AUDIO: TheBlaze Books' top 15 must-listen author interviews of 2014

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Below are 15 of our favorite author interviews of 2014, along with the articles associated with each interview.

Honorable mentions go to Greg Gutfeld, Lt. Gen. Ion Pacepa, and George Will, whose entertaining and insightful interviews predated our podcast, as well as Jim Grant.

1. Mark Steyn: The Undocumented Mark Steyn

Why a German lingerie ad leads Mark Steyn to question whether Western civilization can survive

2. Katie Pavlich: Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women

The left isn’t going to like who conservative commentator Katie Pavlich says is a REAL women’s rights group

3. Jason Riley: Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed

A black conservative on the conversation ‘a lot of people, black or white,’ don’t ‘want to have’

Why a conservative author vehemently disagrees with Rand Paul on such a big issue

4. Melanie Phillips: The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth, and Power

World turned upside-down: Former progressive British author explains how ‘Obama is aiding the enemies of the West’

5. Dinesh D'Souza: America: Imagine a World without Her

Dinesh D’Souza’s dire warning: Americans ‘are being prepared for a political and financial shakedown’

6. Sharyl Attkisson: Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama's Washington.

Sharyl Attkisson details the inside story of how CBS sat on a crucial piece of Benghazi information before the 2012 presidential election

7. Steve Forbes: Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy and What We Can Do About It

Steve Forbes says America’s economy is in a ‘new abnormal’ — here’s why he thinks we’re poised to ‘emerge strong again’

8. Doug Schoen: The Russia-China Axis: The New Cold War and America�s Crisis of Leadership

How the Russia-China Axis puts America at ‘as great or greater risk than we were in the Cold War’

9. Kurt Schlichter: Conservative Insurgency

Author sounds off: ‘If you’re taking a check from Uncle Sam — and not for working — and you weren’t blown up by an IED in Iraq, you’re a loser.’

10. Jim Geraghty: The Weed Agency: A Comic Tale of Federal Bureaucracy Without Limits

An interview with Jim Geraghty on the federal bureaucracy you just can’t get rid of, and why Newt Gingrich may throw a rock through his window

11. Ronald Kessler: The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents

Author of bombshell book on hidden lives of first families reopens a particularly sore Clinton wound

12. Frank Miniter: The Future of the Gun

The conversation with a former gang member that changed the worldview of this pro-gun author

13. Paul Ryan: The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea

Paul Ryan on the Ex-Im Bank, bailouts: Tactics trump purity

14. Erik Prince: Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror

The greatest threat to America’s survival is right here at home — and it has nothing to do with terrorism

15. Ken Timmerman: Dark Forces: The Truth About What Happened in Benghazi

Iran-Contra II? The one discovery that shocked Benghazi expert Ken Timmerman the most

15a. Aaron Klein: The REAL Benghazi Story: What the White House and Hillary Don't Want You to Know

Investigative journalist and radio host: The three imperative questions NOT being asked about Benghazi