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Washington Today   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
Catch up on the stories of the day in Washington, DC. Hear portions of key events and interviews with journalists who provide background and perspective. Programs posted after 6pmET, Monday - Friday.
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American History TV - Lectures in History   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
American History TV viewers join students in the classroom to hear lectures on campuses across the country, on topics ranging from the American Revolution to 9-11.
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  • Evolving Nature of the Civil War (56 min. 31 sec. - June 22, 2013)
    Florida Atlantic University professor Stephen Engle teaches a class on the evolving nature of the Civil War. Among the issues discussed: President Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the war -- and to use former slaves as troops – and how these ideas changed the Civil War from a fight to preserve the Union, to one about abolishing slavery, thus altering the nation forever.
  • End of Slavery to Segregation (1 hr. 6 min. - June 15, 2013)
    University of Kansas professor Shawn Leigh Alexander teaches a class on the period following the end of slavery to the beginning of segregation. Professor Alexander discusses the failed Civil Rights Act of 1875, the Supreme Court‘s 1896 "separate but equal" ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, and the work of African American journalist Ida B. Wells to expose the horrors of lynching in the United States.
  • Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy (1 hr. 56 min. - June 8, 2013)
    Oregon State University professor Christopher McKnight Nichols teaches a class on Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy, focusing on the period between 1989 and 2001. The class looks at military engagements by the United States during the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. Oregon State University is in Corvallis.
  • Civil Rights Movement 1955-1968 (1 hr. 15 min. - June 1, 2013)
    Goucher College professor Jean Baker teaches a class on the Civil Right Movement, from Rosa Parks refusal to move to the back of the bus in 1955, to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The class also engages in a discussion on a book of oral histories by journalist Howell Raines titled, "My Soul is Rested: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South." Goucher College is in Baltimore, Maryland.
After Words   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
Book TV's After Words features the author of a recently published hardback non-fiction book interviewed by a guest host with some knowledge, background, or connection to the subject matter of the book. After Words airs on Book TV every Sunday, at 6pm ET.
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  • Laurence Leamer, "The Price of Justice" (57 min. 50 sec. - June 22, 2013)
    Laurence Leamer tells the story of the legal battle to hold Massey Energy accountable to the West Virginia communities that it contaminated and controlled while supplying almost half of the nation's coal-generated electric power. Mr. Leamer discusses the crusade of two local lawyers with Neela Banerjee, the Energy & Environment Reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
  • Dr. Carl Hart, "High Price" (1 hr. 1 min. - June 15, 2013)
    Dr. Hart combines a memoir about growing up in a poor Miami neighborhood with his studies of drug use as a neuroscientist. He concludes that the current drug laws are based on assumptions about race and class rather than a genuine understanding of the physiological reasons for and effects of addiction. He talks with cultural and political commentator Juan Williams, a columnist for The Hill and a Fox News contributor.
  • Sally Satel, "Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience" (58 min. 36 sec. - June 8, 2013)
    Dr. Sally Satel presents an analysis of what she calls the culture's obsession with neuroscience, attempting to dispel myths about what brain scans are able to reveal. She talks with USA Today's Science Reporter Dan Vergano.
  • Charles Moore, "Margaret Thatcher" (57 min. 9 sec. - June 1, 2013)
    Veteran newspaper editor Charles Moore, who covered the administration of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, presents her authorized biography, "Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands." He discusses the life of the United Kingdom's only female premier with Toby Harnden, Washington bureau chief of the Sunday Times of London.
Newsmakers   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
"Newsmakers" is C-SPAN's weekly Sunday interview program with the people making news and the journalists who cover them. Newmakers airs Sundays on C-SPAN at 10am ET and 6pm ET.
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  • Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) (31 min. 28 sec. - June 23, 2013)
    This week on Newsmakers, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) discusses the student loan debate from the House Democrats' point of view. Rep. Courtney also discusses student loan proposals, the politics of student loans, and efforts to reauthorize No Child Left Behind.
  • Rep. John Kline (R-MN) (30 min. 21 sec. - June 16, 2013)
    This week on Newsmakers, Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, discusses student loan interest rates set to double on July 1. He also speaks about the No Child Left Behind Act and U.S. security issues.
  • Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) (31 min. 56 sec. - June 9, 2013)
    This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairman of the Agriculture Cmte. She talks about efforts to pass a Farm bill in the Senate, which includes a 400 million cut in the food stamp program as part of the overall bill.
  • Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) (34 min. 25 sec. - June 2, 2013)
    This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. He talks about the 2014 campaign outlook for the Senate and congressional races.
Podcast of the Week   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
C-SPAN provides our viewers with a comprehensive range of public policy programs. "Podcast of the Week" is a noteworthy program drawn from the three C-SPAN networks.
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  • Supreme Court Decides University Admissions Case (1 hr. 19 min. - June 24, 2013)
    The Supreme Court issued a decision in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case dealing with race and university admissions. The court set aside the Fifth Circuit ruling that upheld the University's Admissions policy, which considered race as a factor, and sent the case back to the lower court.
  • Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (1 hr. 5 min. - June 17, 2013)
    In a seven to two decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an Arizona law requiring voters to prove that they are citizens. The justices found that Arizona's voter law was in conflict with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.
  • First Ladies: Ida McKinley (1 hr. 56 min. - June 10, 2013)
    C-SPAN and the White House Historical Association are co-producing a two-season feature series on the First Ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played in the White House. This week: Ida McKinley.
  • First Ladies: Caroline Harrison (1 hr. 33 min. - June 3, 2013)
    C-SPAN and the White House Historical Association are co-producing a two-season feature series on the First Ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played in the White House. This week: Caroline Harrison.
Q and A   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
Every week, C-SPAN presents interesting people who are making things happen in politics, the media, education, and science and technology in hour-long conversations.
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  • Yuval Levin, National Affairs Journal, Editor (59 min. 10 sec. - June 23, 2013)
    Our guest is the editor of National Affairs Magazine, Yuval Levin. He talks about the magazine and website, which he describes as a quarterly journal of essays on public policy and political thought.
  • Patrick Gavin, Politico (59 min. 34 sec. - June 16, 2013)
    Our guest is Politico reporter Patrick Gavin. He discusses the increased use and potential impact of television on Internet websites, including Politico. He comments on postings from a wide variety of websites including the Wall Street Journal, NBC News, InfoWars and The Blaze, and describes the balance between advertising revenue and the cost of producing television for online consumers.
  • Robin Nagel, "Picking Up" (59 min. 24 sec. - June 9, 2013)
    Our guest is New York University professor and author Robin Nagle to discuss her newly released book titled "Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City." She suggests that the garbage men and women are the most important people on the payroll serving New York City’s 8.2 million residents.
  • Shola Lynch, "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners" (58 min. 27 sec. - June 2, 2013)
    Our guest is Shola Lynch, producer and director of the recently released documentary titled "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners." The film tells the story of Angela Davis who in 1972 was charged by the U.S. government in a murder conspiracy case which generated vast publicity and ended in an acquittal for Angela Davis on all charges against her. Lynch says the story needed to be told because it was what she calls "a political crime drama with a love story in the middle of it."
The Communicators   Subscribe via iTunes   Subscribe via XML Feed
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's new weekly series featuring a half-hour interview with the people who shape our digital future. The Communicators airs Saturdays on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET and Monday on C-SPAN2 at 8am and 8pm ET.
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  • Cable Show Part 2 (24 min. 23 sec. - June 22, 2013)
    This week, The Communicators continues its series of interviews from the Cable Show in Washington, DC. We look at the cable industry and video marketplace with Pat Esser of Cox Communications and John Skipper of ESPN.
  • Cable Show Interviews 1 (28 min. 50 sec. - June 15, 2013)
    This week, The Communicators begins a series of interviews from the Cable Show in Washington, DC. We look at the cable industry and the video marketplace with Brian Roberts of the Comcast Corporation and Rob Marcus of Time Warner Cable.
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) (28 min. 3 sec. - June 8, 2013)
    Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), the ranking member of the House subcommittee on Communications and Technology discusses the role of Congress on several current communications issues - including spectrum auctions, cybersecurity, and freedom of the Internet.
  • Federal Communications Commission Agenda (27 min. 55 sec. - June 1, 2013)
    Julius Genachowski, a Democrat who served as FCC chairman, and Robert McDowell, the senior Republican commissioner, talk about some of the big decisions and issues during their term at the FCC and major issues ahead for their successors at the agency.

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First Ladies: Influence and Image - Book