A History of the United States

Episode 199 - Black Spartacus

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT

This week we restart the narrative. Continuing our discussion about slavery from last time, we move to the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint Louverture.

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Episode 198 - Not Yet the Dawn

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:00:00 GMT

This week we have our final episode in the narrative pause. We discuss slavery. We discuss anti-slavery. And we discuss why anti-slavery didn't work.

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Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:30:00 GMT

This week we look at women's rights in the early republic, focusing in on the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792.

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Episode 196 - Theologycast 4

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:30:00 GMT

This week we look at religion in the early republic, exploring the Methodists and Baptists in particular.

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Episode 195 - Education, Education, Education

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:30:00 GMT

This week we look at the spread of education in the early republic, along with the spread of the postal system.

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Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:30:00 GMT

This week we explore how how John Marshall helped create the Private Corporation.

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Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:30:00 GMT

This week we explore how Jefferson attempted to weaken the Supreme Court, and what Marshall did to strengthen it.

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Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:15:00 GMT

This week we explore the Judiciary. We look at the relationship Americans of the Early Republic had with Judges, taking the story up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.

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Episode 191 - How About This Weather?

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:15:00 GMT

This week we explore climate science. We look at what impacts the climate, how it works, and how this was impacting our narrative.

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Episode 190 - You looking at me?

Mon, 26 May 2025 13:15:00 GMT

This week we explore violence in the early American Republic. We look at factors which may have contributed to rising violence, such as alcoholism, and how this manifested across the nation.

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Episode 189 - Columbia and Banks

Mon, 05 May 2025 13:15:00 GMT

This week we talk about two topics, the founding of Washington DC and the early history of American banking.

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Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:30:00 GMT

This week we open the Jefferson Administraion as he attempts to undo all the Federalists had done.

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Episode 187 - The Election of 1800

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:30:00 GMT

This week we cover the constitutional crisis that was the Election of 1800, as Federalists ask the question "Jefferson or Burr?".

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Episode 186 - The Adams Army

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

This week we catch up Hamilton as he navigates the Reynolds Affair and the New Army.

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Episode 185 - Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the Alien and Sedition Acts as the Adams Administration wrestles with a culture war.

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Episode 184 - The Adams Administration

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the election of 1796 and the XYZ Affair.

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Episode 183 - Washington's Farewell

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 14:00:00 GMT

This week we let Washington close his administraion in his own words.

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Episode 182 - Citizen Genet

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the our last topic of the Washington administration, Citizen Genet and the issue of neutrality.

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Episode 181 - Democratic-Republican Ideology

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:00:00 GMT

This week we examine the Democratic-Republicans as they start to become a more powerful group, asking what was the ideology that held them together.

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Episode 180 - Let's Get the Parties Started

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 15:00:00 GMT

This week we examine the early 'Republican Interest' in its battles with the Federalist government, exploring how Hamilton and Jefferson argued while Washington tried to hold his administration together.

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Episode 179 - Jefferson and Madison, Best Friends Forever

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

This week we turn to the growing political fragmentation during the Washington Administration. We discuss how Madison's opinions changed over time, how he became more distant from Hamilton, and ultimately formed a close friendship with Thomas Jefferson.

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Episode 178 - The Treaty of Greenville

Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

This week we finish looking at the westward migration of the early 1790s, finishing off with the Northwest Indian War.

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Episode 177 - Yazoo

Mon, 06 May 2024 13:00:00 GMT

This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on Federal interactions with Indians. We look at the Treaty of New York, and how this was undone by the Yazoo Companies.

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Episode 176 - Cooperstown

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

This week we continue to look at the westward migration, this time focusing on the Federal Government's attempt to manage it. We then look at Cooperstown, one of the success stories of the 1790s.

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Episode 175 - Daniel Boone

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the life of Daniel Boone, one of the early pioneers and folk heroes.

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Episode 174 - End of the Bottle

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 14:15:00 GMT

This week, the Whiskey Rebellion comes to a close.

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Episode 173 - The March on Pittsburgh

Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:15:00 GMT

This week, the rebels march on Pittsburgh and Washington issues a warning.

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Episode 172 - The Whiskey Rebellion

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:15:00 GMT

This week, we cover the outbreak of the Whiskey Rebellion in the summer of 1794.

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Episode 171 - Philadelphia Fever

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 15:15:00 GMT

This week, we watch tensions rise over 1793 and 1794, complicated by Yellow Fever.

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Episode 170 - The Whiskey Tax

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 12:15:00 GMT

This week, Hamilton looks to raise revenues through a Whiskey Tax, which swiftly starts to go wrong.

