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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Program Schedule:
Public Affairs Events 
Playing Now!
2026-03-06 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-06 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-06 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Xi Van Fleet, Made in America
2026-03-07 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 06:02:00 PSTChina-born author Xi Van Fleet argues that the U.S. enabled China in its quest to become a global superpower.
Jon Ralston, The Game Changer -- How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
2026-03-07 06:02:00 PST - 2026-03-07 07:00:00 PSTNevada political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston discusses the life and political career of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who spent 30 years in the U.S. Senate and died in 2021.
Q & A
Author Stewart McLaurin on White House History & Trivia
2026-03-07 07:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 08:00:00 PSTWhite House Historical Association president Stewart McLaurin, author of The People's House Miscellany, talks about the history of the White House and White House-related trivia.
Stephen Kinzer, Overthrow
2026-03-07 08:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 09:00:00 PSTStephen Kinzer, author of books on the U.S. overthrow of governments in Guatemala, Iran, and other countries, discusses the history of U.S.-led regime change operations since the 1890s.
Patrick Dorinson, The Common Sense Cowboy's Guide to Life
2026-03-07 09:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 09:33:00 PSTFormer political strategist and radio host Patrick Dorinson talks about what he learned about life and politics after becoming a cowboy.
A History From Hysteria to Long Covid
2026-03-07 09:33:00 PST - 2026-03-07 10:23:00 PSTMedical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall explores the history of chronic illnesses and how the medical establishment treats them. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.
John Sanbonmatsu, The Omnivore's Deception -- What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals and Ourselves
2026-03-07 10:23:00 PST - 2026-03-07 11:25:00 PSTJohn Sanbonmatsu discusses veganism and argues that sustainable concepts like free range are still immoral. Book Passage in Corte Madera, California, hosts this event.
Dr. Robert Wachter, A Giant Leap -- How AI is Transforming Healthcare & What That Means for Our Future
2026-03-07 11:25:00 PST - 2026-03-07 12:32:00 PSTDr. Robert Wachter examines the future of artificial intelligence being used in healthcare. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Andrea Nolen, Lincoln's Counterfeiters
2026-03-07 12:32:00 PST - 2026-03-07 13:25:00 PSTHistorian Andrea Nolen discusses a Wisconsin counterfeit ring that had ties to the White House under Presidents Lincoln and Grant.
Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
2026-03-07 13:25:00 PST - 2026-03-07 14:31:00 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.
Writer Eudora Welty's Home & Gardens Tour
2026-03-07 14:31:00 PST - 2026-03-07 14:56:00 PSTC-SPAN's Book TV tours the Jackson, Mississippi, home and gardens where Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eudora Welty lived for 76 years - and where she wrote her acclaimed stories and novels.
Jennifer Wright, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good Time
2026-03-07 14:56:00 PST - 2026-03-07 16:00:00 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.
America's Book Club
Linda Chavez
2026-03-07 16:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 17:00:00 PSTFormer Reagan administration official Linda Chavez joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her career in public service and her works of fiction and nonfiction.
Xi Van Fleet, Made in America
2026-03-07 17:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 18:01:00 PSTChina-born author Xi Van Fleet argues that the U.S. enabled China in its quest to become a global superpower.
Jon Ralston, The Game Changer -- How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
2026-03-07 18:01:00 PST - 2026-03-07 19:01:00 PSTNevada political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston discusses the life and political career of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who spent 30 years in the U.S. Senate and died in 2021.
Q & A
Author Stewart McLaurin on White House History & Trivia
2026-03-07 19:01:00 PST - 2026-03-07 20:00:00 PSTWhite House Historical Association president Stewart McLaurin, author of The People's House Miscellany, talks about the history of the White House and White House-related trivia.
Stephen Kinzer, Overthrow
2026-03-07 20:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 21:00:00 PSTStephen Kinzer, author of books on the U.S. overthrow of governments in Guatemala, Iran, and other countries, discusses the history of U.S.-led regime change operations since the 1890s.
Patrick Dorinson, The Common Sense Cowboy's Guide to Life
2026-03-07 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 21:34:00 PSTFormer political strategist and radio host Patrick Dorinson talks about what he learned about life and politics after becoming a cowboy.
