The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians Audiobook (Free)

In revealing conversations with our greatest historians, cofounder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein requires listeners on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American tale.

These exciting dialogues present a number of the biggest names in American history exploring the content they intimately know and understand. You’ll hear live recordings of:

—David McCullough on John Adams

—Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton

—Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin about The American Tale: Interactions with Master Historians

—Cokie Roberts on Founding Mothers

—Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln

—A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh

—Jay Winik on Franklin D. Roosevelt and 1944

—Jean Edward Smith on Dwight D. Eisenhower

—Taylor Branch on Martin Luther Ruler

—Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon

—H.W. Brands on Ronald Reagan

—And a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts

Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as you of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Today, in The American Story, David shares almost twelve interviews that catch the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their topics. The audiobook presents archival recordings of these interviews and features brand-new introductions by Rubenstein and a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the initial woman and the first BLACK to lead our national library.

Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era towards the past due 20th century.