Online NewsHour: David Gergen Dialogues





April 26, 1999		The Big Bang Book David Gergen talks with Brian Greene, author and Columbia University Physics and Mathematics professor, on his latest book, "Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory."
March 15, 1999		The Cousins' War David Gergen engages author and political analyst Kevin Phillips on his new book, "The Cousins' War: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America."
March 11, 1999		Spies Like Us David Gergen interviews Allen Weinstein, president of the Center for Democracy and co-author of "The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America, the Stalin Era."
March 4, 1999		"Our Kind of People" David Gergen engages Lawrence Otis Graham, an attorney and contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is the author of "Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class."
March 1, 1999		American Feminism Danielle Crittenden, founder and editor of The Women's Quarterly magazine, dicusses her book "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes The Modern Woman."
Feb. 24, 1999		"What Remains To Be Discovered" John Maddox, editor emeritus of Nature, argues that scientific discovery is far from complete and that it will be fueled by "the answers to the questions we do not yet know enough to ask."
Feb. 8, 1999		"Working with Emotional Intelligence" Daniel Goleman, author of the best-selling "Emotional Intelligence," discusses this very important form of knowledge and why it is an essential ingredient for success in the workplace.
Feb. 1, 1999		"The Future and Its Enemies" Author Virginia Postrel argues that the debate over progress is no longer defined as one between left and right, but as a struggle between supporters of experimenation and innovation and their opponents.
Dec. 31, 1998		"The Hand" Neurologist and author Frank Wilson talks about his latest book, "The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture."
Dec. 24, 1998		"..According to Eve" David Gergen talks with Cullen Murphy, author of "The Word According to Eve."
Nov. 30, 1998		"A Dream Deferred" David Gergen engages Shelby Steele, author of "A Dream Deferred: The Second Betrayl of Black Freedom in America."
Nov. 26, 1998		"Secrecy" David Gergen engages New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, author of "Secrecy."
Nov. 11, 1998		"All The Laws But One" David Gergen talks with William Rehnquist, author of "All the Laws But One, Civil Liberties in Wartime."
Nov. 3, 1998		American Revolutionary? David Gergen engages Juan Williams, author of "Thurgood Marshall, American Revolutionary."
Oct. 26, 1998		"The Seekers " David Gergen engages author of "The Seekers, The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand This World."
Oct. 20, 1998		"Professor And The Madman" David Gergen engages writer Simon Winchester, author of "The Professor and the Madman, the making of the Oxford English Dictionary."
Sept. 28, 1998		Who Killed Homer? David Gergen talks with Victor Davis Hanson, the authors of "Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom."
Sept. 18, 1998		Acheson David Gergen engages James Chace, author of "Acheson, the Secretary of State Who Created the American World."
Sept. 7, 1998		Community Healers Robert Woodson discusses his book "The Triumphs of Joseph, How Today's Community Healers are Reviving Our Streets and Neighborhoods."
Aug. 12, 1998		Money & Morals David Gergen talks with Patricia O'Toole, author of "Money & Morals in America."
July 23, 1998		Ancestral Appreciation David Gergen talks with Thomas Cahill about his book "The Gifts of the Jews."

July 13, 1998		Behind the Revolution David Gergen engages Richard Ketchum, author of "Saratoga, Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War."

July 7, 1998		Winds Of Change Rep. John Lewis discusses his role in the civil rights movement.

June 30, 1998		Uniting Knowledge David Gergen talks with Edward O. Wilson, a biology professor at Harvard University and author of "Consilience, the Unity of Knowledge."
June 23, 1998		"Mayhem" as Entertainment David Gergen engages Sissela Bok, a fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, author of "Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment."
June 1, 1998		Reflections on Autobiography A conversation with author Jill Ker Conway about her new book, "When Memory Speaks, Reflections on Autobiography."
May 22, 1998		The Children A conversation with author and journalist David Halberstam about his new book, "The Children."
May 6, 1998		False Hopes A conversation with Daniel Callahan, author of "False Hopes: Why America's Quest for Perfect Health is a Recipe for Failure."
April 29, 1998		Strangers Among Us A conversation with Roberto Suro, author of "Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration is Transforming America."
April 9, 1998		Social Life in the 19th Century A conversation with Barbara Goldsmith, author of "Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria."
April 9, 1998		America's Dilemma Alex Kotlowitz discusses a story of two towns, a death, and America's dilemma.
March 27, 1998		The Argument Culture Author Deborah Tannen discusses the way we approach problems.
March 18, 1998		A New Take on Lincoln Douglas Wilson, author of "Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln," discusses the previously unknown details of Abraham Lincoln's life.
March 11, 1998		America United Alan Wolfe discusses middle class morality, patriotism, and extremism in America.
Feb. 20, 1998		Forgotten Holocaust Iris Chang discusses her book, "The Rape of Nanking."
Feb. 20, 1998		Beyond Engineering Robert Pool explores how society shapes technology.
Feb. 2, 1998		King's Legacy Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
Jan. 14, 1998		Religion and Writing David Gergen, editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report, engages Alfred Kazin, literary critic, author of "God and the American Writer."


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