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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 370
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
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 service to scholarship. From 2003-2008, Professor Eva…
01:02:55 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
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 Act and stationing British troops in Boston, that…
01:10:38 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
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 Kentucky territory as an example, he described the con…
01:20:59 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
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 whether his legacy as a notorious American traitor …
01:09:22 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
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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01:13:47 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
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 president interacted with his contemporaries, how he vi…
01:00:33 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution
Ithaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York.
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01:03:15 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
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 tried to preserve and remember the first permanent…
01:04:48 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
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 early 1800's through the Civil War. Texas Woman's…
01:21:46 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
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 University is located in Dayton, Ohio.
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01:19:11 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
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 that rejected conventional societal restraints and …
01:20:54 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
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 that occurred in Hawaii and Japan during and immedi…
00:59:10 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
America's National Pastime
Boston College communications professor Michael Serazio discussed how baseball connects Americans to their past and culture.
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01:09:18 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Christian Nightlife in the 1970s
California State University Fullerton professor Eric Gonzaba taught a class about evangelical nightlife and Christian nightclubs in 1970s California.
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01:31:30 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
Islam & Judaism in American History
George Mason University religious studies department chair John Turner teaches a class on the history of Islam and Judaism in America.
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01:13:05 |
Sat 31 May 2025
Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War
Hillsdale College history professor Mark Moyar discusses competing interpretations of the Vietnam War when it comes to questions about the necessity of the conflict and whether it was winnable for th…
01:08:12 |
Sun 25 May 2025
Ronald Reagan & the 1980s Conservative Resurgence
University of Texas history professor Mark Lawrence discusses the rise of Ronald Reagan, his impact on the conservative movement, and the Reagan Administration's performance in his first term.
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01:20:38 |
Sun 18 May 2025
Native Americans & the American Revolution
Tulane University history professor Keely Smith discusses Native American alliances during the Revolutionary War and how the U.S. government and American society viewed various tribes during the earl…
00:46:38 |
Sun 11 May 2025
FEED DROP: BN+ Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"
As a follow up to our recent podcast regarding the life and times of Anne Frank, we asked author Alexandra Ritchie to tell us more about the horrors of World War II and Poland. Ritchie, a citizen of …
01:09:07 |
Sun 04 May 2025
Winston Churchill, the Special Relationship and the Cold War
American University professor Laura Beers teaches a class on Winston Churchill and the "special relationship" between Great Britain and the U.S during World War II and the Cold War
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01:17:30 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
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