Joanne Freeman, Professor of History at Yale University, and Alan Taylor, Professor of History at University of California, Davis, discuss the aspirations and achievements of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. (May 19, 2009)

Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Edie Gelles discuss the American Revolution from a European perspective and the relationship between John and Abigail Adams. (May 5, 2009)

Gordon Wood, professor emeritus of History at Brown University, and Pauline Maier, professor of History at MIT, discuss the historical significance of the American Revolution.

Jack Rakove, Caroline Winterer, and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss the politics surrounding American slavery during the 18th century in the first of a series of four lectures on the American Revolutionary era. (April 7, 2009)