Episode 28: Featured Event with Jonathan Alter

Описание: In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, journalist and historian Jonathan Alter discusses his latest book, American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--and My Own (https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/i...) , recorded in-store at Watchung Booksellers.

Jonathan Alter is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (https://jonathanalter.com/work/the-ce...) , The Promise: President Obama, Year One (https://jonathanalter.com/work/the-pr...) , and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (https://jonathanalter.com/work/the-de...) , also one of the Times’ “Notable Books” of the year. Alter released His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life (https://jonathanalter.com/work/his-ve...) in 2020.


Since 1996, Alter has been a contributing correspondent and political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. In 2019, he co-produced and co-directed the HBO documentary, “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists,” (https://jonathanalter.com/work/bresli...) winning the 2020 Emmy for Best Historical Documentary.


In 2021, Alter launched a newsletter called “OLD GOATS, Ruminating with Friends” (https://oldgoats.substack.com/welcome) devoted to conversations with accomplished people of wisdom and experience.


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The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Watchung Booksellers (https://www.watchungbooksellers.com/) in Montclair, NJ.


The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell.


Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica.


Art & design and social media by Evelyn Moulton. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.


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