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Thursday, April 23

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

White House Press Secy. Karoline Leavitt & Erika Kirk Speak at Turning Point USA Event

Special • 2026

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Erika Kirk speak at a Turning Point USA spring tour stop at George Washington University.

Policy Advocates Discuss China’s Economy

Special • 2026

Policy advocates discuss the current state of China's economy during an event hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC.

The Hearing Room New

Series • 2026

Defense & Energy Officials Testify on Nuclear Weapons Programs
Episode 104

Defense and Energy department officials testify before a Senate Armed Services' subcommittee on U.S. nuclear weapons programs.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJ Discusses Finance and Technology New

Special • 2026

Members of the House Financial Services Committee, Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), discuss finance and technology at an event hosted in Washington, DC.

Transporation Secy. Sean Duffy and FAA Head on Air Traffic Control Modernization Progress New

Special • 2026

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford speak to reporters about the progress being made on the federal air traffic control modernization project.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Friday, April 24

Saturday, April 25

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Ty Seidule & Connor Williams, a Promise Delivered

Special • 2026

Historian Connor Williams recounts the lives of American heroes chosen to rename nine prominent U.S. military bases.

Shyam Sankar, Mobilize

Special • 2026

Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar talks about how the U.S. can revive its industrial base and win the defense technology race against America's adversaries.

Q & A

Series • 2026

Biographer Carla Kaplan on the Life & Times of Muckraking Journalist Jessica Mitford
Episode 18

Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker, talks about the life of muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford, a British aristocrat who became a communist, civil rights activist, and bestselling author in America.

Richard Baum, Inside America’s Opioid Crisis

Special • 2026

Richard Baum, acting drug czar during President Trump's first term, talks about the lessons learned from the U.S. government's efforts to deal with the opioid crisis and how best to approach the problem today.

Dr. Khameer Kidia, Empire of Madness — Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone

Special • 2026

Physician and anthropologist Khameer Kidia argues that Western mental healthcare treats the symptoms instead of the causes of mental illness. Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Francis Gorman, Confronting Bad History
Episode 28

Attorney Frank Gorman debunks conspiracy theories about John Wilkes Booth, including that he escaped justice in 1865.

America 250

Series • 2026

Molly Beer, For Love & Country in a Time of Revolution
Season 1 •

Historian Molly Beer takes a woman's-eye view of the revolutionary era through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton's sister-in-law.

Daniel Rood, in the Shadow of the Great House

Special • 2026

Historian Daniel Rood explores the history of the plantation from when it was invented in the African nation of São Tomé in the 1500s to its decline after the Civil War.

Leslie Stainton, Scarlett

Special • 2026

Author Leslie Stainton discusses slavery's enduring legacy, including the complicated history of her own enslaving Georgia ancestors.

Robert Hazen & Michael Wong, Time’s Second Arrow — Evolution, Order and a New Law of Nature

Special • 2026

Astrobiologists Robert Hazen and Michael Wong argue that there should be a new natural law. Carnegie Science's Earth & Planets laboratory in Washington, D.C. hosts this event.

America’s Book Club

Series • 2026

David Rubenstein
Episode 15

Journalist Evan Smith interviews America's Book Club Host David M. Rubenstein about the presidency, Congress, and the state of the economy in a special episode from The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University.

Ty Seidule & Connor Williams, a Promise Delivered

Special • 2026

Historian Connor Williams recounts the lives of American heroes chosen to rename nine prominent U.S. military bases.

Shyam Sankar, Mobilize

Special • 2026

Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar talks about how the U.S. can revive its industrial base and win the defense technology race against America's adversaries.

Q & A

Series • 2026

Biographer Carla Kaplan on the Life & Times of Muckraking Journalist Jessica Mitford
Episode 18

Carla Kaplan, author of Troublemaker, talks about the life of muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford, a British aristocrat who became a communist, civil rights activist, and bestselling author in America.

Richard Baum, Inside America’s Opioid Crisis

Special • 2026

Richard Baum, acting drug czar during President Trump's first term, talks about the lessons learned from the U.S. government's efforts to deal with the opioid crisis and how best to approach the problem today.

