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!
2025-08-05 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-05 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-05 21:00:00 PST - 2025-08-06 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-06 05:00:00 PST - 2025-08-06 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-06 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-06 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-06 21:00:00 PST - 2025-08-07 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-07 05:00:00 PST - 2025-08-07 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-07 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-07 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-07 21:00:00 PST - 2025-08-08 05:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-08 05:00:00 PST - 2025-08-08 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-08 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-08 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-08 21:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 01:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-09 01:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 05:01:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Phil Gramm & Donald Boudreaux, the Triumph of Economic Freedom
2025-08-09 05:01:00 PST - 2025-08-09 06:00:00 PSTFormer senator Phil Gramm and economist Donald Boudreaux talk about the history of government involvement in the U.S. economy and argue that it has had an overall negative effect.
Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, 2024
2025-08-09 06:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 07:00:00 PSTA behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president since Grover Cleveland to achieve that distinction.
Gregory Slayton, Portraits of Ukraine
2025-08-09 07:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 08:35:00 PSTFormer diplomat Gregory Slayton talks about the history and culture of the people of Ukraine and how they have been coping since Russia's invasion in 2022.
Phil Gramm & Donald Boudreaux, the Triumph of Economic Freedom
2025-08-09 08:35:00 PST - 2025-08-09 09:35:00 PSTFormer senator Phil Gramm and economist Donald Boudreaux talk about the history of government involvement in the U.S. economy and argue that it has had an overall negative effect.
Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, 2024
2025-08-09 09:35:00 PST - 2025-08-09 10:40:00 PSTA behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president since Grover Cleveland to achieve that distinction.
Carl Zimmer, Air-Borne -- The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
2025-08-09 10:40:00 PST - 2025-08-09 12:00:00 PSTCarl Zimmer examines the microscopic organisms that live in the air we breathe; the Smithsonian Associates provided this event.
Thor Hanson, Close to Home -- The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
2025-08-09 12:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 13:05:00 PSTBiologist Thor Hanson explains how nature exists not just in rural areas, but in cities and backyards. Town Hall Seattle hosted this event.
Rich Benjamin, Talk to Me
2025-08-09 13:05:00 PST - 2025-08-09 13:35:00 PSTCultural anthropologist Rich Benjamin talks about his grandfather, Daniel Fignol, the former president of Haiti who was ousted in a coup in 1957, and his family's reluctance to acknowledge what happened to him.
Karida Brown, the Battle for the Black Mind
2025-08-09 13:35:00 PST - 2025-08-09 14:40:00 PSTEmory University professor Karida Brown, who studies racism and Black life, documents the history of educational freedom and justice among African Americans.
America 250
George Washington Book Prize Finalists
2025-08-09 14:40:00 PST - 2025-08-09 15:40:00 PSTFinalists for the 2023 George Washington Book Prize discuss their books on the founding era.
Christopher Scalia, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love but Probably Haven't Read
2025-08-09 15:40:00 PST - 2025-08-09 17:00:00 PSTAmerican Enterprise Institute senior fellow Christopher Scalia, a former English professor, recommends fiction titles that he says will resonate with conservatives; included are books by Samuel Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Phil Gramm & Donald Boudreaux, the Triumph of Economic Freedom
2025-08-09 17:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 18:00:00 PSTFormer senator Phil Gramm and economist Donald Boudreaux talk about the history of government involvement in the U.S. economy and argue that it has had an overall negative effect.
Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, 2024
2025-08-09 18:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 19:00:00 PSTA behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president since Grover Cleveland to achieve that distinction.
Gregory Slayton, Portraits of Ukraine
2025-08-09 19:00:00 PST - 2025-08-09 20:35:00 PSTFormer diplomat Gregory Slayton talks about the history and culture of the people of Ukraine and how they have been coping since Russia's invasion in 2022.
Phil Gramm & Donald Boudreaux, the Triumph of Economic Freedom
2025-08-09 20:35:00 PST - 2025-08-09 21:35:00 PSTFormer senator Phil Gramm and economist Donald Boudreaux talk about the history of government involvement in the U.S. economy and argue that it has had an overall negative effect.
Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, 2024
2025-08-09 21:35:00 PST - 2025-08-09 22:40:00 PSTA behind-the-scenes account of the 2024 presidential election that sent Donald Trump back to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term -- only the second president since Grover Cleveland to achieve that distinction.
