Telephone lines were open for comments on the question, “As a voter, how do you describe yourself?”

0 hours, 47 minutes | 85 Views

Peter Coy talked about his recent Bloomberg Businessweek cover story entitled “Why The Debt Crisis is Even Worse Than You Think.” Topics included U.S. growing debt, the need for spending cuts and revenue increases, and Social Security and Medicare reform. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

0 hours, 42 minutes | 173 Views

In light of the shooting of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, John Velleco and John Lowy talked about “stand your ground” laws that exist in states across the country. Topics included the track record of such laws, their impact on gun-related violence, and if such laws need to be reformed or revisited. They also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

0 hours, 41 minutes | 404 Views

Marc Lynch talked about the uprisings in Syria. Topics included the international response, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Saudi Arabia, and the 60-nation gathering of the “Friends of the Syrian People” in Istanbul, Turkey. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

0 hours, 40 minutes | 283 Views

Republican Study Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) talked about the reasons he supports House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan’s fiscal year 2013 budget plan, which was passed by the House earlier in the week. Representative Jordan also discussed other Speaker Boehner’s performance as leader, budget politics, and the 2012 elections.

0 hours, 32 minutes | 162 Views

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the second of the four cases challenging the 2010 health care law law. The case, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, focused on the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act which required that citizens purchase health care coverage by 2014 or face a financial penalty.
The Court heard a total of 6 hours of argument over March 26, 27, and 28, 2012.

2 hours, 0 minutes | 19,721 Views

House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) talked about the fiscal year 2013 budget. He discussed the Defense Department budget and some of his policy ideas, and afterward answered questions from the audience. He was interviewed by Kristin Roberts.
This program was part of a National Journal discussion on the fiscal year 2013 budget that included remarks from House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen and a panel discussion with economics experts.

0 hours, 33 minutes | 302 Views

House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) talked about the fiscal year 2013 budget. In his remarks he said a big deficit deal would probably not be possible before the next president takes office if it includes reforming the tax code. He said popular tax provisions like the mortgage interest deduction should be up for discussion. but that the middle class must be protected from any tax reform effort. He was interviewed by Kristin Roberts.
This program was part of a National Journal discussion on the fiscal year 2013 budget that included remarks from House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan and a panel discussion with economics experts.

0 hours, 46 minutes | 90 Views

Richard Cordray outlined a number of new rules and initiatives under consideration at the new Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB). He said the CFPB would try to craft universal mortgage servicing standards based on the government’s recent settlement with large banks, with the new rules possibly released by the next January. The report indicated the CFPB had received more than 13,000 complaints over the past six months related to mortgages, credit cards and other financial products.

2 hours, 27 minutes | 292 Views

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the third of the four cases challenging the 2010 health care law. The focus of the third case, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, was severability; whether the remainder of the health care law could stand if the individual mandate provision is found unconstitutional. This argument was unusual in that the Court debated the consequences of a decision that it had not yet made.
The Court heard a total of 6 hours of argument over March 26, 27, and 28, 2012.

1 hours, 31 minutes | 6,863 Views

Republican Study Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) talked about the reasons he supports House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan’s fiscal year 2013 budget plan, which was passed by the House earlier in the week. Representative Jordan also discussed other Speaker Boehner’s performance as leader, budget politics, and the 2012 elections.

0 hours, 32 minutes | 162 Views

Marc Lynch talked about the uprisings in Syria. Topics included the international response, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s trip to Saudi Arabia, and the 60-nation gathering of the “Friends of the Syrian People” in Istanbul, Turkey. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

0 hours, 40 minutes | 283 Views

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey spoke to nearly 750 military leaders and psychological health care experts at a conference on the physical and mental wellbeing of military service members and their families.

