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Brandywine: Defeat on the Road to Victory
Season 1 Episode 79
In this episode, we explore the Battle of Brandywine, the largest single-day battle of the American Revolution, and the chaotic campaign that led to …
5 hours ago
Book Review: The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker
Season 1 Episode 78
In this episode, we offer a deep dive synopsis of Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s upcoming nonfiction book, The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A T…
3 days, 5 hours ago
The 1777 British Invasion of Delaware
Season 1 Episode 72
In this episode, we follow the British invasion of Delaware in 1777 and the grueling campaign that led to the Battle of Brandywine and the fall of Ph…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Criminal Life of Isaac M. Buzzard
Season 1 Episode 71
This episode centers on the life and legend of Ike Buzzard, one of the most infamous members of the Buzzard Gang, a band of brothers who operated out…
3 weeks ago
The Shifter: Lancaster County’s Railroad Sandwich
Season 1 Episode 70
Discover the story behind the shifter, a ham-and-cheese sandwich found almost exclusively in Columbia and Marietta. Born from the region’s railroad c…
1 month ago
American Shad: The Fish That Built America
Season 1 Episode 69
Discover how the humble American shad became one of the most influential fish in American history. This episode explores its remarkable migration, it…
1 month ago
Susanna Wright: The Susquehanna Muse and Colonial Polymath
Season 1 Episode 68
This episode explores the extraordinary life of Susanna Wright, an 18th-century polymath born on August 4, 1697, who emerged as one of the most remar…
1 month, 1 week ago
William Whipper: Weaponizing Capitalism for Freedom
Season 1 Episode 67
Discover the extraordinary life of William Whipper, a Lancaster County-born Black businessman and abolitionist who used his wealth, lumberyard, railc…
1 month, 1 week ago
Wind Cave: Geology, Cave Rats, and Rescue
Season 1 Episode 66
Deep beneath Lancaster County’s Clark Nature Preserve lies Wind Cave, a freezing, 2,000-foot labyrinth formed by the shifting and fracturing of ancie…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How Canals Reshaped Rural America
Season 1 Episode 65
In this episode, we explore the brief but transformative canal boom that reshaped early America. From the Erie Canal and Pennsylvania's vast canal ne…
1 month, 2 weeks ago