Television Appearances -David S. Reynolds

Television interview, “David S. Reynolds, Author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times discusses the 16th president and the four-part Apple TV + series ‘Lincoln’s Dilemma,’” CityLine TV, WCVB, February 17, 2022.

National television interview; David S. Reynolds interviewed about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, “History with David Rubenstein,” PBS 13, February 9, 2022.

             —Also available on Apple, Spotify, and the New-York Historical Society website.

Television interview with David S. Reynolds about “Lincoln’s Dilemma,” Apple TV+’s docuseries based on Reynolds’s Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, The Rhode Show, WPRI TV (Providence), January 9, 2022.

David S. Reynolds interviewed on “Morning Journal” (C-SPAN) by Steve Scully, about his book Abe, February 8, 2021.

David S. Reynolds on C-SPAN: Reynolds discusses his book Abe with James Oakes, November 15, 2020 and November 26, 2020.

David S. Reynolds on C-SPAN, “The Lincoln Assassination: Cultural and Literary Contexts.”

CSPAN Panel on David S. Reynolds’ Scholarship

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Brian Lamb on Book Notes about Walt Whitman’s America: A Cultural Biography

David S. Reynolds on C-SPAN-2, about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Robert Remini about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, “After Words,” C-SPAN-2, Book TV

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Tabetha Wallace and Tyrel Ventura on “Partisan Politics Splitting America Apart,” Watching the Hawks, RT TV, March 30, 2016.

David S. Reynolds, interviewed on The Big Picture: Conversations with Great Minds, with Thom Hartmann, “When the Political Parties Last Melted Down,” March 2, 2016.

David S. Reynolds, interviewed on The Big Picture: Conversations with Great Minds, with Thom Hartmann, “What the GOP Could Learn from Lincoln,” March 2, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Doug Muzzio about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America on “City Talk,” CUNY TV

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Doug Muzzio about Andrew Jackson in his time and the parallels to our time, on “City Talk,” CUNY TV

David S. Reynolds interviewed about  “Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy and Race Relations in Today’s World,” Alhurra Television International, Voice of America, January 14, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about “The Nastiest Campaign Ever?: The Election of 1828,” on BlazeTV

 

Radio & Podcast Interviews 

 Radio Interview, “Walt Whitman’s America,” with Sal Inglima, Boston Free Radio, April 29, 2023.

 Radio Interview on John Brown with Montie Montgomery, iHeartRadio’s Our American Stories, April 24, 2023.

Podcast interview about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times and Apple TV+’s “Lincoln’s Dilemma,” David S. Reynolds interviewed by Nell Minow, Roger and Ebert/Movie Mom, February 16, 2022.

Podcast interview about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times and Apple TV+’s “Lincoln’s Dilemma,” interviewed by Leah Klett, Christian Post, February 16, 2022.

Podcast interview: “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with David S. Reynolds Abe:Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 10, 2021.

Podcast interview: “Lincoln, Race, and Cancel Culture.” David S. Reynolds discusses Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Time with Martin Di Caro, March 1, 2021.

Podcast interview: Lincoln Prize interview by Gettysburg College president Robert W. Iuliano

Radio interview: “It’s Absurd to Change the Name of Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco!” David S. Reynolds discusses Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, with John Rothmann, KGO.810, San Francisco, December 16, 2020.

David S. Reynolds, “American Inspirations,” webinar on Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, Porter Square Books, December 3, 2020.

David S. Reynolds on Lincoln Log Podcast, interviewed by Joshua Claybourn, “Abraham Lincoln in His Times,” Abraham Lincoln Assocation, December 1, 2020.

Podcast interview, David S. Reynolds discusses Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, Book Breaks, Gilder Lehrman Institute, November 15, 2020.

Radio interview with Leonard Lopate, WBAI, New York, NY, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 26, 2020.

Podcast interview with Jenny Skoog, InkSlingers Podcast, New York, NY, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times October 15, 2020.

Podcast interview with Dan Rattiner, Dan’s Papers, Southampton, NY, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 13, 2020.

Radio interview with Steve Richards, “Speaking of Writers,” WGNA 107.7, Albany, NY, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times October 12, 2020. 