0 hours, 32 minutes | 102 Views

Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert discussed their documentary on retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger, which chronicles his efforts on behalf of Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. These efforts resulted in the introduction of the Janey Ensminger Act in the House and the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act in the Senate. Both bills are awaiting further legislative action. In 1985 Ensminger’s daughter, Janey, died of leukemia. The documentary details how he heard a local news story in 1997 about a proposed health study on adults and babies exposed to toxins in the water system on the base. Rachel Libert introduced one of the participants, Mike Partain, who was diagnosed with male breast cancer at age 38. He is one of 78 confirmed cases of this type of cancer where each victim shared Camp Lejeune as a common trait.

0 hours, 59 minutes | 2,571 Views

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered a speech on the Canadian budget proposal to the Parliament.

0 hours, 37 minutes | 61 Views

Panelists talked about the get-out-the-vote efforts and election issues close to women in 2012. Among the topics they addressed were the issue of reproductive rights in the presidential campaign, and other social issues. They also responded to questions from the audience.

1 hours, 3 minutes | 255 Views

Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert discussed their documentary on retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger, which chronicles his efforts on behalf of Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. These efforts resulted in the introduction of the Janey Ensminger Act in the House and the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act in the Senate. Both bills are awaiting further legislative action. In 1985 Ensminger’s daughter, Janey, died of leukemia. The documentary details how he heard a local news story in 1997 about a proposed health study on adults and babies exposed to toxins in the water system on the base. Rachel Libert introduced one of the participants, Mike Partain, who was diagnosed with male breast cancer at age 38. He is one of 78 confirmed cases of this type of cancer where each victim shared Camp Lejeune as a common trait.

0 hours, 59 minutes | 2,571 Views

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered a speech on the Canadian budget proposal to the Parliament.

0 hours, 37 minutes | 61 Views

Witnesses testified on the Transportation Security Administration’s use of body scanners at airports and other programs designed to make air transportation safe and secure.

1 hours, 57 minutes | 428 Views

Panelists discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, focusing on military and non-military options should diplomatic efforts to limit nuclear development fail. They also talked about various scenarios if Iran was able to develop a nuclear weapon. They responded to questions from the audience.

1 hours, 34 minutes | 453 Views

Witnesses testified on Korean peninsula security, specifically the issue of whether or not a satellite North Korea plans to launch in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War is a cover for a long-range missile test.

1 hours, 35 minutes | 422 Views

Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert discussed their documentary on retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger, which chronicles his efforts on behalf of Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. These efforts resulted in the introduction of the Janey Ensminger Act in the House and the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act in the Senate. Both bills are awaiting further legislative action. In 1985 Ensminger’s daughter, Janey, died of leukemia. The documentary details how he heard a local news story in 1997 about a proposed health study on adults and babies exposed to toxins in the water system on the base. Rachel Libert introduced one of the participants, Mike Partain, who was diagnosed with male breast cancer at age 38. He is one of 78 confirmed cases of this type of cancer where each victim shared Camp Lejeune as a common trait.

0 hours, 59 minutes | 2,571 Views

Diana Henriques talked about her book The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust. She was interviewed by Jill Jorden Spitz and responded to questions from members of the audience.
“The Wizard of Lies - Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust” was a program at the 4th annual Tucson Festival of Books in the Gallagher Theater of the Student Union on the campus of the University of Arizona.

1 hours, 0 minutes | 460 Views

Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about the history and future of NASA and the U.S. space program. He argued that the exploration of space benefits Americans more than they may think. He responded to questions from members of the audience at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. 

2 hours, 13 minutes | 13,462 Views

Craig Timberg promotes the theory that Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa simply by sending people into remote regions where chimpanzees had carried the virus for millennia without it spreading to humans. Mr. Timberg also argues that Western attempts to stem the epidemic through condom distribution and abstinence campaigns are ineffective because they ignore homegrown African initiatives that focus on stemming the behaviors that spread the virus. Mr. Timberg discussed his assertions with Scott Evertz, a former director of the U.S. Office of National AIDS Policy.

0 hours, 29 minutes | 534 Views

Craig Timberg promotes the theory that Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa simply by sending people into remote regions where chimpanzees had carried the virus for millennia without it spreading to humans. Mr. Timberg also argues that Western attempts to stem the epidemic through condom distribution and abstinence campaigns are ineffective because they ignore homegrown African initiatives that focus on stemming the behaviors that spread the virus. Mr. Timberg discussed his assertions with Scott Evertz, a former director of the U.S. Office of National AIDS Policy.

0 hours, 29 minutes | 534 Views

Richard Brookhiser talked about his life and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
A video clip was shown of Mr. Brookhiser working in his home in New York City and talking about his writing process.
Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor at the National Review, where he has worked since 1977. He had a column at the New York Observer for 20 years, ending in 2007, and currently writes a column for American History. Mr. Brookhiser wrote and hosted PBS documentaries on George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. He also curated an Alexander Hamilton exhibition at the New York Historical Society in 2004-2005. Mr. Brookhiser was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2008 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011.
Richard Brookhiser is the author of 11 books: The Outside Story: How Democrats and Republican Re-Elected Reagan (1986); The Way of the WASP (1991); Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington (1996); Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace (1997); Alexander Hamilton, American (1999); America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918 (2002); Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (2003); What Would the Founding Fathers Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers (2006); George Washington on Leadership (2008); Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Conservative Movement (2009); and James Madison (2011).

3 hours, 0 minutes | 3,167 Views

Book TV presents the2012 National Book Critics Circle Awards from The New School inNew YorkCity.The awards are presented annually by the nation’s critics in six categories, non-fiction, autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, and poetry.This year’s ceremony also includes the presentation of the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement to Robert Silvers, editor of the New York Review of Books.
The 2012 finalists in each category:
Nonfiction:
Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire:Britain’s Crucial Role in the American CivilWar
James Gleick, The Information
Adam Hochschild, To End AllWars:A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
Maya Jasanoff, Liberty’s Exiles:American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War
John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead:Essays
Biography:
Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital:Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of Revolution
John Lewis Gaddis, George F. Kennan:An American Life
Paul Hendrickson, Hemingway’s Boat:Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961
Manning Marable, id="1332527207077S" style="display: noneMalcolm X:A Life of Reinvention
Ezra Vogel, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Autobiography:
Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love:A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing
Mira Bartock, The Memory Palace
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Harlem Is Nowhere:A Journey to the Mecca of Black America
Luis Rodriguez, It Calls You Back:An OdysseyThrough Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing
Deb Olin Unferth, Revolution:The Year IFell in Love and Went to Join the War
Criticism:
DavidBellos, Is That a Fishin Your Ear?:Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Geoff Dyer, Otherwise Known as the Human Condition:Selected Essays and Reviews
Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence
Dubravka Ugresic, Karaoke Culture
Ellen Willis, Out of the Vinyl Deeps:Ellen Willis on Rock Music
Fiction:
TejuCole, Open City
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot
Alan Holinghurst, The Stranger’s Child
Edith Pearlman, Binocular Vision
Dana Spiotta, Stone Arabia
Poetry:
Forrest Gander, Core Samples from the World
Aracelis Girmay, Kingdom Animalia
Laura Kasischke, Space, in Chains
Yusef Komunyakaa, TheChameleon Couch
Bruce Smith, Devotions

1 hours, 8 minutes | 279 Views

David Campbell examines the current state of religious observance and interfaith relationships in the United States and how it has changed over the past fifty years. Professor Campbell used slides during his presentation, in which he specifically focused on the reaction to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormonism and presented his thoughts on what it says about religious tolerance today. He responded to questions from members of the audience at the University of Southern California.
“Is This the Mormon Moment? Will Mitt Romeny be the Mormons' JFK?” was part of the Elizabeth and Robert Plumleigh Lecture Series “Religion in a Time of Politics.” It was held at the USC Davidson Conference Center.