Sunday, April 26

Dr. Khameer Kidia, Empire of Madness — Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone

Special • 2026

Physician and anthropologist Khameer Kidia argues that Western mental healthcare treats the symptoms instead of the causes of mental illness. Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Francis Gorman, Confronting Bad History
Episode 28

Attorney Frank Gorman debunks conspiracy theories about John Wilkes Booth, including that he escaped justice in 1865.

America 250

Series • 2026

Molly Beer, For Love & Country in a Time of Revolution
Season 1 •

Historian Molly Beer takes a woman's-eye view of the revolutionary era through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton's sister-in-law.

Daniel Rood, in the Shadow of the Great House

Special • 2026

Historian Daniel Rood explores the history of the plantation from when it was invented in the African nation of São Tomé in the 1500s to its decline after the Civil War.

Leslie Stainton, Scarlett

Special • 2026

Author Leslie Stainton discusses slavery's enduring legacy, including the complicated history of her own enslaving Georgia ancestors.

Robert Hazen & Michael Wong, Time’s Second Arrow — Evolution, Order and a New Law of Nature

Special • 2026

Astrobiologists Robert Hazen and Michael Wong argue that there should be a new natural law. Carnegie Science's Earth & Planets laboratory in Washington, D.C. hosts this event.

America’s Book Club

Series • 2026

David Rubenstein
Episode 15

Journalist Evan Smith interviews America's Book Club Host David M. Rubenstein about the presidency, Congress, and the state of the economy in a special episode from The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University.

Lectures in History

Series • 2026

Whiteness & U.S. Citizenship
Episode 13

USC lecturer Nora Lessersohn looks at how racial classifications were used during the naturalization process throughout American history. This lecture takes place at University of Southern California's campus in Washington, DC.

Reel America

Series • 2018

Assignment Iran, 1963
Episode 2

U.S. Army film follows a special forces member through his training and two-year assignment in Iran.

The Presidency

Series • 2026

Matthew Pinsker, Boss Lincoln
Episode 15

Matthew Pinsker (Boss Lincoln) analyzes Abraham Lincoln's political career and how the 16th president rose from being a Whig Party member to the leader of the Republican Party.

America 250

Series • 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Martin Van Buren
Season 1 •

Historian and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Van Buren. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

Reel America

Series • 2026

Right on the Button 1970 IRS Film
Episode 22

This Treasury Department/Internal Revenue Service documentary showed how computers are used to process income tax returns.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Lion Author Jon Meacham on Andrew Jackson
Season 1 •

Jon Meacham, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Lion, reflects on the life and legacy of Andrew Jackson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

Revolutionary War Northern Campaign
Season 1 •

American Battlefield Trust recounts the Revolutionary War's Northern Campaign, fought primarily in New England and New York from 1775 to 1781.

America 250

Series • 2026

Boston Commemoration of British Evacuation Day
Season 1 •

Massachusetts officials mark the 250th anniversary of Evacuation Day, which commemorates the 1776 retreat by British forces from Boston and surrounding areas early in the Revolutionary War.

Maple Sugaring in New England

Special • 2026

University of New Hampshire State Extension Forester Steven Roberge discusses the history and production of maple sugar in New England.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Politicians & Military Forces
Episode 26

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Canada & Confederate Plots Against Lincoln
Episode 24

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Lincoln and Congress
Episode 25

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Why Was Lincoln Murdered?
Episode 27

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Reel America

Series • 2026

Right on the Button 1970 IRS Film
Episode 22

This Treasury Department/Internal Revenue Service documentary showed how computers are used to process income tax returns.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Revolution's Impact on the World
Season 1 • Episode 83

Professor Richard Bell discusses his book, "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World."

America 250

Series • 2026

Educator & Author Sharon McMahon on William Henry Harrison
Season 1 •

Educator, author, and podcaster Sharon McMahon reflects on the life and legacy of William Henry Harrison, the ninth U.S. president. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Martin Van Buren
Season 1 •

Historian and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Van Buren. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Lion Author Jon Meacham on Andrew Jackson
Season 1 •

Jon Meacham, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Lion, reflects on the life and legacy of Andrew Jackson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

Lectures in History

Series • 2026

Whiteness & U.S. Citizenship
Episode 13

USC lecturer Nora Lessersohn looks at how racial classifications were used during the naturalization process throughout American history. This lecture takes place at University of Southern California's campus in Washington, DC.

