List of After Words interviews first aired in 2012

After Words is an American television series on the C-SPAN2 network’s weekend programming schedule known as Book TV. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.

First air date(Links to video)Interviewee(s)Interviewer(s)BookTopic of interview / CommentsJanuary 7, 2012Jack AbramoffEliza Newlin CarneyCapitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist January 14, 2012Chris MatthewsSam DonaldsonJack Kennedy: Elusive HeroJohn F. KennedyJanuary 21, 2012George NashRichard Norton SmithFreedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath January 28, 2012Zbigniew BrzezinskiMichael HirschStrategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global PowerForeign policy of the United StatesFebruary 4, 2012Deborah ScrogginsAkbar AhmedWanted WomenAyaan Hirsi Ali, Aafia SiddiquiFebruary 13, 2012Eric KlinenbergKim BlankenshipGoing Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone February 18, 2012Ira ShapiroBernie SandersThe Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis February 25, 2012Richard Thompson FordSuzanne NosselUniversal Rights Down to Earth March 3, 2012John Lewis GaddisSusan GlasserGeorge F. Kennan: An American Life George KennanMarch 12, 2012Maggie AndersonKrissah ThompsonOur Black Year: One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided EconomyBlack capitalismMarch 17, 2012Linda KillianMichael TomaskyThe Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of IndependentsIndependent votersMarch 24, 2012Craig TimbergScott EvertzTinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It March 31, 2012Alain de BottonChris HedgesReligion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of ReligionAtheism and religionApril 9, 2012Liza MundyApril RyanThe Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family April 14, 2012Dick TeresiSally SatelThe Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers - How Medicine is Blurring the Line Between Life and DeathEthics of Organ TransplantationApril 21, 2012Dale CarpenterDavid SavageFlagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. TexasLawrence v. TexasMay 5, 2012Seth JonesKimberly DozierHunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11 Al QaedaMay 12, 2012Van JonesJackie KucinichRebuild the Dream May 19, 2012Jay NordlingerMatt MurrayPeace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, The Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the WorldNobel Peace PrizeMay 28, 2012Victor ChaScott SnyderThe Impossible State: North Korea, Past and FutureNorth KoreaJune 2, 2012Steve CollDina CappielloPrivate Empire: ExxonMobil and American PowerExxonMobilJune 10, 2012Madeleine AlbrightAnn BlackmanPrague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 June 23, 2012Katie PavlichMajor GarrettFast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and Its Shameless Cover-UpATF gunwalking scandalJune 30, 2012Fawaz GergesPhyllis BennisObama and the Middle East: The End of America's Moment? July 7, 2012Martha RosenbergStephanie BeasleyBorn with a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks, and Hacks Pimp the Public Health July 14, 2012Peter CollierAngela StentPolitical Woman: The Big Little Life of Jeane Kirkpatrick Jeane KirkpatrickJuly 18, 2012Jonah GoldbergNia-Malika HendersonThe Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas July 23, 2012Kaitlin Bell BarnettJudith WarnerDosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up July 28, 2012Fredrick C. HarrisCharlton McIlwainThe Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics August 5, 2012David CristEllen LaipsonThe Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with IranIran–United States relationsAugust 12, 2012Edward ConardMichael EttlingerUnintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told About the Economy is Wrong August 18, 2012John Fund and Hans von SpakovskyLinda KillianWho's Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk August 26, 2012John Corvino and Maggie GallagherDebating Same-Sex MarriageCorvino and Gallagher interviewed each other about the book they co-wrote, in which they espoused opposing views on Same-sex marriage.September 2, 2012Donald Barlett and James SteeleJuan WilliamsThe Betrayal of the American Dream September 9, 2012Kofi AnnanKatty KayInterventions: A Life in War and Peace September 16, 2012Anton TreuerJacqueline PataEverything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to AskNative Americans in the United StatesSeptember 22, 2012Richard MiniterKarlyn BowmanLeading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him September 29, 2012Sasha IssenbergNancy JacobsonThe Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns October 7, 2012John JenkinsJoan BiskupicThe Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist William RehnquistOctober 13, 2012Marguerite GuzmanAmy GoodmanThe Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan October 20, 2012Hanna RosinTucker CarlsonThe End of Men - and the Rise of Women October 28, 2012David ColemanJames HershbergThe Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis November 4, 2012Salman KhanNina ReesThe One World Schoolhouse: Education ReimaginedKhan AcademyNovember 10, 2012David Cay JohnstonJayne O'DonnellThe Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" and Other Tricks to Rob You Blind November 17, 2012James T. PattersonDaryl ScottThe Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America1965 in the United StatesNovember 25, 2012Gautam MukundaRichard BrookhiserIndispensable: When Leaders Really Matter December 1, 2012Ray KurzweilIngrid WickelgrenHow to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed December 8, 2012Marty MakaryRichard DaviesUnaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care December 15, 2012Cynthia LowenDonna LiebermanBully: An Action Plan for Teachers and Parents to Combat the Bullying Epidemic in AmericaBullyingDecember 22, 2012Craig WhitneyPaul HelmkeLiving with Guns: A Liberal's Case for the Second Amendment December 29, 2012Oliver Stone and Peter KuznickMichael KazinThe Untold History of the United States

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