List of C-SPAN Q&A interviews first aired in 2009

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Q&A is an interview series on the C-SPAN network that typically airs every Sunday night. It is hosted by C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb. Its stated purpose is to feature discussions with "interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science & technology in hour-long conversations about their lives and their work." [1]

Original air date
(Links to video)
Interviewee(s)Comments
January 4, 2009 Robert Caro Featured discussion of Caro's multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, The Years of Lyndon Johnson .
January 11, 2009 Rep. Larry Kissell and Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao
January 18, 2009 Carol and Tom WheelerFeatured discussion of the Presidential transition of Barack Obama
January 25, 2009 John Doar
February 1, 2009 Eliot Cohen
February 8, 2009 Stephanie Miller
February 15, 2009 Maryjane BehforouzFeatured discussion of the Mar Elias Campus.
February 22, 2009 Rep. Barbara Lee Featured discussion of Lee's book Renegade for Peace & Justice.
March 1, 2009 Matthew Continetti
March 8, 2009 Erica WilliamsFeatured discussion of Campus Progress.
March 15, 2009 Cliff GrohFeatured discussion of the trial of Ted Stevens
March 22, 2009 Rich MauerFeatured discussion of the trial of Ted Stevens
March 29, 2009 Sharyl Attkisson
April 5, 2009 Dambisa Moyo Featured discussion of Moyo's book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa.
April 12, 2009 Mona Charen and Ruth Marcus
April 19, 2009 Janet Tavakoli Featured discussion of Tavakoli's book "Dear Mr. Buffett: What an Investor Learns 1,269 Miles from Wall Street.
April 26, 2009 Christopher Hitchens
May 3, 2009 Evan Osnos
May 10, 2009 Ross Douthat
May 17, 2009 Melanie Sloan Featured discussion of Sloane's role as executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
May 24, 2009 Tom Fitton Featured discussion of Fitton's role as president of Judicial Watch.
May 31, 2009 Colbert King
June 7, 2009 Gov. Mitch Daniels
June 14, 2009 Larry Arnn Featured discussion of Arnn's role as president of Hillsdale College.
June 21, 2009 Douglas Brinkley Part one of interview with Brinkley about his book The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.
June 28, 2009 Douglas Brinkley Part two of interview with Brinkley about his book The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America.
July 5, 2009 Walter Kirn Featured discussion of Kirn's book Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever.
July 12, 2009 Allis & Ronald Radosh Featured discussion of the Radoshes' book A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and The Founding of Israel.
July 19, 2009 Walt Mossberg
July 26, 2009 Susan Jacoby Featured discussion of Jacoby's book Alger Hiss and the Battle for History.
August 2, 2009 Bruce Chadwick Featured discussion of Chadwick's book I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing that Shocked a New Nation.
August 9, 2009 Frank Rich
August 16, 2009 Ellis Cose
August 23, 2009 Frank Mankiewicz
August 30, 2009 Dr. John GarrettFeatured discussion of Garrett's roles as Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Virginia Hospital Center.
September 6, 2009 T.R. Reid Featured discussion of Reid's book The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care.
September 13, 2009 Christopher Caldwell Featured discussion of Caldwell's book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.
September 20, 2009 Neil Sheehan Featured discussion of Sheehan's book A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon.
September 27, 2009 Richard Baker
October 4, 2009 Mark Farkas Featured discussion of C-SPAN's documentary on the United States Supreme Court.
October 11, 2009 Tracy Kidder Featured discussion of Kidder's book Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness.
October 18, 2009 S.E. Cupp
October 25, 2009 Barry Black Featured discussion of Black's role as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.
November 1, 2009 Ken Auletta Featured discussion of Auletta's book Googled: The End of the World as We Know It.
November 8, 2009 Melvin Urofsky Featured discussion of Urofsky's biography of Louis Brandeis.
November 15, 2009 Raymond Smock
November 22, 2009 Judy Shelton
November 29, 2009 Naomi Klein
December 6, 2009 Malcolm Gladwell
December 13, 2009 Michael Fauntroy
December 20, 2009 Robert W. Merry Featured discussion of Merry's book A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent.
December 27, 2009 Omar Wasow Featured discussion of BlackPlanet.com.

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Q&A is an interview series on the C-SPAN network that typically airs every Sunday night. It is hosted by C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb. Its stated purpose is to feature discussions with "interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science & technology in hour-long conversations about their lives and their work."

References

  1. "C-SPAN's "Q&A"". YouTube. Retrieved 3 December 2014. Watch Q&A every Sunday night on C-SPAN at 8pm ET. Each week we introduce you to interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science & technology in hour-long conversations about their lives and their work.