Lectures in History

Virginia Tech University professor Paul Quigley discussed President Abraham Lincoln's shifting policies on emancipation during the Civil War. Virginia Tech University is located in Blacksburg, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The woodworking industry in early 20th century South Carolina is the subject of a class co-taught by University of South Carolina professor Jessica Elfenbein and former museum executive director Lynn Robertson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Santa Clara University professor Meg Eppel Gudgeirsson discusses the spread of Catholicism and role of missions in 18th and early 19th century Spanish California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barack Obama's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention was the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland. The University of Kansas is in Lawrence, Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calvin University Professor Micah Watson discusses C.S. Lewis's views on law, politics, and government. Topics include Lewis's defense of natural law, his perspectives on government solutions to poverty, and his endorsement of limited government theory. Also, explores Lewis's upbringing, personal experiences with war, and his belief in objective morality. Other topics include Lewis's thoughts on dignity, capital punishment, and his accurate predictions about modernity trends. The podcast also delves into Lewis's life, work, views on democracy, equality, and his approach to writing. It concludes with a discussion on theocracy, social media criticism, standing up to bullies, and resisting societal pressures.

An episode with C-SPAN coordinating producer for BookTV and American History TV, John McArdle. Mr. McArdle is responsible for selecting the lectures that are produced, the logistics behind bringing them to our audiences, and crossing a divide of interesting and topical issues. He answers questions from the audience and provides a behind the scenes look at C-SPAN's most popular podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Washington University lecturer Bell Julian Clement discusses American poverty policy and the Johnson Administration's Great Society program. Topics include the War on Poverty, influential books exposing poverty, addressing juvenile delinquency and urban poverty, Lyndon B. Johnson's involvement with the National Youth Administration, the rise of Stokley Carmichael and the Black Power Movement, the shift toward a guaranteed income, and policy approaches to address poverty in the United States.

University of Washington lecturer Ross Coen discussed the development of the Oregon Country and how the United States and Britain divided the Northwest Coast. The University of Washington is located in Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

N.C. State professor Chris Laws taught a class about North Carolina native Worth Bagley, who was the first U.S. soldier to die during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Bagley was celebrated as a national hero and his death was seen as a key moment in reconciliation in the decades after the Civil War. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices