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Back to SearchThe Serial Killer H.H. Holmes
Nebraska history professor James Garza teaches a class on H.H. Holmes, described as "America's First Serial Killer," and his crimes during the Gilded…
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FEED DROP A250: Abraham Lincoln and Conditions Leading to the Civil War
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edda Fields-Black and other scholars gathered by the Abraham Lincoln Institute explored Lincoln and the paths leading u…
1 week ago
FEED DROP: 2026 Commencement Speeches: Ron DeSantis, Muriel Bowser, Scott Bessent & James Patterson
Hear another collection of memorable 2026 commencement speeches from campuses across the country featuring Erika Kirk, Ron DeSantis, Muriel Bowser, S…
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FEED DROP: 2026 Commencement Speeches: Hilary Duff, Gretchen Whitmer, Hugh Jackman, Nancy Pelosi & Jalen Rose
Highlights from the 2026 commencement season featuring speeches from Hilary Duff, Gretchen Whitmer, Hugh Jackman, Nancy Pelosi, and Jalen Rose. Hear …
1 week, 1 day ago
The History of the Oil Business
University of Iowa professor Richard Priest traces the history of the oil business from rudimentary drilling to John Rockefeller's Standard Oil Comp…
2 weeks ago
Red Dead's History - A Video Game, An Obsession, and America's Violent Past
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, history professor Tore Olsson discussed what the video games Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 get right and wrong abou…
3 weeks ago
FEED DROP: BN+ - Bob Crawford, "America's Founding Son"
This week, Lectures in History is taking a break— So we’re bringing you Booknotes+. Hosted by Brian Lamb, this episode features Bob Crawford—of The …
4 weeks ago
FEED DROP: America's Book Club with Beverly Gage
Historian and Yale University Professor Beverly Gage joined David M. Rubenstein to discuss her Pulitzer Prize winning biography of former FBI Directo…
1 month ago
"Whiteness" & U.S. Citizenship
USC lecturer Nora Lessersohn looks at how racial classifications were used during the naturalization process throughout American history. This lectur…
1 month, 1 week ago
Allen Guelzo on Abraham Lincoln
University of Florida professor Allen Guelzo teaches a class on Abraham Lincoln's intellectual interests and how the 16th president was more than jus…
1 month, 2 weeks ago