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Episode 169 - The Cause of, and Solution to, All of Life's Problems

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 12:45:00 GMT

This week we turn our attention to the western frontier as we explore the origins of the whiskey rebellion.

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Episode 168 - Hamilton's Financial Plan

Sun, 14 May 2023 12:45:00 GMT

This week we follow Hamilton's battle to get his four point financial plan approved.

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Where has Jamie Been?

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 14:30:00 GMT

Explainer why there have been no episodes lately.

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Episode 167 - Prime Minister Hamilton

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 12:50:00 GMT

This week we cover the creation of the initial federal departments, focusing in particular on the treasury and the idea of national debt.

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Episode 166 - The Bill of Rights

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 13:00:00 GMT

This week we explore the creation of the Bill of Rights, discussing how and why they took the form they did.

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Episode 165 - The First Congress

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:00:00 GMT

This week we introduce Congress as the House and Senate get to work. We also look at Washington's attempts to establish the right tone for the Presidency.

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Episode 164 - The French Revolution Part 2

Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:00:00 GMT

This week we conclude a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.

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Episode 163 - The French Revolution Part 1

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:00:00 GMT

This week we begin a high-speed overview of the French Revolution.

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Episode 162 - Ratification

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the ratification process for the constitution as the Federalists and Antifederalists fought a war of words across the country.

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Episode 161 - The Constitution

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:00:00 GMT

The Constitution.

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Episode 160 - The Constitutional Convention Part 4 - The Imperial Congress

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 14:00:00 GMT

This week the Constitutional Convention wraps up as we cover the final debates - the power of Congress, the election of the President, trade and slavery. I also discuss my new book.

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Episode 159 - The Constitutional Convention Part 3 - The Connecticut Compromise

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:00:00 GMT

This week the Constitutional Convention continues as the small states propose the New Jersey Plan, before eventually the Connecticut Compromise is reached.

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Episode 158 - The Constitutional Convention Part 2 - The Virginia Plan

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 15:00:00 GMT

This week the Constitutional Convention begins with Madison proposing The Virginia Plan.

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Episode 157 - The Constitutional Convention Part 1 - The Attendees

Sun, 29 May 2022 11:00:00 GMT

This week we begin discussions of the 1787 Constitutional Convention by introducing the Delegates.

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State of the Podcast - I'll be back soon!

Sun, 15 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT

Quick update on my writers block around the constitutional convention.

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Episode 156 - The Federalists

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:00:00 GMT

This week we catch up with Alexander Hamilton, introduce James Madison, and cover the beginnings of the Federalist movement up to the Annapolis Convention of 1786.

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Episode 155 - Shays' Rebellion

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at how the unhappiness of the 1780s exploded in Massachusetts.

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Episode 154 - It's a Postwar Depression, Stupid!

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT

This week we start to explore the economic crisis that engulfed the United States in the 1780s.

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Episode 153 - The Articles of Confederation

Sun, 12 Dec 2021 17:00:00 GMT

This week we creation of the first US constitution, the Articles of Confederation. We also look at the problems this constitution caused.

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Episode 152 - The Treaty of Paris (1783)

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 17:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the events that led to the 1783 Treaty of Paris, bringing a peace between Britain, France, Spain and the newly formed United States.

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Episode 151 - The Battle of Yorktown

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the last year of the American Revolution, and the final battle - Yorktown.

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Episode 150 - The Revolutionary South

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:30:00 GMT

This week we track the events in South Carolina and Georgia during the Revolutionary War, as well as looking at Benedict Arnold, bringing the war up to 1780.

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Episode 149 - French Connection US

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look what happened as the French joined the war and the northern theatre became trapped in a stalemate.

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Episode 148 - Saratoga

Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the campaign in Canada as the British suffer a massive defeat and France joins the war.

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Episode 147 - Philadelphia Falls

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the Washington's time in Valley Forge and evaluate the career of Howe.

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Episode 146 - Philadelphia Falls

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 16:00:00 GMT

This week we the British decide they want to capture Philadelphia, for some reason.

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Episode 145 - The Crisis

Sun, 09 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT

This week we talk about revolutionary war in 1776 as the British push the Patriots westward.

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Episode 144 - All Men Are Created Equal

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:00:00 GMT

This week we talk about slavery at the time of the revolution, as well as the campaigns of mid-1776 in New York.

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Intelligent Speech 2021

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:00:01 GMT

Intelligent Speech 2021.

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Episode 143 - Declaration of Independence

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the Declaration of Independence.

