In revealing conversations with our greatest historians, cofounder from the Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes listeners on the sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American tale.

These energetic dialogues present some of the biggest brands in American history exploring the subjects they intimately know and understand. You’ll hear live recordings of:

—David McCullough on John Adams

—Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton

—Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin about The American Story: Discussions with Expert Historians

—Cokie Roberts on Founding Moms

—Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln

—A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh

—Jay Winik on Franklin D. Roosevelt and 1944

—Jean Edward Smith on Dwight D. Eisenhower

—Taylor Branch on Martin Luther Ruler

—Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon

—H.W. Brands on Ronald Reagan

—And a particular conversation with Main Justice John Roberts

Through his well-known program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as you of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David shares almost a dozen interviews that catch the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their topics. The audiobook presents archival recordings of these interviews and features brand-new introductions by Rubenstein as well as a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the 1st woman as well as the initial African American to lead our national library.

Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era towards the past due 20th century.