All Episodes

Ep. 90 Adam Hochschild, "American Midnight"

Ep. 89 Mark Dimunation, Library of Congress Rare Book & Special Collections Division Chief

Ep. 88 Stacy Schiff, "The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams"

Ep. 87 Dakota Wood, Editor, "2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength"

Ep. 86 Vivek Ramaswamy, "Nation of Victims"

Ep. 85 Nell Wulfhart, "The Great Stewardess Rebellion"

Ep. 84 Brad Snyder, "Democratic Justice"

Ep. 83 Charles Kupchan on Russian Propaganda and the War in Ukraine

Ep. 82 Greg Steinmetz, "American Rascal"

Ep. 81 Troy Senik, "A Man of Iron"

Ep. 80 Judy Shelton on the Federal Reserve

Ep. 79 Claire Arcenas, "America's Philosopher"

Ep. 78 Alanna Nash, "The Colonel"

C-SPAN in the Classroom Trailer: Season 2

Ep. 77 Ron Liebman & Tim Baker on the Prosecution of Vice President Spiro Agnew

Ep. 76 Terrence Smith, "Four Wars, Five Presidents"

Ep. 75 David Kertzer, "The Pope at War"

Ep. 74 Aram Saroyan, author of "Last Rites," on His Father William Saroyan

Ep. 73 Carl Foster, Director of the Little Blue House

Ep. 72 Stephen Eide, "Homelessness in America"

Ep. 71 David Gelles, "The Man Who Broke Capitalism"

Ep. 70 Author & Essayist Lance Morrow

Ep. 69 Beverley Eddy, "Ritchie Boy Secrets"

Presidential Recordings Trailer: Season 2 President Richard Nixon

Ep. 68 Thomas Kidd, "Thomas Jefferson"

Ep. 67 David S. Brown, "The First Populist"

Ep. 66 Bruce Oudes, "From: The President-Richard Nixon's Secret Files"

Ep. 65 Author and Historian Harold Holzer on Abraham Lincoln

Ep. 64 Andrew Kaufman on Russian Writer Leo Tolstoy

Ep. 63 Olivier Zunz, "The Man Who Understood Democracy"

Ep. 62 Joe Madison, "Radio Active"

Ep. 61 Megan McArdle, Washington Post Columnist

Ep. 60 Deborah Cohen, "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial"

Ep. 59 Dr. Thomas Fisher, "The Emergency"

Ep. 58 Jeffrey Frank, "The Trials of Harry S. Truman"

Ep. 57 Christopher Leonard, "The Lords of Easy Money"

Ep. 56 University of Virginia Student Emma Camp on Self-Censorship at College

Ep. 55 Jeffrey Hooke, "The Myth of Private Equity"

Ep. 54 John Mearsheimer on Ukraine, International Relations, and the Military

Ep. 53 Mark Vonnegut, "The Heart of Caring"

Ep. 52 Willard Sterne Randall, "The Founders' Fortunes"

Ep. 51 Brendan Simms & Charlie Laderman, "Hitler's American Gamble"

Ep. 50 Clarence Lusane on the 1967 Detroit Race Riot, His Life & Work

Ep. 49 Dwight Chapin, "The President's Man"

Ep. 48 Andrew Roberts, "The Last King of America"

Ep. 47 Bethany McLean on Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos

Ep. 46 Debby Applegate, "Madam"

Ep. 45 Lance Geiger, The History Guy

Ep. 44 John Berresford, The Hiss-Chambers Espionage Case

Ep. 43 James Golden, "Rush on the Radio"

Ep. 42 Isabel Wilkerson, "The Warmth of Other Suns"

Ep. 41 Jay Cost, "James Madison"

Ep. 40 Roosevelt Montás, "Rescuing Socrates"

Ep. 39 Ty Seidule, "Robert E. Lee and Me"

Ep. 38 Michael Knox Beran, "WASPs"

Ep. 37 Jason Emerson, "Giant in the Shadows"

Ep. 36 Walter Pincus, "Blown to Hell"

Ep. 35 Edward Moser, "The Lost History of the Capitol"

Ep. 34 Amity Shlaes on Calvin Coolidge's Autobiography

Ep. 33 Mike Duncan "Hero of Two Worlds"

Ep. 32 Keith Richburg, Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong

Ep. 31 Nathaniel Philbrick, "Travels with George"

Ep. 30 Erik Larson, "No One Goes Alone"

Ep. 29 Craig Whitlock, "The Afghanistan Papers"

Ep. 28 Kathleen Smith, "Moscow 1956"

Ep. 27 Susan Ronald, "The Ambassador"

Ep. 26 20th Anniversary of 9/11

Ep. 25 Chester Morgan, "Liberal Redneck"

Ep. 24 David Shambaugh, "China's Leaders: From Mao to Now"

Ep. 23 Derrick Bell, "Faces at the Bottom of the Well"

Ep. 22 Jenny Hartley, "Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction"

Ep. 21 Ken Cuthbertson, "Inside: The Biography of John Gunther"

Ep. 20 David Stewart, "George Washington"

Ep. 19 Robert Novak, "The Prince of Darkness"

Ep. 18: Peter Osnos, "An Especially Good View"

Ep. 17: Carol Leonnig on the Rise and Fall of the Secret Service

Ep. 16: Michael Dobbs, "King Richard"

Ep. 15: David Stokes, "JFK's Ghost"

Ep. 14: Dan Glickman, "Laughing at Myself"

Ep. 13: Liz Carpenter's Washington

Ep. 12: Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan & Chuck Berry

Ep. 11: Christopher Bonner, "Remaking the Republic"

Ep. 10: Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal Columnist

Ep 9: Doris Kearns Goodwin, "No Ordinary Time"

Ep. 8: Jason Hershey-David's Tent DC

Ep. 7: Randall Robinson - Off to St. Kitts

Ep. 6: Peter Henriques – A New Portrait of George Washington

Ep. 5: Harlow Giles Unger – Thomas Paine, Forgotten Hero of the American Revolution

Ep. 4: Thomas Ricks – The Founders, the Greeks, and the Romans

Ep. 3: Craig Fehrman – The Words of Our Presidents

Ep. 2: Christina Shutt – Incoming Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Ep. 1: Eleanor Herman - Sex with Presidents

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