Videos

Aaron David Miller talked about the United States' role in the Israel-Hamas conflict, the military strikes between Iran and Israel, and efforts to prevent a wider war.

American History TV toured the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America’s first diplomat, Ben…

Viewers responded to the question “Should cities ban homeless people from sleeping on public land?”

Columnist Rob Henderson talked about growing up in U.S. foster care system and lessons he learned about family and social class from his experiences. This event was hosted by the American En…

National Book Critics Circle board member J. Howard Rosier previewed some of the nonfiction books being released this spring. About Books also reported on the latest publishing news and curr…

Foreign Affairs Magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event …

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser (Obama administration, 2009-17) joined political writers and activists from around the world to examine what the United States' role on th…

Vanderbilt University law professor Ganesh Sitaraman argued that the problems with the airline industry today can be traced back to the deregulation of the transportation sector in the 1970s…

Author B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and cre…

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) discussed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) at an event hosted by Georgetown University Law School. …

President Biden announced a new initiative aimed at training young people for higher-skilled jobs in the clean energy economy. The program is recruiting for over two-thousand positions in ov…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for more than two hours in a case concerning whether an Oregon city’s enforcement of ordinances restricting the homeless from camping or sleeping in out…

Journalist Annie Jacobsen chronicled the sequence of events that would occur at home and around the globe following the launch of a nuclear missile. She was interviewed by author and nationa…

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.

Lee McIntyre explored the origins of disinformation and its consequences. Harvard Book Store hosted this event.

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…

Viewers responded to the question “Are you excited to vote in this year’s election?”

Author Robert Watson talked about the War of 1812, detailing the British military campaign and American resistance on August 24, 1814, the day the British burned the Capitol. The U.S. Capito…

New York University professor Martha Hodes talked about being hijacked as a 12-year-old in 1970 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine during a flight from Israel to New York C…

Author Mark Calhoun discussed General Lesley McNair’s organizational and strategic influence on the U.S. Army during World War II. He was interviewed by author John McManus ("To the End of t…