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  • Williamsburg Revolutionary War Encampment

    Williamsburg Revolutionary War Encampment
    Jan 25 2026
    William & Mary lecturer Robyn Schroeder discusses the Williamsburg, Virginia, site where colonial troops built an encampment ahead of the 1781 battle of Yorktown during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 17 Min.
  • How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy

    How Martin Luther King Jr. Used Political Strategy
    Jan 18 2026
    Boise State history professor Jill Gill lectures on Martin Luther King Jr.'s political strategies in the Civil Rights Movement up until his assassination in 1968. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 17 Min.
  • Blake Gilpin on Reconstruction-Era Supreme Court Cases That Led to Jim Crow Segregation

    Blake Gilpin on Reconstruction-Era Supreme Court Cases That Led to Jim Crow Segregation
    Jan 11 2026
    Tulane professor Blake Gilpin discusses three Reconstruction-era Supreme Court cases and how they led to the establishment of Jim Crow segregation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 4 Min.
  • Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War

    Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War
    Jan 5 2026
    When Kentucky in 1792 became a state, it had a choice; keep slavery or abolish it. University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan teaches a class on the state's relationship with the institution of slavery until the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 Min.
  • FEED DROP: America 250 Battle of Bunker Hill Commemoration

    FEED DROP: America 250 Battle of Bunker Hill Commemoration
    Dec 28 2025
    The National Park Service and other groups held a ceremony in Boston marking the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 24 Min.
  • The Barbary Pirates and Early American Foreign Policy

    The Barbary Pirates and Early American Foreign Policy
    Dec 21 2025
    Carroll College professor Jeanette Fregulia chronicles the Barbary pirates' conflict with American ships during the 18th and 19th centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 9 Min.
  • Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production

    Gunmaking & the Roots of Mass Production
    Dec 14 2025
    Northwestern professor Ken Alder presented an image of an 1851 Colt Navy Revolver and asked why the gun was one of the first mass produced technologies in the United States. Professor Alder chronicled the origins of American mass production through gunmaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 Std. und 16 Min.
  • How FDR Built a 12-Million-Strong Military: Robert Brigham on America’s WWII Mobilization

    How FDR Built a 12-Million-Strong Military: Robert Brigham on America’s WWII Mobilization
    Dec 7 2025
    Vassar College professor Robert Brigham discussed his upcoming memoir about his search for his biological father, who served as a Marine in Vietnam. This event was part of the 2025 LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Symposium on War, Conflict, and Society at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 Min.