Ben Franklin's World

By Liz Covart

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Heidi
 Jan 23, 2023
A wonderful mix of interesting content and scholarly expertise!


 Apr 25, 2019

Sherry
 Feb 2, 2019
I really enjoy these podcasts! I think of Liz as a friend. I've learned a lot from listening to every podcast posted to date.

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This is a multiple award-winning podcast about early American history. It’s a show for people who love history and who want to know more about the historical people and events that have impacted and shaped our present-day world. Each episode features conversations with professional historians who help shed light on important people and events in early American history. It is produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Episode Date
BFW Revisited: The Tea Crisis of 1773
Dec 24, 2024
400 Ben Franklin's world
Dec 17, 2024
BFW Revisited: The Nat Turner Revolt
Dec 10, 2024
399 Denmark Vesey's Bible
Dec 03, 2024
BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 2
Nov 26, 2024
398 The Shawnee-Dunmore War, 1774
Nov 19, 2024
BFW Revisited: World of the Wampanoag, Pt. 1
Nov 12, 2024
397 Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
Nov 05, 2024
BFW Revisited: Committees & Congresses of the American Revolution
Oct 29, 2024
396 Carpenters' Hall & the First Continental Congress
Oct 22, 2024
395 The Great New York Fire of 1776
Oct 08, 2024
394 The Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 24, 2024
393 Politics & Political Culture in the Early American Republic
Sep 10, 2024
392 Religion and Race in Early America
Aug 27, 2024
391 Government in Colonial Virginia
Aug 13, 2024
390 Objects of Revolution
Jul 30, 2024
389 Indigenous Justice in Early America
Jul 16, 2024
388 John Hancock
Jul 02, 2024
387 California and Slavery
Jun 25, 2024
386 Sleeping with the Ancestors
Jun 11, 2024
385 Did George Washington Have Heirs?
May 28, 2024
384 Making Maine: A Journey to Statehood
May 14, 2024
383 Aquatic Culture in Early America
Apr 30, 2024
382 Hessians in the American Revolutionary War
Apr 16, 2024
381 Texas in the Spanish Empire
Apr 02, 2024
380 The Tory's Wife
Mar 19, 2024
379 Women Healers in Early America
Mar 05, 2024
378 Everyday Black Living in Early America
Feb 20, 2024
377 Phillis Wheatley & the Playwright
Feb 06, 2024
376 Cotton Mather's Spanish Lessons
Jan 23, 2024
375 Misinformation Nation: Fake News in Early America
Jan 09, 2024
374 The American Revolutionary War in the West
Dec 26, 2023
373 The Gaspee Affair, 1772
Dec 12, 2023
372 A History of the Myaamia
Nov 28, 2023
371 An Archive of Indigenous Slavery
Nov 14, 2023
370 The Ruin of All Witches
Oct 31, 2023
369 Livestock and Animal Breeds in Early America
Oct 24, 2023
368 Legacies of the Brafferton Indian School
Oct 10, 2023
367 The Brafferton Indian School, Part 1
Sep 26, 2023
366 James Wilson & the U.S. Constitution
Sep 12, 2023
365 Road Trip 2023: Early Settlement at Île Ste. Jean
Aug 29, 2023
364 Road Trip 2023: La Pointe-Krebs House & Museum
Aug 15, 2023
363 Road Trip 2023: Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park
Aug 01, 2023
362 Treaties Between the United States & American Indian Nations
Jul 18, 2023
361 The Fourth of July in 2026
Jul 04, 2023
360 Slavery and Freedom in Massachusetts
Jun 20, 2023
359 Trans-ing Gender in Early America
Jun 06, 2023
358 St. Augustine & Early Florida
May 23, 2023
357, Privateering in the American Revolution
May 09, 2023
356 The Moravian Church in North America
Apr 25, 2023
355 The Virginia Venture
Apr 11, 2023
354 The Sewing Girl's Tale
Mar 28, 2023
353 Women and the Making of Catawba Identity
Mar 14, 2023
352 James Forten and the Making of the United States
