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First Ladies of the United States
Episode 48
Don talks to former White House reporter Kate Andersen Brower about how the role of First Lady has changed - and stayed the same - since the 1960s. S…
3 years, 3 months ago
New Amsterdam
Episode 47
Before New York was New York, it was New Amsterdam. Dutch colonists arrived on the East Coast in the early 17th century, creating the New Netherlands…
3 years, 3 months ago
George III - The Last King of America
Episode 46
George III is forever known as the king who lost the 13 American colonies. In the US he is thought of by many as a tyrant king, taxing and subduing f…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Race That Sold The Car To America
Episode 45
On a cold winter morning in February 1908, six cars lined up in Times Square, attempting to be the first to drive from New York to Paris, the long wa…
3 years, 4 months ago
America and the Haiti Revolution
Episode 44
The revolution in Haiti freed the country from French control and created the first Black republic after years of fighting, in 1804. Leslie Alexander…
3 years, 4 months ago
Samuel Adams
Episode 43
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Samuel Adams was a political force of nature. Stacy Schiff tells Don how Adams, fuelled by disconte…
3 years, 4 months ago
Harriet Tubman
Episode 42
Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most famous African American woman in the world, but she’s usually remembered in two-dimensions - the hero of the under…
3 years, 4 months ago
A History of New York in 3 Hotels
Episode 41
The Waldorf-Astoria, the Plaza and the Algonquin all tell their own stories of New York City. Don talks to Anthony Melchiorri, host of Travel Channel…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Battle of Valcour Island
Episode 40
The first naval engagement of the American War of Independence took place on Lake Champlain, which straddles modern-day New York state and Vermont an…
3 years, 4 months ago
Jamestown
Episode 39
In late April 1607, three ships carrying a hundred men and boys arrived in Chesapeake Bay, having set sail from London four months earlier. They trav…
3 years, 4 months ago