Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On November 2, the LBJ Library and LBJ Foundation hosted a discussion on LBJ’s sweeping legacy by some of our nation’s top scholars to mark the publication of LBJ’s America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The second examined President Johnson’s achievements in the areas of civil rights, race relations, and immigration. Dr. Mark Lawrence, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, served as moderator. Panelists included: Joshua Zeitz, contributing editor at Politico Magazine and former faculty member at Harvard, Cambridge, and Princeton; Madeline Y. Hsu, Professor of history at UMD College Park and director of the Center for Global Migration Studies; and Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, associate dean for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and professor of history at UT.
On November 2, the LBJ Library and LBJ Foundation hosted a discussion on LBJ’s sweeping legacy by some of our nation’s top scholars to mark the publication of LBJ’s America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
The second examined President Johnson’s achievements in the areas of civil rights, race relations, and immigration. Dr. Mark Lawrence, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, served as moderator. Panelists included: Joshua Zeitz, contributing editor at Politico Magazine and former faculty member at Harvard, Cambridge, and Princeton; Madeline Y. Hsu, Professor of history at UMD College Park and director of the Center for Global Migration Studies; and Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, associate dean for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and professor of history at UT.
![[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation With Kate Andersen Brower](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RgMEp7OUFHA/mqdefault.jpg "[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation With Kate Andersen Brower
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Kate Andersen Brower began her career as a journalist, working as a producer for CBS News and Fox News before moving on to cover the White House for Bloomberg during the first term of Barack Obama. She’s currently a contributor to CNN and has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post. A bestselling author, she has explored various aspects of life in, around, and out of the White House.
In this episode Mark Updegrove talks with Kate about three of her books: The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump, and First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents and the Pursuit of Power.
Episode link: https://with-the-bark-off.simplecast.com/episodes/kate-andersen-brower")
![[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation About Ted Kennedy with John Farrell](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SOzFZ4R2yYs/mqdefault.jpg "[Podcast] With the Bark Off: A Conversation About Ted Kennedy with John Farrell
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John Farrell is a former White House correspondent and Washington editor for the Boston Globe and a former Washington Bureau Chief and columnist for the Denver Post. He is also a best-selling and award-winning author whose works include Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century; Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned; and Richard Nixon: The Life, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize that he discussed in an earlier episode of this program.
His latest book, Ted Kennedy: A Life, explores Senator Kennedy’s remarkable 77 years, rife with inconceivable triumph and unimaginable tragedy.
Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/12464625?utm_source=youtube")
![[LBJ Future Forum] Inside the Texas Legislative Session](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T3YRous6CmM/mqdefault.jpg "[LBJ Future Forum] Inside the Texas Legislative Session
The legislature is convening and we hosted our biennial conversation with Texas legislators. LBJ Future Forum members joined us to hear directly from state legislators on the top priorities for this session: education and school vouchers, border issues, taxes and more.
Participants include:
Representative Victoria Neave Criado, Chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Chair of the House County Affairs Committee, member of the Business and Industry Committee, District 107
Representative Shelby Slawson, Member of the Calendars, State Affairs, and Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committees, District 59
Representative Ed Thompson, Vice Chair, Natural Resources Committee, Member of the Appropriations and Calendars Committees, District 29
Moderator: Ashley Goudeau, News Anchor, KVUE")
