & director of the Institute for National and Global Health Law Lawrence Gostin.
Authors Muhammad Zaman and Peter Kolchinsky examined the rise in antibiotic-resistant superbugs and costs of developing new drugs. This virtual event was hosted by the Boston Book Festival.
Debora MacKenzie ("COVID-19") and Muhammad Zaman, ("Biography of Resistance") discussed past pandemics and COVID-19. This virtual program was part of the 2020 Texas Book Festival.
George Washington University's Sarah Wagner talked about the search for the remains of American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War and are unaccounted for and presumed dead. This virtual event was hosted by National History Center.
Historian David Nasaw looked at the one million refugees throughout Europe in the years following World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York City.
UCLA professor Eddie Cole examined the impact that college presidents had on the civil rights movement. This was a virtual event hosted by BookPeople Bookstore in Austin, Texas.
History professor Shennette Garrett-Scott looked at the period of black financial innovation between 1888 and 1930 and its impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. This virtual event provided by the Museum of American Finance.
Economic consultant Nicholas Sargen provided a history of JPMorgan, from its status as a universal bank in the 1980s, to its buyout by Chase in 2000, to the changing of its business model following the 2008 financial crisis. This virtual event was hosted by the Museum of American Finance in New York City.
MIT professor Thomas Levenson discussed how the leaders of the 15th century Scientific Revolution applied their new ideas to people, money, and markets and as a result invented modern finance. This virtual event was hosted by Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
