Lecture Recordings
2022 MAY LECTURES
May 17
Eugene Procknow, George Washington and His Feuding Generals
May 19
Joele Michaud, Art Tells Us About the Black Experience in America
May 24
David Wessel, How is the Federal Reserve handling inflation?
2022 Spring LECTURES
March 11
Larry Korb, National Security Policy in the Biden Administration
March 18
Leslie T. Fenwick, Jim Crow's Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership
March 25
Mark Eden Horowitz, Oscar Hammerstein: Behind the Raindrops and Roses
April 1
Jack Rasmussen, The Art of Political Engagement (and Why Washington Art Rarely Does)
April 15
Charlene Barshefsky, US-China Relations
April 22
Alexa Chopivsky, Ukraine: A Multigenerational Story of State-Building Through the Eyes of One Family
THIS LECTURE WAS NOT RECORDED AT THE SPEAKER'S REQUEST
April 29
Judy Waxman, Women Have Always Tried to Control Their Fertility
May 6
Kristin Henning, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
2022 january LECTURES
January 13
Jonathan Ladd, How the News and Social Media Shaped Recent Presidential Campaigns
January 18
Virginia Mecklenburg, Edward Hopper and the Power of Place
January 20
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Who Wants to Know? Protecting Your Online Privacy in the 21st Century
January 25
Patricia Cole, Child Development—The Importance of the First Three Years
2021 FALL LECTURES
October 8
"Chef Geoff" Tracy, Restaurants and Community During the Pandemic and Beyond
October 15
Annie Poland, The Stories Told by the Tenement Museum
October 29
Jim Weill, Hunger in America—An Ongoing Scandal
November 5
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, The Original Black Elite
November 12
Claudia Kalb, Spark: How Genius Ignites, from Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers
November 17
Dayna Matthew, Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care
2021 May LECTURES
May 11
Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, Politics and Prose
May 13
Christine Grady, Connecting Bioethics and COVID
May 18
Maria Arana, Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story
May 24
Rose Gottermoeller, Negotiating the New START Treaty
2021 SPRING lectures
March 5
Michael Abramowitz, Freedom in the World
March 12
Sanford J. Ungar, The Paradox of Free Speech in America
March 26
Robert Einhorn, Nuclear Negotiation with Iran and North Korea
April 2
Mark Leithauser, Moving Walls and Making Space: Designing Exhibits at the National Gallery
This is the prerecorded part of the lecture.
April 9
OLLI at AU Annual Meeting
April 16
Raymond Caldwell, Making Theater Meaningful in DC and Beyond
April 23
Adam Rothman, Georgetown Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative
April 30
William Howell, Populism and the Presidency
2021 January lectures
January 8
Jack Bray, Face to Face He Told Hitler “No”
January 15
Norman J. Ornstein, Governing Ahead: Where Do We Go From Here?
January 22
Kevin Bushweller, How COVID-19 Is Transforming K-12 Education: What the Public Needs to Know
January 29
Nathan Billig, On Growing Older and Wiser and Joining a Village
2020 FALL lectures
September 25
W. Neil Eggleston, Reflections on Attorney General Barr’s 2019 speeches to Notre Dame and the Federalist Society
October 2
George Derek Musgrove, Race and Police Reform in the Nation's Capital
October 9
Joel Charny
October 16
Ambassador E. Michael Southwick, Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations
October 30
Glenn Frankel, The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of High Noon
November 6
Jason Samenow, How Is Climate Changing Affecting Washington’s Weather?
November 13
Fanchon Silberstein, Art inSight: Understanding Art and Why it Matters
November 20
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Thoughts on Journalism and Diversity: A Conversation with Judy Havemann
December 4
Judith Welles, Grit and Gusto: Farmerettes and Suffragettes on the Homefront in WWI