Episodes

  • Breaking Apart Dr. Church’s Ciphered Letter

    Breaking Apart Dr. Church’s Ciphered Letter
    Mar 7 2026
    Learn if Dr. Church came into contact with a woman whom remembered him not long after he had returned to Massachusetts from Philadelphia. Figure out what made this encounter rather interesting from a secretive perspective. Get introduced to the term cipher. Learn how John Fleeming was connected to Dr. Church including a skeleton of Dr. Church’s that comes out around late July 1775. Discover how Mary Wenwood is linked with Dr. Church including any particular high level task he assigned her to perform. Find out just how many years Benjamin Church had spent studying overseas in England to become a doctor. Agree if it’s fair to say Dr. Church became so overwhelmed with inquiries regarding care of soldiers that he thought about resigning. Determine if Church himself was given a leave of absence from the Continental Army. Discover who exactly had possession of the ciphered letter come September 1775 including an understanding behind its severity. Find out how Mary Wenwood was viewed by men of higher rank in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Learn what happened to Mary Wenwood come late September after enduring multiple hours of interrogation. Learn if her interrogation brought down Doctor Benjamin Church. Agree if there was more than one individual skilled in the practice of deciphering especially following Dr. Church’s falling out. Determine exactly how many groups of decipherers worked on breaking down Doctor Church’s ciphered letter. Go behind the scenes and learn everything there is possible about just how sensitive Dr. Church’s letter truly was. Learn exactly what kind of cipher Church himself used per the letter written.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Part 2/2 Behind The Spy Game

    Part 2/2 Behind The Spy Game
    Mar 3 2026
    Explore significance behind Congress’s decision to appoint George Washington as Commander-In-Chief of the newly created Continental Army. Learn who accompanied George Washington from Philadelphia to Massachusetts. Discover whom Washington and his colleague came into contact with once reaching Springfield, Massachusetts. Get an understanding behind what Washington himself underwent after arriving into Massachusetts early July 1775. Go behind the scenes and understand why Dr. Church and other committee members were so adamant on having troops defend Massachusetts Sea Coast. Determine exactly where General Washington stood on the matter of defending Massachusetts Sea Coast. Understand significance behind July 27,1775, involving Dr. Church from a medical promotion standpoint including what he does upon arrival into Cambridge. Get introduced to Doctors Lemuel Hayward & William Aspinwall including their medical staffing challenges as well as promises made to both men by Dr. Church himself. Discover exactly what made Dr. Aspinwall unique from a medical practitioners standpoint including whom he studied under. Find out just how many patients Doctors Aspinwall & Hayward tended to from May 10 into Mid October 1775 including where their position status’s stood around September. Determine if General Washington himself had a hand in assisting Doctors Hayward & Aspinwall with their promotion dilemmas. Go behind the scenes and explore how one letter of Doctor Church’s got handled by multiple person’s with end destination being Boston.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Part 1/2 The Spy Game

    Part 1/2 The Spy Game
    Feb 27 2026
    Explore what William Legge, Second Earl of Dartmouth, encouraged General Thomas Gage to pursue come August 1774. Understand true significance behind letter obtained by British Leaders under General Gage come March 3,1775. Determine Doctor Church’s role behind this letter. Discover what Doctor Church reported to the British come March 26, 1775 involving Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Learn if a letter from April 11,1775, eight days before Battles of Lexington & Concord, contained information involving potential involvement from neighboring New England Colonies. Figure out one possible way which Dr. Church managed to get his reports into Boston. Learn just how powerful the committee for which Dr. Church got added to come April 7,1775, truly was. Discover exactly what Paul Revere noticed about Dr. Church the day after Battles of Lexington & Concord. Determine how Dr. Church himself truly felt following British Army’s debacle at Concord. Go behind the scenes and receive an in depth analysis report as to how Dr. Church made it into Boston just after Battles of Lexington and Concord. Agree if General Gage was very anxious in obtaining more information after having met directly with Dr. Church come late April 1775. Get an understanding as to what Dr. Church warned General Gage about per a committee report dated from May 12,1775. Learn how Dr. Church went to Philadelphia. Learn who exactly from the Massachusetts Colony went to England and provided British Newspaper sources the battle outcomes at Lexington and Concord including total number of days it took to reach England.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Doctor Church Serving On An Endless Array of Committees

    Doctor Church Serving On An Endless Array of Committees
    Feb 21 2026
    Discover whom Dr. Church engaged in having friendships with on the British side prior to 1770. Learn if Dr. Church’s friends questioned his presence around these particular individuals. Find out exactly what Dr. Church pursued in 1768 that was considered lavish. Discover which British Military Officer became the first to have bought into Dr. Church’s loyalty. Agree if it’s fair to say that Doctor Church’s never ending quest for fame had to do with his wanting to serve on every Whig Committee possible. Get an in depth analysis behind just how bad the Boston Port Act of 1774 truly was. Go behind the scenes and receive a timeline of all committee activities which Dr. Church himself served on per year 1774, Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Learn what post Henry Knox still retained come November 1774 and how he raised the flag regarding Committee of Intelligence Affairs personal safety. Discover what specific legal action the Massachusetts Provincial Congress took come December 5,1774. Agree if Dr. Church himself would become just as active in serving on committees once Second Interim Congress convened come February 7,1775, like he did the year before. Determine the significance about one particular letter involving Dr. Church around March 9,1775. Discover what the letter dated between March 8-9,1775, entailed information wise.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Events Unraveling Between February 22 to March 5, 1770

