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.
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Apr 21, 2018 • 58min
Nuclear Weapons Testing & the Environment
Colorado College professor Amy Kohout teaches a class on nuclear weapons testing in the continental U.S. in the 1950s and '60s and how it impacted the environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2018 • 1h 8min
Colonial America Before the Revolution
Lebanon Valley College professor James Broussard teaches a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2017 • 49min
Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
American University lecturer Aaron Bell teaches a class about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2017 • 1h 17min
California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
Middle Tennessee State University professor Ashley Riley Sousa teaches a class on Native Americans and capitalism in early 19th century California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 8, 2017 • 58min
1950s & 60s Counterculture
University of Washington professor William Rorabaugh teaches a class on the counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s in America. He compares the literature, clothing, music and world view of the beats and beatniks of the '50s and the hippies of the '60s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2016 • 1h 17min
Native American History
Dartmouth College professor Colin Calloway leads a seminar for high school teachers on Native American history from the Colonial era through westward expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 24, 2016 • 60min
Henry Wirz and Andersonville Prison
State University of New York at Buffalo professor Carole Emberton teaches a class about Andersonville Prison, the Confederate Civil War military prison where 13,000 Union soldiers died, and the trial of its commander, Henry Wirz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 30, 2016 • 1h 13min
Incarceration in the Late 20th Century
University of Washington, Bothell, history professor Dan Berger examines the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and the politics behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 12, 2015 • 49min
Drug Addiction in 19th Century America
Towson University history professor Elizabeth Gray talks about the use of and public opinion on opium and laudanum in the 19th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 21, 2015 • 1h 43min
Civil Rights Cold Cases
Emory University professors Hank Klibanoff and Brett Gadsden talk about the intersection of Civil Rights politics and violence in mid-20th century Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