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Episode 142 - Common Sense

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the British reaction to the outbreak of the revolutionary war and how this drove Americans towards independence. We also look at Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

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Episode 141 - The Invasion of Canada

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:00:00 GMT

This week the Patriot forces attempt to capture Canada from the British.

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Episode 140 - Lexington and Concord

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 15:50:00 GMT

This week the American Revolution begins! We cover the battles of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill, as well as look at Washington being made Commander in Chief by the Second Continental Congress.

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Episode 139 - Britain Chooses War

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:30:00 GMT

This week we look at the decisions that to Britain taking military action against the American patriot forces.

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Episode 138 - The First Continental Congress

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:30:00 GMT

This week we look at the Declaration of Rights made by the First Continental Congress.

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Episode 137 - The Boston Tea Party

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at how a crisis in the East India Company triggered the chain reaction that would blow up the British Empire.

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Episode 136 - The Boston Massacre

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the British attempts to establish colonies in Canada and Florida, as well as American expansion in the interior. Then we turn to Boston for events in 1770.

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Episode 135 - The Townshend Crisis

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the fallout to the Townshend Acts in America, which ultimately forces Britain to relent. We also introduce the new Prime Minister, Lord North.

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Episode 134 - The Townshend Acts

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the brief and destructive period where Townshend dominated the British government, passed the Townshend Acts, and set up the war for independence.

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Episode 133 - Townshend

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the fall of the Rockingham Ministry, Pitt's insanity, and introduce Charles Townshend to centre stage.

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Episode 132 - Repeal of the Stamp Act

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 17:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the repeal of the Stamp Act in Parliament as Pitt gives the speech of his life.

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Episode 131 - The Adams Family

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we introduce John and Abigail Adams, as well as looking at how women were crucial in the Stamp Act protests.

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Episode 130 - Hutchinson vs The Mob

Sun, 17 May 2020 15:00:00 GMT

This week the Sons of Liberty begin to organise mobs to fight back against the Stamp Act, with the situation in Boston escalating.

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Episode 129 - The Virginia Resolves

Sun, 03 May 2020 15:00:00 GMT

This week Grenville falls and the Rockingham Ministry is born, while we introduce Patrick Henry as the Stamp Act hits America.

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Episode 128 - The Stamp Act

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:00:00 GMT

This week we follow as Prime Minister Grenville plants two timebombs in America, the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act.

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Episode 127 - The Currency Act

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week we turn to the American Currencies Act, and introduce Sam Adams into the narrative as opposition to the British grows in Boston.

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Episode 126 - The Sugar Act

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:00:00 GMT

This week Grenville hangs onto powerin Westminster while trying to bring in more money. He passes the first of his big new laws, the American Duties Act, more commonly known as the Sugar Act.

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Episode 125 - Pontiac's War Part 2

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:00:00 GMT

This week the British try to undo the damage done to the Indian relationship over the previous episodes.

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Episode 124 - Pontiac's War

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the Indian response to British actions as Pontiac's War breaks out across North America.

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Episode 123 - Connecticut Invades Wyoming

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:40:00 GMT

This week we cover the fall of Bute in London, and recap the postwar situation in North America, going into detail with Connecticut's invasion of Wyoming.

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Episode 122 - The Treaty of Paris (1763)

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:40:00 GMT

This week we recap the Seven Years War and cover the Treaty of Paris.

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Episode 121 - The Miracle of the House of Brandenburg

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:40:00 GMT

This week we bring the Seven Years War to a close with a Prussian miracle and a series of British adventures in Havana and Manilla.

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Episode 120 - Fall of Pitt

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the events of 1761 as Pitt falls from power while Spain and Portugal enter the war.

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Episode 119 - The Cherokee War

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the event that dominated the southern colonies in the early 1760s, the Cherokee War.

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Episode 118 - The Old George is Dead, Long Live the George

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 20:00:00 GMT

This week we catch up with Frederick across 1759 and 1760 before covering the death of George II and bringing Lord Bute to the stage.

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Episode 117 - Montreal

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:00:00 GMT

This week we follow the British as the complete the conquest of New France and review the war.

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Episode 116 - Annus Mirabilis. Part 3

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:00:00 GMT

This week we complete the story of 1759 with events in Europe and the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

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Episode 115 - Annus Mirabilis. Part 2

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 14:00:00 GMT

This week we continue the story of 1759 as the British move on Quebec.

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Episode 114 - Annus Mirabilis. Part 1

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:00:00 GMT

This week we start a three episode series on 1759 when the war tips towards the British.

