C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Sen. Jeff Merkley D-OR, "Filibustered! - How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America"
1 hour, 0 minuteSenator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argued that bringing back the 'talking' filibuster will fix the problem of stalled legislation in the Senate. The Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
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About Books: Daniel Paisner on Ghostwriting
30 minutesAuthor Daniel Paisner discussed his ghostwriting career and the recent National Convention of Ghostwriters. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books.
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The Founders
1 hour, 25 minutesHistorians discussed the Founders of the United States. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia.
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George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address
55 minutesSenators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), in an annual Senate tradition, read President George Washington's Farewell Address. A public letter announcing his retirement after two terms as president was published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796.
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Bret Baier, "To Rescue the Republic"
1 hour, 0 minuteBret Baier, Fox News anchor, recounted the life of Civil War general and U.S. president Ulysses Grant. Mr. Baier argued that Grant's presidency has been underrated. Mr. Baier detailed Grant's support of the 14th and 15th amendments as well as his efforts to return to Lincoln's vision of peace after the Civil War. This program was hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
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C.W. Goodyear, "President Garfield"
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian C.W. Goodyear talked about his biography of President James Garfield, the first full-length look at the 20th president's life in a generation. Mr. Garfield was a Republican, a Union war hero, a Supreme Court attorney and the last chief executive born in a log cabin. A disgruntled office seeker shot him at a Washington, D.C., train station in July 1881, and he died from his wounds the following September.
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Calvin Coolidge's Legacy
1 hour, 20 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. Coolidge scholars considered the president's legacy in this concluding session.
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Matthew Algeo, "When Harry Met Pablo"
50 minutesIn 1958, former President Harry Truman and artist Pablo Picasso spent time in each other's company during a Mediterranean vacation. Author Matthew Algeo detailed what happened next - a story involving Cold War-era politics, modern art, communism, and two men who forged an unlikely bond. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, hosted this event.
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 5 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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LBJ's Political Legacy
50 minutesA half-century after Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted presidential scholars discussing his place in American politics. Speakers included LBJ Presidential Library Director Mark Lawrence, Miller Center Presidential Studies Director Marc Selverstone, Princeton University history professor Julian Zelizer, and Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer.
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Paul Carter, "Richard Nixon - California's Native Son"
55 minutesAuthor Paul Carter delved into Richard Nixon's California roots for a deeper understanding of his journey from a Whittier law practice to the White House. The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted this event.
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Richard Norton Smith, "An Ordinary Man"
1 hour, 21 minutesHistorian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousands of documents. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Lindsay Chervinsky & Matthew Costello, "Mourning the Presidents"
1 hour, 10 minutesThis was a look not only at how Americans have remembered departed presidents, but at what those mourning rituals say about politics and culture. The White House Historical Association hosted three of the book's contributors in conversation with presidential historian Michael Beschloss. The University of Virginia Press published this book together with the association and the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University -- and it's part of the Miller Center Series on the Presidency.
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The Founders
1 hour, 24 minutesHistorians discussed the Founders of the United States. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia.
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George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address
55 minutesSenators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), in an annual Senate tradition, read President George Washington's Farewell Address. A public letter announcing his retirement after two terms as president was published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796.
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Bret Baier, "To Rescue the Republic"
1 hour, 0 minuteBret Baier, Fox News anchor, recounted the life of Civil War general and U.S. president Ulysses Grant. Mr. Baier argued that Grant's presidency has been underrated. Mr. Baier detailed Grant's support of the 14th and 15th amendments as well as his efforts to return to Lincoln's vision of peace after the Civil War. This program was hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
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C.W. Goodyear, "President Garfield"
1 hour, 10 minutesHistorian C.W. Goodyear talked about his biography of President James Garfield, the first full-length look at the 20th president's life in a generation. Mr. Garfield was a Republican, a Union war hero, a Supreme Court attorney and the last chief executive born in a log cabin. A disgruntled office seeker shot him at a Washington, D.C., train station in July 1881, and he died from his wounds the following September.
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Calvin Coolidge's Legacy
1 hour, 20 minutesThe Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. Coolidge scholars considered the president's legacy in this concluding session.
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Matthew Algeo, "When Harry Met Pablo"
50 minutesIn 1958, former President Harry Truman and artist Pablo Picasso spent time in each other's company during a Mediterranean vacation. Author Matthew Algeo detailed what happened next - a story involving Cold War-era politics, modern art, communism, and two men who forged an unlikely bond. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, hosted this event.
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President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies
1 hour, 5 minutesMarc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy's Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was keeping his military options open. Mr. Selverstone is chair of the Presidential Recordings Project at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.
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LBJ's Political Legacy
50 minutesA half-century after Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted presidential scholars discussing his place in American politics. Speakers included LBJ Presidential Library Director Mark Lawrence, Miller Center Presidential Studies Director Marc Selverstone, Princeton University history professor Julian Zelizer, and Vanderbilt University history professor Nicole Hemmer.
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Paul Carter, "Richard Nixon - California's Native Son"
55 minutesAuthor Paul Carter delved into Richard Nixon's California roots for a deeper understanding of his journey from a Whittier law practice to the White House. The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted this event.
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Richard Norton Smith, "An Ordinary Man"
1 hour, 21 minutesHistorian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousands of documents. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
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Lindsay Chervinsky & Matthew Costello, "Mourning the Presidents"
1 hour, 10 minutesThis was a look not only at how Americans have remembered departed presidents, but at what those mourning rituals say about politics and culture. The White House Historical Association hosted three of the book's contributors in conversation with presidential historian Michael Beschloss. The University of Virginia Press published this book together with the association and the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University -- and it's part of the Miller Center Series on the Presidency.