Historian Melvyn Leffler talks about perceptions and misperceptions of the Cold War.
Producer Judy Crichton talks about a decade of filmmaking for The American Experience.
Writer Ernest Gaines talks about storytelling, race, and his Louisiana roots.
Historian H. W. Brands discusses turn-of-the-century anxieties and our own expectations for the future with Endowment chairman William R. Ferris.
Historian Bernard Bailyn discusses the ways in which our past is closer than we think.
Historian Malcolm J. Rohrbough talks about the heroes and heroines left behind.
Music historian Richard Crawford talks about what makes American music distinctive.
Historian Stephen Ambrose talks about Dwight D. Eisenhower and the mark he made as president.
Historian Drew Gilpin Faust and Chairman Sheldon Hackney discuss how the Civil War changed Southern women.
Novelist William Styron and his biographer James West talk with Endowment Chairman Sheldon Hackney about the writing life.
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