    Events Unraveling Between February 22 to March 5, 1770
    Feb 16 2026
    Get an understanding behind what the 1767 Townshend Acts aimed to accomplish including those specific items which were greatly affected. Learn who had been serving as Commander In Chief of British Forces in North America since 1763. Go behind the scenes and discover what unraveled on October 1,1768. Discover who replaces Massachusetts Royal Governor Francis Bernard come July 31,1769. Learn if Governor Bernard’s replacement is no stranger to mob violence. Explore what had been pursued by more than 60 Merchants come August 1768, one year prior to Governor Bernard stepping down from his post. Get introduced to Ebenezer Richardson & Theophilus Lillie including where both men stood regarding the 1768 Boston Non Importation Agreement. Learn what unfolded on February 22, 1770 involving Richardson, Lillie, and hard core radicals. Agree if it’s fair to say that what occurred on February 22, 1770 played a contributing factor behind the evening of March 5,1770. Receive an in depth analysis behind what occurred on March 5,1770 involving Boston’s Townspeople and British Troops from 29th Regiment of Foot. Learn how Dr. Benjamin Church was involved following the aftermath of what happened on March 5. Determine if Dr. Church had served on a committee which issued request seeking troop withdrawal from town of Boston. Figure out which Forefather chose to defend the accused British Soldiers from 29th Regiment of Foot including his personal reasons for having done so. Discover whether the jury found all 8 soldiers accused of murder to have been guilty for those charges brought against them including their lead commanding officer. Learn who Parliament was trying to save from total financial ruin a few years after the infamous Boston Massacre Incident. Discover what unraveled on December 16,1773 including the fallout that followed three months later.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Doctor Church’s Medical Expertise Coming Into Play In 1764

    Doctor Church’s Medical Expertise Coming Into Play In 1764
    Feb 10 2026
    Learn what year Benjamin Church Junior was born including where he first grew up in the New England Region. Discover where he attended school as a young child and whether the school itself remains in existence today. Learn what happened to Benjamin Church school wise come the year 1750. Find out exactly when Church Junior first got apprenticed in the medical profession including whether he had the means to study medicine overseas. Go behind the scenes and learn how Boston as a town dealt with a smallpox epidemic come start of March 1764. Learn how Doctor Church himself played a pivotal role in administering smallpox inoculations to the greater general public. Discover what event took place on October 7, 1763, which went about having a negative impact on Britain’s 13 North American Colonies. Agree if England had been faced with a large deficit in the wake of the 7 Years War ending. Discover what Parliament passed into law come April 5, 1764, while Dr. Church was administering smallpox inoculations to greater public in Boston. Get introduced to 1764 Currency Act and how it negatively impacted the colonists. Get an in depth analysis behind Parliament’s passage of the infamous 1765 Stamp Act. Learn about Andrew Oliver and why he ultimately became such an unpopular figure in the Massachusetts Colony during time of upheaval involving Stamp Act. Get an overview of the differences between Whigs & Tories including where Dr. Church himself stood. Agree if the 1765 Stamp Act didn’t last very long on the books. Go behind the scenes and explore how another piece of legislation enacted by Parliament in 1765 fell under the famous phrase: “taxation without representation”.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Introduction Behind Momentous Timeline To The Year 1775

    Introduction Behind Momentous Timeline To The Year 1775
    Feb 5 2026
    Decide if it’s fair to say that 1775 can be best defined as being a momentous year. Agree if momentous means more than just one thing. Get a broad in depth analysis behind what takes place in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts between April 18-19,1775. Understand the differences between fighting Linear Style versus Guerilla, aka non conventional warfare. Go behind the scenes and explore how a second momentous event from June 1775 involved delegates attending the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Learn how Patriot Forces had demonstrated that they could go head to toe in fighting against British Regulars aka Redcoats at Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17,1775. Discover who arrives into Massachusetts nearly two weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill. Learn about something momentous involving a well known Boston Physician come two days after the Battle of Bunker Hill including what got bestowed upon him come the very beginning of June 1775 while in Philadelphia. Understand the importance behind why it’s essential for doctors to be good at what they do. Agree if it’s easy to assume during the American Revolutionary War that people in high level positions always shared the interests of those below them with good intentions.

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    50 mins
  • Breakthroughs Behind When England and Virginia Colony Ended Witchcraft Trials

    Breakthroughs Behind When England and Virginia Colony Ended Witchcraft Trials
    Jan 24 2026
    Discover whether any other situations involving accused witches arose around same time Grace Sherwood underwent trial by ducking during summer of 1706. Learn why the year of 1730 was important in the Virginia Colony from a legal standpoint involving witchcraft. Get introduced to Jane Wenham including how she got accused of being a witch. Go behind the scenes and learn how Jane went to court including the judge’s ruling based upon evidence brought before the court. Understand significance behind Jane Wenham’s trial from 1712. Explore what the Witchcraft Act of 1736 went about highlighting from a legislative standpoint. Learn just how many years did the 1736 Witchcraft Act remain on the books until getting repealed. Discover what other New England Colony led the way in executing those labeled as witches prior to the Salem Massachusetts Witchcraft Trials occurring. Agree if there are any statues known to exist honoring Grace Sherwood. Get introduced to Louisa Venable Kyle and Belinda Nash, two women who resurrected Grace’s legacy and why she shouldn’t be forgotten. Learn if Grace herself was ever officially exonerated.

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    51 mins