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

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

The History of the Oil Business

Red Dead's History - A Video Game, An Obsession, and America's Violent Past

FEED DROP: BN+ - Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"

FEED DROP: America's Book Club with Beverly Gage

"Whiteness" & U.S. Citizenship

Allen Guelzo on Abraham Lincoln

FEED DROP BN+: Investigative Journalist Seth Harp Explores The Fort Bragg Cartel

2002 George W. Bush Speech Making the Case for Military Action in Iraq

President Jimmy Carter's Impact On the End of the Cold War