C-SPAN's The Weekly

Thirty years ago, C-SPAN showed the Senate Whitewater Committee hearings. The Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters was created in May 1995. Hearings ran for 300 hours over 60 sessions across 13 months. Did anything concrete come out of those hearings seen on C-SPAN? Well at least one thing. A hit murder mystery now streaming on Netflix called "The Residence."

How do you get from a 1996 Whitewater hearing about possible corruption in politics to a 2025 Netflix series created by Shondaland -- about possible murder in the White House? Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" directly from "The Residence" creator Paul William Davies. Other than the biggest murder mystery of all whodunnit what secrets of creating "The Residence" can political and White House history junkies learn from the show's creator? Hear directly from Paul William Davies in the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're listening closely to the language currently being used by leaders of the United States and Canada about each other -- what a Republican president once said about the two countries might seem unfamiliar. The American people know that putting up walls around our country is a prescription for ruin, not renewal. What the world and the United States need now is more trade and more open trade. And that's why we've pushed for a new GATT round that includes the most ambitious multilateral trade negotiation agenda in history. That's why we've negotiated an historic trade agreement with Canada that will expand jobs, growth, and opportunity on both sides of the border. That was President Ronald Reagan … March 11th, 1988 .. speaking at the White House with business leaders .. The topic: the recently signed United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement. Against the backdrop of the current state of U.S.-Canada relations, the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" look back – to the 1980s … when the tone was different and the policies even more different still. What did President Reagan say about Canada? What were his trade policies toward our Northern neighbor? And what did President Reagan think about tariffs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 31st, 2019.

The U.S. House debates and passes a resolution laying out the rules in the first impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer addresses the House that day — but there's something else on his mind as well:

Today is a serious day. Last night was an extraordinary night. I rise for the millions of people who live in the Washington metropolitan area to congratulate and to exalt with all of our region on the extraordinary achievement of the Washington Nationals.

What was the Washington Nationals' extraordinary achievement that Congressman Hoyer was talking about?

Find out in the next episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly"...

Because ... it's our annual baseball episode!

And it's timed for two major events: The podcast drops on opening day of the 2025 baseball season ... and 2025 marks 20 years of baseball back in DC.

So, celebrate both milestones with something special — an oral history! — the biggest moments in Washington Nationals baseball history — as told by Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the third day of his second administration, President Trump signed six executive orders. One was: Declassifying files pertaining to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. 

The inclusion of JFK was of particular interest to the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly."

Three years ago -- in March 2022 — we did an episode marking the 30th anniversary of Oliver Stone's movie "JFK." ... That podcast featured only clips from Oliver Stone talking about "JFK" at the National Press Club. We heard Oliver Stone go after reporters and historians who doubted his conspiracy theory-driven version of the Kennedy assassination.

Now, in preparation for the upcoming assassination records release, this week's episode of "The Weekly" is a new twist on our original Oliver Stone "JFK" podcast... This time, instead of hearing Oliver Stone go after his detractors, we'll hear his detractors go after Oliver Stone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next week is C-SPAN's 46th anniversary…. On March 19th, 1979, House TV began – for the first time Americans could watch live gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House floor on their television. … It was Day One of privately funded C-SPAN. To mark this anniversary on this podcast, we're trying something new. We asked three of America's greatest political podcasters to pick their favorite moment from the House on TV… We'll play the clip they picked… And then we'll talk to each of them about it. It's an unrehearsed, free-flowing conversation – about the U.S. House on TV – and three favorite moments.   Our three podcast guests: • Jen Briney – "Congressional Dish" • Justin Robert Young – "Politics, Politics, Politics" • Andrew Heaton – "The Political Orphanage"   Which clip did each podcaster pick? And why did they pick it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices