Podcast
Lectures in History
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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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How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy
Jan 1801:17:20Tap to summarizeBoise State history professor Jill Gill lectures on Martin Luther King Jr.'s political strategies in the Civil Rights Movement up until his assassination in 1968. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Blake Gilpin on Reconstruction-Era Supreme Court Cases That Led to Jim Crow Segregation
Jan 1101:04:17Tap to summarizeTulane professor Blake Gilpin discusses three Reconstruction-era Supreme Court cases and how they led to the establishment of Jim Crow segregation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Development of the Atomic Bomb
Mar 23, 2025Tap to summarizeUniversity of Texas history professor Bruce Hunt discusses the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and the role of the Army Corps of Engineers General Leslie Groves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Great Society & the Welfare State
Sep 24, 2023Tap to summarizeGeorge Washington University lecturer Bell Julian Clement discussed American poverty policy and how the Johnson Administration's Great Society program sought to provide economic security to the poorest Americans. George Washington University is located in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Jan 19, 2020Tap to summarizeGrove City College Professor Paul Kengor explored the tense days of October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union faced off over missiles in Cuba in one of the “hottest” episodes of the Cold War. He explained how the ideological militancy of Cuban leader Fidel Castro worried leaders in both Moscow and Washington who did not truly desire nuclear conflict despite their tough talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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