Feb 28, 2023
351 Wealth and Slavery in New Netherland
Feb 14, 2023
350 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Jan 31, 2023
349 The Women Behind Benjamin Franklin
Jan 17, 2023
348 Valley Forge
Jan 03, 2023
347 African and African American Music
Dec 20, 2022
346 Music and Politics in the Early United States
Dec 13, 2022
345 Amateur Musicians in the Early United States
Dec 06, 2022
344 Music in British North America
Nov 29, 2022
343 Music and Song in Native North America
Nov 22, 2022
342 The Great Power of Small Native Nations
Nov 08, 2022
341 Possession and Exorcism in New France
Oct 25, 2022
340: Prisoners of War and the War of 1812
Oct 11, 2022
339 Women and the Constitutional Moment of 1787
Sep 27, 2022
338 The Early History of the United States Senate
Sep 13, 2022
337 Early America's Trade with China
Aug 30, 2022
336 Surviving the Southampton Rebellion
Aug 16, 2022
335 The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
Aug 02, 2022
334 Missions & Mission Building in New Spain
Jul 19, 2022
333 Experiences of Revolution: Disruptions in Yorktown
Jul 05, 2022
332 Experiences of Revolution: Occupied Philadelphia
Jun 28, 2022
331 The Discovery of the Williamsburg Bray School
Jun 21, 2022
330 Loyalism in the British Atlantic World
Jun 07, 2022
329 Freemasonry in Early America
May 24, 2022
328 Free People of Color in Early America
May 10, 2022
327 Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns
Apr 26, 2022
326 The Greek Revolution in Early America
Apr 12, 2022
325 Everyday People of the American Revolution
Mar 29, 2022
324 New Netherland and Slavery
Mar 15, 2022
323 American Expansion and the Political Economy of Plunder
Mar 01, 2022
322 Running from Bondage in Revolutionary America
Feb 15, 2022
321 BFW Team Favorite: Whose Fourth of July?
Feb 01, 2022
320 Benjamin Franklin's London House
Jan 18, 2022
319 Cuba: An Early American History
Jan 04, 2022
Bonus: Colonial Ste. Geneviéve, Missouri
Dec 31, 2021
318 Ste. Geneviéve National Historical Park
Dec 21, 2021
317 American Jewish Historical Society, Jews in Early America
Dec 07, 2021
316 Yellow Fever, Immunity, & Early New Orleans
Nov 23, 2021
315 History & American Democracy
Nov 09, 2021
Bonus: The Object of History
Nov 02, 2021
Bonus: Colin Calloway, Native Americans in American Cities
Oct 29, 2021
314 Native Americans in Early American Cities
Oct 26, 2021
OI Reads: Carolyn Eastman, The Strange Genius of Mr. O
Oct 19, 2021
313 The Marquis de Lafayette
Oct 12, 2021
312 The Domestic Slave Trade
Sep 28, 2021
311 Religion and the American Revolution
Sep 14, 2021
310 The Blackfeet: A History
Aug 31, 2021
309 Merchant Ships of the Eighteenth Century
Aug 17, 2021
308 Slavery and Freedom in French Louisiana
Aug 03, 2021
Bonus: A History of American Revolution Histories
Jul 30, 2021
307 History & the American Revolution
Jul 20, 2021
306 The Horse's Tail
Jul 02, 2021
305 Speaking with the Dead in Early America
Jun 22, 2021
304 On Juneteenth
Jun 08, 2021
303 An Early History of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
May 25, 2021
302 From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 2
May 11, 2021
301 From Inoculation to Vaccination, Part 1
Apr 27, 2021
300 Vast Early America
Apr 13, 2021
299 Colonial Virginia Portraits
Apr 06, 2021
298 Origins of American Manufacturing
Mar 30, 2021
297 Indian Removal Act of 1830
Mar 16, 2021
296 The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Mar 02, 2021
295 Whitney Plantation Museum
Feb 16, 2021
294 1774: The Long Year of Revolution
Feb 02, 2021
293 Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholding in Jamaica
Jan 19, 2021
292 Craft in Early America
Jan 05, 2021