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Episode 113 - Threadbare Bells

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the world in 1758 as Frederick gets worn down in Prussia and we introduce West Africa into the narrative.

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Episode 112 - Good Things Come in Threes

Sun, 19 May 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we continue to look at 1758 as the British make attacks on Louisbourg, Fort Frontenac and Fort Duquesne.

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Episode 111 - Fort Carillon

Mon, 06 May 2019 18:00:00 GMT

This week we turn to 1758 in the colonies as Pitt's Chathamite system begins to take effect. The British try to push up the Lake Champlain corridor by attacking Fort Carillon.

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Episode 110 - The Chathamite System

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week the British have a major course correction as Pitt redesigns the Brittish approach to the war.

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Episode 109 - More Disasters

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:00:00 GMT

This week we look at more things going wrong for the British as they try take Louisbourg.

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Episode 108 - The Fort William Henry Massacre

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:00:00 GMT

This week we the British set out their plans for 1757, and suffer another disaster at Fort William Henry.

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Episode 107 - The Inter-Ministerium

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:00:00 GMT

This week we look at military disaster for Prussia, political turmoil in Westminster, and I go on a pointless digression about Kaliningrad .

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Episode 106 - All Chaos on the Western Front

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:00:00 GMT

This week we cover Washington's frustration in Virginia, and the rise of Franklin's political stock in Pennsylvania.

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Episode 105 - Oswego

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:30:00 GMT

This week we return to North America to introduce Loudoun and Montcalm into the narrative, and cover the disaster at Fort Oswego.

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Episode 104 - Pitt takes Power

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the outbreak of official war as Britain declares war on France, Prussia invades Saxony, and Newcastle falls from power. We also briefly dive into Indian history to introduce the Mughals and the Carnatic wars.

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Episode 103 - Pitt and Fox

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at how disasters in North America destabilised Newcastle's ministry, forcing him to turn to William Pitt or Henry Fox. We also look at how the situation in Europe edged closer to war.

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Episode 102 - Monogahela

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:00:00 GMT

The British executre their very bad plan in 1755.

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Episode 101 - Wildcard

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 12:50:00 GMT

The British come up with a very bad plan.

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Episode 100 - Fort Necessity

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 12:15:00 GMT

The first battles of the French and Indian War.

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Episode 99 - George Washington

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:30:00 GMT

This week we introduce a young George Washington into the narrative as the French and British conflict in the Ohio comes to a head.

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Episode 98 - Ohio Country

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:30:00 GMT

This week we look at how the French moved into the Ohio in the early 1750s, and the reaction to events back in London.

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Episode 97 - French and Indians

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 11:30:00 GMT

This week we return to North America. We look at the rise of the Iroquois, and the beginnings of their colapsing authority in the Ohio Valley as the French and British watch.

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Episode 96 - Stately Quadrille

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:30:00 GMT

This week we turn to the stately quadrille, and the series of wars and diplomatic changes that happened during the early eighteenth century.

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Episode 95 - Benjamin Franklin

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 11:30:00 GMT

This week we introduce the first of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.

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Episode 94 - Thirteen Colonies

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:40:00 GMT

This week we look at issues with the phrase 'Thirteen Colonies', and explore North America in the mid-eighteenth century.

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Episode 93 - Mercantilism

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:40:00 GMT

Today we turn to Mercantilism.

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Episode 92 - Reboot

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:40:00 GMT

Today we analyse the state of the British Empire in the mid 1700s..

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Episode 91 - Anglicisation Strikes Back

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 19:40:00 GMT

In the last of our super in depth look at the colonies, we cover the brief government of Leisler before setting the stage for the reboot.

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Episode 90 - A New Hope

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:00:00 GMT

This week we look at New York during the Glorious Revolution.

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Episode 89 - Cranston and Empire

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:00:00 GMT

This week we rapidly take Rhode Island into the 1750s.

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Episode 88 - Cranston

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:20:00 GMT

This week we look at Rhode Island in the Glorious Revolution, and introduce Cranston into the narrative.

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Episode 87 - Ingorious Andros

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:20:00 GMT

This week we examine the governorship of Andros as the Dominion of New England rapidly fell apart.

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Episode 86 - The Dominion of New England

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:20:00 GMT

This week we cover creation of the Dominion of New England.

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Episode 85 - Penn's Pennsylvania

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 16:20:00 GMT

This week we turn north to cover the Quakers and the foundation of Pennslyvania.

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Episode 84 - Go West

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:00:00 GMT

This week we cover the geography of Virginia as the state began to push westwards.

