Robert Caro’s Big Dig
The biographer before the publication of “The Passage of Power.”
The biographer before the publication of “The Passage of Power.”
Charles McGrath New York Times Apr 2012 20min Permalink
On a Presidential paper trail.
Robert A. Caro New Yorker Jan 2019 50min Permalink
On the history and unaccomplished mission of public broadcasting.
Melody Kramer, Betsy O'Donovan Knight Foundation Dec 2017 30min Permalink
“You try to learn as much about the people as you can. I try never to give psychohistory. There is no one truth, but there are an awful lot of objective facts. The more facts you get, the more facts you collect, the closer you come to whatever truth there is. The base of biography has to be facts.”
Robert Caro, James Santel The Paris Review May 2016 40min Permalink
Lyndon Baines Johnson in retirement.
Leo Janos The Atlantic Jul 1973 Permalink