A History From Hysteria to Long Covid
2026-03-07 21:34:00 PST - 2026-03-07 22:24:00 PSTMedical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall explores the history of chronic illnesses and how the medical establishment treats them. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosts this event.
Dr. Robert Wachter, A Giant Leap -- How AI is Transforming Healthcare & What That Means for Our Future
2026-03-07 22:24:00 PST - 2026-03-07 23:31:00 PSTDr. Robert Wachter examines the future of artificial intelligence being used in healthcare. The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Andrea Nolen, Lincoln's Counterfeiters
2026-03-07 23:31:00 PST - 2026-03-08 00:25:00 PSTHistorian Andrea Nolen discusses a Wisconsin counterfeit ring that had ties to the White House under Presidents Lincoln and Grant.
Heather Ann Thompson, Fear and Fury
2026-03-08 00:25:00 PST - 2026-03-08 01:30:00 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.
Writer Eudora Welty's Home & Gardens Tour
2026-03-08 01:30:00 PST - 2026-03-08 01:55:00 PSTC-SPAN's Book TV tours the Jackson, Mississippi, home and gardens where Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eudora Welty lived for 76 years - and where she wrote her acclaimed stories and novels.
Jennifer Wright, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good Time
2026-03-08 01:55:00 PST - 2026-03-08 04:00:00 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.
America's Book Club
Linda Chavez
2026-03-08 04:00:00 PST - 2026-03-08 05:00:00 PSTFormer Reagan administration official Linda Chavez joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her career in public service and her works of fiction and nonfiction.
Lectures in History
Supreme Court Cases on Privacy
2026-03-08 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-08 05:50:00 PSTHistory professor Lawrence Cappello analyzes Supreme Court cases that address the right to privacy, focusing on police and phone wiretaps.
Reel America
U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve - 1943
2026-03-08 05:50:00 PST - 2026-03-08 05:57:00 PSTThis 1943 Office of War Information film urges women to join the Coast Guard Reserves to help the war effort.
C-SPAN Tours the Go-Go Museum in Washington, D.C.
2026-03-08 05:57:00 PST - 2026-03-08 06:30:00 PSTC-SPAN tours the Go-Go Museum and hears the history of Washington, D.C.'s homegrown music genre with roots in the cultural and social movements of the mid-1960s to late-1970s.
The Presidency
The End of Operation Desert Storm
2026-03-08 06:30:00 PST - 2026-03-08 07:30:00 PSTDesert Storm veteran Stephen Bourque chronicles the end of the Gulf War in 1991. He spoke at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas.
Reel America
Korean War Winter Campaign - 1953
2026-03-08 07:30:00 PST - 2026-03-08 08:00:00 PSTAmerica 250
Fighting & Dying in the Revolutionary War
2026-03-08 08:00:00 PST - 2026-03-08 09:18:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
America 250
Religion & Religious Liberty in the American Revolution
2026-03-08 09:18:00 PST - 2026-03-08 10:36:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
America 250
Impact of Revolutionary War on Civil War Era
2026-03-08 10:36:00 PST - 2026-03-08 11:51:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
The Civil War
General Joseph Johnston's Surrender - 1865
2026-03-08 11:51:00 PST - 2026-03-08 12:48:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Civil War
Civil War Aftermath - 1865
2026-03-08 12:48:00 PST - 2026-03-08 13:43:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Civil War
Year of Reckoning in the Civil War - 1865
2026-03-08 13:43:00 PST - 2026-03-08 14:45:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
America 250
Historian Karin Wulf on Martha Washington
2026-03-08 14:45:00 PST - 2026-03-08 14:55:00 PSTHistorian Karin Wulf reflects on the life and legacy of Martha Washington; her recorded essay is part of a project called ``In Pursuit,`` commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday.
Reel America
Chesapeake Oyster Dredgers - 1964
2026-03-08 14:55:00 PST - 2026-03-08 15:15:00 PSTKostya Kennedy, The Ride -- Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
2026-03-08 15:15:00 PST - 2026-03-08 16:30:00 PSTAuthor Kostya Kennedy discusses Boston silversmith Paul Revere's April 1775 midnight ride ahead of the Battles of Lexington & Concord.
America 250
Harvard's Danielle Allen on John Adams
2026-03-08 16:30:00 PST - 2026-03-08 16:41:00 PSTHarvard University Professor Danielle Allen reflects on the life and legacy of John Adams. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday this year.