Bonus: The Plimoth Patuxet and Tomaquag Museums
Dec 18, 2020
291 The World of the Wampanoag, Part 2: 1620 and Beyond
Dec 15, 2020
290 The World of the Wampanoag, Part 1: Before 1620
Dec 08, 2020
289 Maroonage in the Great Dismal Swamp
Nov 24, 2020
288 Smugglers & Patriots in the 18th-Century Atlantic
Nov 10, 2020
Our History Has Always Been Spoken: Trailer for Massachusetts, 1620 Series
Nov 06, 2020
Bonus. Listener Q&A: The Early History of the United States Congress
Oct 30, 2020
287 Elections in Early America: Presidential Elections & the Electoral College
Oct 27, 2020
286 Elections in Early America: Native Sovereignty
Oct 20, 2020
285 Elections in Early America: Elections & Voting in the Early American Republic
Oct 13, 2020
284 Elections in Early America: Democracy & Voting in British North America
Oct 06, 2020
Bonus: A Brief History of the United States Supreme Court
Sep 22, 2020
283 Acadie 300
Sep 22, 2020
282 Tacky's Revolt
Sep 08, 2020
281 The Business of Slavery
Aug 25, 2020
280 The British Are Coming
Aug 11, 2020
279 The Cabinet: Creation of an American Institution
Jul 28, 2020
278 Polygamy: An Early American History
Jul 14, 2020
277 Whose Fourth of July?
Jun 30, 2020
Bonus Listener Q & A: Young Benjamin Franklin
Jun 26, 2020
276 Benjamin Rush: Founding Father
Jun 16, 2020
275 Pets in Early America
Jun 02, 2020
274 Walter Ralegh: Architect of Empire
May 19, 2020
273 David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Early Republic
May 05, 2020
272 Origins of the 11th Amendment
Apr 21, 2020
271 BFW Team Favorites: Paul Revere's Ride Through History
Dec 31, 2019
270 BFW Team Favorites: Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
Dec 24, 2019
269 BFW Team Favorites: One Colonial Woman's World
Dec 17, 2019
268 BFW Team Favorites: Young Benjamin Franklin
Dec 10, 2019
267 Winter in the Early American Northeast
Dec 03, 2019
266 Education in Early America
Nov 26, 2019
265 An Early History of the White House
Nov 19, 2019
264 The Iroquois, United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua 1794
Nov 12, 2019
263 The Medical Imagination
Nov 05, 2019
262 Interpreting the Fourth Amendment (Doing History 4)
Oct 29, 2019
261 Creating the Fourth Amendment (Doing History 4)
Oct 22, 2019
260 Origins of the Bill of Rights (Doing History 4)
Oct 15, 2019
259 The Bill of Rights & How Legal Historians Work (Doing History 4)
Oct 08, 2019
258 John Dickinson: Life, Religion, and Politics
Oct 01, 2019
257 Elizabeth Seton: An Early American Life
Sep 24, 2019
256 Mapping Empire in the Chesapeake
Sep 17, 2019
255 Birthright Citizenship
Sep 10, 2019
254 The Money Question in Early America
Sep 03, 2019
253 Life and Revolution in Boston and Grenada
Aug 27, 2019
252 The Highland Soldier in North America
Aug 20, 2019
251 Frontiers of Science
Aug 13, 2019
250 Virginia, 1619
Aug 06, 2019
249 BFW Road Trip: James Monroe's Highland
Jul 30, 2019
248 BFW Road Trip: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Jul 23, 2019
247 BFW Road Trip: Schoharie Crossing
Jul 16, 2019
246 BFW Road Trip: Château de Ramezay
Jul 09, 2019
245 Celebrating the Fourth
Jul 02, 2019
244 Shoe Stories From Early America
Jun 25, 2019
243 Revolutionary Print Networks
Jun 18, 2019
242 An Early History of Delaware
Jun 11, 2019
241 Pearls and the Nature of the Spanish Empire
Jun 04, 2019
240 Biography and a Biographer's Work
May 28, 2019
239 Travel and Post in Early America
May 21, 2019
238 Benedict Arnold
May 14, 2019
237 Motherhood in Early America
May 07, 2019
236 Mixed-Race Britons and the Atlantic Family
Apr 30, 2019
235 A 17th-Century Native American Life
Apr 23, 2019
234 Farms & Farm Families in Early America
Apr 16, 2019
233 A History of Russian America
Apr 09, 2019
232 The Acadian Diaspora
