Bonus: Longfellow's Wayside Inn
In this bonus episode, we explore a listener requested topic of colonial inns and taverns by investigating the history of the oldest inn still in operation: Longfellow’s Wayside Inn. The Wayside Inn...
10 Apr 201528min
024 18th-Century Fashion and Material Culture
What can John Hancock’s suit tell you about the man who wore it? The clothing a person wears tells you a lot about them: Whether they are rich or poor, what kind of work they do, what colors they lik...
7 Apr 201559min
023 Early American History with the JuntoCast
Have you ever wondered what happens when four historians get together to talk about early American history? In this episode, we chat with three young and promising historians of early America: Michae...
31 Mar 20151h 5min
022 Deborah Read Franklin & Sally Franklin Bache: Benjamin Franklin's Women
Have you heard the saying that behind every great man stands a great woman? Vivian Bruce Conger, the Robert Ryan Professor in the Humanities at Ithaca College, joins us to explore the two great women...
24 Mar 201551min
021 Smuggling in Colonial America & Living History
Do you know that John Hancock was a smuggler? Smuggling presented a large problem for the imperial governments of Great Britain and France during the colonial period. Eugene Tesdahl, an Assistant Pr...
17 Mar 20151h 1min
020 Four Steeples Over the City Streets
Have you ever wondered about how early American men, women, and slaves worshipped? Religion played a large role in why some Europeans settled in British North America. The Puritans of New England, ...
10 Mar 201551min
019 The Colonial Boston Marketplace
Have you ever wondered where colonial Americans purchased their food? Although many colonial Americans lived in rural areas or on farms where they could grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs, graze thei...
3 Mar 201548min
018 Our Declaration
Do you know who authored the Declaration of Independence? If you answered “Thomas Jefferson,” you would be wrong. Jefferson merely wrote the first draft of a document others created. In this episode...
24 Feb 201548min
