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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, …

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

Author Leila Philip described the role the beaver played in America’s environmental and cultural development. Barnes and Noble - Upper West Side in New York City hosted this conversation.

Author and U.S. Marine Corps Major General Jason Bohm talked about the origins of the Marine Corps, including strategic decisions that shaped the formation of the Continental Marines in the …

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.…

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

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 …

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.

Virginia Lee Dornheggen recounted her time as a U.S. Army nurse during the Vietnam War. She described injuries she treated, the night the hospital came under fire, and the job’s impact on he…

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…

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…

Historian Timothy Smith discussed the Vicksburg Campaign, which ended with the Confederate surrender on July 4, 1863. Union control of the Mississippi River split the Confederacy in half and…

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…

Filmmakers Zachary Treitz and Christian Hansen discussed their four-part Netflix docu-series American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders,about the events surrounding the death of freelance jour…

University of Oxford history professor Adam Smith talked about how the politics and opinion of Northern communities shifted during the Civil War to support for both the war and destruction o…

This animated short film was a cautionary tale designed to instruct service personnel about security. Part of a series, it was written by Dr. Seuss, voiced by Mel Blanc, and distributed by t…

Journalist John O’Connor looked at Bigfoot’s place in American culture and lore. This event was hosted by Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon.

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 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…