The Great Courses

Announcing the 2025 lineup of travel opportunities with The Great Courses Journeys! Take a music history tour of Vienna or explore England's many literary sights, led by a trusted expert from The Great Courses.

The Waltz in Wien: The Second Viennese School with Dr. Robert Greenberg

Hallowed Ground: Revisiting WWI France with David R. Stone

Enchanted England with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman

The Spirit of Cuba: from Colonial Trinidad to Havana's Future with Joyce E. Salisbury

Great British Mysteries with Maureen Corrigan

Where will your curiosity take you? Visit www.thegreatcoursesjourneys.com to reserve your place on one of these incredible, small-group tours.

We may not be a pharaoh, but we think our new name deserves some special attention, too!

Starting on June 4, the streaming service known as Wondrium will transform back into The Great Courses Plus.

The service will still have the award-winning professors and courses you know and love, plus new releases and never-before-streamed classics from The Great Courses vault every month.

On the evening of Sunday, March 12, 1933, only eight days after his swearing in as the 32nd president of the United States, Roosevelt took to the airwaves for the first time. The nation was in the throes of its worst economic depression in history, and Roosevelt had to reassure the nation. Radio was the means to do so.

That broadcast was the first of 31 informal “fireside chats” that Roosevelt would deliver through a bevy of microphones from different stations and networks to an audience of millions of Americans brought together by the radio.

Relive more moments in US history with Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour through American History. Stream now on Wondrium. https://www.wondrium.com/experiencing-america-a-smithsonian-tour-through-american-history