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Columnist Danny Heitman discussed the importance of rereading classical literature. “About Books” also reported on the latest publishing news and current non-fiction books.

In the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.

The American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner discussed the parallels between President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and President Joe Biden’s economic and social agenda. This event took plac…

Author and journalist Ken Walsh talked about his book on the forces behind what he sees as toxic politics in the United States.

Social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt discussed how social media has fragmented culture and politics. His remarks began with an overview of data that described the rewiring of mental…

Professors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard’s Initia…

Author James Fichter talked about the role and politics of tea leading up to the American Revolution. Revolutionary Spaces in Boston hosted this program.

Author William Styple talked about artist James Kelly who interviewed dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art. The Macculloch Hall Histo…

Author Rachel Swarns talked about the 272 enslaved people who were sold by Jesuit priests in 1838 to benefit what is now Georgetown University. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.…

The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant’s military service, presidency, and legacy.

President Biden and Vice President Harris both spoke out against what the president called attempts to “bury history” during a ceremony to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Nat…

Craig Shirley talked about Ronald Reagan’s conservatism and how he dealt with challenges during his presidency and in his personal life. He spoke at the Ronald Reagan Institute in Washington…

Former Special Assistant to President Trump Cassidy Hutchinson spoke about being in the White House on January 6, 2021, and her subsequent testimony to the Select Committee. George Washingto…

Bestselling author David Grann talked about a mutiny aboard the British naval ship The Wager off the coast of South America in the mid-18th century and the court martial that followed. This …

University of St. Andrews (Scotland) history professor Andrew Pettegree talked about the connections between books and military conflicts since the Civil War. This event was held at the 3 We…

In the 1950s, a Senate committee led by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) examined organized crime around the country.

Authors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 I…

Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman’s role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina wh…

Vanderbilt University history professor emeritus Richard Blackett talked about Underground Railroad and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law. The Virginia Civil War Museum in Richmond, …

American History TV toured the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s “1898” exhibit -- which brings together portraits of the major players in the Spanish-American War, and illustrates the…