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Discover the Center for C-SPAN Conversation with Brian Lamb, where the visionary founder of C-SPAN leads engaging interviews with a distinguished guests. From celebrated authors to award-winning journalists and renowned scholars, the Conversation delivers lively and insightful discussions.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Brian Lamb is founder of the C-SPAN Networks and C-SPAN\u2019s former executive chair. He\u2019s been an integral part of C-SPAN since he helped the cable industry launch it on March 19, 1979, serving as the network\u2019s CEO until March of 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian has been a regular on-air presence at C-SPAN since the network\u2019s earliest days. Over the years, he has interviewed Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama and many world leaders such as Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. Over 15 years beginning in 1989, he interviewed 800 non-fiction authors for a weekly program called\u00a0Booknotes.\u00a0<\/em>Five books of collected interviews have been published based on the\u00a0Booknotes<\/em>\u00a0series. Brian also hosted\u00a0Q & A,\u00a0<\/em>an hour-long interview program airing on Sunday evenings with people who are making things happen in the public sphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, C-SPAN employs approximately 250 people and delivers public affairs programming via three HD television channels nationally to cable and satellite customers; globally to Internet users via C-SPAN.org and 15 other internet sites; and to radio listeners through C-SPAN radio, a Washington, D.C FM station also available through a C-SPAN app and numerous digital audio services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian Lamb is a Hoosier, born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana. <\/span>Brian\u2019s work with C-SPAN has been recognized with the Presidential Medal of Honor and the National Humanities Medal. In 2011, Purdue University recognized its alumnus with the formation of the Brian Lamb School of Communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian and his wife Victoria are longtime residents of Arlington, Virginia. When he\u2019s not reading newspapers or non-fiction books, Brian is often in hot pursuit of the latest country music release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about Brian Lamb<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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