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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151
Lewis and Clark Expedition
52 min
152
Playwright August Wilson and Fences
72 min
153
BONUS EPISODE: The Atomic Bomb
21 min
154
1970s American Car Culture and Film
73 min
155
White House Myths
97 min
156
New York City and Broadway in the 1960s
69 min
157
Lead-Up to the Battle of Gettysburg
49 min
158
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
70 min
159
Landscape Preservation and National Parks
71 min
160
The Underground Railroad
80 min
161
The Ohio Dynasty of Presidents
53 min
162
Colonial Myths and Monuments
60 min
163
The 1990s
66 min
164
Evolution of Job Skills & Rise of Robots
58 min
165
Native American Art & Museum Collections
48 min
166
Vietnam War's "Operation Rolling Thunder"
53 min
167
The Outdoor History of Columbia, South Carolina
56 min
168
The 1960s Underground Press
41 min
169
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
77 min
170
Puritanism & the Enlightenment in Colonial America
70 min
171
Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
69 min
172
West Virginia Statehood
53 min
173
The 'Red Scare' (1940s-50s)
69 min
174
Gays & Lesbians in Colonial America
66 min
175
Black Women During Reconstruction
44 min