Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Spanish on the Atlantic Coast and the Strange Story of Don Luis
Season 1 Episode 30
The year is 1566. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés has founded St. Augustine and ejected the French from Florida. In this episode, we are going to look at t…
5 years, 1 month ago
Sidebar: The Author and Signers of the Declaration of Independence, by Woodrow Wilson
Season 1 Episode 29
This episode is a “sidebar,” in this case way, way, way, off the timeline. The title of the episode is also the title of a speech given by Woodrow Wi…
5 years, 1 month ago
Pedro Menendez, the Founding of St. Augustine and the Slaughter of the Huguenots: The Other Side of the Story
Season 1 Episode 28
The title of today’s episode is Pedro Menendez, the Founding of St. Augustine and the Slaughter of the Huguenots: The Other Side of the Story. If y…
5 years, 1 month ago
Charlesfort and the Massacre at Fort Caroline
Season 1 Episode 27
This episode looks at the first Protestant attempt to settle the lands now encompassed by the United States, the French expeditions to Parris Island,…
5 years, 2 months ago
Calamity at Pensacola
Season 1 Episode 26
In this eclectic episode we round up various minor Spanish incursions into today's United States, including the "discovery" of San Diego, the origin …
5 years, 2 months ago
Sidebar: Taking Stock
Season 1 Episode 25
Our 25th episode is a Sidebar, "Taking Stock." I talk about the origins of the podcast, and how its approach to history fits in with today's trends i…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 2
Season 1 Episode 24
In this episode we conclude the story of the Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest. By the spring of 1540, a few hundred Spaniards, a few fre…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 1
Season 1 Episode 23
We are now in late May 1539, almost exactly 482 years ago as I write this. Friar Marcos is alone with a bunch of Indios Amigos – literally, friendly …
5 years, 3 months ago
Esteban and the Prelude to the Coronado Expedition
Season 1 Episode 22
This episode welcomes back our old friend from the Cabeza de Vaca saga, Esteban, and the advance scouting work he led, with a drunken friar, for the …
5 years, 3 months ago
Sidebar: A Pirate's Tale
Season 1 Episode 21
Back in April 2021, as we traveled the Florida Keys for a vacation much-deserved by my wife, who has been working very hard, and not-at-all deserved …
5 years, 3 months ago