With 5+ educational and entertaining livestream videos every week, we’re constantly adding great online lectures to our library. Below are some recent additions as well as some student favorites. You can browse by category or by typing some keywords into the search bar to the left. Access to all recorded lectures comes standard with our membership, click here to learn more.
Please note: all Livestream (Upcoming) times are in EDT unless otherwise noted. Enjoy!
1968: The Extraordinary Events of a Memorable Year
Leonard Steinhorn – American University
11/08/2017
A Different America: How Our Country Has Changed From 1969 Through Today
Matthew Andrews – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
02/03/2020
Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish? A Scholar Investigates
Andrew Porwancher – University of Oklahoma
08/14/2019
American Immigration: Fear, Myth, and Reality
Jeffrey Engel – Southern Methodist University
08/14/2019
American Power: Dominance or Decline? An Insider's Look at Global Developments
Stephen Kotkin – Princeton University
08/14/2019
Free Speech Revisited: Provocative Views of the First Amendment
Robert Post – Yale Law School
08/14/2019
How the Media has Reported on Presidents: From Washington to Today
Harold Holzer – Hunter College
03/02/2020
Learning From The Roman Empire: Are we Repeating Their Rise and Decline?
Caroline Winterer – Stanford University
08/14/2019
Living and Dying in America: The Politics of Healthcare
Michael Sparer – Columbia University
08/14/2019
National Security vs. Privacy: The Inside Story of The Pentagon Papers
Stephen Whitfield – Brandeis University
02/18/2018
Our Broken Two Party System: Can American Politics be Fixed?
Robert Watson – Lynn University
08/14/2019
Race in America: A Country Divided
Law Professors Neil Siegel, Randall Kennedy and Amy Wax – Duke University, Harvard University, and Penn Law Schools
08/14/2019
Running From Office: Why Americans Dislike Politics and Politicians
Jennifer Lawless – American University
08/14/2019
Shifting World Powers: New Alliances in Uncertain Times
William Burke-White – University of Pennsylvania
08/14/2019
The American Revolution: Remarkable Stories You've Never Heard Before
Richard Bell – University of Maryland
08/14/2019
The Civil War and Abraham Lincoln: What's Fact and What's Fiction?
Louis Masur – Rutgers University
08/14/2019
The Constitution Revisited: An Alternative Look at America's Founding Document
Andrew Porwancher – University of Oklahoma
08/14/2019
The Five Most Powerful People in the World
William Burke-White – University of Pennsylvania
03/02/2020
The Four Greatest Strategic Military Thinkers in History
Andrew Wilson – U.S. Naval War College
08/14/2019
The Genius (and Rivalry) of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla (Livestream)
Craig Wright – Yale University
05/12/2020
The Political Genius of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jeffrey Engel – Southern Methodist University
11/06/2019
U.S. Presidential Debates: Why We Watch and Why They Matter
Diana Carlin – Saint Louis University
01/21/2020
Understanding America Through Four Remarkable Photographs
Louis Masur – Rutgers University
08/14/2019
Unexplained History: What Historians Still Don't Understand
Caroline Winterer – Stanford University
10/03/2019
What Makes a Great Jewish Leader? From Moses to Modern Israel
Lawrence Hajioff – Yeshiva University
11/14/2019
What The Founding Fathers Were Really Like (and what we can learn from them today)
Carol Berkin – Baruch College
08/14/2019
Women of the American Revolution: The Remarkable Stories You've Never Heard
Carol Berkin – Baruch College
08/14/2019
WWII: Surprising Stories You Never Learned in History Class
Robert Watson – Lynn University
10/29/2019
The Constitution: Enduring Myths and Hidden Truths
Andrew Porwancher – University of Oklahoma
08/14/2019
What's Wrong With Congress? Can an 18th Century Structure Still Work?
Wendy Schiller – Brown University
08/14/2019
The New Cold War: Russia and the U.S. (What Went Wrong?)
Jeffrey Engel – Southern Methodist University
08/14/2019
The Future of American Politics and the Presidency
Sam Potolicchio – Georgetown University
08/14/2019
What’s Wrong With Congress? Can an 18th Century System Still Work?
Wendy Schiller – Brown University
03/29/2020
Learning From the Roman Empire: Are we Repeating their Rise and Decline?
Caroline Winterer – Stanford University
03/29/2020
The Constitution: Enduring Myths and Hidden Truths
Andrew Porwancher – University of Oklahoma
04/12/2020
The Shifting Lens of History: How we Reimagine the Past
Stephanie Yuhl – College of the Holy Cross
04/17/2020
The Supreme Court: How Did We Get Here, and Where Are We Headed?
Alison Gash – University of Oregon
04/18/2020
Game Over: When All Sports Stop - A Historical Perspective
Matthew Andrews – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
04/21/2020
The American Revolution: Inside the Minds of The Founding Fathers
Louis Masur – Rutgers University
04/21/2020
America in WWI: What Really Happened, and Why it Matters
Jennifer Keene – Chapman University
02/13/2020
Civil Rights and Protest in America: The Shifting Lens of History
Marcia Chatelain – Georgetown University
05/26/2020
Can American Politics be Fixed? Our Broken Two Party System:
Robert Watson – Lynn University
05/22/2020
The President's Book Club: What Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR read for guidance
Joseph Luzzi – Bard College
05/19/2020
How the 60's Changed America: Lessons from a Pivotal Decade
Leonard Steinhorn – American University
05/27/2020
What the People Want to Hear: The Politics of Populism
Stephen Whitfield – Brandeis University
07/01/2020
Unexplained History: What Historians Still Don't Understand
Caroline Winterer – Stanford University
07/09/2020
Founding Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence
Carol Berkin – Baruch College
07/22/2020
A Different America: Sports and Civil Rights - A 50 Year Retrospective
Matthew Andrews – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
06/25/2020
Drive-Thru America: A Culinary History of the Fast Food Industry and How It Shapes Our Lives
Marcia Chatelain – Georgetown University
07/07/2020
A Jewish Founding Father? Alexander Hamilton's Hidden Life
Andrew Porwancher – University of Oklahoma
07/16/2020
Biden's VP Pick: Who, How, Why, and What Happens Next
Sam Potolicchio – Georgetown University
08/06/2020
The Meanings of Freedom: Black Lives during Reconstruction
Louis Masur – Rutgers University
07/14/2020
Harry Truman: The Complicated Story of an Unexpected President
Robert Watson – Lynn University
07/20/2020
One Hundred Years Ago Today: How American Women Won the Right to Vote
Jennifer Keene – Chapman University
07/21/2020
The Electoral College: Why does it exist? Should it exist? What should we do about it?
Wendy Schiller – Brown University
07/29/2020
The Sum of Our Dreams: Five Books that Changed American History
Louis Masur – Rutgers University
08/12/2020
