We have two new podcasts up this morning.

Robert J. Norrell on Booker T. Washington: We discuss this turn-of-the-20th-century black Republican, why he matters today, and whether he should be seen as America’s first black conservative.

T. Jefferson Parker on Edgar Allan Poe: In honor of EAP’s bicentennial, we talk about why people should read Poe today, Parker’s odd Poe memento, and Parker’s forthcoming crime novel, The Renegades.

Our next podcast will be posted on Thursday morning.