CSPAN3 Schedule
CSPAN3
This simple schedule provides the showtime of upcoming and past programs playing on the network CSPAN3 otherwise known as CSPAN3. The show schedule is provided for up to 3 weeks out and you can view up to 2 weeks of show play history.
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Playing Right Now: Oliver James, Unread -- A Memoir of Learning and Loving to Read on TikTok :
Program Schedule:
Dennis Prager, if There Is No God 
2026-04-04 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 06:00:00 PSTJoel Alperson, assistant to Dennis Prager, talks about Mr. Prager's book on the battle between religious morality and secularism. Mr. Prager, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2024, provides a video statement.
Oliver James, Unread -- A Memoir of Learning and Loving to Read on TikTok Playing Now!
2026-04-04 06:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 06:57:00 PSTOliver James, who was functionally illiterate, describes learning to read at age 32 and documenting that journey on TikTok. Copperfield's Books in Petaluma, CA, hosts this event.
Q & A
Author Nicholas Boggs on Writer James Baldwin's Life & Work
2026-04-04 06:57:00 PST - 2026-04-04 07:58:00 PSTNicholas Boggs discusses the personal life and activism of American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Mr. Boggs, who spent over 20 years working on James Baldwin: A Love Story, also talks about Baldwin's many books and life outside the United States.
Andrew Curran, Biography of a Dangerous Idea
2026-04-04 07:58:00 PST - 2026-04-04 09:00:00 PSTWesleyan University professor Andrew Curran discusses how the idea of race as a biological category was developed during the Enlightenment. Harvard Bookstore hosts this event.
Dr. Robert Wachter, A Giant Leap -- How AI is Transforming Healthcare & What That Means for Our Future
2026-04-04 09:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 10:10:00 PSTDr. Robert Wachter examines the future of artificial intelligence being used in healthcare. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Dr. Khameer Kidia, Empire of Madness -- Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
2026-04-04 10:10:00 PST - 2026-04-04 11:14:00 PSTPhysician and anthropologist Khameer Kidia argues that Western mental healthcare treats the symptoms instead of the causes of mental illness. Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.
Jennifer Wright, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good Time
2026-04-04 11:14:00 PST - 2026-04-04 12:17:00 PSTAuthor Jennifer Wright describes how Marion Mamie Fish shaped history during the Gilded Age by exerting her influence on business, politics, family relationships, and social change through elaborate social gatherings.
Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
2026-04-04 12:17:00 PST - 2026-04-04 13:22:00 PSTPulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson discusses the 1984 subway shootings of four black teenagers by subway vigilante Bernie Goetz and how the incident exposed racial fault lines in America.
Trevor Reed, Retribution
2026-04-04 13:22:00 PST - 2026-04-04 14:37:00 PSTFormer U.S. Marine Trevor Reed discusses his 2019 arrest and imprisonment in Russia and his decision to volunteer in war against the Russians in Ukraine after his release.
Gov. Gavin Newsom D-CA, Young Man in a Hurry
2026-04-04 14:37:00 PST - 2026-04-04 16:00:00 PSTGavin Newsom - a Democrat and the 40th governor of California - talks about his memoir and life in politics.
America's Book Club
Cal Ripken Jr.
2026-04-04 16:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 16:58:00 PSTBaseball hall of famer Cal Ripken Jr. joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his legendary career and his work as a bestselling author, and gives viewers a tour of memorabilia from his decades in baseball.
America's Book Club
The Treasures with Cal Ripken Jr.
2026-04-04 16:58:00 PST - 2026-04-04 17:17:00 PSTCal Ripken Jr. views memorabilia from his legendary baseball career.
Dennis Prager, if There Is No God
2026-04-04 17:17:00 PST - 2026-04-04 18:17:00 PSTJoel Alperson, assistant to Dennis Prager, talks about Mr. Prager's book on the battle between religious morality and secularism. Mr. Prager, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2024, provides a video statement.
Oliver James, Unread -- A Memoir of Learning and Loving to Read on TikTok
2026-04-04 18:17:00 PST - 2026-04-04 19:11:00 PSTOliver James, who was functionally illiterate, describes learning to read at age 32 and documenting that journey on TikTok. Copperfield's Books in Petaluma, CA, hosts this event.
Q & A
Author Nicholas Boggs on Writer James Baldwin's Life & Work
2026-04-04 19:11:00 PST - 2026-04-04 20:10:00 PSTNicholas Boggs discusses the personal life and activism of American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Mr. Boggs, who spent over 20 years working on James Baldwin: A Love Story, also talks about Baldwin's many books and life outside the United States.
Andrew Curran, Biography of a Dangerous Idea
2026-04-04 20:10:00 PST - 2026-04-04 21:09:00 PSTWesleyan University professor Andrew Curran discusses how the idea of race as a biological category was developed during the Enlightenment. Harvard Bookstore hosts this event.
Dr. Robert Wachter, A Giant Leap -- How AI is Transforming Healthcare & What That Means for Our Future
2026-04-04 21:09:00 PST - 2026-04-04 22:16:00 PSTDr. Robert Wachter examines the future of artificial intelligence being used in healthcare. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Dr. Khameer Kidia, Empire of Madness -- Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
2026-04-04 22:16:00 PST - 2026-04-04 23:20:00 PSTPhysician and anthropologist Khameer Kidia argues that Western mental healthcare treats the symptoms instead of the causes of mental illness. Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.
Jennifer Wright, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good Time
2026-04-04 23:20:00 PST - 2026-04-05 00:23:00 PSTAuthor Jennifer Wright describes how Marion Mamie Fish shaped history during the Gilded Age by exerting her influence on business, politics, family relationships, and social change through elaborate social gatherings.
Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
2026-04-05 00:23:00 PST - 2026-04-05 01:28:00 PSTPulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson discusses the 1984 subway shootings of four black teenagers by subway vigilante Bernie Goetz and how the incident exposed racial fault lines in America.
Trevor Reed, Retribution
2026-04-05 01:28:00 PST - 2026-04-05 02:43:00 PSTFormer U.S. Marine Trevor Reed discusses his 2019 arrest and imprisonment in Russia and his decision to volunteer in war against the Russians in Ukraine after his release.
Gov. Gavin Newsom D-CA, Young Man in a Hurry
2026-04-05 02:43:00 PST - 2026-04-05 04:06:00 PSTGavin Newsom - a Democrat and the 40th governor of California - talks about his memoir and life in politics.
America's Book Club
Cal Ripken Jr.
2026-04-05 04:06:00 PST - 2026-04-05 05:05:00 PSTBaseball hall of famer Cal Ripken Jr. joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss his legendary career and his work as a bestselling author, and gives viewers a tour of memorabilia from his decades in baseball.
Lectures in History
2002 George W. Bush Speech Justifying Military Action in Iraq
2026-04-05 05:05:00 PST - 2026-04-05 06:12:00 PSTThe October 2002 speech by George W. Bush making the case for military action in Iraq is the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland.
Reel America
Lady Marines - 1944
2026-04-05 06:12:00 PST - 2026-04-05 06:32:00 PSTThe Presidency
Saikrishna Prakash, The Presidential Pardon
2026-04-05 06:32:00 PST - 2026-04-05 07:52:00 PSTUniversity of Virginia Law Professor and author of The Presidential Pardon, Saikrishna Prakash explores the pardon power's constitutional history and present-day use. AEI fellow Gary Schmitt joins him in conversation.
Reel America
Preparing for Military Service - 1951
2026-04-05 07:52:00 PST - 2026-04-05 08:03:00 PSTAmerica 250
Young Adults on America's Future
2026-04-05 08:03:00 PST - 2026-04-05 10:46:00 PSTYoung adults representing Generation Z gather to mark America's 250th anniversary and discuss their vision for the future. The event is part of a national program called Youth250 and is held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
America 250
Monticello's Andrew Davenport on Thomas Jefferson
2026-04-05 10:46:00 PST - 2026-04-05 10:55:00 PSTMonticello's Andrew Davenport reflects on the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
President George W. Bush on George Washington
2026-04-05 10:55:00 PST - 2026-04-05 11:06:00 PSTFormer President George W. Bush reflects on the life and legacy of George Washington; his recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday.
