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
239 Travel and Post in Early America
How did the postal system work in Early America? How did people send mail across the North American colonies and the British Empire? Joseph Adelman, an Assistant Professor of History at Framingham St...
21 Maj 201938min
238 Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold is an intriguing figure. He was both a military hero who greatly impacted and furthered the American War for Independence with his bravery on the battlefield and someone who did someth...
14 Maj 20191h 13min
