Lectures in History
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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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FEED DROP: BN+ David Sirota "Master Plan"
David Sirota, who is based in Denver, Colorado, has some very strong views about money and politics. His book is called "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot...
Hawaiian History and Culture
Gonzaga University professor Veta Schlimgen chronicles the history of Hawaii and how it maintained its culture after becoming a U.S. state in 1959. Go...
Supreme Court Cases and Privacy
History professor Lawrence Cappello analyzes Supreme Court cases that address the right to privacy, focusing on police and phone wiretaps.
The Spanish-American War
University of Louisville history professor Matthew Goldberg chronicles the 1898 Spanish-American War, fought primarily in Cuba, Guam, and the Philippi...
Reaganomics
Brigham Young University professor Grant Madsen examines supply-side economics which was termed "Reaganomics." Brigham Young University is located in...
Marion Orr "House of Diggs"
Brown University professor Marion Orr lectures on the life & legacy of Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr. The Michigan Democrat founded the Congressional...
The History of the Space Program
In 1957, the beeps from Sputnik, a small Russian satellite, sent the USSR & US into a space race. Teasel Muir-Harmony of the Air & Space Museum chroni...
Williamsburg Revolutionary War Encampment
William & Mary lecturer Robyn Schroeder discusses the Williamsburg, Virginia, site where colonial troops built an encampment ahead of the 1781 battle...
How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy
Boise State history professor Jill Gill lectures on Martin Luther King Jr.'s political strategies in the Civil Rights Movement up until his assassinat...
Blake Gilpin on Reconstruction-Era Supreme Court Cases That Led to Jim Crow Segregation
Tulane professor Blake Gilpin discusses three Reconstruction-era Supreme Court cases and how they led to the establishment of Jim Crow segregation.
Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War
When Kentucky in 1792 became a state, it had a choice; keep slavery or abolish it. University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan teaches a class on th...
FEED DROP: America 250 Battle of Bunker Hill Commemoration
The National Park Service and other groups held a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The Barbary Pirates and Early American Foreign Policy
Carroll College professor Jeanette Fregulia chronicles the Barbary pirates' conflict with American ships during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production
Northwestern professor Ken Alder presented an image of an 1851 Colt Navy Revolver and asked why the gun was one of the first mass produced technologie...
How FDR Built a 12-Million-Strong Military: Robert Brigham on America’s WWII Mobilization
Vassar College professor Robert Brigham discussed his upcoming memoir about his search for his biological father, who served as a Marine in Vietnam. T...
FEEDDROP: Chef José Andrés on Food, Humanity, and Global Relief Efforts
Chef, humanitarian, and author Jose Andres discussed his career, his global relief efforts with World Central Kitchen, his books, and his love of food...
Geri Spieler on Housewife Assassin: The True Story Behind a Suburban Double Life
In September 1975, 17 days apart, two women, one in Sacramento and the other in San Francisco, attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The fir...
The 1967 Six-Day War and America’s Role in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
The 1967 Six-Day War, 1973 Yom Kippur War, and 2023 Israel-Hamas War have all garnered the United States' diplomatic involvement. Trinity College Prof...
FEED DROP: ABC David Grann on Killers of the Flower Moon and America’s Hidden History
Author David Grann joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his books, including "Killers of the Flower Moon" and "The Wager," and visits the vault of the...
The Mexican-American War: Causes, Consequences, and Legacy
On September 14, 1847, Winfield Scott's Army marched into Mexico City, marking the final stages of the Mexican-American War. University of Texas profe...
How Constitutional Order Emerged From Crisis
During Reconstruction, a campaign to overthrow the South Carolina government succeeded, triggering a constitutional crisis. University of North Caroli...
Gettysburg College’s Timothy Shannon on the Mystery of Roanoke
This week on the Lectures in History podcast:
The mystery of the Roanoke Colony’s disappearance. In 1587, English settlers established a...
The 1876 Great Sioux War and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
What happened when General Custer and Crazy Horse faced off in battle? Stetson University Professor David Morton chronicles the 1876 Great Sioux War i...
World War II History: Vichy France Collaboration and the U.S.-UK Alliance
United States Army War College history professor Michael Neiberg discusses Vichy France and the Anglo-American relationship during World War II.
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Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War
When Kentucky in 1792 became a state, it had a choice; keep slavery or abolish it. University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan teaches a class on th...
Black Education in Colonial America: The Story of the Williamsburg Bray School
William & Mary Bray School Lab director Maureen Elgersman Lee discusses the history of the 18th-century Williamsburg Bray School for Black children an...
Lectures in History: 1992 Republican National Convention
The 1992 Republican National Convention speeches by former President Ronald Reagan and Pat Buchanan - who had run for the GOP nomination that year aga...
FEED DROP: BN+ Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People"
Sir Richard J. Evans has been writing about Germany and Adolf Hitler for his entire professional life. He was knighted in Britain in 2012 for his serv...
James Broussard, Colonial America Before the Revolution
Professor James Broussard taught a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution. He described actions by the British government, such as the Stamp...
Eric Hinderaker, Western Lands Before and After the American Revolution
University of Utah Professor Eric Hinderaker taught a class about western settlement before, during and after the American Revolution. Using the Kentu...
Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, Benedict Arnold
Law professor and author Joyce Lee Malcolm discussed Benedict Arnold's triumphs as an American army general in the Revolutionary War and questioned wh...
Garrett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"
Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945.
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George Washington's Character
Gene Allen Smith, a Texas Christian University history professor, taught a class about George Washington's character. He examined how the first presid...
Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution
Ithaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution....
1607 Jamestown Settlement
College of William & Mary lecturer Amy Stallings discussed the history of the 1607 Jamestown fort and settlement in Virginia, and how Americans have t...
Army Explorers of the West
Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the...
Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
Wright State University professor Paul Lockhart taught a class on the development of weapons technology in the American Revolution. Wright State Unive...
Gilded Age Bohemians
University of North Carolina at Pembroke professor Ryan Anderson discussed the rise of a Bohemian culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries th...
World War II Interracial Relationships in Japan & Hawaii
Santa Clara University history professor Sonia Gomez discusses the intimate relationships between people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds th...
America's National Pastime
Boston College communications professor Michael Serazio discussed how baseball connects Americans to their past and culture.
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