Judy Polumbaum, daughter of photojournalist Ted Polumbaum, talks about her new book, “Juxtapositions: Images From the Newseum Ted Polumbaum Photo Collection,” the first major volume of selections from the 200,000-image Polumbaum collection, the largest individual photo collection held by the Newseum.

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The Photography of Ted Polumbaum

Doug Bradley and Craig Werner talk about their new book “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” which explores how and why U.S. troops turned to music as a way of coping with the complexities of the war. Through personal stories from Vietnam veterans, the book demonstrates how music was important for veterans of all races, gender and military rank.

The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

On the eve of the Republican national convention in Cleveland, Aaron Blake of The Washington Post provides an insider’s look at the 2016 elections, with previews of both the GOP and Democratic conventions.

Election 2016 Update With The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake

On the opening week of the Newseum’s newest exhibit “1776 – Breaking News: Independence,” CNN contributor S.E. Cupp discusses the role of Colonial journalists in spreading the news about the Declaration of Independence.

CNN Contributor S.E. Cupp

Adriane Ohanesian, winner of the 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, and Paula Bronstein, who received honorable mention, discuss their award-winning work in Africa and parts of Asia. Ohanesian and Bronstein are joined by Heidi Levine, who won the award in 2015, and moderator Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation.

Courage in Photojournalism

On the 50th anniversary of the “March Against Fear,” Judy Meredith, wife of civil rights leader James Meredith, talks about the attempted assassination of her husband during the march. The panel discussion also features Sidna Brower Mitchell, who was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Daily Mississippian in 1962, and Henry Gallagher, the officer in charge of Meredith’s security detail in 1962 and author of “James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier’s Story.” William Doyle, who co-authored James Meredith’s memoir “A Mission From God,” moderates.

James Meredith, the Integration of Ole Miss and the March Against Fear

“60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl talks about her new book, “Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting,” which explores how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman’s life.

“60 Minutes” Correspondent Lesley Stahl

Former Secret Service agent Clint Hill talks about his new memoir, “Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford,” which chronicles an eventful career that witnessed history up close.

Protecting the President

Author Patricia Beard talks about her new book “Newsmaker: Roy W. Howard, the Mastermind Behind the Scripps-Howard News Empire From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age.” Beard is joined by Pamela Howard, Roy’s granddaughter, wrote the prologue to the book. She discusses her grandfather’s legacy.

The Life of Newspaper Giant Roy Howard

Following the unveiling of the Newseum’s updated press freedom map, reflecting changes in the state of world press freedom in 2015, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest moderated a program examining press freedom throughout the world. Panelists included ProPublica president Richard Tofel, award-winning independent journalist Anna Therese Day, Freedom House vice president for analysis Vanessa Tucker and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reporter Will Fitzgibbon.

Spotlight on Freedom

Diane Rehm, host of the NPR national radio program “The Diane Rehm Show,” talks about her new memoir “On My Own,” which chronicles her life after the death of her husband, John, from the effects of Parkinson’s disease.

Diane Rehm

Author Geoffrey Cowan talks about his new book “Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary.” The book chronicles the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign to challenge his handpicked successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican Party nomination. To overcome the power of the incumbent, Roosevelt seized on the idea of presidential primaries, telling bosses everywhere to “Let the people rule.”

The History of the Presidential Primary

On the opening weekend of the Newseum’s newest exhibit “CNN Politics Campaign 2016:Like, Share, Elect,” CNN’s Brian Stelter moderates a discussionon how digital and social media have transformed politicalcampaigns.

The Social Election

Kelly McEvers, co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” talks about hosting the award-winning afternoon newsmagazine and her past work covering hot spots around the globe. She will also talk about her new podcast “Embedded” which takes stories from the news and takes you to where they are happening.

NPR’s Kelly McEvers on Covering Global Conflict

Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson, co-hosts of “The Pollsters” podcast, discuss campaign 2016 and the rise of political podcasts.

Election 2016 Update With Pollsters Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson

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