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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101
1970s American Car Culture and Film
73 min
102
White House Myths
97 min
103
New York City and Broadway in the 1960s
69 min
104
Lead-Up to the Battle of Gettysburg
49 min
105
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
70 min
106
Landscape Preservation and National Parks
71 min
107
The Underground Railroad
80 min
108
The Ohio Dynasty of Presidents
53 min
109
Colonial Myths and Monuments
60 min
110
The 1990s
66 min
111
Evolution of Job Skills & Rise of Robots
58 min
112
Native American Art & Museum Collections
48 min
113
Vietnam War's "Operation Rolling Thunder"
53 min
114
The Outdoor History of Columbia, South Carolina
56 min
115
The 1960s Underground Press
41 min
116
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
77 min
117
Puritanism & the Enlightenment in Colonial America
70 min
118
Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
69 min
119
West Virginia Statehood
53 min
120
The 'Red Scare' (1940s-50s)
69 min
121
Gays & Lesbians in Colonial America
66 min
122
Black Women During Reconstruction
44 min
123
Immigration & Working Class Life in the America...
53 min
124
The Clinton Presidency
82 min
125
History of State of the Union Addresses
69 min