Jim Lehrer – Former News Anchor of PBS NewsHour and Author
of “Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to
Obama-McCain”

In conversation with David
Kennedy – Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus at Stanford
University

As the “man in the middle
seat”, Jim Lehrer has presided over eleven presidential and vice-presidential
debates. Drawing from his own experiences and interviews with candidates and
other moderators, Lehrer gives an insider account of all of the backstage drama
and reflects on some of the “major moments” and “killer questions” that defined
each historical debate.