
The World in Time / Lapham’s Quarterly
Lewis H. Lapham, the founder and editor of Lapham’s Quarterly, interviews authors of new books of history. New episodes are released biweekly. laphamsquarterly.org.
Latest episodes

Nov 22, 2019 • 42min
Episode 52: Matt Stoller
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Matt Stoller, author of “Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.”
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Nov 8, 2019 • 47min
Episode 51: Andrew Delbanco
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Andrew Delbanco, author of “The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War.”

Oct 11, 2019 • 51min
Episode 50: Harlow Giles Unger
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Harlow Giles Unger, author of “Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence.”
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Sep 27, 2019 • 51min
Episode 49: William Dalrymple
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company.

Sep 13, 2019 • 33min
Episode 48: Isabella Tree
Lewis H. Lapham talks with the author of Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm.

Aug 16, 2019 • 47min
Episode 47: Ziya Tong
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Ziya Tong, author of The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World.
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Jun 28, 2019 • 50min
Episode 46: Rick Atkinson
Lewis H. Lapham talks with the author of “The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777.”
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

Jun 14, 2019 • 46min
Episode 45: David Wallace-Wells
This week on The World in Time, Lewis H. Lapham talks with David Wallace-Wells, author of “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming.”
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

May 31, 2019 • 56min
Episode 44: Brenda Wineapple
Lewis H. Lapham talks with the author of “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation.”
Thanks to our generous donors. Lead support for this podcast has been provided by Elizabeth “Lisette” Prince. Additional support was provided by James J. “Jimmy” Coleman Jr.

May 17, 2019 • 44min
Episode 43: Nigel Hamilton
Lewis H. Lapham talks with Nigel Hamilton, author of War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945.