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The Library of Congress Magazine features interviews with newsmakers, opinion leaders, expert curators, subject matter experts and members of our hardworking staff. We'll share extensive audio versions of these interviews in this podcast series.

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The Library of Congress Magazine features interviews with newsmakers, opinion leaders, expert curators, subject matter experts and members of our hardworking staff. We'll share extensive audio versions of these interviews in this podcast series.

    Four Who Served, Now Serving the Library

    Four Who Served, Now Serving the Library

    The Library of Congress counts many veterans among its own staff. Sheryl Cannady talks with four of them about their experiences in the military.

    First Word – Carla Hayden

    First Word – Carla Hayden

    The Library's Sheryl Cannady talks with Carla Hayden, who discusses her decision to become a librarian and her plans as the new Librarian of Congress.

    Charles Wright on Being the Poet Laureate

    Charles Wright on Being the Poet Laureate

    The Library's Sheryl Cannady talks with poet Charles Wright, who discusses the work and experience of serving as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. Wright was named Poet Laureate in 2014 and served to 2015, and is the author of 24 collections of poems.

    Lord Lothian on American Ties to Magna Carta

    Lord Lothian on American Ties to Magna Carta

    The Library's Sheryl Cannady chats with Michael Lothian, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, where he sits as the Marquess of Lothian. A member of the British Parliament and descendant of King John, Lord Lothian discusses Magna Carta's legacy.

    • 11 min
    My Job: Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

    My Job: Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

    Karen Keninger, newly-appointed director of the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress, discusses with Jon Munshaw her work managing the Library's free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.

    • 13 min
    Biographer Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson

    Biographer Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro discusses the political acumen of Lyndon B. Johnson. His latest bestseller, "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson," is the fourth volume of the critically praised series about the 36th president.

    • 13 min

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