Apr 02, 2019
231 The Religious Lives of the Adams Family
Mar 26, 2019
230 First Martyr of Liberty
Mar 19, 2019
229 The Townshend Moment
Mar 12, 2019
228 The Boston Massacre
Mar 05, 2019
227 Copyright & Fair Use in Early America
Feb 26, 2019
226 Making the State of South Carolina
Feb 19, 2019
225 The Poison Plot: Adultery and Murder in Colonial Newport
Feb 12, 2019
224 Aquatic Culture in Early America
Feb 05, 2019
223 A Native American History of the Ohio River Valley & Great Lakes Region
Jan 29, 2019
222 The Early History of Washington, D.C.
Jan 22, 2019
221 The Culinary Adventures of Benjamin Franklin
Jan 15, 2019
220 New England Indians, Colonists, & the Origins of American Slavery
Jan 08, 2019
219 Taverns in Early America
Jan 01, 2019
218 How the Dutch Brough Us Santa, Presents, & Treats
Dec 25, 2018
217 Slavery and Freedom in Early Maryland
Dec 18, 2018
216 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
Dec 11, 2018
215 A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
Dec 04, 2018
214 Skpeticism and American Faith
Nov 27, 2018
213 The Pilgrims of Plimoth
Nov 20, 2018
212 Researching Biography (Doing History)
Nov 13, 2018
Bonus: The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Nov 09, 2018
211 Considering John Marshall, Part 2 (Doing History)
Nov 06, 2018
210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)
Oct 30, 2018
209 Considering Biography (Doing History)
Oct 23, 2018
208 Turning Points of the American Revolution
Oct 16, 2018
207 Young Benjamin Franklin
Oct 09, 2018
206 Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World
Oct 02, 2018
205 First Ladies of the Republic
Sep 25, 2018
204 The Burr Conspiracy
Sep 18, 2018
203 Alexander Hamilton
Sep 11, 2018
202 The Early History of the United States Congress
Sep 04, 2018
201 Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America
Aug 28, 2018
200 Everyday Life in Early America
Aug 21, 2018
199 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire
Aug 14, 2018
198 Saltwater Frontier: Native Americans and the Contest for the Northeastern Coast
Aug 07, 2018
197 Native American Slavery in New France
Jul 31, 2018
196 Information Exchange in the Early Southeast
Jul 24, 2018
195 Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
Jul 17, 2018
194 Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Jul 10, 2018
Bonus: Behind the Scenes of the Adams-Jefferson Letters
Jul 06, 2018
193 Partisans: The Friendship and Rivalry of Adams and Jefferson
Jul 03, 2018
192 The Secret History of the Jersey Devil
Jun 26, 2018
191 A New History of King Philip's War
Jun 19, 2018
190 Origins of the American Middle Class
Jun 12, 2018
189 The Little Ice Age
Jun 05, 2018
188 The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
May 29, 2018
187 Sport in Early America
May 22, 2018
186 The New Map of the British Empire
May 15, 2018
185 Early New York City and its Culture
May 08, 2018
184 Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
May 01, 2018
183 George Washington's Mount Vernon
Apr 24, 2018
182 Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: The Great Awakening in New England
Apr 17, 2018
181 The Martyr and the Traitor: Nathan Hale & Moses Dunbar
Apr 10, 2018
180 Alexander Hamilton and the Making of American Law
Apr 03, 2018
Bonus: Listener Q&A About Religion in Early New England
Mar 30, 2018
179 After the Revolution: Governance During the Critical Period
Mar 27, 2018
178 Muslims and Moriscos in Colonial Spanish America
Mar 20, 2018
177 The Social Life of Maps in America
Mar 13, 2018
176 The Value of the Enslaved From Womb to Grave
Mar 06, 2018
175 House Divided: The Revolution in Ben Franklin's House
Feb 27, 2018
174 Yellow Fever in the Early American Republic
