306 The Horse's Tail
The words of the Declaration of Independence are not the only aspect of the American Revolution that carry power. Visual and material objects from during and after the Revolution also carry power and ...
2 Jul 20211h 2min
305 Speaking with the Dead in Early America
Death is one of the few universals in life. Everyone who is born, will die. How do the living make peace with death? While different cultures make peace with death in different ways, Erik Seeman join...
22 Jun 202154min
304 On Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a state holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slavery ended in Texas. Over the last decade, a push to make Juneteenth a national holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in t...
8 Jun 202153min
303 An Early History of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Gulf Coast was the home of many different peoples, cultures, and empires during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. According to some historians, the Gulf Coast region may have b...
25 Mai 202154min
302 From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 2
Before its eradication in 1980, smallpox was the most feared disease in many parts of the world. Known as the “king of terrors” and the “disease of diseases” the search for a way to lessen and avoid s...
11 Mai 202153min
301 From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1
Smallpox was the most feared disease in North America and in many parts of the world before its eradication in 1980. So how did early Americans live with smallpox and work to prevent it? How did they ...
27 Apr 202147min
300 Vast Early America
What do historians wish more people better understood about early American history and why do they wish people had that better understanding? In celebration of the 300th episode of Ben Franklin’s Wor...
13 Apr 20211h 7min
299 Colonial Virginia Portraits
What can a portrait reveal about the history of colonial British America? Portraits were both deeply personal and yet collaborative artifacts left behind by people of the past. When historians look a...
6 Apr 202141min
