What Makes a Great President? Talmage Boston Cross Examines History

Talmage Boston, Attorney; Author, Cross-Examining History: A Lawyer Gets Answers from the Experts About Our Presidents
Roy Eisenhardt—Moderator

The program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.

For more than 38 years, Talmage Boston’s vocation has been getting to the heart of his cases by asking the right questions—and not stopping until he gets them answered. He has been voted among the best lawyers in America since 2013 and is a seven-time recipient of presidential citations. Three years ago, he had an epiphany: What if he used his examination skills to go deeper into his lifelong avocation—the study of presidential history? He interviewed some of America’s leading presidential historians and presidential insiders, including former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, Pulitzer Prize-winners David McCullough and Jon Meacham, and New York Times best-selling historian Douglas Brinkley. In this historic election year, hear from this seasoned trial lawyer on the most important questions Americans should have about our commanders-in-chief.