Lectures in History

Go back to school with the country's top professors lecturing on a variety of topics in American history. New episodes posted every Saturday evening. From C-SPAN, the network that brings you "After Words" and "C-SPAN's The Weekly" podcasts.

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Ludlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre
53 min
102
Coroners in the 19th Century South
71 min
103
U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
60 min
104
Q&A: Ilyon Woo on the Self-Emancipation of Will...
58 min
105
Lewis and Clark Expedition
52 min
106
Playwright August Wilson and Fences
72 min
107
BONUS EPISODE: The Atomic Bomb
21 min
108
1970s American Car Culture and Film
73 min
109
White House Myths
97 min
110
New York City and Broadway in the 1960s
69 min
111
Lead-Up to the Battle of Gettysburg
49 min
112
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
70 min
113
Landscape Preservation and National Parks
71 min
114
The Underground Railroad
80 min
115
The Ohio Dynasty of Presidents
53 min
116
Colonial Myths and Monuments
60 min
117
The 1990s
66 min
118
Evolution of Job Skills & Rise of Robots
58 min
119
Native American Art & Museum Collections
48 min
120
Vietnam War's "Operation Rolling Thunder"
53 min
121
The Outdoor History of Columbia, South Carolina
56 min
122
The 1960s Underground Press
41 min
123
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
77 min
124
Puritanism & the Enlightenment in Colonial America
70 min
125
Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
69 min