Episodes

  • Eric Hinderaker, Western Lands Before and After the American Revolution

    Eric Hinderaker, Western Lands Before and After the American Revolution
    Aug 24 2025
    University of Utah Professor Eric Hinderaker taught a class about western settlement before, during and after the American Revolution. Using the Kentucky territory as an example, he described the conflicts and relationships between the new federal government, settlers and Native Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, Benedict Arnold

    Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, Benedict Arnold
    Aug 17 2025
    Law professor and author Joyce Lee Malcolm discussed Benedict Arnold's triumphs as an American army general in the Revolutionary War and questioned whether his legacy as a notorious American traitor is entirely accurate. Professor Malcolm is the author of, The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life. This one hour talk was hosted by the University of Mary Washington as part of their Great Lives Lecture Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Garrett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"

    Garrett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"
    Aug 10 2025
    Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • George Washington's Character

    George Washington's Character
    Aug 3 2025
    Gene Allen Smith, a Texas Christian University history professor, taught a class about George Washington's character. He examined how the first president interacted with his contemporaries, how he viewed himself, and how he is remembered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution

    Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution
    Jul 27 2025
    Ithaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution. Ithaca College is located in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 1607 Jamestown Settlement

    1607 Jamestown Settlement
    Jul 20 2025
    College of William & Mary lecturer Amy Stallings discussed the history of the 1607 Jamestown fort and settlement in Virginia, and how Americans have tried to preserve and remember the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The College of William & Mary is located in Williamsburg, Virginia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Army Explorers of the West

    Army Explorers of the West
    Jul 13 2025
    Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the early 1800's through the Civil War. Texas Woman's University is located in Denton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War

    Weapons Technology in the Revolutionary War
    Jul 6 2025
    Wright State University professor Paul Lockhart taught a class on the development of weapons technology in the American Revolution. Wright State University is located in Dayton, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins