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Books and More with William Cooper

We explore books, politics, and everyday life with author William Cooper. Visit him online at will-cooper.com.

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32:25

Jonathan Rauch, The Brookings Institution and The...

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2026/02/02

We discuss Jonathan's The Atlantic article on Donald Trump, Yes, It's Fascism, and his book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy. Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/america-fascism-trump-maga-ice/685751/ Book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273540/cross-purposes/

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26:35

Nicholas Thompson, Author and CEO of The Atlantic

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2026/01/27

We discuss The Atlantic and his wonderful book, The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678434/the-running-ground-by-nicholas-thompson/

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27:03

PEN America Interim Co-CEO Summer Lopez

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2026/01/27

Summer Lopez joined PEN America in 2017, and serves as the chief program officer of Free Expression Programs. Beginning in Nov 2024, she is also serving as interim co-CEO of PEN America. She previously worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for eight years, and was most recently posted to Zimbabwe, where she served as the deputy director of the Office of Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance at the USAID Mission in Harare. Earlier, she was at USAID headquarters

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29:12

Author and Law Professor Justin Brooks

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2026/01/27

Justin Brooks is a Professor of Practice at University of San Diego School of Law and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project. We discuss his book, You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent. https://www.amazon.com/Might-Prison-Though-Youre-Innocent/dp/0520409604/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

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31:17

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Edward J. Larson

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2026/01/27

We discuss Ed's storied career and his new book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters. https://www.amazon.com/Declaring-Independence-Why-1776-Matters/dp/1324078979

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30:53

Nadine Strossen, past President of the American Civil...

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2026/01/13

Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past President of the American Civil Liberties Union (1991-2008), is a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education) and a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasions. She serves on the advisory boards of the ACLU, Academic Freedom Alliance, Heterodox Academy,

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3:46

W. Ralph Eubanks (Part 3)

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2026/01/12

W. Ralph Eubanks’s work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often

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10:21

W. Ralph Eubanks (Part 2)

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2026/01/12

W. Ralph Eubanks’ work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often

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3:45

W. Ralph Eubanks (Part 1)

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2026/01/12

W. Ralph Eubanks’s work focuses on Race, Identity, and the Culture and Literature of the American South. We discuss his new book When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land. For readers of The Sum of Us and South to America, it's an essential new look at the roots of American inequality—and the seeds of its transformation. Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often

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20:21

Stephen Pevar, ACLU

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2026/01/12

Stephen Pevar was a Senior Staff Attorney in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, and was on the National Legal Staff for 45 years. He litigated some 200 federal cases involving constitutional rights. Stephen authored The Rights of Indians and Tribes (Oxford University Press 2024). He has serves as a Lecturer at Law at Yale Law School. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rights-of-indians-and-tribes-9780190077556?cc=us&lang=en& DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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21:27

Author Richard Danzig

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2026/01/12

Richard A. Danzig, The Author Of The Chance Cormac Legal Thriller Series. https://www.richardadanzigauthor.com/

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18:20

Author Malcom Kempt

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2026/01/12

Malcom Kempt worked as a criminal lawyer in the remote Arctic for seventeen years before leaving to write full-time. He now lives on the island of Newfoundland. We discuss his new novel, A Gift Before Dying. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2312857/malcolm-kempt/

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31:52

Columnist Lynn Schmidt

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2026/01/12

Lynn Schmidt is a syndicated columnist and Editorial Board member with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We discuss today's political scene and the book Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy, by Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown. DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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34:17

New York Times Ken Belson

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2026/01/05

We discuss Ken's great new bestseller: Every Day Is Sunday: How Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, and Roger Goodell Turned the NFL into a Cultural & Economic Juggernaut.https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ken-belson/every-day-is-sunday/9781538772577/?lens=grand-central-publishing

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30:50

Yale Professor Lauren Benton

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2026/01/05

We discuss Professor Benton's latest book, They Called It Peace, and how it applies to current events--including the recent capture and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248479/they-called-it-peace

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24:42

Judith Resnik, Yale Law Professor

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/24

Resnik's new book, “Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy,” was published by the University of Chicago Press this year.https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo243487113.html

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24:18

Donald L. Horowitz, Duke Law Professor

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/23

Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University. He holds law degrees from Syracuse and Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. Professor Horowitz is the author of eight books: The Courts and Social Policy (1977), which won the Louis Brownlow Award of the National Academy of Public Administration; The Jurocracy (1977), a book about government lawyers; Coup Theories and Officers’ Motives: Sri Lanka in Comparative

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25:50

Portraitist Robert Shetterly

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/22

We discuss Robert's incredible body of work.https://americanswhotellthetruth.org/about/about-the-artist/ DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY. will-cooper.com

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23:54

Professor Joseph Hoover, Queen Mary University of London

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/20

We discuss his forthcoming book, Living Just Enough for the City.Website: https://joseph-hoover.org/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drjoehoover.bsky.social or @drjoehoover.bsky.social Substack: https://anothermotelvoice.substack.com/ or @anothermotelvoice Article on gentrification: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00905917231178295 Article on utopian hope, where I discuss utopian urban planning: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17550882251380725 DON'T WORRY, BE

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32:27

Bryan A. Garner

Books and More with William Cooper ·

2025/12/17

We discuss Bryan's collaboration with Justice Scalia and his wonderful new book The Etcher: The Life and Art of Oskar Stoessel. https://www.amazon.com/Etcher-Life-Art-Oskar-Stoessel/dp/1567928404

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