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Episode 83 - Gooch

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:00:00 GMT

We look at the administration of Gooch, and the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Episode 82 - What's Next?

Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:00:00 GMT

This week we finish looking at Spotswood, and move on to Governor Gooch.

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Episode 81 - Pirates of the Chesapeake

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMT

This week we look at war against Indians, the tale of Blackbeard, and we introduce Benjamin Franklin into the narrative.

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Episode 80 - Spotswood

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:00:00 GMT

This week we go back to Virginia and cover the arrival of Governor Alexander Spotswood.

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Episode 79 - The Glorious Revolution

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 14:00:00 GMT

This week we cover a lot of events, getting into the Glorious Revolution, the Nine Years War, and the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Episode 78 - God Save the King (Unless He's Catholic)

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:00:00 GMT

This week we continue our look towards what was happening in England. We finish looking at Charles II, before covering James II and getting into the Glorious Revolution.

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Episode 77 - The Yellow Umbrella

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 GMT

This week we head over to England. We need to understand what has been happening there, and just how the Glorious Revolution came about. We start this by covering the restoration, the foundation of the Whigs and Tories, and the events of the 1660s.

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Episode 76 - Can We Get Back to Politics? Please?

Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:00:00 GMT

This week we return to the main narrative. We look at what happened in Virginia after Bacon's rebellion, the tobacco markets, and found Williamsburg.

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Episode 75 - Native Americans 15: The Rockies and California

Mon, 29 May 2017 15:00:00 GMT

This week we finish our Native American series by looking at the mountains, and finally California.

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Episode 74 - Native Americans 14: The Plains

Mon, 15 May 2017 19:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the centre of the United States, the Great Plains.

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Episode 73 - Native Americans 13: Southeast

Thu, 04 May 2017 21:00:00 GMT

This week we move down the Atlantic seaboard to look at the Creeks, Cherokees, and other tribes of the southeast.

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Episode 72 - Native Americans 12: Northeast Woodlands Part 3

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:10:00 GMT

This week we continue looking at the Northeast, with particular focus given to the Iroquois.

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Episode 71 - Native Americans 11: Northeast Woodlands Part 2

Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:10:00 GMT

This week we continue looking at the Northeast. This includes an overview of Hopewellian culture and giant beavers.

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Episode 70 - Native Americans 10: Northeast Woodlands

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:10:00 GMT

This week we look to the East. We go through all the tribes of the East, and look a bit at how their culture differed to that of other regions.

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Episode 69 - Native Americans 9: Pacific Northwest

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:10:00 GMT

This week we turn to the Pacific Northwest. We examine burning down houses and totem poles.

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Episode 68 - Native Americans 8: Subarctic

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:10:00 GMT

This week we turn southwards to the Subarctic. We basically cover Canada up to the arrival of the Europeans.

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Episode 67 - Native Americans 7: Frozen Planet

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:10:00 GMT

This week we turn to the Arctic! We look at Eskimos, Aleuts, and Alaska. In addition, we talk about dad jokes, David Attenborough, Planet Earth II, Hamilton, and why my best friend is amazing.

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Episode 66 - Native Americans 6: The Southwest 2

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:10:00 GMT

This week we continue looking at the Southwest, and take it up to European contact.

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Episode 65 - Native Americans 5: The Southwest

Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:15:00 GMT

This week we turn towards the southwest. I try and pronounce some tribe names, and we explore how maize entered the region.

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Episode 64 - Native Americans 4: After the Ice Age

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 16:15:00 GMT

This week we look at life in North America in the aftermath of the Ice Age, looking at the three major zones of Archaic Culture, the East, the Plains, and the West.

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Episode 63 - Native Americans 3: Ice Age

Sun, 11 Dec 2016 17:45:00 GMT

This week we resume the main narrative and by looking at the first Americans, and how they lived during the close of the last Ice Age.

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Episode 62 - Native Americans 2: Myths, Legends, and Folktales

Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:10:00 GMT

This week we begin the serious study of the Native American peoples. We talk about how we are going to cover them, and about how to fairly assign weight between Euroamerican history and native traditions.

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Episode 61 - Native Americans 1: Mother

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:30:00 GMT

This week we begin season 2. We start our coverage of Native Americans by going back 70,000 years to Africa to look at the human migration from Africa to North America, before looking at the geography of the North American continent. This takes us back through 490 million years of geological fun!

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Episode 60 - There's Something About Maryland

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:30:00 GMT

This week we conclude season one of the podcast by looking at Maryland, the Catholic colony.

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Episode 59 - Establishing the Proprietary

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:30:00 GMT

This week we look at how the colony of Carolina began to take shape, and how it seemed destined to split into two.