Carl Zimmer, Air-Borne -- The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
2025-08-09 22:40:00 PST - 2025-08-10 00:00:00 PSTCarl Zimmer examines the microscopic organisms that live in the air we breathe; the Smithsonian Associates provided this event.
Thor Hanson, Close to Home -- The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
2025-08-10 00:00:00 PST - 2025-08-10 01:05:00 PSTBiologist Thor Hanson explains how nature exists not just in rural areas, but in cities and backyards. Town Hall Seattle hosted this event.
Rich Benjamin, Talk to Me
2025-08-10 01:05:00 PST - 2025-08-10 01:35:00 PSTCultural anthropologist Rich Benjamin talks about his grandfather, Daniel Fignol, the former president of Haiti who was ousted in a coup in 1957, and his family's reluctance to acknowledge what happened to him.
Karida Brown, the Battle for the Black Mind
2025-08-10 01:35:00 PST - 2025-08-10 02:40:00 PSTEmory University professor Karida Brown, who studies racism and Black life, documents the history of educational freedom and justice among African Americans.
America 250
George Washington Book Prize Finalists
2025-08-10 02:40:00 PST - 2025-08-10 03:40:00 PSTFinalists for the 2023 George Washington Book Prize discuss their books on the founding era.
Christopher Scalia, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love but Probably Haven't Read
2025-08-10 03:40:00 PST - 2025-08-10 05:01:00 PSTAmerican Enterprise Institute senior fellow Christopher Scalia, a former English professor, recommends fiction titles that he says will resonate with conservatives; included are books by Samuel Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
America 250
Lectures in History - George Washington's Character
2025-08-10 05:01:00 PST - 2025-08-10 06:00:00 PSTTexas Christian University professor Gene Allen Smith teaches a class about George Washington's character.
American History TV
2025-08-10 06:00:00 PST - 2025-08-10 06:30:00 PSTPeople and events that help document the American story.
The Presidency
James Bradley, Martin Van Buren
2025-08-10 06:30:00 PST - 2025-08-10 07:25:00 PSTJames Bradley, co-editor of the Martin Van Buren Papers, talks about his biography of our eighth president, the first in-depth look at his presidency in decades.
Reel America
Space Shuttle -- A Remarkable Flying Machine
2025-08-10 07:25:00 PST - 2025-08-10 08:00:00 PSTA NASA documentary covers the April 12, 1981, launch of the first space shuttle, Columbia.
America 250
Army 250 Military Parade
2025-08-10 08:00:00 PST - 2025-08-10 10:50:00 PSTReel America
Washington in War Time - 1942
2025-08-10 10:50:00 PST - 2025-08-10 11:00:00 PSTThis newsreel style film tours Washington, D.C. during World War II and describes how the city has changed with an influx of workers and government entities supporting the war effort.
The Civil War
Civil War Technology
2025-08-10 11:00:00 PST - 2025-08-10 12:05:00 PSTThe Civil War
Louisiana Native Guards -- African American Regiment
2025-08-10 12:05:00 PST - 2025-08-10 12:52:00 PSTThe Civil War
Civil War's Impact on American Society
2025-08-10 12:52:00 PST - 2025-08-10 13:50:00 PSTAmerica 250
Pennsylvania & America's 250th Birthday Celebration
2025-08-10 13:50:00 PST - 2025-08-10 14:55:00 PSTAmerica250 Chair Rosie Rios and state and local leaders in Pennsylvania outline plans for the 2026 semiquincentennial; they forecast the long-term civic, educational, economic, and cultural impact of the nation's 250th birthday celebration.
America 250
Weapons of the American Revolutionary War
2025-08-10 14:55:00 PST - 2025-08-10 15:40:00 PSTAuthors and historians talk about the military, political, and social history of the western frontier during the American Revolution.
America 250
Army 250 Military Parade
2025-08-10 15:40:00 PST - 2025-08-10 18:30:00 PSTThe Presidency
James Bradley, Martin Van Buren
2025-08-10 18:30:00 PST - 2025-08-10 19:25:00 PSTJames Bradley, co-editor of the Martin Van Buren Papers, talks about his biography of our eighth president, the first in-depth look at his presidency in decades.
Reel America
Space Shuttle -- A Remarkable Flying Machine
2025-08-10 19:25:00 PST - 2025-08-10 20:00:00 PSTA NASA documentary covers the April 12, 1981, launch of the first space shuttle, Columbia.
