C-SPAN former co-CEO and longtime on-air host. Editor, “The Presidents,” First Ladies” published by Public Affairs

Joined April 2012
472 Photos and videos
Susan Swain retweeted
We are devastated by the sudden loss of Gordon Wood. Known to many as one of the foremost scholars on the American Revolution, Gordon was also a teacher of generations of students and other historians who, like him, help us better understand who we are as a country and a people. He will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with his family, his many friends and all who he touched throughout his remarkable life.
23
371
2,945
134,396
RIP: acclaimed historian Gordon Wood who died yesterday at age 92. c-span.org/person/gordon-s-w…

1
1
11
493
Susan Swain retweeted
Cherry and magnolia blossoms can now be seen all over the #USCapitol campus. 🌸🩷🌸
21
342
2,398
70,639
Susan Swain retweeted
11 Dec 2025
It's official! All three C-SPAN Networks are now available on Hulu Live TV. Unfiltered coverage of Congress, the White House, and the issues that matter—straight to your screen. Visit Hulu to subscribe today.
3
5
16
132,393
Thank you @YouTubeTV for making the decision to add @cspan channels to your lineup. Your company now joins in the #publicservice tradition begun in 1979 by America’s cable companies of offering noncommercial coverage of #Congress to your customers.
4 Dec 2025
It's official! All three C-SPAN Networks are now available on YouTubeTV. Visit tv.youtube.com for details!
2
5
10
1,338
Watch live coverage of Senate vote on C-SPAN 2 or @cspan app.
(Bloomberg) -- The record-breaking US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to would support a deal to reopen the government and fund some departments and agencies for the next year, per @StevenTDennis and @elwasson.
1
551
Hey ⁦@BookTV⁩: th⁦e 2025 Charleston Literary Festival is underway with more than 90 authors. Will you be covering any this year? Charlestonliteraryfestivsl.c…. #books #readers
1
5
251
#Halloween concert at the US Naval Academy chapel. Phantom of the Opera, midshipman style. #USNavy
1
186
Susan Swain retweeted
3 Sep 2025
Looking forward to partnering with @CSPAN to bring coverage of America’s 250th birthday to @youtube and @youtubetv!
3 Sep 2025
Thank you to @nealmohan, Mary Ellen Coe and the entire @YouTube team for helping to bring @cspan to millions more Americans. Looking forward to our partnership.
15
15
62
20,100
We are so pleased that @YouTube and @Hulu are now adding @cspan networks to their video packages. This will bring our longform coverage of Congress, the White House and #SCOTUS to millions more households —an important public service by @Google and @Disney.
3 Sep 2025
#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to @YouTube and @Hulu this fall! Press Release: C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV Press Release: C-SPAN.org/Hulu
11
29
3,201
Susan Swain retweeted
22 Jun 2025
President Trump Statement on U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites - LIVE at 10pm ET on C-SPAN c-span.org/event/white-house…
13
24
48
29,019
That’s me onstage last night w historian Rick Atkinson in ⁦@KennebunkportME⁩ for a lively conversation about the characters and lessons of the #RevolutionaryWar. And we got to help support the town’s Louis Graves Library. #FateoftheDay #A250 #nonfiction #bestseller
2
1
16
758
Today from @pkcapitol: “What’s perplexing to the congressional supporters of C-SPAN (@cspan) is why such major corporations have put up a fight over something that is barely a rounding error to their financial books.” cc: @YouTubeTV @Google @hulu washingtonpost.com/politics/…
3
15
25
14,053
Susan Swain retweeted
Here's the text to the 20 changes to the "One, Big Beautiful Bill" included in the recessions package rule. If the "self-executing" rule is approved by the House, these changes to the OBBB would automatically take place. rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su…
2
3
4
1,423
39 years ago today, the #USSenate began televising its sessions, carried in their entirety by @cspan 2 as a #publicservice. It took 7 years after the #USHouse launched TV for senators to agree to camera coverage. ttps://www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?senate-on-tv
1
6
10
1,837
Thank you @farhip for explaining that @cspan ‘s petition for carriage to @Google @YouTubeTV and @Disney @hulu is an existential one for our unique #publicservice
13 May 2025
“It’s About Keeping C-SPAN Alive”: Behind the network’s fight for survival with Google/YouTube, Disney/Hulu and other streaming TV platforms. Latest by me for ⁦⁦@VanityFair⁩: vanityfair.com/news/story/cs…
2
7
11
3,347
Susan Swain retweeted
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, fired by President Trump on May 8, 2025, appeared on @BookTV @cspan dozens of times in her 9 year tenure. Here's the archive. @librarycongress c-span.org/person/carla-d-ha…

2
4
5
744
Great sleuthing! 13 years later ⁦@BillAdairDuke⁩ tracks down “Brian from Michigan” to apologize for not responding truthfully to his question during C-SPAN’s ⁦@cspanwj⁩ call-in program via ⁦@CJR⁩ cc:⁦@cspancjr.org/analysis/politifact-…
3
3
243