The Civil War
Tim McGrath, Three Roads to Gettysburg
2026-04-05 11:06:00 PST - 2026-04-05 12:21:00 PSTAuthor Tim McGrath discusses how President Lincoln's unexpected choice of General George Meade to lead the Union Army at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg changed the course of the Civil War.
Marc Carpenter, The War on Illahee
2026-04-05 12:21:00 PST - 2026-04-05 13:20:00 PSTAuthor Marc Carpenter discusses 1850s wars in the American Pacific Northwest to seize Native land for American settlers.
'Sylvester Allen, Jr. & Belle Boggs, The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw
2026-04-05 13:20:00 PST - 2026-04-05 14:35:00 PSTAuthors Sylvester Allen, Jr. and Belle Boggs discussed Wyatt Outlaw, who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1870 in an act of racial violence that triggered the Kirk-Holden War.
America 250
Family Relationships During American Revolution
2026-04-05 14:35:00 PST - 2026-04-05 15:41:00 PSTHistorians talk about how family connections were maintained, disrupted, or severed due to upheaval during the American Revolution. The event is held at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.
Washington Journal
Bob Crawford, America's Founding Son
2026-04-05 15:41:00 PST - 2026-04-05 16:28:00 PSTA segment from a recent Washington Journal.
America 250
Historian Lindsay Chervinsky on John Quincy Adams
2026-04-05 16:28:00 PST - 2026-04-05 16:39:00 PSTGeorge Washington Presidential Library Executive Director Lindsay Chervinsky reflects on the life and legacy of John Quincy Adams. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
America 250
Author Louisa Thomas on Louisa Adams
2026-04-05 16:39:00 PST - 2026-04-05 16:49:00 PSTAuthor and New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas reflects on the life and legacy of Louisa Adams. Her essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday, and is read by content producer Anne Fertig.
America 250
Historian Stewart McLaurin on James Monroe
2026-04-05 16:49:00 PST - 2026-04-05 17:01:00 PSTWhite House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin reflects on the life and legacy of James Monroe. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
Lectures in History
2002 George W. Bush Speech Justifying Military Action in Iraq
2026-04-05 17:01:00 PST - 2026-04-05 18:10:00 PSTThe October 2002 speech by George W. Bush making the case for military action in Iraq is the topic of a class taught by University of Kansas political communication professor Robert Rowland.
Reel America
Lady Marines - 1944
2026-04-05 18:10:00 PST - 2026-04-05 18:30:00 PSTThe Presidency
Saikrishna Prakash, The Presidential Pardon
2026-04-05 18:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 19:47:00 PSTUniversity of Virginia Law Professor and author of The Presidential Pardon, Saikrishna Prakash explores the pardon power's constitutional history and present-day use. AEI fellow Gary Schmitt joins him in conversation.
Reel America
Preparing for Military Service - 1951
2026-04-05 19:47:00 PST - 2026-04-05 19:59:00 PSTAmerica 250
Young Adults on America's Future
2026-04-05 19:59:00 PST - 2026-04-05 22:44:00 PSTYoung adults representing Generation Z gather to mark America's 250th anniversary and discuss their vision for the future. The event is part of a national program called Youth250 and is held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
America 250
Monticello's Andrew Davenport on Thomas Jefferson
2026-04-05 22:44:00 PST - 2026-04-05 22:54:00 PSTMonticello's Andrew Davenport reflects on the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
President George W. Bush on George Washington
2026-04-05 22:54:00 PST - 2026-04-05 23:05:00 PSTFormer President George W. Bush reflects on the life and legacy of George Washington; his recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday.
The Civil War
Tim McGrath, Three Roads to Gettysburg
2026-04-05 23:05:00 PST - 2026-04-06 00:17:00 PSTAuthor Tim McGrath discusses how President Lincoln's unexpected choice of General George Meade to lead the Union Army at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg changed the course of the Civil War.
Marc Carpenter, The War on Illahee
2026-04-06 00:17:00 PST - 2026-04-06 01:19:00 PSTAuthor Marc Carpenter discusses 1850s wars in the American Pacific Northwest to seize Native land for American settlers.
