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Watch: Walter Isaacson speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival

The biographer and historian talks about his new book with John Avlon of The Bulwark at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

by Texas Tribune Events Staff Nov. 15, 2025, 12:15 p.m. Central

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Watch: Walter Isaacson speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival

by Texas Tribune Events Staff, The Texas Tribune
November 15, 2025

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<p>Biographer and historian Walter Isaacson talks about his new book, "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written," with John Avlon of The Bulwark.</p>
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