Radio interview with Louie Saenz,  “KTEP Book Club on Perspectives,” Texas Public Radio, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 9, 2020. 

Podcast interview with Bob Cesca, “The Bob Cesca Show,” about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 7, 2020.

Radio Interview with Brian Vakulskas, “Having Read That” – KSCJ-FM, Sioux City, IA, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Shelley Irwin, “Morning Show” – WGVU-FM (NPR), Grand Rapids, MI, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Ross Kaminsky,  “Morning Show” – KHOW-AM, Denver, CO, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Don Rush, “Morning Show” – Delmarva Public Radio (NPR), Delmarva, MD, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with David Lile, “Morning Show” – KFRU-AM, Columbia, MO, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Ben Kieffer, “River to River” – Iowa Public Radio (NPR), Regional IA, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Dan Skinner, “Conversations” – Kansas Public Radio (NPR), Regional KS, about  Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Rob and Lisa, “South Shore’s Morning News” – WATD-AM, Boston MA, about   Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Thomas, “Morning Show” – WBEV-AM, Milwaukee, WI, Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Suzanne Duvall, “Kentucky Mornings” – Kentucky Radio Network, Regional KY, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Jeff Schechtman, “Conversations with Jeff Schechtman” – Napa Broadcasting , Napa, CA, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

Radio Interview with Brandon Vogt, “Morning Show” – KKOB-AM, Albuquerque, NM, about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, October 6, 2020.

 National Radio interview, “Morning Edition” (NPR), “David S. Reynolds’ Book ‘Abe’ Reveals New Information about Lincoln,” interviewed by Steve Inskeep, September 29 2020.

Podcast interview with Andrew Keen: “David S. Reynolds: What Abraham Lincoln Can Teach Us Now” Keen On, September 24, 2020. 

 

David S. Reynolds interviewed about ABE  by Steve Inskeep, NPR’s “Morning Edition,” September 29, 2020: “David Reynolds’s Book ‘Abe’ Reveals New Information about Lincoln“

David s. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, The Mike Slater Show, KFMB 760 AM Talk Radio, September 18, 2017,

David S. Reynolds interviewed in New York Times: “In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to ‘Leaves of Grass,’ New York Times, February 20, 2017.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Randy Credico on “Lincoln First Inauguration in Today’s Context,” WBAI-FM radio, January 20, 2017.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Randy Credico on “Remembering John Brown,” WBAI-FM radio, November 29, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the historical contexts of the 2016 presidential election.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Ed Tyll on “Politics, Party Division, and History,”  Starcom Radio Network, June 27, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed By Dustin Himes about Harriet Tubman, Andrew Jackson, and changes in American currency, KTOE AM 1420/102.7 FM-Mankato, Minnesota, May 10, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by John Sakowicz about Hamilton, Jackson, and American Currency, on KMEC 105.1 FM Northern California, May 2, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Jim Brown about Andrew Jackson, “Common Sense Radio Program,” Clear Channel Radio, Genesis Communications, May 1, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Paul Coletti about “Walt Whitman’s Health Tips for Men,” BBC World Service Radio, April 30, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed and quoted in front-page New York Times article about “Walt Whitman Promoted a Paleo diet. Who Knew?” New York Times, April 30, 2016.

Interviewed on Authorship, Walt Whitman, and Tocqueville on Party Line by Vern Kaspar, WILO Radio, Frankfort, Indiana. 

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Keith Alan on “The Presidents, Harriet Tubman, and American Currency,”  “For the People,”  April 26, 2016.

David S. Reynolds, interviewed by Ian Masters on “Harriet Tubman, Andrew Jackson, and the $20 Bill,” on “Background Briefing,” April 20, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Peter Werbe about “Party Divisions, Political Fights, and the American Past,” 101 WRIF radio, Detroit March 3, 2016.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Ian Masters about “The 2016 Presidential Race in Historical Context,” on “Background Briefing ” (nationally syndicated radio talk show), March 2, 2016.

David S. Reynolds on The John Batchelor Show, WABC national radio; third JBS interview about Lincoln’s Selected Writings, February 12, 2016 [Lincoln and the rise of the Republican Party].