'Sylvester Allen, Jr. & Belle Boggs, The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw
2026-04-06 01:19:00 PST - 2026-04-06 02:37:00 PSTAuthors Sylvester Allen, Jr. and Belle Boggs discussed Wyatt Outlaw, who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1870 in an act of racial violence that triggered the Kirk-Holden War.
America 250
Family Relationships During American Revolution
2026-04-06 02:37:00 PST - 2026-04-06 03:40:00 PSTHistorians talk about how family connections were maintained, disrupted, or severed due to upheaval during the American Revolution. The event is held at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.
Washington Journal
Bob Crawford, America's Founding Son
2026-04-06 03:40:00 PST - 2026-04-06 04:27:00 PSTA segment from a recent Washington Journal.
America 250
Historian Lindsay Chervinsky on John Quincy Adams
2026-04-06 04:27:00 PST - 2026-04-06 04:38:00 PSTGeorge Washington Presidential Library Executive Director Lindsay Chervinsky reflects on the life and legacy of John Quincy Adams. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
America 250
Author Louisa Thomas on Louisa Adams
2026-04-06 04:38:00 PST - 2026-04-06 04:48:00 PSTAuthor and New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas reflects on the life and legacy of Louisa Adams. Her essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday, and is read by content producer Anne Fertig.
America 250
Historian Stewart McLaurin on James Monroe
2026-04-06 04:48:00 PST - 2026-04-06 05:01:00 PSTWhite House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin reflects on the life and legacy of James Monroe. His recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to mark America's 250th birthday in 2026.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-06 05:01:00 PST - 2026-04-06 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-06 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-06 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-07 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-07 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-07 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-08 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-08 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-08 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-08 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-08 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-08 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-09 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-09 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-09 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-09 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-09 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-09 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-10 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-10 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-10 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-10 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-10 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Past Shows (Last 2 Weeks)
Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
2026-04-04 12:17:00 PST - 2026-04-04 13:22:00 PSTPulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson discusses the 1984 subway shootings of four black teenagers by subway vigilante Bernie Goetz and how the incident exposed racial fault lines in America.
Jennifer Wright, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good Time
2026-04-04 11:14:00 PST - 2026-04-04 12:17:00 PSTAuthor Jennifer Wright describes how Marion Mamie Fish shaped history during the Gilded Age by exerting her influence on business, politics, family relationships, and social change through elaborate social gatherings.
Dr. Khameer Kidia, Empire of Madness -- Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone
2026-04-04 10:10:00 PST - 2026-04-04 11:14:00 PSTPhysician and anthropologist Khameer Kidia argues that Western mental healthcare treats the symptoms instead of the causes of mental illness. Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.
Dr. Robert Wachter, A Giant Leap -- How AI is Transforming Healthcare & What That Means for Our Future
2026-04-04 09:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 10:10:00 PSTDr. Robert Wachter examines the future of artificial intelligence being used in healthcare. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Andrew Curran, Biography of a Dangerous Idea
2026-04-04 07:58:00 PST - 2026-04-04 09:00:00 PSTWesleyan University professor Andrew Curran discusses how the idea of race as a biological category was developed during the Enlightenment. Harvard Bookstore hosts this event.
Q & A
Author Nicholas Boggs on Writer James Baldwin's Life & Work
2026-04-04 06:57:00 PST - 2026-04-04 07:58:00 PSTNicholas Boggs discusses the personal life and activism of American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Mr. Boggs, who spent over 20 years working on James Baldwin: A Love Story, also talks about Baldwin's many books and life outside the United States.
Oliver James, Unread -- A Memoir of Learning and Loving to Read on TikTok
2026-04-04 06:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 06:57:00 PSTOliver James, who was functionally illiterate, describes learning to read at age 32 and documenting that journey on TikTok. Copperfield's Books in Petaluma, CA, hosts this event.
Dennis Prager, if There Is No God
2026-04-04 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 06:00:00 PSTJoel Alperson, assistant to Dennis Prager, talks about Mr. Prager's book on the battle between religious morality and secularism. Mr. Prager, who has been paralyzed from the neck down since 2024, provides a video statement.
Public Affairs Events
2026-04-03 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-04 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.