Lectures in History

C-SPAN

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.

Episodes

1776 Then and Now - Early American Political Thought

9/11: Air National Guard Pilot Heather Penney Recalls Her Mission

Thomas Jefferson, the Qur’an and His Study of Islam

Music and Race Throughout History

Michael Beschloss Explores the Revolutionary War, Civil War & 20th Century America

The American Revolution Era and the Rest of the World

Why Did America Declare Independence?

Was America Founded as a Secular or Christian Nation?

Appalachia's Role in America's Founding

Why Did America Declare Independence?

International Context of the American Revolution

Revolutionary War Leadership

Religion & The American Revolution

U.S. Court System in Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War Roots of the Civil War

When the Sea Came Alive - An Oral History Of D-Day

The Serial Killer H.H. Holmes

FEED DROP A250: Abraham Lincoln and Conditions Leading to the Civil War

FEED DROP: 2026 Commencement Speeches: Ron DeSantis, Muriel Bowser, Scott Bessent & James Patterson

FEED DROP: 2026 Commencement Speeches: Hilary Duff, Gretchen Whitmer, Hugh Jackman, Nancy Pelosi & Jalen Rose