Liz Cheney for president in 2024? Perhaps.

Dick Cheney for president in 1996? Perhaps.

As speculation swirls around Liz Cheney potentially running for president, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" looks back to her father spending a year testing the waters, with speaking gigs in Iowa and New Hampshire and around the country.

In the end, did Dick Cheney run and become the Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1996?

The answer is finally revealed in "The Weekly."

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Shana Tova! This week's "The Weekly" podcast demonstrates you don't have to be Jewish to mark the Jewish New Year.

From Presidents like Barack Obama and George W. Bush to Vice Presidents like Dan Quayle and Al Gore to Senators like Patrick Leahy and John McCain -- hear non-Jewish politicians talk about Rosh Hashanah.

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On May 16, 1991, Queen Elizabeth made Congress laugh.

Even though many British prime ministers have addressed Joint Meetings of Congress over the decades, this was the first -- and still only -- time a British monarch has had the honor. In this special British-flavored episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly" to mark the Queen's passing, we revisit that speech: The serious moments reflecting the Gulf War victory ... plus Her Majesty's opening joke that brought down the House .... of Representatives.

With special guest appearances by John Major, Tony Blair, Christopher Hitchens, and a Kennedy.

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On Friday, September 9, 2022, President Biden will be in Ohio for the groundbreaking of the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility. When Biden signed the CHIPS Act last month, he said it would create "more than 1 million construction jobs alone over the next six years building semiconductor factories in America."

Biden wasn't the first president -- or presidential candidate -- to promise millions of jobs from a government program. He's just the most recent in a lonnnnnggggg line who have done so. On the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly," hear Presidents since Ronald Reagan make the Million Jobs Promise.

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Hey all you teachers and all you parents, and all you professors and all you students: Season #2 of the C-SPAN in the Classroom podcast drops this fall!

Whether you're mowing the yard, on a peaceful weekend drive, or just relaxing on the couch with your favorite blanket, make sure to tune in to the first episode of Season #2 of C-SPAN in the Classroom on September 10th, available at c-span.org, on the free C-SPAN Now app, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to like, subscribe, and share, and visit us at www.c-span.org/classroom.

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As the National; Book Festival approaches its 22nd year, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" looks back at its history: Where "Reader-In-Chief" Laura Bush got the idea, how she implemented it ... and how the National Book Festival's history has been intertwined with familiar current events -- like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, presidential campaigns -- and even Vladimir Putin's ex-wife.

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It's been one year since "The Weekly" podcast began its current format. How do we mark the anniversary? In this "best-of" episode, a Top Ten List: Top Ten favorite clips from year one. Plus a bonus clip we never played but probably should have.

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"The Weekly" podcast says farewell to colorful British Prime Minster Boris Johnson by joining him at the movies. The American movies. We remember how he mixed policy and politics with references to American cinema classics such as The Terminator, The Godfather, Star Wars, Scarface, and many more Hollywood offerings -- not least of which, the Muppet Movie.

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Think MAGA -- and think Trump. But even before Donald Trump ran for president, a long line of Republicans already wanted to Make America Great Again. Hear from Republican presidents and Republican presidential candidates not named Trump, who campaigned with MAGA in mind. 

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Donald Trump made MAGA famous. But Democratic presidents and presidential candidates have been saying Make America Great Again for years before Trump. In this episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly," we look back at Democrats running for president who said they wanted America to be great again. And in the following week's podcast, we remember Republicans who also wanted America to be great again – before Donald Trump.

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