Mike Tells the Stories of Houston & Texas 

​With decades of experience as a TV and radio personality, actor and stand up comedian, you can rest assured that Mike Vance is a master storyteller, not a dry academic. He has been lecturing about state and local history topics for over a dozen years. From Rice University's Continuing Studies to heritage organizations  to independent living communities, audiences enjoy learning and laughing. A list of current lecture topics is below. Most lectures are designed to run 45 minutes to an hour, but some have shorter versions. The ones marked are slightly more than an hour long. Mike is happy to come speak to your group in person or via Zoom. A fee will apply. Use the form below to discuss scheduling and speaker honorarium.

• Getting Away with Bloody Murder
• The Alamo- slightly over 1 hour
• Goliad- slightly over 1 hour
• San Jacinto- slightly over 1 hour
• Spanish Texas- slightly over 1 hour
• San Felipe and American Settlement- slightly over 1 hour
• Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Politics of Revolution- slightly over 1 hour
• Forced to Form a Government- slightly over 1 hour
• The Tenuous Republic - slightly over 1 hour
• Texas in WWII
• Historic Houston True Crime
• Houston History 101 - slightly over 1 hour
• The History of the Port of Houston
• Early Houston Baseball History
• Segregated Baseball in Houston
• Race After Jackie: Baseball and Civil Rights
• Houston Sports from 1900-1950
• Texas Women in WWII
• Houston Before 1930
• Houston's Founders
• Turning Texas History into Film
• Teaching History Through Biography
• Vice, Murder & Infamy in Houston
• Bonnie & Clyde
• Houston in the 1920s - slightly over 1 hour
• Houston in the 1930s - slightly over 1 hour
• Houston in the 1940s - slightly over 1 hour
• Houston in the 1950s - slightly over 1 hour
• Houston in the 1960s - slightly over 1 hour
• Houston in the 1970s - slightly over 1 hour