C-SPAN's The Weekly
Connecting today's political discourse with the past 40 years of politics. Using audio taken from C-SPAN's vast Video Library, each episode focuses on a theme tied to current events providing a unique perspective on today's news.
Episodes
July 3, 2025 • 20 mins
It's the Fourth of July!
Which makes now the perfect time to remember this Republican congressman from New York:
"Rep. Felix Grucci from New York's 1st district. We probably don't have many fireworks company presidents in Congress. That's how some people might know your name. Tell us about the family business."
"Well, the family business is one hundred twenty-five years old and it's been a family business. We've been lighting ...
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June 26, 2025 • 24 mins
Time capsules!
America is full of them ... and for America 250, Congress is even creating a new one.
For this year's Fourth of July holiday, C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" presents a time capsule of its own. The contents: What American presidents have said about time capsules — or even put in time capsules.
Like pictures of themselves.
Here's what Senate historian Don Ritchie once told C-SPAN:
"I was present in 1976 when we a...
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June 19, 2025 • 30 mins
William F. Buckley, Jr.
The conservative icon died in February 2008 — but in 2025, he's back in the news.
• In March, the U.S. Postal Service announced a new stamp with his picture
• In June, a new biography, "Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America," was published
• And in November, it would have been Bill Buckley's 100th birthday
Over the years, members of Congress cited Bill Buckley and told stories abou...
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June 12, 2025 • 27 mins
There's a big parade planned in Washington, DC for Saturday, June 14th, 2025.
It's Flag Day — It's the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army — and it's President Trump's birthday — his 79th.
Speaking at West Point five years ago, President Trump noted the calendar coincidence.
Tomorrow America will celebrate a very important anniversary: the 245th birthday of the United States Army. Unrelated, going to be my birthday also. I don'...
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June 5, 2025 • 67 mins
Elon Musk is ending active involvement in the Trump administration and DOGE... His relationship with President Trump as a senior advisor and special government employee has been well documented… So has the billionaire's founding and serving as CEO of several companies…But Elon Musk isn't the only famous CEO who's had connections to presidents.
In this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly," learn what other top-shelf CEO...
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May 29, 2025 • 72 mins
Live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. Senate floor.
It began 39 years ago -- June 2nd, 1986 – Day One of C-SPAN2.
Here's one of the first things heard that first day of Senate TV:
"Today begins the video history book. No longer will the great debates in this
Chamber be lost forever. What a thrill it would be to watch Henry Clay, John Calhoun, or Daniel Webster in action. Of course, there were no cameras or tape recorders...
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May 22, 2025 • 15 mins
50 years ago, the Vietnam War ended.. The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army…. North Vietnam achieved its objective of reunifying Vietnam under communist rule.... There were 58,220 U.S. military fatalities …. America effectively lost the Vietnam War....
"It was a sad day to sit in the Oval Office and see on television the American troops being literally kicked off of an American embassy before ...
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May 15, 2025 • 19 mins
Ah -- Romance is in the air.
And by romance in the air – we mean Governors giving their annual state of the state addresses and budget speeches in front of state legislatures.
Like Tony Evers. Here’s what the Wisconsin Governor said during his 2025 state of the state address:
“My forever prom date, Kathy, is up in the gallery, as well. Kathleen Frances, you are the cream to fill my cream puff.”
In the next episode of C-SPAN’s...
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At some point, close listeners to C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" might have wondered: Why have we never done an episode featuring the best-of James Traficant?
Well – wonder no more.
Because – it's this week's episode!
Why now?
Two reasons:
1. This podcast is running on May 8th - That's right – Congressman James Traficant's birthday … he was born on May 8th, 1941;
2. We have a very special guest for this podcast … We're joined...
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May 1, 2025 • 24 mins
Can you imagine a time when a U.S. President and a Canadian Prime Minister were friends? ... And said nice things about each other in public? ... And the nice things they said about each other in public were neither remarkable nor newsworthy?
Well, here's proof that such a time once existed:
"The fact that we go on, we got along, President Reagan and Prime Minister Mulroney, two some said Irish, we were Irish, now that I t...
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April 24, 2025 • 13 mins
It's time for the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton.
But this year: No comedian.
Which means: No jokes about C-SPAN … or about the Washington Hilton.
In the past, at every dinner, there seemed to be at least one joke made about one or the other ... or sometimes both in the same joke — Like Conan O'Brien pulled off in 2013...
Congratulations to C-SPAN for winning the bid to broadcast thi...
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April 17, 2025 • 70 mins
The White House Correspondents Association dinner is just a week away.
The big annual media black tie shindig in the basement of the Washington Hilton typically has several surprises.
Like this film shown during 2000 dinner.
"I want to thank the Academy for this tremendous honor. This may be the greatest moment of my life. I mean, hear since i was a little boy I wanted to be a real actor"
That was Bill Clinton, his final dinn...
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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...
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April 3, 2025 • 14 mins
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 ...
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March 27, 2025 • 30 mins
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...
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March 20, 2025 • 35 mins
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 St...
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March 13, 2025 • 38 mins
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 c...
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March 6, 2025 • 12 mins
When presidents come into office, traditionally their first big speech to Congress is about the budget. Like President Trump this past week.
Instead of a State of the Union address, new presidents share their economic agenda and vision for the coming four years.
And almost always in that big budget speech, they anguish over the escalating national debt.
Like President Ronald Reagan in 1981…
Our national debt is approaching $1 tril...
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February 27, 2025 • 18 mins
If someone were to ask you: name your favorite moment in Congress involving a character from Saturday Night Live -- how would you respond?
There’s a good chance you would say it was this: Chris Farley – as Speaker Newt Gingrich – with Speaker Newt Gingrich –– August 4th, 1995 … It was the 100th day of the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives. And Chris Farley – dressed up as Newt Gingrich and doing a doing mast...
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February 20, 2025 • 28 mins
"Saturday Night Live" – The comedy show has been on TV for half a century.
And it seems like Congress has been talking about it for nearly that long.
Like Democratic Senator Al Gore in 1990: "I saw a television show recently called Saturday Night Live, Mr. President. They have the habit of putting on humorous pretend commercials that look like real commercials."
And Republican Congressman David Drier in 1993: "Mr. Speaker, more t...
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