History with David Rubenstein

Historian, columnist, and documentary filmmaker Jonathan Alter traces President Jimmy Carter’s journey growing up during the Depression in the Jim Crow South to his term in the White House and finally his Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian work after his presidency.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall examines the coming-of-age of President John F. Kennedy, from his birth into one of America’s most politically influential families to his own rise to power during a time of national turmoil and transformation.

Historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals the story of 22-year-old Ona Judge, who in May of 1796 escaped enslavement from the household of the most powerful man in the United States: President George Washington.

Focusing on 1773 to 1783, historian Joseph J. Ellis explores how the nation’s founders—including George Washington and John Adams, among others—prudently but imperfectly established a new republic.

David Reynolds, the Bancroft Prize-winning historian and biographer, discusses the life and political career of Abraham Lincoln through the lens of his tumultuous times, contextualizing his experiences during the decades of divisive unrest leading up to the Civil War.

Susan Eisenhower discusses the life and legacy of her distinguished grandfather, World War II Allied Commander and 34th President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower, and what we can learn from him today.

News anchor Brett Baier illuminates three essential days in Tehran, Iran during November of 1943 when President Roosevelt met with Churchill and Stalin to chart a strategy for defeating Hitler, and made essential decisions that would direct the final years of WWII and its aftermath.

National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen looks back on over 30 years of conversation with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, revealing the priceless observations he gleaned from her on both her judicial and personal life.

Bestselling author Walter Isaacson discusses the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning Jennifer Doudna who, with her collaborators, created a DNA-editing tool with the power to revolutionize human health.

Scholar Brenda Child sheds light on how America’s first inhabitants, American Indians, were impacted by the arrival of colonial settlers in a discussion ranging from President Jackson’s Indian Removal Act to aggressive assimilation efforts in boarding schools and beyond.