Reel America

Series • 2018

Assignment Iran, 1963
Episode 2

U.S. Army film follows a special forces member through his training and two-year assignment in Iran.

The Presidency

Series • 2026

Matthew Pinsker, Boss Lincoln
Episode 15

Matthew Pinsker (Boss Lincoln) analyzes Abraham Lincoln's political career and how the 16th president rose from being a Whig Party member to the leader of the Republican Party.

America 250

Series • 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Martin Van Buren
Season 1 •

Historian and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Van Buren. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

Reel America

Series • 2026

Right on the Button 1970 IRS Film
Episode 22

This Treasury Department/Internal Revenue Service documentary showed how computers are used to process income tax returns.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Lion Author Jon Meacham on Andrew Jackson
Season 1 •

Jon Meacham, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Lion, reflects on the life and legacy of Andrew Jackson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

Revolutionary War Northern Campaign
Season 1 •

American Battlefield Trust recounts the Revolutionary War's Northern Campaign, fought primarily in New England and New York from 1775 to 1781.

America 250

Series • 2026

Boston Commemoration of British Evacuation Day
Season 1 •

Massachusetts officials mark the 250th anniversary of Evacuation Day, which commemorates the 1776 retreat by British forces from Boston and surrounding areas early in the Revolutionary War.

Monday, April 27

Maple Sugaring in New England

Special • 2026

University of New Hampshire State Extension Forester Steven Roberge discusses the history and production of maple sugar in New England.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Politicians & Military Forces
Episode 26

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Canada & Confederate Plots Against Lincoln
Episode 24

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Lincoln and Congress
Episode 25

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Civil War

Series • 2026

Why Was Lincoln Murdered?
Episode 27

Historians discuss the life and death of Abraham Lincoln at the 2025 Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Reel America

Series • 2026

Right on the Button 1970 IRS Film
Episode 22

This Treasury Department/Internal Revenue Service documentary showed how computers are used to process income tax returns.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Revolution's Impact on the World
Season 1 • Episode 83

Professor Richard Bell discusses his book, "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World."

America 250

Series • 2026

Educator & Author Sharon McMahon on William Henry Harrison
Season 1 •

Educator, author, and podcaster Sharon McMahon reflects on the life and legacy of William Henry Harrison, the ninth U.S. president. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Martin Van Buren
Season 1 •

Historian and Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch reflects on the life and legacy of Martin Van Buren. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

America 250

Series • 2026

American Lion Author Jon Meacham on Andrew Jackson
Season 1 •

Jon Meacham, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Lion, reflects on the life and legacy of Andrew Jackson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Tuesday, April 28

Wednesday, April 29

Thursday, April 30

Friday, May 1

Saturday, May 2

Sunday, May 3

Book TV

Series • 1998

Non-fiction books and authors.

Book TV

Series • 1998

Non-fiction books and authors.

Book TV

Series • 1998

Non-fiction books and authors.

Book TV

Series • 1998

Non-fiction books and authors.

Lectures in History

Series • 2013

Classroom lectures on American history.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Presidency

Series • 2013

Hear from presidents and first ladies, and learn about their politics, policies, and legacies.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

Lectures in History

Series • 2013

Classroom lectures on American history.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Presidency

Series • 2013

Hear from presidents and first ladies, and learn about their politics, policies, and legacies.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Civil War

Series • 2013

A look at the people and events that shaped the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

Lectures in History

Series • 2013

Classroom lectures on American history.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Presidency

Series • 2013

Hear from presidents and first ladies, and learn about their politics, policies, and legacies.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

Lectures in History

Series • 2013

Classroom lectures on American history.

Monday, May 4

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Presidency

Series • 2013

Hear from presidents and first ladies, and learn about their politics, policies, and legacies.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

The Civil War

Series • 2013

A look at the people and events that shaped the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

American History TV

Series • 2009

People and events that help document the American story.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Public Affairs Events

Series • 2016

Public affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.

Tuesday, May 5

Wednesday, May 6

Thursday, May 7

Friday, May 8

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