247 BFW Road Trip: Schoharie Crossing
A “little short of madness.” That is how Thomas Jefferson responded when two delegates from New York approached him with the idea to build the Erie Canal in January 1809. Jefferson’s comment did not ...
16 Juli 201941min
246 BFW Road Trip: Château de Ramezay
Did Canada almost join the American Revolution? Bruno Paul Stenson, a historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site in Montréal, joins us to discuss how the American Revolution...
9 Juli 201945min
245 Celebrating the Fourth
It wasn’t always fireworks on the fourth. John Adams predicted Americans would celebrate the Second of July, the day Congress voted in favor of independence, "with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games,...
2 Juli 20191h 13min
244 Shoe Stories From Early America
There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we should practice empathy and try to understand people before we cast judgement. As it happens, this exp...
25 Juni 20191h 2min
243 Revolutionary Print Networks
For the American Revolution to be successful, it needed ideas people could embrace and methods for spreading those ideas. It also needed ways for revolutionaries to coordinate across colonial lines. ...
18 Juni 20191h 6min
242 An Early History of Delaware
Delaware may be the second smallest state in the United States, but it has a BIG, rich history that can tell us much about the history of early America. David Young, the Executive Director of the De...
11 Juni 201952min
241 Pearls and the Nature of the Spanish Empire
Spain became the first European power to use the peoples, resources, and lands of the Americas and Caribbean as the basis for its Atlantic Empire. How did this empire function and what wealth was Spa...
4 Juni 201959min
240 Biography and a Biographer's Work
Have you ever had one of those really conversations where the person was so fascinating that you wished the conversation didn’t have to end? Flora Fraser joins us for one of those conversations. We’l...
28 Maj 201946min