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Episode 58 - Carolina in my Mind

Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:50:00 GMT

This week we look at early attempts to settle Carolina with French Huguenots, which naturally brings us to a discussion of the West Wing and religious toleration in the 1780s.

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Episode 57 - Roanoke

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT

This week we return to the south and cover the early history of Carolina, the Roanoke colony, and Elizabethan imperialism.

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Episode 56 - King Philip's War

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:00:00 GMT

This week the English colonies fight King Philip in a fight for their very survival. The conclusion to our introduction to New England.

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Episode 55 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part III: Revenge of the Dutch

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:00:00 GMT

This week the English and Dutch go to war again and the Dutch make a last attempt to retake New York.

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Episode 54 - New York Divided

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:00:00 GMT

This week we turn back towards New York and its annexation by England from the Dutch. We look at the creation of the colonies of New Hampshire, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont.

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Episode 53 - Law and Disorder: Rhode Island

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at how Rhode Island fell into anarchy and chaos during the 1650s.

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Membership Episode 5 - The Great Expansion Part 1

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:50:00 GMT

This week we look at the aftermath of the great famine and how that affected Aztec culture, we then look at the first two campaigns of the Great Expansion.

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Episode 52 - Law and Order: Rhode Island

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the legal aspects of setting up the Rhode Island colony.

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Episode 51 - Theologycast 3

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:00:00 GMT

This week we look at more religious developments in Puritanism in Rhode Island as Quakerism and Baptism become forces in the colony.

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Episode 50 - Theologycast 2

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the religious developments in Puritanism going on in Rhode Island in the 1630s and 1640s.

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Membership Episode 4 - War of Flowers

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:50:00 GMT

This week we take things from 1440 to 1455. We look at the beginnings of Moctezuma's war against the Chalca, the War of Flowers, the great famine, human sacrifice and Aztec views on the afterlife.

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Episode 49 - Tribal Diplomacy

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:00:00 GMT

This week we look back to Rhode Island and recount the circumstances surrounding its foundation.

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Episode 48 - Nullification

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 23:00:00 GMT

This week we take the United Colonies of New England into the 1660s.

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Episode 47 - The First Union

Mon, 30 May 2016 16:00:00 GMT

This week the United Colonies of New England face tests both internally and externally. They must face off the Indians, the Dutch, and each other.

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Episode 46 - New England Confederation

Mon, 23 May 2016 17:10:00 GMT

This week we return to Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven to see them, along with Plymouth, form the first American federal institution, the United Colonies of New England.

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Membership Episode 3 - The Aztec Triple Alliance

Mon, 09 May 2016 13:50:00 GMT

This week we take things from 1428 to 1440. We look at the reign and conquests of Itzcoatl, the nature of the Triple Alliance, the ascension of Moctezuma, geography and the difficulties of our sources.

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Episode 45 - Chapter 4

Mon, 09 May 2016 12:25:00 GMT

This week we begin the fourth chunk of narrative as we turn back to Plymouth, and examine how it became the Plymouth Republic over the 1630s.

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Membership Episode 2 - The Rise of the Aztecs

Sat, 07 May 2016 09:18:00 GMT

Having set up Mesoamerican civilisation last time out, we delve into early Aztec history. We chart their travels and rise from 1111 to 1428.

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Membership Episode 1 - Aztec 101

Wed, 04 May 2016 15:20:00 GMT

We have an overview of Mesoamerican history prior to the Aztecs. We also have an exploration of how information is preserved and delve into cyclical time.

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6th Anniversary Special - Oliver Cromwell

Mon, 02 May 2016 08:00:00 GMT

Today marks the 6th anniversary of May 2nd 2010, the day I released my first ever podcast! So, to celebrate, here is a short bonus episode about Oliver Cromwell. It's a strange one, but I hope you enjoy. But wait! That's not all! To celebrate six years I'm going to be releasing 6 episodes from the premium feed onto to main feed! Come back each day for an extra slice of Aztec!

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Episode 44 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 2 - Attack of the Spices

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:25:00 GMT

This week we turn to Indonesia to examine how and why New York was traded for a spice island.

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Episode 43 - The Anglo-Dutch Wars Part 1 - The Mercantile Menace

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:45:00 GMT

This week we cover the growing tension between the English and Dutch, leading the English to take New Netherland and rename it New York.

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Episode 42 - The Godfather

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:45:00 GMT

This week we cover the directorship of Peter Stuyvesant, the Godfather of New Netherland.

