Episode 165 – Sarah & John
The Glorious Revolution of 1688, the real Revolution, was not of armies and kings but of Parliaments and politics and
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Episode 164 – Thomas Pound part 1
This is the story of a promising young Captain in the Royal Navy named Thomas Pound. He was involved, or
Episode 163 – A Race of Evildoers
We’re finishing up with Thomas Paine, Jan Willems, and George Wright. For now. This is our penultimate step to get
Episode 162 – What’s in a Name
This is the story of one pirate named Thomas. We’ve met him before, but only in passing. Today we get
Episode 161 – Step Lightly
The effects of the Stuart Restoration and the first two Anglo-Dutch Wars on New England and Chesapeake Bay would have
Episode 160 – Wicked & Unrighteous Practices
We’re taking off at a run and covering New England’s pirate problem through the Thirty Years War and the First
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Episode 159 – A Sea Highwayman
Today we continue our look at New England. Puritan divisions, Indigenous politics, war, finally culminating in the tale of the
Episode 158 – North American Colonization
We’re taking a very broad look at the arrival of Europeans into the North American world from about 1500 to
Episode 157 – Rascally Fellows of Desperate Fortunes
This is the conclusion of the drama on the Chesapeake. Richard Ingle, William Claiborne, Leonard Calvert, and Thomas Cornwaleys all
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Episode 156 – High Treason
The English Civil War arrived in America when a trader named Richard Ingle was accused of Parliamentarian sympathies. Today’s drama