Feb 20, 2018
173 Colonial Port Cities and Slavery
Feb 13, 2018
172 Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War
Feb 06, 2018
171 Native Americans, British Colonists, and Trade in North America
Jan 30, 2018
170 New England Bound: Slavery in Early New England
Jan 23, 2018
169 The Religious Life of Benjamin Franklin
Jan 16, 2018
168 Wild By Nature: Colonists and Animals in North America
Jan 09, 2018
167 The Early History of New Orleans
Jan 02, 2018
166 Freedom and the American Revolution
Dec 26, 2017
165 The Age of Revolutions
Dec 19, 2017
164 The American Revolution in the Age of Revolutions
Dec 12, 2017
163 The American Revolution in North America
Dec 05, 2017
162 Dunmore's New World: The Revolution and the British Empire
Nov 28, 2017
161 Smuggling and the American Revolution
Nov 21, 2017
160 The Politics of Tea
Nov 14, 2017
159 The Revolutionary Economy
Nov 07, 2017
158 The Revolutionaries' Army
Oct 31, 2017
157 The Revolution's African American Soldiers (Doing History Rev)
Oct 24, 2017
156 Power of the Press in the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Oct 17, 2017
155 Pauline Maier's American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Oct 10, 2017
154 The Freedoms We Lost (Doing History Rev)
Oct 03, 2017
153 Committees and Congress: Governments of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Sep 26, 2017
152 Origins of the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Sep 19, 2017
151 Defining the American Revolution (Doing History Rev)
Sep 12, 2017
150 Abigail Adams: Revolutionary Speculator
Sep 05, 2017
149 Benjamin Franklin in London
Aug 29, 2017
148 Betsy Ross
Aug 22, 2017
147 British Soldiers, American War
Aug 15, 2017
146 George Washington's Revolution
Aug 08, 2017
145 Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution
Aug 01, 2017
144 The Common Cause of the American Revolution
Jul 25, 2017
143 The Making of the United States Constitution
Jul 18, 2017
142 A History of Abolition
Jul 11, 2017
141 A Declaration in Draft (Doing History Rev)
Jul 04, 2017
140 Nathaniel Bowditch: 19th-Century Man of Business, Science, and the Sea
Jun 27, 2017
139 The Other Slavery: Indian Enslavement in the Americas
Jun 20, 2017
138 Frontier Politics in Early America
Jun 13, 2017
137 The Washingtons' Runaway Slave, Ona Judge
Jun 06, 2017
136 Material Culture and the Making of America
May 30, 2017
135 Moral Commerce: The Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy
May 23, 2017
134 Pulpit and Nation: Clergymen and the Politics of Revolutionary America
May 16, 2017
133 The Nat Turner Revolt
May 09, 2017
132 Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of the Empire
May 02, 2017
131 Thomas Jefferson's Empire of Liberty
Apr 25, 2017
130 Paul Revere's Ride Through History (Doing History Rev)
Apr 18, 2017
129 The Road to Concord, 1775
Apr 11, 2017
128 American Revolutions: A Continental History
Apr 04, 2017
127 American Enlightenments
Mar 28, 2017
126 The Reintegration of American Loyalists
Mar 21, 2017
125 Death, Suicide, and Slavery in British North America
Mar 14, 2017
124 Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America
Mar 07, 2017
123: Revolutionary Allegiances (Doing History Rev)
Feb 28, 2017
122 The Men Who Lost America
Feb 21, 2017
121 The Dutch Moment in the 17th-Century Atlantic World
Feb 14, 2017
120 A History of Mail Order Brides in Early America
Feb 07, 2017
119 The Heart of the Declaration
Jan 31, 2017
118 The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island
Jan 24, 2017
117 The Life and Ideas of Thomas Jefferson
Jan 17, 2017
116 Disease & The Seven Years' War
Jan 10, 2017
115 The Early American History of Texas
Jan 03, 2017
Bonus: History & Historians in the Public (Doing History)
