C-Span Archives: Like YouTube for Political Nerds

Political junkies rejoice! C-Span now offers free online access to the more than 160,000 hours(!) of television footage.

Some policy nerds may be nostalgic for Dee Dee Myers-era White House briefings or Congressional budget reconciliation meetings. But for the rest of us, the archive offers an abundance of fascinating interviews and lectures from non-politicos.

Check out some of the videos of  First Things ’ editors Richard John Neuhaus , Joseph Bottum , James Nuechterlein ; FT contributors Mary Eberstadt , Alan Jacobs , and Yuval Levin ; and FT board members Hadley Arkes , James Burtchaell , Eric Cohen , David Dalin , Midge Decter , Jean Bethke Elshtain , Suzanne Garment , Robert George , Mary Ann Glendon , Russell Hittinger , Glenn Loury , George Marsden , Wilfred M. McClay , Gilbert Meilaender , David Novak , Michael Novak , George Weigel , William Burleigh , and Peter Thiel .

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