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Lectures and conversations with historians, authors, and thinkers. 

2026 lineup

July 1, 2026 – September 9, 2026
Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm

July 1: National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America by Michael Auslin

July 8: All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money by Megan Gorman

July 15: Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln by Saladin Ambar

July 22: Angelica: For Love & Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly Beer

July 29: Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics with Micki McElya

August 5: You Can’t Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson’s Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her by Shannon McKenna Schmidt

August 12: To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right by Christopher Mathias

August 19: Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement by Peter S. Canellos

August 26: Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln by Matthew Pinsker

September 2: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by  
Garrett M. Graff

September 9: Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity by David Conrad-Pérez