Dec 30, 2016
114 The History of Genealogy (Doing History)
Dec 27, 2016
113 Building the Empire State
Dec 20, 2016
112 The Tea Crisis of 1773 (Doing History Revolution)
Dec 13, 2016
111 India in the Making of Britain and America, 1700-1830
Dec 06, 2016
110 How Genealogists Research (Doing History)
Nov 29, 2016
109 The American Enlightenment & Cadwallader Colden
Nov 22, 2016
108 The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright
Nov 15, 2016
107 Madison's Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention
Nov 08, 2016
106 The World of John Singleton Copley
Nov 01, 2016
105 How Historians Publish History (Doing History)
Oct 25, 2016
104 The Saltwater Frontier
Oct 18, 2016
103 James Monroe & His Estate Highland
Oct 11, 2016
102 George Rogers Clark
Oct 04, 2016
101 How Historians Write About History (Doing History)
Sep 27, 2016
100 Behind-the-Scenes with Liz Covart & Ben Franklin's World
Sep 20, 2016
099 Pirates & Pirate Nests in the British Atlantic World
Sep 13, 2016
098 Birth of the American Tax Man
Sep 06, 2016
097 How to Organize Your Research (Doing History)
Aug 30, 2016
096 The Origins of Racial Segregation in the United States
Aug 23, 2016
095 A Tale of Two Bostons
Aug 16, 2016
094 Founding Friendships
Aug 09, 2016
093 Harvard University & Colonial North America
Aug 02, 2016
092 How to Research History Online (Doing History)
Jul 26, 2016
091 Rumors, Legends, & Hoaxes in Early America
Jul 19, 2016
090 Age of American Revolutions
Jul 12, 2016
089 Slavery & Freedom in Early Maryland
Jul 05, 2016
088 The History of History Writing (Doing History)
Jun 28, 2016
087 Shays' Rebellion
Jun 21, 2016
086 Benjamin Franklin in London
Jun 14, 2016
085 American Loyalists in Canada
Jun 07, 2016
084 How Historians Read Historical Sources (Doing History)
May 31, 2016
083 Unfreedom: Slavery in Colonial Boston
May 24, 2016
082 Information & Communication in the Early American South
May 17, 2016
081 After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence
May 10, 2016
080 Liberty's Prisoners: Prisons & Prison Life in Early America
May 03, 2016
079 What is a Historical Source? (Doing History)
Apr 26, 2016
078 Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War
Apr 19, 2016
077 The Oregon Trail
Apr 12, 2016
076 Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution
Apr 05, 2016
075 How Archives Work (Doing History)
Mar 29, 2016
074 Martha Washington
Mar 22, 2016
073 The Bible in Early America
Mar 15, 2016
072 The American Civil War
Mar 08, 2016
071 Saratoga and Hubbardton, 1777
Mar 01, 2016
070 How Historians Research (Doing History)
Feb 23, 2016
069 Law, Order, and Sexual Misconduct in Colonial New England
Feb 16, 2016
068 Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
Feb 09, 2016
067 An Environmental History of Early California & Hawaii
Feb 02, 2016
066 How Historians Find Their Research Topics (Doing History)
Jan 26, 2016
Bonus: Why Historians Study History (Doing History)
Jan 22, 2016
065 Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Network
Jan 19, 2016
064 Native American Slavery in New France
Jan 12, 2016
063 Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War
Jan 05, 2016
062 The Bill of Rights
Dec 29, 2015
061 George Washington in Retirement
Dec 22, 2015
060 Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
Dec 15, 2015
059 Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Dec 08, 2015
058 Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution
Dec 01, 2015
057 War, Money, and the American State, 1783-1867
Nov 24, 2015
056 The Anglo-Cherokee War, 1759-1761
Nov 17, 2015
055 John Jay: Forgotten Founder
Nov 10, 2015
054 American Exceptionalism: The History of an Idea