1 hours, 13 minutes | 640 Views

Professor Davis talked about his book, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government, published by Harcourt Trade Publishers. Professor Davis said the leaders of the Confederacy knew that defeat was imminent long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox. John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, the Confederate secretary of war, tried to convince President Jefferson Davis to end the war and even tried to negotiate peace terms without President Davis’s knowledge or support. Professor Davis traced the paths of Davis, Breckinridge and other members of the Confederate cabinet after they fled Richmond. Professor Davis talked about the importance of how a war ends. After his prepared remarks, he answered questions from members of the audience.

0 hours, 55 minutes | 1,103 Views

Charles Sykes argues that an increasing number of Americans think they are entitled to benefit off of the hard work of others. He says that the Occupy Movement, which started as a legitimate protest against Wall Street moochers, has come to exemplify this way of thinking. He responded to questions from members of the audience at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon, Wisconsin.

1 hours, 7 minutes | 1,917 Views

David Corn talked about the policy initiatives, debates, and inner workings of the Obama administration since the 2010 midterm elections. Mr. Corn spoke with administration officials to gain insight into the operations of the Oval Office for his book and detailed the events that shaped the political landscape over the last two years. Topics he discussed included the Arab Spring, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, and the summer 2011 debates over taxes and the debt ceiling. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
A video clip was shown of Richard Cordray being interviewed on March 23, 2013, for the “Newsmakers” program.
C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.

0 hours, 42 minutes | 780 Views

Mr. de Botton, an atheist, argues that rather than mocking religion, atheists and agnostics should steal the best ideas from world religions, such asthe methods for building strong communities, overcoming envy, and forging a connection to the natural world. The philosopher essayist discussed his concepts with former seminarian and author Chris Hedges.

0 hours, 57 minutes | 7,783 Views

Rebecca MacKinnon argues that Internet users' rights are being infringed upon by governments and corporations. The author points to the changes in Facebook’s privacy policies and the demands by certain governments for Google to censor information as examples of the pressures on users to concede their personal freedoms on-line. Rebecca MacKinnon was joined by Jillian York in discussing these issues at the World Affairs Council of Northern California in San Francisco. They were interviewed by Joseph Menn and responded to questions submitted by members of the audience.

1 hours, 0 minutes | 427 Views

Carla Killough McClafferty recounted the project of a group of historians and scientists from George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate who set out in 2005 to better understand what George Washington looked like at different moments in his life. They created life models of George Washington as a young man of 19, Revolutionary War commander at 45, and as the first president at 57. She showed slides during her presentation and responded to questions from members of the audience in the Darragh Center Auditorium of the Central Arkansas Library System at a community event to kick-off the LCV tour of Little Rock. 
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 5-8 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed.

0 hours, 40 minutes | 334 Views

Richard Brookhiser talked about his life and career. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
A video clip was shown of Mr. Brookhiser working in his home in New York City and talking about his writing process.
Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor at the National Review, where he has worked since 1977. He had a column at the New York Observer for 20 years, ending in 2007, and currently writes a column for American History. Mr. Brookhiser wrote and hosted PBS documentaries on George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. He also curated an Alexander Hamilton exhibition at the New York Historical Society in 2004-2005. Mr. Brookhiser was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2008 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011.
Richard Brookhiser is the author of 11 books: The Outside Story: How Democrats and Republican Re-Elected Reagan (1986); The Way of the WASP (1991); Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington (1996); Rules of Civility: The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace (1997); Alexander Hamilton, American (1999); America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918 (2002); Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (2003); What Would the Founding Fathers Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers (2006); George Washington on Leadership (2008); Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Conservative Movement (2009); and James Madison (2011).

2 hours, 59 minutes | 3,167 Views

Mr. de Botton, an atheist, argues that rather than mocking religion, atheists and agnostics should steal the best ideas from world religions, such asthe methods for building strong communities, overcoming envy, and forging a connection to the natural world. The philosopher essayist discussed his concepts with former seminarian and author Chris Hedges.