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Episode 41 - The Last Days of New Netherland

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:45:00 GMT

This week we really begin to get into the problems afflicting New Netherland, and the disastrous directorship of Kieft.

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Episode 40 - Dutch Conquests

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 16:15:00 GMT

This week we cover the fall of New Sweden as the Swedes provoked the Dutch, leading to an invasion. We then double back to begin going through the history of New Netherland in more detail.

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Episode 39 - Swedes on the Delaware

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:45:00 GMT

This week we cover the history of New Sweden.

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Episode 38 - The New Sweden Company

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:45:00 GMT

This week we cover some of the history of New Netherland, but it is quite impossible to talk about New Netherland without talking about New Sweden. Therefore, what we do today is go back to Europe so we can figure out why the Swedes thought founding an empire on the Delaware was a good idea.

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Episode 37 - New Netherland

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:45:00 GMT

This week we cover the exploration of the Hudson River, the founding of New Netherland, Fort Orange (Albany) and New Amsterdam (New York City).

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Episode 36 - The Dutch

Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:45:00 GMT

This week we begin Chapter 3 of A History of the United States by getting very off topic. We don't talk about America at all, and instead focus on the Dutch in preparation for setting up New Netherland and Delaware.

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Episode 35 - Straight Outta Connecticut

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:00:00 GMT

This week we found Connecticut. We also turn Providence Plantation into the Colony of Rhode Island, and look at badass theologian Anne Hutchinson who was kicked out of Massachusetts for speaking her mind.

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Episode 34 - The Founding of Rhode Island

Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:20:00 GMT

This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.

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Episode 33 - The Massachusetts Life

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:30:00 GMT

This week we look at the early social and economic history of Massachusetts.

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Episode 32 - The Fusion of Church and State

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:00:00 GMT

This week we look at the first few years of Massachusetts colony, which greatly contrasts to Plymouth. It is very oligarchic, had has something of a fusion of church and state.

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Episode 31 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT

This week we found the colony of Massachusetts, in addition to the provinces of Maine and New Hampshire. It's a busy episode!

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Episode 30 - Mount Merry

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:30:00 GMT

This week the Pilgrims deal with Dutch traders, Allerton has business in London, and Standish goes off to save New England from a bunch of drunks.

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Episode 29 - The Many Adventures of Standish the Pilgrim

Sat, 23 Jan 2016 14:00:00 GMT

This week we watch the Pilgrims try to free themselves from the control of London as we move the narrative into 1627. We also include a brief history of plague.

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Episode 28 - Letters from a Small Island Part 2

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 21:00:00 GMT

This week we carry on looking at the arrival of the Charity, exploring the conspiracy of Oldham and Lyford.

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Episode 27 - Letters from a Small Island Part 1

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:00:00 GMT

This week Gorges arrives in New England to refound Wessagusset, this time as Weymouth. We also cover developments back in London with the merchants and the rise to power of James Sherley. We also answer a listener question about Jamestown.

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Episode 26 - Alone Again, Naturally

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:30:00 GMT

This week the Pilgrims go on the attack. We also talk about fishing contracts and the history of lobsters.

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Episode 25 - Winslow M.D.

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:25:00 GMT

This week we get very medical, and a conspiracy is unearthed.

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Episode 24 - A Tale of Two Colonies

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:50:00 GMT

This week we manage to get through a whole year in Plymouth, 1622. We look at the difficulty the Pilgrims faced in securing a food supply, and the creation of a rival colony.

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Episode 23 - The First Thanksgiving

Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:10:00 GMT

This week the narrative speeds up and we cover most of 1621. We look at an expedition to speak with Massasoit, fertiliser, and the first thanksgiving.

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Episode 22 - WARNING: MAY CONTAIN TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:00:00 GMT

This week we finally make some progress in New England. The Pilgrims make it through their first winter and make first contact with the Native Americans of the region.

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Episode 21 - Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Stuff

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:40:00 GMT

This week, in a particularly unfocused episode, we move the narrative forward 15 days. In addition we also describe the legal situation of settlement in New England in 1620, have an overview of the Julian calendar, and I explain how to thatch a roof.

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Episode 20 - The Voyage of the Mayflower

Sun, 20 Dec 2015 18:40:00 GMT

This week we take the Pilgrims across the Atlantic to Plymouth. Along the way we look at duels on the Mayflower, the Mayflower Compact, how much the Pilgrims hated Cape Cod, and terminology.

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Episode 19 - The Pilgrim Fathers

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:50:00 GMT

This week we take the Separatists through their time in Holland to their decision to sail to the New World in the Mayflower.

