More than six months after the capitol riots, many unanswered questions remain. On this edition of River to River, a conversation about what fact-finding commissions of the past may reveal about the present.
Host Ben Kieffer is joined by presidential historian Tim Walch and political scientist and presidential scholar Donna Hoffman to look at U.S. history and learn what makes fact-finding commissions a challenge to set up, and what makes them effective at getting to the root causes of what is often a national tragedy or crisis.
Throughout the discussion, Ben Kieffer and his guests examine the investigations following September 11th, Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, the Challenger explosion, and other investigations of historical significance.
Guests:
- Tim Walch, director emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
- Donna Hoffman, professor of political science at University of Northern Iowa
