Past Event Recordings
View previously broadcast author talks here.
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Authors Unplugged: Matt Dinniman - Apocalyptic Mayhem, Lava-Spitting Llamas, and One Very Sassy Cat: Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Curator Mary Savig - Your Ticket to the Best State Fair Crafts
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Authors Unplugged: Nir Eyal - Reshape Your Beliefs and Unlock Your True Potential
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Vivienne Ming - How to Robot-Proof Your Kids (and Yourself)
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Authors Unplugged: Marjan Kamali - On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love
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Authors Unplugged: Jason Reynolds - On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Portrayals of Resilience
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Authors Unplugged: Miranda Cowley Heller - Lush Lyricism and Intimate Confessions
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Authors Unplugged: Brad Taylor - On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft
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Authors Unplugged: Valerie Neal - On a Mission: The History of US Women Astronauts
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Authors Unplugged: Shoshana Walter - America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis
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Authors Unplugged: Kate Quinn - Book Portals and Journeys of Literary Magic
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Authors Unplugged: Michael Perry - Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch - Smithson’s Gamble: The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Lindsey Stewart - Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic
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Authors Unplugged: Vanessa Riley - Swashbuckling Heroines and High Seas Adventures
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Authors Unplugged: Liz Moore - Secrets and Second Chances
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Authors Unplugged: Julia Hotz - Nature, Art, and Service as Medicine
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Authors Unplugged: David Brooks - The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply
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Authors Unplugged: Sue Hincenbergs - Scheming Wives and High-Stakes Hilarity
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Authors Unplugged: Charles Duhigg - Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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Authors Unplugged: Amanda Peters - The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time
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Authors Unplugged: Joseph Lee - Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity with an Award-Winning Journalist
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Authors Unplugged: Philippa Gregory - Courtly Intrigue and Whispers as Weapons with a Historical Fiction Queen
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Authors Unplugged: Malala Yousafzai - Finding My Way with this Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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Authors Unplugged: Leigh Bardugo - 10 Years of Daring Heists and Lovable Outcasts in YA Fantasy
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Authors Unplugged: Nuestra América, Smithsonian Educators - Stories of 30 Inspiring Latinas/Latinos Who Have Shaped the United States
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Authors Unplugged: Gabe Henry - Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell
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Authors Unplugged: Hannah Nicole Maehrer - On Writing Darkly Charming Villainous Love
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk - The Stories, Science, and History of Birds
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Authors Unplugged: Pria Anand - On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains
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Authors Unplugged for 5th-8th Grade: Illuminating Hope and Grace in the Face of Hardship with Rex Ogle
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Authors Unplugged for 9th-12th Grade: Discerning the Truth with Marie Lu
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Authors Unplugged for PK-2nd Grade: Drawing Your World with Raúl The Third
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Authors Unplugged para Preescolar a 2º grado: Dibuja tu mundo con Raúl the Third
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Authors Unplugged for 3rd-6th Grade: Living the Otter Life with Katherine Applegate
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Authors Unplugged: Lisa Jewell - Explore Unexpected Twists and Turns
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Scientists - Extinctopedia–A Discovery of What We Have Lost, What is at Risk, and What To Do About It
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Authors Unplugged: Rachelle Bergstein - How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
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Authors Unplugged: Liann Zhang - On Writing a Brilliant, Dark, and Diabolical Thriller
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. David H. Rosmarin - How to Use Anxiety to Thrive
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Authors Unplugged: Gregg Hurwitz - The Thrill of Writing Action, Adventure, and Suspense
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Gardens Greenhouse Horticulturalist Matthew Fleming - The Stories, Science, and History of Trees
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Authors Unplugged: Jodi Picoult - Wordsmith and Wonder
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Authors Unplugged: Jennifer Weiner - Dreams We Chase
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Authors Unplugged: Clara Bingham - How Women’s Liberation Transformed America
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Authors Unplugged: Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins - I Am Nobody’s Slave
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Authors Unplugged: Waubgeshig Rice - Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective
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Authors Unplugged: Smithsonian Curator Sabrina Sholts - How We Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs
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Authors Unplugged: Seth Fishman - An Inside Look at Working with a Literary Agent
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Authors Unplugged: Amanda Montell - Notes on Modern Irrationality
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Authors Unplugged: Laura Dave - On Pulse-Pounding, Family Driven Mysteries
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Jeffrey Post - Unearthed: Exploring the Smithsonian National Gem Collection
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Authors Unplugged: Mona Susan Power - Native Rights and Culture in Fiction
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Authors Unplugged: Stanley Milford, Jr. - A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained
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Authors Unplugged: Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: Examining the Truths and Fictions we Tell Ourselves
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Authors Unplugged: Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Liberating Latin American Genre Fiction
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Rachel Page, Dr. Dina Dechmann, and Dr. Teague O’Mara - A Journey into the Hidden World of Tropical Bats
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Authors Unplugged: Liane Moriarty - A Deep Dive in Character Development
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Authors Unplugged: Nate Klemp, PhD - Living with an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World
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Authors Unplugged: Garrett Graff - Capturing the Human Drama of 9/11 and D-Day Through Oral History
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Authors Unplugged: Shelby Van Pelt - An Exploration of Friendship, Reckoning, and Hope
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Authors Unplugged: Irena Smith, PhD - The Golden Ticket to College Admissions Is Not What You Think: Redefining Success for Parents of Teens
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Jennifer Levasseur - Your All Access Pass Behind the Scenes at the Space Station with a Smithsonian Curator
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Authors Unplugged: 5th-8th Grade - Graphic Novels are Life! Telling Your Own Story in a Graphic Novel with Dan Santat
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Authors Unplugged: 9th-12th Grade - Learning the Power of Poetry with Bestselling Author Elizabeth Acevedo
