After Words

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Booking Overview

After Words is a C-SPAN-style author/ideas interview series where best-selling nonfiction writers unpack their books and the larger public issues behind them. For PR pros, it’s a strong platform to reach an engaged, civics-and-culture audience through credible authorial voices and issue experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 391

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.1/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 60.4k subscribers

Instagram: 834.0k followers

Contact Information

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Best-selling nonfiction authors and/or prominent public-issue experts connected to a nonfiction book or major public debate; often policy, civil liberties, education, health, or technology leaders.
Required Achievements:  
Authored a nonfiction book (often best-selling), Public leadership role (e.g., executive director of a major advocacy org or elected official), Media credibility (e.g., recognized journalist) or subject-matter authority, Demonstrated impact in public policy, civil rights, or education/health/tech reform

Recent Guest Discussions

Cindy Cohn - Digital Privacy; Surveillance; Civil Liberties/technology Policy

Elise Stefanik - Higher Education; Antisemitism; Campus Speech/censorship; Groupthink

Kevin Hazzard - Medical Transport For Infectious Diseases; Emergency Preparedness; Aviation/health Logistics

Recent Topics

Nonfiction, Publishing, Civics, Human Rights, Technology

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
After Words
:

The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon

June 14, 2026

Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian whose brother was killed by the IDF, and Maoz Inon, an Israeli whose parents were killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, talked about their friendship and efforts to figand I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance

June 07, 2026

Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn recalled her career fighting for digital privacy. Harvard Book Store hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik 

May 31, 2026

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) argued that elite universities in America have embraced a culture of antisemitism, leftist groupthink, and censorship. She spoke at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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