America 250
Army 250 Military Parade
2025-08-10 20:00:00 PST - 2025-08-10 22:50:00 PSTThe Civil War
Civil War Technology
2025-08-10 22:50:00 PST - 2025-08-10 23:54:00 PSTThe Civil War
Louisiana Native Guards -- African American Regiment
2025-08-10 23:54:00 PST - 2025-08-11 00:41:00 PSTThe Civil War
Civil War's Impact on American Society
2025-08-11 00:41:00 PST - 2025-08-11 01:38:00 PSTAmerican History TV
2025-08-11 01:38:00 PST - 2025-08-11 02:10:00 PSTPeople and events that help document the American story.
America 250
Army 250 Military Parade
2025-08-11 02:10:00 PST - 2025-08-11 05:00:00 PSTPublic Affairs Events
2025-08-11 05:00:00 PST - 2025-08-11 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-11 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-11 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Past Shows (Last 2 Weeks)
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-05 13:00:00 PST - 2025-08-05 21:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Public Affairs Events
2025-08-05 05:01:00 PST - 2025-08-05 13:00:00 PSTPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
Patrick McGee, Apple in China
2025-08-05 03:51:00 PST - 2025-08-05 05:01:00 PSTFinancial Times San Francisco Correspondent Patrick McGee examines Apple's relationship with China and the impact of locating so many factories there; the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Reel America
Loose Lips Sink Ships - 1944
2025-08-05 03:39:00 PST - 2025-08-05 03:51:00 PSTThis 1944 Office of War Information film shows how seemingly innocent pieces of information can be used by the enemy to kill American troops.
America 250
John McCurdy, Vicious and Immoral
2025-08-05 01:39:00 PST - 2025-08-05 03:39:00 PSTHistory professor and author John McCurdy talks about the 1774 buggery trial of British chaplain Robert Newburgh and LGBT history during the American Revolution.
FreedomFest 2025 -- Mark Skousen, The Greatest American
2025-08-05 01:03:00 PST - 2025-08-05 01:39:00 PSTBook TV interviews authors at FreedomFest, an annual libertarian conference, held in 2025 in Palm Springs, Calif.
Q & A
Author Dr. Robert Malone on the U.S. Government's Use of Propaganda and Censorship to Shape Public Opinion
2025-08-05 00:06:00 PST - 2025-08-05 01:03:00 PSTRobert Malone talks about his book ``PsyWar,`` in which he argues that the U.S. government uses psychological warfare against Americans to control them.
Brooke Barbier, King Hancock
2025-08-04 22:59:00 PST - 2025-08-05 00:06:00 PSTAuthor Brooke Barbier discusses the life and leadership of Founding Father John Hancock.
Patrick McGee, Apple in China
2025-08-04 21:49:00 PST - 2025-08-04 22:59:00 PSTFinancial Times San Francisco Correspondent Patrick McGee examines Apple's relationship with China and the impact of locating so many factories there; the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco hosts this event.
Reel America
Loose Lips Sink Ships - 1944
2025-08-04 21:38:00 PST - 2025-08-04 21:49:00 PSTThis 1944 Office of War Information film shows how seemingly innocent pieces of information can be used by the enemy to kill American troops.
Peniel Joseph, Freedom Season
2025-08-04 20:25:00 PST - 2025-08-04 21:38:00 PSTHistory professor Peniel Joseph at University of Texas in Austin, Texas, discusses how the events of 1963 shaped the civil rights movement in the United States.
America 250
John McCurdy, Vicious and Immoral
2025-08-04 19:38:00 PST - 2025-08-04 20:25:00 PSTHistory professor and author John McCurdy talks about the 1774 buggery trial of British chaplain Robert Newburgh and LGBT history during the American Revolution.
FreedomFest 2025 -- Mark Skousen, The Greatest American
2025-08-04 19:03:00 PST - 2025-08-04 19:38:00 PSTBook TV interviews authors at FreedomFest, an annual libertarian conference, held in 2025 in Palm Springs, Calif.
Q & A
Author Dr. Robert Malone on the U.S. Government's Use of Propaganda and Censorship to Shape Public Opinion
2025-08-04 18:06:00 PST - 2025-08-04 19:03:00 PSTRobert Malone talks about his book ``PsyWar,`` in which he argues that the U.S. government uses psychological warfare against Americans to control them.