Nov 03, 2015
053 The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
Oct 27, 2015
052 Diplomacy in Black and White: Early United States-Haitian Relations
Oct 20, 2015
051 Frontier Seaport: A History of Early Detroit
Oct 13, 2015
050 Betsy Ross and the Making of America
Oct 06, 2015
049 How the English Became American
Sep 29, 2015
048 Dangerous Guests; Enemy Captives During the War for Independence
Sep 22, 2015
047 Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic
Sep 15, 2015
046 Whirlwind: The American Revolution & the War That Won It
Sep 08, 2015
045 Joseph Smith and the Founding of Mormonism
Sep 01, 2015
044 The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement
Aug 25, 2015
043 Rum Maniacs: Alcoholic Insanity in the Early Republic
Aug 18, 2015
Bonus: The Boston Stamp Act Riots
Aug 14, 2015
042 A History of the Republican Party
Aug 11, 2015
041 Canada and the American Revolution
Aug 04, 2015
040 For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington & the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789
Jul 28, 2015
039 The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding
Jul 21, 2015
038 Magna Carta & Its Gifts to North America
Jul 14, 2015
037 Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution
Jul 07, 2015
036 Competing Visions of Empire
Jun 30, 2015
Bonus: Lafayette & the Hermione
Jun 26, 2015
035 Historic Hudson Valley and Washington Irving
Jun 23, 2015
034 Andrew Jackson, Southerner
Jun 16, 2015
033 George Washington and His Library
Jun 09, 2015
032 One Colonial Woman's World
Jun 02, 2015
031 Benjamin Franklin and the Papers of Benjamin Franklin Editorial Project
May 26, 2015
030 Rally the Scattered Believers: Northern New England's Religious Geography
May 19, 2015
029 The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army
May 12, 2015
Bonus: We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence
May 08, 2015
028 Building the Erie Canal
May 05, 2015
027 A History of Stepfamilies in Early America
Apr 28, 2015
026 Washington's Revolution
Apr 21, 2015
025 Inventing George Whitefield
Apr 14, 2015
Bonus: Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Apr 10, 2015
024 18th-Century Fashion and Material Culture
Apr 07, 2015
023 Early American History with the JuntoCast
Mar 31, 2015
022 Deborah Read Franklin & Sally Franklin Bache: Benjamin Franklin's Women
Mar 24, 2015
021 Smuggling in Colonial America & Living History
Mar 17, 2015
020 Four Steeples Over the City Streets
Mar 10, 2015
019 The Colonial Boston Marketplace
Mar 03, 2015
018 Our Declaration
Feb 24, 2015
017 When the United States Spoke French
Feb 17, 2015
016 The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
Feb 10, 2015
015 Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
Feb 03, 2015
014 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776
Jan 27, 2015
013 Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America
Jan 20, 2015
012 True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity
Jan 13, 2015
011 The Woodlands Historic Site of Philadelphia
Jan 06, 2015
010 British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution
Dec 30, 2014
009 Delicious December
Dec 16, 2014
008 Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807
Dec 02, 2014
007 John Adams & The Adams Papers Editorial Project
Nov 18, 2014
006 At the Point of a Cutlass
Nov 04, 2014
005 Revolutionary Medicine
Oct 21, 2014
004 Sex and the Founding Fathers
Sep 30, 2014
003 Future of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Sep 28, 2014
002 Exhibitions at the Library Company of Philadelphia
Sep 28, 2014
001 History of the Library Company of Philadelphia
Sep 27, 2014
000 Ben Franklin's World with Liz Covart
Sep 27, 2014