Past Speakers

NPC Headliners Screening: "David Frost Vs" with Wilfred Frost

April 10, 2025

Join us at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 10 for a screening of the Muhammad Ali episode of the new documentary series David Frost Vs followed by a discussion with Executive Producer of the series and Frost’s son, broadcaster Wilfred Frost, on his father’s career and interviews’ impact on journalism.…

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NPC Headliners: Mark Dimondstein, Donald Maston & Brian Renfroe

March 25, 2025

American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein, National Association of Letter Carriers President Brian Renfroe and National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association President Donald Maston will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Tuesday, March 25 at 10 a.m. This year, 2025…

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NPC Headliners Screening: "Religion, Racism, and Reconciliation"

March 7, 2025

Join us at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 7 for a screening of the documentary Religion, Racism & Reconciliation. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the role religion plays in perpetuating and dismantling systemic racism in America with the Canon Theologian at the Washington…

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NPC Headliners: Mayor Muriel Bowser

February 21, 2025

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Coffee and Conversation on Friday, February 21 at 11 a.m. Bowser will deliver an update on the future of the city.  Bowser is serving her third term as mayor of Washington, DC. She began her political career as an elected…

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NPC Headliners: Baltic Delegation

February 6, 2025

Foreign ministers from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker on the latest news and events happening in the Baltic region including its recent actions to disconnect from the Russian electricity grid, a major move in achieving energy independence. The foreign…

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NPC Headliners: Reza Pahlavi

January 28, 2025

Reza Pahlavi, the heir to the late Mohammad Reza Shah of Iran and Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran, will speak January 28 at a National Press Club Newsmakers event on the need for freedom and human rights for the Iranian people. Despite being forced to live in exile, Reza Pahlavi has been a leader and…

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NPC Headliners: Marvin Kalb

January 24, 2025

Former CBS News correspondent Marvin Kalb will discuss his new book, "A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course," at a virtual Headliners Book Event on Friday, Jan. 24, at 2:30 p.m. The event will be broadcast via livestream on the Club's website.  "A Different Russia" is the…

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NPC Headliners: Anamaria Baralt & Robert Rand

January 23, 2025

As the resentencing hearing for brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez approaches, journalist Robert Rand, whose book, "The Menendez Murders," revealed new evidence in the case, and Anamaria Baralt, the Menendez brothers' cousin who has advocated on their behalf, will discuss the prospects for the…

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NPC Headliners: Heather Cox Richardson

January 16, 2025

Historian and popular commentator Heather Cox Richardson will join us for Cocktails & Conversation on Jan. 16 at the National Press Club. Heather Cox Richardson is a professor of history at Boston College. Her award-winning books have covered the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the American West,…

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NPC Headliners Book Event: "The Devil Behind the Badge," Rick Jervis

December 12, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning USA Today reporter Rick Jervis will discuss his new book, "The Devil Behind The Badge," at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. In "The Devil Behind The Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer, Jervis, who…

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