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Episode 18 - Theologycast: The Reformation and the Puritans

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:15:00 GMT

This week we begin chapter 2 of the podcast, New England. But in order to do this we go back and cover the reformation and the origins of Puritans, we also take the Separatists over to the Netherlands in 1607.

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Episode 17 - A History of the Decline and Fall of General Bacon

Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:50:00 GMT

This week Bacon's Rebellion falls apart, royal order is imposed and Virginia does not become independent.

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Episode 16 - Bacon Begins

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:00:00 GMT

This week Bacon's Rebellion gets underway and makes a bid for independence from England.

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Episode 15 - The Thanksgiving Special (Which has Nothing to do with Thanksgiving)

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:25:00 GMT

This week we were supposed to cover thanksgiving, but I screw up the timings so we talk about General Bacon instead.

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Episode 14 - Berkeley

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:25:00 GMT

This week we cover a lot: the 1644 Powhatan Uprising, the governorship of Berkeley, the English Civil War, the Navigation Acts, Mercentilism, the legalisation of slavery, exploration, and we introduce segments.

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Episode 13 - The New Aristocracy

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:35:00 GMT

This week we once again break out of the narrative to talk about Virginia's increasing political sophistication across the 1620s and 1630s.

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Episode 12 - Powhatan Uprising

Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:15:00 GMT

This week we return to the narrative (after a quick word about my MA results). After 8 years of English oppression, the Powhatans have enough and launch a war, meanwhile in London the Virginia Company collapses due to sheer incompetence.

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Episode 11 - Introduction to Social History

Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:15:00 GMT

This week we delve into social history for the first time this series. As the title suggests, we introduce a few elements which will be important as time develops, such as the introduction of slavery to Virginia and growing inequality. In short, we cover how miserable life was for your average Virginian.

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Episode 10 - The Kidnapping of Pocahontas

Thu, 12 Nov 2015 12:15:00 GMT

This week the English decide to kidnapping the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas. We also cover the state of the colony in the 1610s, Pocahontas' trip to England in 1616, the early growth of the tobacco industry (tomacco references aplenty) and look at the creation of the first democratic American institution, Virginia's House of Burgesses.

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Episode 9 - False Dawn

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:30:00 GMT

This week Jamestown attempts to rebuild itself under the governorship of Lord De La Warr, but things very quickly go horribly wrong. This is Jamestown, after all. Just another false dawn.

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Episode 8 - The Starving Time

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:40:00 GMT

This week everything goes wrong. EVERYTHING GOES WRONG. Gates gets lost, hundreds starve to death, and Jamestown is abandoned. It's hard to see how things could be any worse.

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Episode 7 - A Fresh Start

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:50:00 GMT

This week Jamestown enters the Starving Time and in London the Virginia Company decides the colony needs a revolution.

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Episode 6 - Aggressive Negotiations

Fri, 30 Oct 2015 14:10:00 GMT

This week we cover Newport's Second Supply of Jamestown, and English relations with the Powhatans completely breaks down.

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Episode 5 - Mr. Smith Goes to Werowocomoco

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:20:00 GMT

This week we follow John Smith's misadventures with the Powhatans, where he travels to their capital at Werowocomoco. We also look at how Jamestown made its way through the winter, Newport's return to the colony, and Smith's exploration missions.

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Episode 4 - The One Where Everyone Dies

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:10:00 GMT

In this week's Friends themed episode Newport sails back to London to report on the foundation of Jamestown, but in Virginia everything starts falling apart. There is an outbreak of Typhoid Fever, everyone starts arguing, and then Smith goes on an adventure.

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Episode 3 - Jamestown: The Settlement

Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:40:00 GMT

Surprise early episode! This week introduce the Native Americans in the region, the Powhatan Confederacy. We look at their leadership, society and culture. We then actually found the Jamestown settlement.

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Episode 2 - Jamestown: The Voyage

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:40:00 GMT

This week we begin the real narrative. We look at the foundation of the Virginia Company, the failed settlement of St. George's Fort, North Virginia, and the voyage of the ships which would found Jamestown. Also included are a witty observation by Thomas Jefferson about the weather and the worst Back to the Future joke ever.

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Episode 1 - The New World

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:30:00 GMT

This week we begin telling the story. We cover the early voyages by the French to the New World, see how New Spain gained control of Florida, and look at why England was so perfectly poised to be the most successful of the colonists. The situation is set up for an introduction to Jamestown next week.

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Episode 0 - Pilot

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:20:00 GMT

Hello and welcome to A History of the United States. This episode gives an introduction to the project and myself.

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