David S. Reynolds on The John Batchelor Show, WABC national radio; second JBS interview about Lincoln’s Selected Writings, July 3, 2015. [Lincoln during the Civil War].

David S. Reynolds on The John Batchelor Show, WABC national radio; first JBS interview about Lincoln’s Selected Writings, April 15, 2015. [Lincoln in the decades before the Civil War].

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Lincoln’s Selected Writings by Gerald Prokopowicz, Civil War Talk Radio, February 11, 2015.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Lincoln’s Selected Writings, National Public Radio, “The Daily Circuit” – Minnesota Public Radio, November 13, 2014.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, National Public Radio, “Studio 360,” October 25, 2013.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about “How Did Uncle Tom’s Cabin Shape America?,” MPRNews, the Daily Circuit,  interviewed by Kerri Miller, September 26, 2012.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, Abolitionist, interviewed by Chris Askew, WRFG 89.3 FM Atlanta, February 18, 2012.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about “Why Evangelicals Don’t Like Mormons,” interviewed by Ross Reynolds, The Conversation with Ross Reynolds, KUOW 94.9 NPR, January 27, 2012.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about “Why Evangelicals Don’t Like Mormons,” Standup with Pete Dominick, P.O.T.U.S. SiriusXM 124, January 26, 2012.

David S. Reynolds interviewed on NPR’s “Fresh Air” about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America, “The Diane Rehm Show,” WAMU-FM/National Public Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War, “The Diane Rehm Show”

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Harriet Jacobs on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” show about “Slave Narratives, Then and Now”

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by John Batchelor, WABC National Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson by John Batchelor, WABC National Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Obama, politics, and American corporate power; interviewed by John Hockenberry, “The Takeaway,” Public Radio International

David S. Reynolds (and Annette Gordon-Reed) interviewed about Harriet Beecher Stowe by Marc Steiner on WEAA 88.9 FM

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Larry Mantle about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, on Historically Speaking on “AirTalk,” KPCC Radio (NPR Affiliate)

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Lewis Lapham on Bloomberg Radio about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Leonard Lopate about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson on WNYC Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Leonard Lopate about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War on WNYC Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson by Al Vouna on WICN Radio

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by Wilmer Leon, “Inside the Issues,” XM Channel 169

David S. Reynolds’s Talk and Q & A on Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America, Fitton Center, Hamilton, Ohio

Lecture by David S. Reynolds at the New-York Historical Society on John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Andrew Keen on “What Abraham Lincoln Can Teach Us Today”

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Lincoln’s Selected Writings

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America on the Brad Bogner Show
David S. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War by Peter Ward, Director of Lindehurst Memorial Library

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by Gerald Cirrincione, “The Art of the Tangent”

David S. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War by Bryan Le Beau on “Talking History”

David S. Reynolds on Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America for Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History

David S. Reynolds interviewed about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War on “The Paula Gordon Show”

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by Francesca Rheannon on “Writer’s Voice”

David S. Reynolds interviewed on Washingpost.newsweekinteractive about John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil War

 

Newspaper & Magazine Interviews

David S. Reynolds, interviewed by Sara Gabbard about Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, Lincoln Lore, Fall 2020.

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Jenny Schuessler about Walt Whitman, New York Times, February 20, 2017.

David S. Reynolds, interviewed about Walt Whitman by Jenny Schuessler, New York Times, April 30, 2016.

 

Profile of David S. Reynolds, “Who’s Here,” Dan’s Papers, August 14, 2015.

David S. Reynolds interviewed about Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Battle for America by Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor

David S. Reynolds interviewed about “The Woman Who Caused the Civil War” by Teresa Cotsirilos, Salon

David S. Reynolds interviewed by Randall Stephens about Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, on Historically Speaking

 

Other Web Sources

 

Wikipedia biography of David S. Reynolds

CUNY Graduate Center page on David S. Reynolds

David S. Reynolds’s Amazon author’s page

David S. Reynolds’s HarperCollins author’s site

Reynolds with Steve Vitoff playing “Lincoln and Liberty” -CUNY Grad Center event on “Music of Whitman’s Time”