John Adams Institute Audio & Video

On April 28, 2010, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with Jon Krakauer. He has written some of the most popular outdoor adventure books of our time.

On 26 May, 1998, Thriller writer James Ellroy came to the John Adams Institute to speak about L.A. Confidential. Theo D. Haen moderated the evening.

On September 23, 2008, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with David Sedaris. The humorist and author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim brought his entourage to Amsterdam for the Dutch publication of his latest collection of wisdom, When You Are Engulfed in Flames.

On May 27, 1998, The John Adams Institute welcomed the award-winning author Don DeLillo, who enjoyed glorious reviews for his masterpiece 'Underworld'.

On December 7, 1989, Jamaica Kincaid visited the John Adams Institute to talk about 'A Small Place'. Lyrical, sardonic, and forthright, 'A Small Place' magnifies our vision of one small place with Swiftian wit and precision.

On January 10, 2002, The John Adams Institute, in co-operation with Prometheus Publishing House, proudly presented an evening with Jonathan Franzen, winner of the National Book Award. Franzen discussed his novel The Corrections.

On, November 11, 1995, T. Coraghessen Boyle visited the John Adams Institute to speak about his novel The Tortilla Curtain, a controversial tale about political correctness, hypocrisy and American attitudes.

On December 1, 1999, The John Adams Institute welcomed the Irish-American author and Pulitzer Prize winner, Frank McCourt, for the second time to speak about his novel 'Tis.

On February 16, 1996, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with legendary American political economist John Kenneth Galbraith, who has become one of the most influential scholars in American politics, not only as professor of economics at Harvard but also as a presidential advisor and political leader.

On April 16, 1994, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with Robert Bly. He has been hailed as one of the key liberators of American poetry.