Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAn Overview of the European Settlement of the Northeast Before 1650
Season 1 Episode 137
In podcast time, we’ve been knocking around the northeast of today’s United States for just about two years, starting with the Popham colony episodes…
2 years, 7 months ago
The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 2
Season 1 Episode 136
While the first English Civil War rages, Leonard Calvert returns to the Chesapeake in September 1644, after having been away for a bit more than a ye…
2 years, 8 months ago
The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 1
Season 1 Episode 135
This is the first of two episodes that recounts Maryland's "Plundering Time," when the English Civil War spilled into the Chesapeake. Protestants wou…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sidebar: More Notes on Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 134
This episode will be easier to follow if you have recently listened to our previous Thanksgiving Sidebar, "Notes on Thanksgiving." Thanksgiving is le…
2 years, 9 months ago
Opechancanough’s Last Stand
Season 1 Episode 133
It is early spring 1644, and Europeans are fighting Indians in New Netherland and Maryland. In Virginia, though, it is quiet. It has been twelve year…
2 years, 9 months ago
Sidebar: Salina Baker on the Life of General Nathanael Greene
Season 1 Episode 132
Salina Baker lives in Austin - my town - and has just published “The Line of Splendor,” a biographical novel of the life of General Nathanael Greene…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Furry Geopolitics of the Eastern Seaboard 1630s-1660s
Season 1 Episode 131
The goal of this "high altitude" episode is to establish a framework for forthcoming episodes covering the period between roughly 1640 and 1670. We …
2 years, 9 months ago
Willem Kieft's War
Season 1 Episode 130
It is the early 1640s. The Dutch, who have done their level best to foster good relations with the local Indians because war isn't good for business…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sidebar: Columbus Counterfactuals Revised
Season 1 Episode 129
As has become our tradition around Columbus Day, we speculate on various might-have-beens - for example, what if Columbus had sailed for a different …
2 years, 10 months ago
Philadelphia Area Meet-up Details and a Book Recommendation
Season 1 Episode 128
The main purpose of this micro-episode is to give you the details on the much ballyhooed Philadelphia area meet-up of fans of the podcast. The date …
2 years, 10 months ago