Webinars & Podcasts
Podcasts and Webinars

Webinars & Podcasts

Organized by era, our webinars and podcasts are recordings of document-based conversations between scholars and educators about the documents, events, people and ideas that populate American history. These resources are perfect for either professional development or use in the classroom.

Colonial America

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Jonathan EdwardsPodcast
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Benjamin FranklinPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: The Intolerable Acts Podcast
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Patriots vs. LoyalistsPodcast
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American Presidents Series: George Washington, Father of the CountryPodcast
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The Revolution & Confederation

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Benjamin Franklin

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George Washington: Father of the Country
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Heroes of the American Founding: John & Abigail AdamsYoutube
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Patriots vs. LoyalistsPodcast
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Was the American Revolution really a revolution?
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DiD: Declaration of IndependencePodcast
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Alexander HamiltonPodcast
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The American Family in Times of Crisis: Education, Health Care, and the Trade-offs of Coming Home
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DiD: Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomPodcast
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DiD: James Madison’s Memorial and RemonstrancePodcast
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The Founding

Creating the Constitution

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Is the Constitution Pro- or Anti-Slavery?Podcast
Benjamin Franklin Podcast
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DiD: Madison’s Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 Podcast
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Federalists vs. AntifederalistsPodcast
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Alexander Hamilton
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DiD: Brutus IPodcast
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DiD: Brutus IIPodcast
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DiD: Federalist 1Podcast
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DiD:James Madison’s Federalist 10Podcast
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DiD: Federalist 51Podcast
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James Madison: Statesman for Union and Constitutional GovernmentPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Governing the Nation

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The Power of the Pulpit in Times of Crisis: From the American Revolution to the CoronavirusPodcast
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Heroes of the American Founding: John & Abigail AdamsYoutube
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Powers in Concert and Conflict: Congress and the PresidentYoutube
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The American Presidency: The Executive Power DefinedPodcast
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George Washington: Father of the CountryPodcast
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Alexander Hamilton
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James Madison’s Speech on the Proposed Amendments to the ConstitutionPodcast
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DiD: Bill of RightsPodcast
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Why are both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights essential?Podcast
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Early Republic

The Turbulent 1790s

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DiD: The Pacificus-Helvidius DebatesPodcast
The American Presidency: George Washington, Father of the CountryPodcast
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DiD: “Property”Podcast
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Alexander HamiltonPodcast
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Jefferson vs. HamiltonPodcast
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Presidential Leadership in Times of CrisisPodcast
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Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy Powers Podcast
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Washington’s Farewell AddressPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

The Election of 1800 and Later

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DiD: Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural AddressPodcast
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What Can We Learn from the Election of 1800?Podcast
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Moments of Crisis: Election of 1800 Podcast
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Marbury v. MadisonPodcast
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James Madison: Statesman for Union and Constitutional Government Podcast
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Monroe DoctrinePodcast
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McCulloch v. MarylandPodcast
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DiD: Jefferson’s Letters to John Holmes and Henry LeeYoutube
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DiD: Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Roger WeightmanPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Expansion and Sectionalism

Federal Power and Nullification

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DiD: Veto Message on the Veto of the Bill on the Bank of the United States Podcast
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Henry ClayPodcast
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The American Presidency: The Executive Power DefinedPodcast
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DiD: Webster-Hayne DebatesPodcast
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DiD: Fort Hill AddressPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Nullification CrisisPodcast
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Andrew JacksonDemocracy and a Country ExpandedPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Social Reform and Abolition

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The Grimke SistersPodcast
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Reform and the Pulpit – Abolition and the American Church Podcast
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Harriet Beecher StowePodcast
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DiD: Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Address Delivered at Seneca FallsPodcast
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Frederick Douglass vs. William Lloyd GarrisonPodcast
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DiD: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?Podcast
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Susan B. AnthonyPodcast
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Frederick DouglassPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Sectional Conflict

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DiD: Lincoln’s Speech on the Dred Scott DecisionPodcast
Did Slavery Cause the Civil War?Podcast
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DiD: Lincoln’s Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Podcast
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Henry ClayPodcast
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Harriet Beecher StowePodcast
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Frederick DouglassPodcast
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Lincoln vs. DouglasPodcast
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Dred Scott v. SandfordPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Expansion

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DiD: Henry Clay’s Market SpeechPodcast
DiD: John C. Calhoun’s Speech on the Oregon BillReadings
Lincoln vs. DouglasPodcast
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James K. Polk: “Young Hickory” and Manifest Destiny Podcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Civil War and Reconstruction

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The 14th Amendment: A New Founding?Podcast
DiD: Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and UnionPodcast
Presidential Leadership in Times of CrisisPodcast
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The American Presidency: The Executive Power DefinedPodcast
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Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy PowersPodcast
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Politics, Precedent, and Process: The Presidency and the Supreme Court Podcast
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DiD: “Cornerstone” SpeechPodcast
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DiD: Final Emancipation ProclamationPodcast
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DiD: Resolution Submitting the 13th Amendment to the StatesPodcast
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Oration in Memory of Abraham LincolnPodcast
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Did Slavery Cause the Civil War?Podcast
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DiD: Fragment on the Constitution and UnionPodcast
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What Can We Learn from the Election of 1860?Podcast
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Heroes of American Medicine: Clara Barton & Jonas SalkPodcast
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American War Heroes: Ulysses S. Grant & Robert Gould ShawPodcast
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Fire in a Crowded Theater – Civil Liberties in Times of EmergencyPodcast
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Frederick DouglassPodcast
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Secessionists vs. UnionistsPodcast
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DiD: Gettysburg AddressPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Lincoln’s AssassinationPodcast
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DiD: Lincoln’s Second InauguralPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Industrialization and Urbanization

