American History in the comfort of your home (or on headphones at the coffee shop)

I have a professional interest in C-SPAN, as a researcher into the US Congress. But that network is not just about live broadcasts of proceedings in the House of Representatives and Senate. When Congress isn't sitting C-SPAN still broadcasts - and much of their output concerns history. In bed this morning - using the C-SPAN App on my iPad, I enjoyed "Unrest and Reform in the Gilded Age".

This app (which I have on both my iPhone and iPad) is called "C-SPAN Radio". Despite its name - the app allows you to listen to the live audio feeds from C-SPAN Radio: C-SPAN 1: C-SPAN 2: and C-SPAN 3. You can also look at the day's schedules. You can also chose podcasts of programmes already aired.

On C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3 there are programmes at the weekend which go into greater detail about books or focus on history. There are a couple of websites which tell you more (and feature previous broadcasts)

Book TV

American History TV