0 hours, 57 minutes | 7,783 Views

Tracie MacMillan reports on America’s food industry, from how the country’s food is grown and produced to what is being eaten and how wages and cost affect our level of nutrition. Ms. MacMillan spent 2009 working throughout the system, from an industrial farm in California and a produce section at a Walmart near Detroit to a chain restaurant kitchen in Brooklyn. She profiles the people who worked alongside her at each job and reports on her attempts to eat well on low wages. To celebrate the publication of her book, Tracie MacMillan spoke on a panel discussion on American attitudes toward food. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. Erica Wides moderated.
“The Anti-Foodie Foodies: Has Food Worship Jumped the Shark?” was an event at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York City to celebrate the publication of her book.

1 hours, 34 minutes | 738 Views

Nonie Darwish took a critical look at the revolutions in the Middle East and questioned whether they would lead to an expansion of freedom and democracy as many in the West believe. She responded to questions from members of the audience. This “Afternoon with an Author” was held by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute at the Capitol Hill Club.

1 hours, 32 minutes | 1,404 Views

David McCullough was interviewed about his life and work as an historian and author of many publications including his most recent book, 1776, published by Simon and Schuster. 

The interview took place at Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum. Mr. McCullough discussed the importance of General Knox during the Revolutionary War. He also commented on attitudes toward education, success, technology, change, and history.

0 hours, 58 minutes | 1,291 Views

Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, recreated the afternoon of March 30, 1981. On that day, John Hinckley, Jr., fired six bullets at President Reagan, who had just completed a speech to the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton. He used archival photographs and video, recently declassified audio from the U.S. Secret Service, and he followed the route of the presidential motorcade from the hotel to the George Washington University Hospital. He discussed President Reagan’s reactions, his recovery, and its effect on his presidency as well as on the Secret Service.

0 hours, 30 minutes | 1,387 Views

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief executive. Among the topics discussed are Washington’s Farewell Address and the many precedents he set for his successors, including what many historians consider to be his most lasting legacy - his decision to relinquish power after only two terms in office. This program is 90 minutes.

1 hours, 27 minutes | 421 Views

Senator Shaheen (D-NH) read George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The reading is done annually in the Senate.

0 hours, 44 minutes | 470 Views

This week on The Civil War, author and history professor William Shea talks about the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, which was fought on March 7th and 8th, 1862. He spoke to a group at the Saline County Library in Benton, Arkansas a few days after the 150th anniversary of the battle.
This is a little over an hour.

1 hours, 6 minutes | 814 Views

Next, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz on the 1859 Harper’s Ferry Raid, which he details in his latest book Midnight Rising. Mr. Horwitz talks about the raid’s impact on the abolitionist movement and the Civil War.
This is about 50 minutes.

0 hours, 51 minutes | 479 Views

This week, Ohio State University history professor Joan Cashin looks at the Abolitionist and Women’s Rights movements and slavery in the early part of 19th century. This class is from a course on Jeffersonian and Jacksonian America. It’s an hour and a half.

1 hours, 29 minutes | 527 Views

Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. 
It was after these battles - waged in November 1965 - that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare.
The Americans - outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army - prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Bill Beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray earned him a Silver Star. In this hour-long interview - airing for the first time on television -- Beck recalls a routine mission on a beautiful Sunday afternoon that turned into a life and death struggle.

0 hours, 59 minutes | 364 Views

Next, author and Brandeis University history professor David Hackett Fischer discusses the tactics and strategies that George Washington used to confront challenges. He spoke at a University of Oklahoma symposium on the Founding of America. This is 50 minutes.

0 hours, 48 minutes | 252 Views

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Little Rock, Arkansas, on March 5-8 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Programs shown during the Little Rock LCV Weekend on American History TV:
North Little Rock High School Integration
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
The Old Mill in North Little Rock
Urban Slavery in Arkansas
Arkansas Civil War Flags
The Spanish American War
Clinton’s Presidential Gifts
Japanese Internment Camp

1 hours, 11 minutes | 104 Views

Although Thomas Jefferson was in France as the Constitution was being debated and signed, he had his own ideas for the new nation.
Next, University of Virginia History Professor Peter Onuf examines Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America and how his relationship with James Madison - whose ideas differed from his own - affected his opinions.
This is 50 minutes.