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Authors Unplugged: 3rd-6th Grade - Surviving the Summer with The Last Kids on Earth and Max Brallier
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Authors Unplugged: PreK-2nd Grade - A Visit to Deckawoo Drive with Mercy Watson and Kate DiCamillo
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Authors Unplugged: Tiffany Jewell - Unpacking a History of Systemic Racism in the American Education System
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Authors Unplugged: Freida McFadden - Psychological Thrillers and the Queen of Twists
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Authors Unplugged: Matt Shindell - For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet with a Smithsonian Curator
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Authors Unplugged: Rebecca F. Kuang - Asian American Representation in Literature
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Authors Unplugged: Nina Simon - A Murder Mystery, Family Story, & Love Letter to Strong Women Everywhere
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Authors Unplugged: Douglas Brunt - Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
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Authors Unplugged: Xochitl Gonzalez - A Literary Examination of Power, Love, and Art
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Authors Unplugged: Paula J. Johnson - The Foods, People, and Innovations That Feed Us–A Sweeping History of Food and Culture with a Smithsonian Curator
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Authors Unplugged: Madeline Miller - On Retelling Greek Classics: An Exploration of the Modern Epics
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Authors Unplugged: Christopher Paolini - 20 Years of Dragon-Riding in YA Fantasy
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The Power of Friendships with NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg
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Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: An Author Talk with Kim Scott
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Exploring Identity, Love, and Being Black in America in Fiction Writing: A Conversation with Award-Winning Author Jason Mott
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Spice, Spirit, and Swoon–A Guaranteed Happily Ever After with Rom-Com Author Tessa Bailey
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Authors Unplugged: Dr. Robert Lustig - The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine
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Authors Unplugged: Rajiv Nagaich - How to Avoid the Hidden Traps in Retirement Planning Advice
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Authors Unplugged: Rebecca Serle - Embrace Love in the New Year
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Authors Unplugged: Victoria Aveyard - Let's Talk World Building
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Authors Unplugged: Naomi Alderman - Power of Women in Science Fiction, Writing Dystopian Worlds
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Authors Unplugged: Joy Harjo - Why She Writes - Internationally Renowned Performer, Writer and Poet of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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Authors Unplugged: Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche - Get Good with Money and Reach Your Financial Goals
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Authors Unplugged: John Stamos - Hollywood, Home, Heart, and Healing
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Authors Unplugged: John Irving - A Lifetime of Writing
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Master of Suspense: An Author Talk with Ruth Ware
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European Travel Tips and Tools with Guidebook Author Rick Steves
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How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most: An Author Talk with Adam Alter
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Life, Love, Family, and Food: An Author Talk with Lidia Bastianich
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A Year Inside College Admissions: An Author Talk with Jeff Selingo
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Author Talk with Cassandra Clare: Bestselling Author of The Mortal Instruments Series
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New York Times Bestselling Author of The Prophets: Author Talk with Robert Jones, Jr.
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Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir: An Author Talk with Erika L. Sánchez
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The Voice in Our Head: Author Talk with Award-Winning Psychologist Ethan Kross
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Author Talk with Charles Soule: New York Times Bestselling Author of Daredevil & She-Hulk
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Author Talk with Tananarive Due: Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda Contributing Author
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An American In Provence: Author Talk with Award-Winning Photographer Jamie Beck
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The Fun Habit: An Author Talk with Mike Rucker, Ph.D.
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Author Talk with Courtney Summers: New York Times Bestselling YA Author
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Not Funny: Author Talk with Academy Award Nominated Jena Friedman
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New York Times Bestselling Author of Ordinary Grace: Author Talk with William Kent Krueger
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Author Talk with Kate Beaton: Bestselling Cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant!
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Bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris: Author Talk with Pam Jenoff
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Southern Inspired: Author Talk with Celebrity Chef Jernard A. Wells
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Author Talk with David Epstein: Bestselling author of RANGE and THE SPORTS GENE
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Author Talk with Sadeqa Johnson: Award-Winning Author of Yellow Wife
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Tastes Like War: An Author Talk with Grace M. Cho
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Back in a Spell: Author Talk with Lana Harper
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xkcd Webcomic and What if? Series Creator : Author Talk with Randall Munroe
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Decluttering to Start Your New Year: Author Talk with Dana K. White
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The Gilded Ones Series: Author Talk with Namina Forna
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A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America: Author Talk with Nicole Eustace
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Author Talk with Fredrik Backman: Bestselling Author of A Man Called Ove
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Author Talk with Geraldine Brooks
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How to Have Difficult Conversations About Race: Practical Tools for Necessary Change in the Workplace and Beyond with Kwame Christian
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Lessons in Chemistry: Author Talk with Bonnie Garmus
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The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR: Author Talk with Lisa Napoli
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The Diamond Eye: Author Talk with Kate Quinn
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Where The Children Take Us: Author Talk with Zain E. Asher
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Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty - Author Talk with Dr. Aziz Gazipura
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Author Talk with Simon Winchester
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Raising Thrivers: Parenting Tips & Tools to Help Kids Thrive in an Uncertain World - Author Talk with Dr. Michele Borba
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Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger and Multiply Your Impact - Author Talk with Liz Wiseman
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The Beauty in Breaking: Author Talk with Michele Harper
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Long Bright River: Author Talk with Liz Moore
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Author Talk With Historian and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dr. Marcia Chatelain
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity - Author Talk with David Allen
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The Henna Artist: Author Talk with Alka Joshi
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