Television writer and comedian Nell Scovell discusses her book, "Just the Funny Parts", with Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post.

John McWhorter on why English spelling is so frustratingly idiosyncratic.

Laura Miller, Alex Barasch, and Gabriel Roth discuss the new novel by Alan Hollinghurst, The Sparsholt Affair, a multigenerational saga about gay life.

Sarah McBride discusses her memoir, Tomorrow Will Be Different", with Rep. Joe Kennedy at Politics and Prose on 3/20/18.

Mary Frances Berry discusses her book, "History Teaches Us To Resist", at Politics and Prose on 3/14/18.

What we know about what Washington, Franklin and Hamilton may have sounded like.

Dhonielle Clayton discusses her novel, "The Belles", with fellow YA author Jason Reynolds at Politics and Prose on 2/9/18.

Robert Reich discusses his book, "The Common Good", at a Politics and Prose event at Sixth and I in Washington, DC.

John McWhorter on the rise of an exclamatory syllable in English.

Brittney Cooper discusses her book, "Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower", with Damon Young at Politics and Prose on 2/21/18.

Update on Mars Patel season 3 and preview of a new show by Gen-Z Media

Laura Miller, Jacob Brogan, and Charlie Jane Anders discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Left Hand of Darkness".

Isaac Butler and Dan Kois discuss their book, "The World Only Spins Forward", about the history of the groundbreaking play, "Angels in America".

The rich complexities of a humble preposition.

David Frum, former White House speech writer and senior editor at The Atlantic, discusses his book, "Trumpocracy", at Politics and Prose on 2/7/18.

On this episode of Live at Politics and Prose, Johann Hari discusses his book Lost Connections with Andrew Sullivan.

John McWhorter on the origin of woman, girl and other lady terms.

Leni Zumas discusses her feminist dystopia novel, Red Clocks, at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.

A special goodbye from The 10 Minute Writer's Workshop

Katy Waldman, Parul Sehgal, and Laura Bennett discuss Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.

On this episode of Live at Politics and Prose, April Ryan leads a panel discussion on racial issues in America with Mary Frances Berry, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Wesley Lowery, and Jason Riley.

John McWhorter on the etymology and pronunciation of English numbers.

Linda Gordon discusses her book The Second Coming of the KKK at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.

Like gangster and gangsta, nigger and nigga have become two distinct words.

Bruce Bartlett discusses his book The Truth Matters at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.

This compilation of seven authors highlights the many diverse voices, who visited Politics and Prose in 2017.

This week, we talk to Manoush Zomorodi, author of Bored and Brilliant and host of the WNYC podcast Note to Self

The problem is, is that we sometimes say "is" twice. Why?

Dar Williams discusses her book, What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities--One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time, at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.

Katy Waldman, Parul Seghal, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey by Homer. Next month's book will be Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.

Deb Perelman discusses her cook book Smitten Kitchen Every Day at a Politics and Prose event in Washington, DC.

Biblical scholar Mark Ward discusses his forthcoming book, Authorized: The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible.

Carmen Maria Machado reads from her short story collection Her Body And Other Parties and takes questions from the audience.

Reza Aslan discusses his book God at a Politics and Prose event at Sixth and I historic synagogue in Washington, DC.

Turkey? Pumpkin? Squash? They're all mistakes.

Katy Waldman, Laura Miller, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss the novel Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Our selection for next month will be Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

Masha Gessen discusses her National Book Award winning book The Future Is History in Washington, DC.

Nikki Giovanni discusses her book A Good Cry at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC.

Language is often at the mercy of pure chance.

Khizr Khan discusses his life and his memoir An American Family in Washington, DC.

This week, we speak to former speechwriter for Michelle Obama, Sarah Hurwitz

It's time to permanently shelve the Elements of Style.

Katy Waldman, Meghan O'Roark, and Emily Bazelon discuss Hilary Clinton's memoir, What Happened.

Colin Dickey reads from his book Ghostland at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC.

Eileen Myles reads from her book Afterglow (a dog memoir) at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC.

This week, we speak to the author of What Milo Saw and Wishbones, Virginia Macgregor

John McWhorter answers questions from Lexicon Valley listeners.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding discuss their anthology Nasty Women with contributors Nicole Chung and Mary Kathryn Nagle.

A conversation with Atul Gawande, author of "Being Mortal".

David Litt on writing jokes for President Obama and comedy’s reluctant role as a source of truth in the Alternative Fact era.

After parking in front of a garage, John received a note written in Spanish.

Laura Bennett, Katy Waldman, and Meghan O'Rourke discuss Sally Rooney's debut novel Conversations with Friends, and idea-driven novel about a group of four young people in Dublin struggling with ideology and identity.

Danielle Allen discusses her memoir Cuz as well as the war on drugs and mass incarceration.

In this episode, we talk with Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You, about writing families..

John McWhorter discusses the process by which some new languages are born.

Mark Bowden and Bob Woodward discuss the Vietnam War including the stories of those who served, the journalists who reported, and the failures of leadership.