Books and More with William Cooper

We explore books, politics, and everyday life with author William Cooper. Visit him online at will-cooper.com.

Episodes

Jan 8, 2026

34 min

Ken Levy, a tenured law professor at LSU, was suspended for criticizing Donald Trump in the classroom. Hear his story on Books and More.
Background: https://www.nola.com/news/politics/lsu-law-professor-removed-from-teaching-after-political-comments-attorney-says/article_90a4f0ee-dcdb-11ef-bc69-ef07415df5f4.html
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Jan 8, 2026

34 min

Jan 2, 2026

27 min

In this timely new book, professor Gloria Browne-Marshall delves into the history of protest movements and rebellion in the United States. 
https://www.beacon.org/A-Protest-History-of-the-United-States-P2145.aspx
 
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Jan 2, 2026

27 min

Jan 1, 2026

25 min

My interview with professor Mohamed Arafa, who teaches law at Cornell and in Egypt. We discuss how America is viewed in the Middle East.
"The outside world does not see the US as it used to be."
"Even after Trump leaves office, it will not be easy for the US to return to its leading image."
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Jan 1, 2026

25 min

Dec 31, 2025

31 min

A stimulating conversion in which Howard breaks down numerous key economic concepts that are typically misunderstood.
Understandable Economics: Because Understanding Our Economy Is Easier Than You Think and More Important Than You Know: https://www.amazon.com/Understandable-Economics-Because-Understanding-Important/dp/1633888363
 
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Dec 31, 2025

31 min

Dec 30, 2025

26 min

In this interview we discuss Michael's incredible career as a storyteller, contemporary American politics, and advice for aspiring authors.

Dec 30, 2025

26 min

Author Anne Hand

Dec 30, 2025

Dec 30, 2025

29 min

This memoir stands out as a unique and contemporary story, offering a fresh perspective on historical reparations and the ongoing quest for identity in a rapidly changing world.
 
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Dec 30, 2025

29 min

Dec 23, 2025

24 min

Donald L. Horowitz is the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University. He holds law degrees from Syracuse and Harvard and a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard. Professor Horowitz is the author of eight books: The Courts and Social Policy (1977), which won the Louis Brownlow Award of the National Academy of Public Administration; The Jurocracy (1977), a book about government lawyers; Coup Theories and Officers’ Motives: Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective (1980); Ethnic Groups in Conflict (1985, 2000); A Democratic South Africa? Constitutional Engineering in a Divided Society (1991), which won the Ralph Bunche Prize of the American Political Science Association; The Deadly Ethnic Riot (2001); Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia, published in 2013 by Cambridge University Press and issued in a Bahasa Indonesia translation in 2014. His book, Constitutional Processes and Democratic Commitment, was published by Yale University Press in 2021. An edited volume on Electoral Reform and Democracy in Malaysia was published in 2023, and Professor Horowitz has a new book on federalism, regional autonomy, and ethnic conflict in press.

Dec 23, 2025

24 min

Dec 20, 2025

23 min

We discuss his forthcoming book, Living Just Enough for the City.
Website: https://joseph-hoover.org/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drjoehoover.bsky.social or @drjoehoover.bsky.socialSubstack: https://anothermotelvoice.substack.com/ or @anothermotelvoice 
Article on gentrification: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00905917231178295Article on utopian hope, where I discuss utopian urban planning: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17550882251380725
 
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
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Dec 20, 2025

23 min

Dec 17, 2025

24 min

A. J. BERMUDEZ is an award-winning writer and director who divides her time between Los Angeles and New York. Her first book, Stories No One Hopes Are About Them, won the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a 2023 Lambda Award Finalist. Writing credits include MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE (co-written with director Kyle Hausmann Stokes; starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman), iCON (Grand Prize Winner of the PAGE Award, 2021), NIGHTINGALE (Grand Prize Winner of an International Screenwriters Association Award, 2020), and THE FACE OF THE EARTH (Grand Prize Winner of the Diverse Voices Award, 2018). Her work has been featured at such venues as the Yale Center for British Art, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, the LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and SXSW, and has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of literary publications, including The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, McSweeney’s, Chicago Quarterly Review, Story, Hopkins Review, Boulevard, Creative Nonfiction, Electric Literature, The Masters Review, Columbia Journal, The Chicago Review, Fiction International, The Offing, Gertrude Press, Hobart, Black Static, Cheap Pop, Exposition Review, Lunch Ticket, Baltimore Review, Epiphany, Literary Hub, and elsewhere.

Dec 17, 2025

24 min

Dec 17, 2025

26 min

Graham created and oversees Business Insider's award-winning "Boot Camp" series (2018-present), which goes inside the training programs of military branches and law enforcement agencies. Episodes include the United States Secret Service, the United States Border Patrol, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Marine Corps,  the United States Army, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police aka "Mounties."
In 2024, he produced and directed a feature-length documentary "War Ready: Inside Army War Games" about a large-scale Army training exercise built to prepare for a possible war with China.
He produced and directed the acclaimed feature-length documentary "Welcome To The J: Inside Army Jungle School," which was the most-watched new Business Insider video of 2023. 
He has produced interviews with Jamie Dimon, Lebron James, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Richard Branson, and many more.
https://www.businessinsider.com/author/graham-flanagan
 
 
 

Dec 17, 2025

26 min

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