0 hours, 47 minutes | 510 Views

Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, recreated the afternoon of March 30, 1981. On that day, John Hinckley, Jr., fired six bullets at President Reagan, who had just completed a speech to the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton. He used archival photographs and video, recently declassified audio from the U.S. Secret Service, and he followed the route of the presidential motorcade from the hotel to the George Washington University Hospital. He discussed President Reagan’s reactions, his recovery, and its effect on his presidency as well as on the Secret Service.

0 hours, 30 minutes | 1,387 Views

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief executive. Among the topics discussed are Washington’s Farewell Address and the many precedents he set for his successors, including what many historians consider to be his most lasting legacy - his decision to relinquish power after only two terms in office. This program is 90 minutes.

1 hours, 27 minutes | 421 Views

Senator Shaheen (D-NH) read George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The reading is done annually in the Senate.

0 hours, 44 minutes | 470 Views

Del Quentin Wilber, author of Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan, recreated the afternoon of March 30, 1981. On that day, John Hinckley, Jr., fired six bullets at President Reagan, who had just completed a speech to the AFL-CIO at the Washington Hilton. He used archival photographs and video, recently declassified audio from the U.S. Secret Service, and he followed the route of the presidential motorcade from the hotel to the George Washington University Hospital. He discussed President Reagan’s reactions, his recovery, and its effect on his presidency as well as on the Secret Service.

0 hours, 30 minutes | 1,387 Views

To mark George Washington’s birthday, the American Enterprise Institute hosted a gathering of political thinkers to consider the presidency and legacy of our nation’s first chief executive. Among the topics discussed are Washington’s Farewell Address and the many precedents he set for his successors, including what many historians consider to be his most lasting legacy - his decision to relinquish power after only two terms in office. This program is 90 minutes.

1 hours, 27 minutes | 421 Views

Senator Shaheen (D-NH) read George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The reading is done annually in the Senate.

0 hours, 44 minutes | 470 Views

Ms. Chang discussed her latest book The Chinese in America: A Narrative History, published by Viking. The book, a chronicle that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, covers the entire history of the Chinese in the United States. The author described the accomplishments of Chinese Americans, from the building of the transcontinental railroad to major scientific and technological advances. She also examined what it means to be an American and the “three pressures” now facing Chinese Americans: “the pressure to excel, the pressure to become white, and the pressure to embrace their ethnic heritage.” A question and answer period followed Ms. Chang’s remarks.

0 hours, 57 minutes | 289 Views

Although Thomas Jefferson was in France as the Constitution was being debated and signed, he had his own ideas for the new nation.
Next, University of Virginia History Professor Peter Onuf examines Thomas Jefferson’s idea of America and how his relationship with James Madison - whose ideas differed from his own - affected his opinions.
This is 50 minutes.

0 hours, 48 minutes | 510 Views

David McCullough was interviewed about his life and work as an historian and author of many publications including his most recent book, 1776, published by Simon and Schuster. 

The interview took place at Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum. Mr. McCullough discussed the importance of General Knox during the Revolutionary War. He also commented on attitudes toward education, success, technology, change, and history.

0 hours, 58 minutes | 1,291 Views

Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. 
It was after these battles - waged in November 1965 - that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare.
The Americans - outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army - prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Bill Beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called Landing Zone X-Ray earned him a Silver Star. In this hour-long interview - airing for the first time on television -- Beck recalls a routine mission on a beautiful Sunday afternoon that turned into a life and death struggle.

0 hours, 57 minutes | 364 Views

Next, women veterans of the Korean War are honored by the Defense Department. They reflect on their service as nurses and medical specialists during the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953.
This is about an hour and 25 minutes.

1 hours, 23 minutes | 177 Views