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DiD: Plunkitt of Tammany HallPodcast
Plessy v. FergusonPodcast
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Ida B. WellsPodcast
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Susan B. AnthonyPodcast
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Heroes of American Medicine: Clara Barton & Jonas Salk Podcast
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Frederick DouglassPodcast
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William Jennings BryanPodcast
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Progressivism and World War I

Progressivism and the Spanish-American War

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DiD: The Progressive Party PlatformPodcast
DiD: Carl Schurz’s “Against American Imperialism”Podcast
Ida B. WellsPodcast
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Susan B. AnthonyPodcast
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How did the Progressives differ from the Founders?Podcast
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DiD: 1912 Party PlatformPodcast
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Powers in Concert and Conflict: Congress and the President Youtube
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Jane AddamsPodcast
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DiD: Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe DoctrinePodcast
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Imperialists vs. Non-InterventionistsPodcast
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DiD: Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism speechPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Sinking of the USS MainePodcast
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Theodore Roosevelt: At the Dawn of a New EraPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

WWI and the 1920s

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The Flu Epidemic of 1918 – Lessons from HistoryPodcast
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Heroes of American Business: Henry Ford and Madam C.J. WalkerPodcast
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The American Family in Times of Crisis: Education, Health Care, and the Trade-offs of Coming HomePodcast
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William Jennings BryanPodcast
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Fire in a Crowded Theater – Civil Liberties in Times of EmergencyPodcast
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DiD: Wilson’s Fourteen PointsPodcast
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DiD: Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of IndependencePodcast
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Imperialists vs. Non-InterventionistsPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

The Great Depression and the New Deal

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What were the Causes of the Great Depression?Podcast
DiD: Herbert Hoover’s Speech on the New DealPodcast
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Powers in Concert and Conflict: Congress and the PresidentPodcast
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Politics, Precedent, and Process: The Presidency and the Supreme CourtPodcast
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The Modern PresidencyPodcast
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Did the New Deal end the Great Depression?Podcast
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Bad Medicine? The Effects of Economic Emergencies on Liberty, Democracy, and ProsperityPodcast
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FDR vs. HooverYoutube
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DiD: FDR’s Commonwealth Club AddressPodcast
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Through Depression and WarPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

World War II

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Fire in a Crowded Theater – Civil Liberties in Times of EmergencyPodcast
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Politics, Precedent, and Process: The Presidency and the Supreme CourtPodcast
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D-Day and the Liberation of EuropePodcast
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The Power of the Pulpit in Times of Crisis: From the American Revolution to the CoronavirusPodcast
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Presidential Leadership in Times of CrisisPodcast
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Douglas MacArthurPodcast
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Ralph EllisonPodcast
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DiD: FDR’s 1944 State of the Union SpeechPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Attack on Pear HarborPodcast
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Through Depression and WarPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Cold War America

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Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis
Podcast
Youtube
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Powers in Concert and Conflict: Congress and the PresidentPodcast
Youtube
Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy PowersPodcast
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Politics, Precedent, and Process: The Presidency and the Supreme CourtPodcast
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The Modern PresidencyPodcast
Youtube
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Heroes of American Medicine: Clara Barton & Jonas SalkPodcast
Youtube
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The Power of the Pulpit in Times of Crisis: From the American Revolution to the CoronavirusPodcast
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Bad Medicine? The Effects of Economic Emergencies on Liberty, Democracy, and ProsperityPodcast
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Douglas MacArthurPodcast
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Dwight D. EisenhowerPodcast
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LBJ’s Great SocietyPodcast
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The Great Society vs. Modern ConservatismPodcast
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DiD: The Long TelegramPodcast
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DiD: A Time for ChoosingPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Cuban Missile CrisisPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: WatergatePodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Iran Hostage CrisisYoutube
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Lyndon Baines JohnsonPodcast
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Richard Nixon: Challenges Abroad; Controversy and Scandal at HomePodcast
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Ronald ReaganPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail
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Fire in a Crowded Theater – Civil Liberties in Times of EmergencyPodcast
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Ralph EllisonPodcast
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Fanny Lou HamerPodcast
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Reform and the Pulpit – The Role of the Church in the Post-WW2 Civil Rights MovementPodcast
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Martin Luther King, Jr. vs. Malcolm XPodcast
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Moments of Crisis: Bloody Sunday in SelmaPodcast
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DiD: MLK’s Letter from Birmingham City JailPodcast
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Brown v. Board of EducationPodcast
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Gideon v. WainwrightPodcast
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Miranda v. ArizonaPodcast
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Tinker v. Des MoinesPodcast
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Roe v. WadePodcast
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Regents of CA v. BakkePodcast
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New Jersey v. T.L.O.Podcast
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DiD: MLK’s “I Have a Dream” SpeechPodcast
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DiD = Documents in Detail

Contemporary America

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FederalismPodcast
A “Living” Constitution?Podcast
An Idealistic or Realistic Foreign PolicyPodcast
Has Modern Government Destroyed the Separation of Powers?Podcast
Presidential Leadership in Times of CrisisPodcast
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Presidential War, Emergency, and Foreign Policy PowersPodcast
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Sandra Day O’ConnorPodcast
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What Can We Learn From the Election of 1980?Podcast
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Heroes of American MedicinePodcast
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The Power of the Pulpit in Times of Crisis: From the American Revolution to the CoronavirusPodcast
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The Great Society vs. Modern ConservatismPodcast
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