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Battling Nature in Korea and Vietnam
Professor Lisa Brady talks about how chemical agents were used during the Korean and Vietnam wars to destroy the landscape and infrastructure. She ar…
4 years, 2 months ago
Alexander Hamilton and the Early Republic
Professor Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman talks about Alexander Hamilton’s role in the creation of the federal government. She describes how, after the Ameri…
4 years, 2 months ago
National Intelligence Under President Kennedy
Catholic University professor and former CIA historian Nicholas Dujmovic teaches a class about national intelligence during President Kennedy’s admin…
4 years, 3 months ago
Economists Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman
University of California Santa Barbara economics professor Lanny Ebenstein teaches a class comparing the work of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek…
4 years, 3 months ago
Slave Labor in 19th Century Virginia
Stony Brook University president Maurie McInnis teaches a class about slave trade in Richmond, Virginia, and enslaved labor at the University of Virg…
4 years, 3 months ago
American Military in the Revolutionary War
Baylor University professor Julie Anne Sweet teaches a class on the American military during the Revolutionary War, including a look at the equipment…
4 years, 3 months ago
Presidential Recordings Trailer: Season 2 President Richard Nixon
At least 6 U.S. Presidents recorded conversations while in office. Hear those conversations on this C-SPAN podcast. Season 2 focuses on President Ric…
4 years, 3 months ago
Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy & Civil Rights
University of South Carolina professor Patricia Sullivan taught a class about the 1960s Civil Rights movement and the involvement of Martin Luther Ki…
4 years, 4 months ago
Watergate 50 Years Later
American University professor Joseph Campbell taught a class about the 1972 Watergate scandal and, what he calls, “the myth of heroic journalism.” He…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Weekly Podcast: Roe v. Wade: Justice Harry Blackmun's Legacy
Lectures in History is taking a break this week -- try the latest episode of the Weekly, which provides its own history lesson - on Supreme Court Ass…
4 years, 4 months ago