Daschle Dialogues
Daschle Dialogues is a series of lectures and talks that will feature nationally relevant figures on campus to address thought-provoking topics.
Past Speakers
2022: Jonathan Karl

Jonathan Karl, the ABC News Chief Washington correspondent who has covered the White House under four presidents, has been confirmed for the Daschle Dialogues series at South 啵啵直播秀 State University.
Karl is the co-anchor of 鈥淭his Week with George Stephanopoulos.鈥 He has covered eight presidential elections and is the author of two The New York Times best-sellers: Front Row at the Trump Show and Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.
The event took place Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the SDSU campus.
2019: Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin, a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times No. 1 best-selling author, was the featured guest for the 4th annual Daschle Dialogues series at South 啵啵直播秀 State University.
Goodwin鈥檚 seventh book, 鈥淟eadership: In Turbulent Times,鈥 was published in September 2018 to critical acclaim and became an instant New York Times best-seller. A culmination of Goodwin鈥檚 five-decade career of studying the American presidents focusing on Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson, the book provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field and for all of us in our everyday lives.
Goodwin鈥檚 career as a presidential historian and author was inspired when, as a 24-year-old graduate student at Harvard, she was selected to join the White House Fellows, one of America鈥檚 most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. Goodwin worked with President Johnson in the White House and later assisted him in the writing of his memoirs.
She then wrote 鈥淟yndon Johnson and the American Dream,鈥 which became a national best-seller and achieved critical acclaim. It will be re-released in March 2019, with a new foreword highlighting LBJ鈥檚 accomplishments in domestic affairs that have stood the test of time.
Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for 鈥淣o Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.鈥 鈥淭he Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys鈥 was adapted into an award-winning five-part television miniseries.
Her memoir, 鈥淲ait Till Next Year,鈥 is the heartwarming story of growing up loving her family and baseball. Her sixth book, 鈥淭he Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism,鈥 won the Carnegie Medal and is being developed into a film.
Goodwin鈥檚 鈥淭eam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln鈥 served as the basis for Steven Spielberg鈥檚 hit film, 鈥淟incoln鈥 and was awarded the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the inaugural Book Prize for American History and the Lincoln Leadership Prize.
鈥淒oris Kearns Goodwin is one of the nation鈥檚 most pre-eminent authors and historians,鈥 Daschle said. 鈥淚 have long admired her and her work.鈥
鈥淚t is an incredible honor for South 啵啵直播秀 State University to host an author and presidential historian of Doris Kearns Goodwin鈥檚 caliber,鈥 said SDSU President Barry H. Dunn. 鈥淲e are deeply grateful to Senator Daschle for providing this enriching experience to our students, faculty and the state鈥檚 residents.鈥
2017: Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw, best known as the anchor and managing editor of 鈥淣BC Nightly News鈥 from 1982-2004, will visit South 啵啵直播秀 State University Oct. 19 to participate in the third Daschle Dialogues. The event brings nationally relevant figures to campus for an appearance with alumnus Tom Daschle. Daschle is a 1969 graduate and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader who represented South 啵啵直播秀 in Congress for 26 years.
Brokaw hosted all three major NBC News programs鈥斺淣BC Nightly News,鈥 鈥淭ODAY,鈥 and for a brief time, 鈥淢eet the Press.鈥 He still serves as a special correspondent for NBC News.
Brokaw鈥檚 career highlights include being the only American network anchor to report from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and he conducted the first interview with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Brokaw anchored NBC News鈥 coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
鈥淚t is an honor to have Tom Brokaw as the next guest at South 啵啵直播秀 State University,鈥 Daschle said. 鈥淗e is recognized around the globe for his work as a journalist, and he will certainly bring an insightful and seasoned perspective on both national and international developments during a most transformational time in our country.鈥
Brokaw is the author of 鈥淭he Greatest Generation,鈥 a book about the generation of Americans who grew up during the Great Depression and then went to fight in World War II or contributed to the war effort at home.
鈥淭he opportunity to welcome Senator Daschle back to SDSU and have Tom Brokaw as our guest is special, and I look forward to having them both to our campus,鈥 said Barry Dunn, president of SDSU. 鈥淭om is certainly well-known for his work as a journalist, but more importantly, he is recognized for his role in American history. He is an individual who had a prominent impact on great moments in both American and world history.鈥
Brokaw has earned numerous awards, including nearly 10 Emmys and Peabody 啵啵直播秀s. He was most recently awarded a Peabody in 2013, given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 and the French Legion of Honor in 2016. Brokaw was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2006.
Brokaw was born in Webster and graduated from Yankton High School. He attended the University of Iowa before earning a degree from the University of South 啵啵直播秀 in 1964. Brokaw鈥檚 television career began at KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa.
2015: Madeleine K. Albright

Madeleine K. Albright, the first woman to become the U.S. Secretary of State, visited the SDState campus October 13 as part of the Daschle Dialogues.
The event marked the second-annual Daschle Dialogues, which brings nationally relevant figures to campus for an appearance with alumnus Tom Daschle, who represented South 啵啵直播秀 in Congress for 26 years.
Daschle, a 1969 State graduate, joined Albright onstage at the 1,000-seat Larson Memorial Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center.
"Secretary Albright is one of the most respected and experienced leaders in the world today," Daschle said. "I am delighted to be able to introduce her to our SDSU audience at our Daschle Dialogues event this fall."
2014: Trent Lott

How Much Partisanship Is Too Much?
Senator Tom Daschle and Senator Trent Lott Discuss How and Why To Rebuild Bipartisan Bridges
Moderated by Chuck Raasch, a 1976 journalism graduate who has spent 27 years as a national correspondent for Gannett News Service, USA Today and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
This event was held Oct. 1, 2014, at the SDSU Performing Arts Center. You can view it on the .
Daschle Congressional Research Study Collection
South 啵啵直播秀 State University acquired the congressional papers of former Congressman Thomas A. Daschle in 2005.
The career papers consist of more than 2,000 linear feet of materials and over one terabyte of digital objects. The collection contains correspondence and legislative records, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes and other materials concerning Daschle's professional life.
The Sept. 11 tragedy, anthrax attack on Sen. Daschle's office and impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton are among the historical events documented by the senator's unique collection.
Location and Access
The Senator Thomas A. Daschle Congressional Research Study is located within the University Archives and Special Collections area of Hilton M. Briggs Library. The study allows for public access to the papers donated by the senator, a 1969 SDSU graduate in political science. The collection documents his distinguished 26-year public career in the U.S. House and Senate from 1979 through 2004.
The Daschle Career Papers are open for research during regular hours of the University Archives and Special Collections, or by appointment. The materials can be accessed on site, but not circulated. Online access to the folder titles of more than 750 boxes of materials is available from the SDSU Archives.
About Senator Daschle

Tom Daschle was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, and reelected three times before running successfully for the U.S. Senate in 1986. Daschle quickly rose to leadership roles within Congress, becoming the Senate Democratic Leader in 1994 and serving in that position until his defeat in 2004. He was the second-longest serving Senate leader in party history.
Daschle's legislative accomplishments include disability compensation for veterans, especially regarding Agent Orange exposure; expanded health, education and housing services on American Indian reservations; and expansion of rural health services.