Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture at the Filson Historical Society
Coal and Capitalism: Excerpt from Smithsonian Associates Talk
Wilton Library/Wilton Historical Society Scholarly Series
Interview and documentary with HEC TV, St. Louis
Interview with Mitch Jeserich
Letters and Politics
Interview with host Damian Collins MP
and Rep. David Cicilline
The Past, The Promise, The Presidency
Teddy Roosevelt & The Great Coal Strike
Interview with Betsy Kim
Law, Life & Culture
A Q&A with Todd Van Luling of Chicago Review of Books, who says of The Hour of Fate: "Berfield uses detail-rich narratives to illustrate the nitty-gritty of the fight, illuminating what worked and potential pitfalls in the path to progressivism—making her book especially relevant as the upcoming presidential election nears."
A Q&A with Karen Sieber of the Theodore Roosevelt Center about the research and writing process for The Hour of Fate, the leadership styles of JP Morgan and Theodore Roosevelt, and relevant lessons to be learned from the the end of the Gilded Age and beginning of the Progressive Era.
Columbia Alumni Club
July 2021
Con Artists: The subversion of human trust
An interview with Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game and The Biggest Bluff, about the psychology of con artists and their exploits in the corporate world and political realm.
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
July 2019
BLOOMBERG Speaker Series
Julia Flynn Siler, New York Times best-selling author, “The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown,” will lead a conversation with Susan Berfield, an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine and Bloomberg News.