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Margaret MacMillan discusses the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and why his death led to the Outbreak of World War I.

• 5 minutes
• 29,499 views

Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) on his father's birth history and his eligibility as candidate for president.

• 57 seconds
• 13,008 views

Michael Oreskes explains how baron de Montesquieu's views of democracy influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

• 4 minutes
• 11,370 views

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia discussed his decision in Citizens United v. FEC and the impact of the case.

• 3 minutes
• 9,688 views

Michelle Fields on when police pushed her to ground during Occupy Wall Street

• 6 minutes
• 8,806 views

New York Times Columnist Charles Blow talks about the death of Bonnie and Clyde and the mystique of outlaws.

• 41 seconds
• 8,022 views

Robert Service talks about Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky and their views of communism and totalitarism.

• 5 minutes
• 7,739 views

Author Stephen Puleo talks about the caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks on the Senate floor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

• 6 minutes
• 7,723 views

Amy Gajda, professor of law at Tulane University in New Orleans and the author of "Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy," discussed the impact of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit o…

• 6 minutes
• 6,062 views

Professor Mark Cheathem talked about President Andrew Jackson and the Nullification Crisis of 1832.

• 2 minutes
• 5,708 views

Te role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in protecting capital markets and investors.

• 2 minutes
• 5,281 views

Carl Cannon talked about the significance of Sputnik. Footage from an early news broadcast from 1957 is shown.

• 2 minutes
• 4,732 views

Commentator Crystal Wright reflects on the heritage of her mother and father. This and 24 other stories from C-SPAN's Q&A can be found in the book "Sundays at Eight": http://www.c-span.org/s…

• 2 minutes
• 4,564 views

Senate Historian Betty Koed talked about the standard of impeachment. She discusses the ambiguity and interpretation of the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanors."

• 2 minutes
• 4,219 views

Author Stacy Schiff explains the meaning of a Witch as it relates to the Salem Witch Trial time period.

• 51 seconds
• 3,906 views

Historian James Banner talked about the scandals that occurred during President Bill Clinton's administration including Travelgate, Whitewater and the Monica Lewinsky scandals. He also discu…

• 3 minutes
• 3,807 views

Tavis Smiley talks about the final year of the civil rights leader's life.

• 7 minutes
• 3,745 views

Manal Al-Sharif described Mecca and the Hajj which is one of the five pillars of Islam.

• 3 minutes
• 3,587 views

National Law Journal Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro discusses the average age of current Supreme Court Justices and how they compare historically, and why the age ofseveral justices …

• 2 minutes
• 3,484 views

Author Okey Ndibe talked about how Nigeria was created by the British as a colony and how the legacy of colonialism affects the cohesiveness of the country.

• 2 minutes
• 3,344 views