Politics and Prose Bookstore Events Videos

Dr. David Agus is author of the brand new book A Short Guide to a Long Life. In this talk delivered at Politics and Prose, Dr. Agus provides the results of recent research devoted to healthy living.

Eugene Allen worked as the White House butler for thirty-four years, serving eight presidents. Wil Haygood, author of acclaimed biographies of Sugar Ray Robinson, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Adam Clayton Powell, published a front-page feature on Allen in The Washington Post.

Chris Hedges, "America: The Farewell Tour", at Politics and Prose on 8/22/18. A longtime foreign correspondent, Hedges has reported from more than fifty countries.

In this interview from the Politics and Prose bookstore, Andrew Sullivan interviews Johann Hari about his best-selling book Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions. Hari argues that we need to look further at the social causes of depression when coming up with solutions for combating this pervasive mental illness.

Ronan Farrow discusses his harrowing book, "Catch and Kill", with Sunny Hostin of the View at a Politics and Prose event.

Mika Brzezinski has had a long struggle with food—worrying about what and how much to eat, feeling guilty about eating junk rather than vegetables.

Technology and social media guru, Danah Boyd, discusses her book, It's Complicated," at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.

Put up for adoption when she was a month old, Teege is the daughter of a Nigerian father and a German mother, whose own father was Amon Goeth, the Nazi commandant responsible for clearing the Krakow ghetto and whose brutality was a focus of Schindler's List.

Robert Wright introduces his popular book Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment in this talk from 2017 delivered at Politics and Prose Bookstore.

Watch this highly entertaining talk from Michio Kaku on his latest bestselling book The Future of the Mind. Kaku references many movies which offer glimpses into the future and then points out ways that these futures may well come true.