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
177
Q&A: Ilyon Woo on the Self-Emancipation of Will...
58 min
178
Lewis and Clark Expedition
52 min
179
Playwright August Wilson and Fences
72 min
180
BONUS EPISODE: The Atomic Bomb
21 min
181
1970s American Car Culture and Film
73 min
182
White House Myths
97 min
183
New York City and Broadway in the 1960s
69 min
184
Lead-Up to the Battle of Gettysburg
49 min
185
Jean Harris & Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder Trial
70 min
186
Landscape Preservation and National Parks
71 min
187
The Underground Railroad
80 min
188
The Ohio Dynasty of Presidents
53 min
189
Colonial Myths and Monuments
60 min
190
The 1990s
66 min
191
Evolution of Job Skills & Rise of Robots
58 min
192
Native American Art & Museum Collections
48 min
193
Vietnam War's "Operation Rolling Thunder"
53 min
194
The Outdoor History of Columbia, South Carolina
56 min
195
The 1960s Underground Press
41 min
196
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
77 min
197
Puritanism & the Enlightenment in Colonial America
70 min
198
Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
69 min
199
West Virginia Statehood
53 min
200
The 'Red Scare' (1940s-50s)
69 min