



Harry Kreisler is executive producer and host of the series, which is produced at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California - Berkeley. Conceived in 1982 by Mr. Kreisler as a way to capture and preserve through conversation and technology the intellectual ferment of our times, Conversations with History includes over 450 interviews.
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Politics, Legislation, and the Work of Democracy
Edward Alden;
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: "Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 911," 11/18/08
Alexey
G. Arbatov; Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation: "Making
Foreign Policy in Democratic Russia" 3/4/03

Anders Aslund; Senior
Fellow, Peterson Institute, Washington, D.C.:“Why
Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed in Russia,”2/12/08
Jack Citrin; Professor
Political Science, UC Berkeley: "Nationalism,
Cosmopolitanism, and American National Identity," 8/1/07

Steven A. Cook; Douglas
Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: ”The
Implications of Military Rule for Democratization in the Middle East,” 1/31/08
Alan
Cranston; former U.S. Senator from California: "Democracy,
Disarmament, and Public Education," 4/17/00

Massimo
D'Alema; former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Democrats
of the Left party: "Italy,
Europe, and the Left," 6/11/02

Mark Danner; Professor of Journalism, UC Berkeley: "The Red Cross Report, Torture Memos and Political Accountability," 05/8/09
Ronald
V. Dellums; Former U.S. Representative, Ninth Congressional District,
California: "Legislating
for the People," 2/10/00
J. Bradford
DeLong;
Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley: "Economics,
Politics and Public Discourse," 10/5/07
Richard B. Freeman; Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University: "Global
Capitalism, Labor Markets, and Inequality” 10/31/07
Anita Gradin;
Swedish legislator and diplomat; former European Commissioner: "Securing
the Rights of Women," 2/28/01

Linda Greenhouse;
Knight Distinguished Journalist, Yale Law School: "Reflections on the Supreme Court," 9/17/08
Haynes
Johnson; Journalist and writer: "McCarthyism," 10/28/05
David M. Kennedy;
McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus, Stanford University: "Lessons from FDR's New Deal," 02/03/09
Neil Kinnock; Member of British Parliament
and former Head of the Labour Party of Great Britain: "The
Work of Politics," 3/9/94
Jeremy Kinsman;
Diplomat-in-Residence, Princeton University: "Diplomacy," 11/21/08
Sir
David King; Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Great Britain: "Science
and Public Policy," 9/15/05

Lewis H.
Lapham; Editor of Harper's Magazine, 1976-2006: "An
Editor's Odyssey," 10/7/06

James Leach;
Former Congressman: "Congress, Leadership and the Economic Collapse," 03/17/09
James M. McPherson;
author: "Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," 10/27/08
Abner J. Mikva;
former Congressman, Appellate Judge, and Counsel to the President"Politics,
Values, and the Separation of Powers," 4/12/99

Leon Panetta;
former Congressman and former Director of the Office of Management and
Budget: "Leadership, Values,
and the Changing Face of Politics," 5/22/00

Christopher Patten; Secretary of State for Environment, Great Britain: "Shaping
Environmental Policy," 8/10/89

Paul Pierson; Avice
Saint Chair in Public Policy, Department of Political Science, UCB: "The
Transformation of American Politics," 12/1/05

Nelson W.
Polsby; Heller Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley: "Institutional
Change in the U.S. Congress," 9/4/02
Olli Rehn;
Research Director, University of Finland: "Finland
in a Changing World," 2/26/03

Philippe Sands;
Professor of International Law, University College London: "The Rumsfeld Memo and the Betrayal of American Values," 11/18/08
Alan K.
Simpson; former U.S. Senator, Wyoming: "Let
'er Rip: Reflections of a Rocky Mountain Senator," 9/17/97
James
Gustave Speth; Dean of the School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, Yale University: "Capitalism,
the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” 04/02/08
Jari Vilén;
Minister for Foreign Trade: "Finland
and the Global Economy," 1/23/03
David Vogel; Solomon
P. Lee Distinguished Professor in Business Ethics, Haas School of Business,
UC Berkeley: "Business,
Government, and Ethics in an Era of Globalization," 7/11/07

Karsten Voigt;
Coordinator for German-American Cooperation; German Foreign Office: "Democracy
and Foreign Policy," 2/16/01
J. Clifford Wallace;
Senior Judge, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit: "Judges and the Rule of Law," 03/11/09
Elizabeth Warren; Leo
Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard University: "Law,
Politics, and the Coming Collapse of the Middle Class," 3/8/07

Martin Wolf;
Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times: "The Causes and Consequences of the Economic Collapse," 02/19/09
Howard Wolpe; Congressional
Representative and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa: "The
Role of Congress in Foreign Policy," 11/12/82

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