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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U.S. Refugee Policy Since World War II
60 min
127
Q&A: Ilyon Woo on the Self-Emancipation of Will...
58 min
128
Lewis and Clark Expedition
52 min
129
Playwright August Wilson and Fences
72 min
130
BONUS EPISODE: The Atomic Bomb
21 min
131
1970s American Car Culture and Film
73 min
132
White House Myths
97 min
133
New York City and Broadway in the 1960s
69 min
134
Lead-Up to the Battle of Gettysburg
49 min
135
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
70 min
136
Landscape Preservation and National Parks
71 min
137
The Underground Railroad
80 min
138
The Ohio Dynasty of Presidents
53 min
139
Colonial Myths and Monuments
60 min
140
The 1990s
66 min
141
Evolution of Job Skills & Rise of Robots
58 min
142
Native American Art & Museum Collections
48 min
143
Vietnam War's "Operation Rolling Thunder"
53 min
144
The Outdoor History of Columbia, South Carolina
56 min
145
The 1960s Underground Press
41 min
146
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
77 min
147
Puritanism & the Enlightenment in Colonial America
70 min
148
Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
69 min
149
West Virginia Statehood
53 min
150
The 'Red Scare' (1940s-50s)
69 min