America 250
Life & Legacy of Abigail Adams
2026-03-08 16:41:00 PST - 2026-03-08 16:49:00 PSTHistorian Joseph Ellis reflects on the life and legacy of Abigail Adams. His essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday this year. It is recorded by historian and content producer Anne Fertig.
President George W. Bush on George Washington
2026-03-08 16:49:00 PST - 2026-03-08 17:00:00 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.
U.S. House of Representatives
House Members Read George Washington's Farewell Address
2026-03-08 17:00:00 PST - 2026-03-08 17:49:00 PSTReel America
U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve - 1943
2026-03-08 17:49:00 PST - 2026-03-08 17:55:00 PSTThis 1943 Office of War Information film urges women to join the Coast Guard Reserves to help the war effort.
C-SPAN Tours the Go-Go Museum in Washington, D.C.
2026-03-08 17:55:00 PST - 2026-03-08 18:29:00 PSTC-SPAN tours the Go-Go Museum and hears the history of Washington, D.C.'s homegrown music genre with roots in the cultural and social movements of the mid-1960s to late-1970s.
The Presidency
The End of Operation Desert Storm
2026-03-08 18:29:00 PST - 2026-03-08 19:29:00 PSTDesert Storm veteran Stephen Bourque chronicles the end of the Gulf War in 1991. He spoke at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas.
Reel America
Korean War Winter Campaign - 1953
2026-03-08 19:29:00 PST - 2026-03-08 19:59:00 PSTAmerica 250
Fighting & Dying in the Revolutionary War
2026-03-08 19:59:00 PST - 2026-03-08 21:17:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
America 250
Religion & Religious Liberty in the American Revolution
2026-03-08 21:17:00 PST - 2026-03-08 22:36:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
America 250
Impact of Revolutionary War on Civil War Era
2026-03-08 22:36:00 PST - 2026-03-08 23:52:00 PSTHistorians explore the ideas that sparked the American Revolution, as well as the key personalities and enduring impact of the Revolutionary Era. The event is organized by the Jack Miller Center and The American Revolution Institute.
The Civil War
General Joseph Johnston's Surrender - 1865
2026-03-08 23:52:00 PST - 2026-03-09 00:48:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Civil War
Civil War Aftermath - 1865
2026-03-09 00:48:00 PST - 2026-03-09 01:43:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Civil War
Year of Reckoning in the Civil War - 1865
2026-03-09 01:43:00 PST - 2026-03-09 02:45:00 PSTHistorians discuss the Civil War's events of 1865 at the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.
America 250
Historian Karin Wulf on Martha Washington
2026-03-09 02:45:00 PST - 2026-03-09 02:54:00 PSTHistorian Karin Wulf reflects on the life and legacy of Martha Washington; her recorded essay is part of a project called ``In Pursuit,`` commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday.
Reel America
Chesapeake Oyster Dredgers - 1964
2026-03-09 02:54:00 PST - 2026-03-09 03:14:00 PSTKostya Kennedy, The Ride -- Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
2026-03-09 03:14:00 PST - 2026-03-09 04:29:00 PSTAuthor Kostya Kennedy discusses Boston silversmith Paul Revere's April 1775 midnight ride ahead of the Battles of Lexington & Concord.
America 250
Harvard's Danielle Allen on John Adams
2026-03-09 04:29:00 PST - 2026-03-09 04:40:00 PSTHarvard University Professor Danielle Allen reflects on the life and legacy of John Adams. Her recorded essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday this year.
America 250
Life & Legacy of Abigail Adams
2026-03-09 04:40:00 PST - 2026-03-09 04:48:00 PSTHistorian Joseph Ellis reflects on the life and legacy of Abigail Adams. His essay is part of a project called In Pursuit, commissioned to help mark America's 250th birthday this year. It is recorded by historian and content producer Anne Fertig.
President George W. Bush on George Washington
2026-03-09 04:48:00 PST - 2026-03-09 05:00:00 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.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-09 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-09 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-09 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-09 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-09 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-10 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-10 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-10 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-10 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-10 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-10 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-11 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-11 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-11 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-11 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-11 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-11 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-12 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-12 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-12 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-12 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-12 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Past Shows (Last 2 Weeks)
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-06 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-07 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-06 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-06 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-06 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-06 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2026-03-05 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-06 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.