History, Natural History & the Arts
We publish several podcast announcements each week. You can find them all here.
If you produce a podcast about an aspect of New York State and want to have it noticed here, e-mail editor John Warren at nyalmanack@gmail.com
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Jane Spellman, author of Women Belong in History Books: Herkimer and Oneida Counties, 1700-1950.
Retired as executive director of the Herkimer County Historical Society, Spellman and over twenty women worked on research for this book. You can hear listen to “The Historians” podcast online here. [Read more…] about Women in History: Herkimer and Oneida Counties
Did Canada almost join the American Revolution?
In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we discuss Canada and how the American Revolution played out there with Bruno Paul Stenson, an historian and musicologist with the Château de Ramezay historic site in Montréal. Château de Ramezay served as the headquarters for the American forces between 1775 and 1776. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/041
Today we address the President of the United States as “Mr. President.” But did you know that the proper title for the office was almost “His Highness the President?”
In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon, author of For Fear of an Elective King (Cornell University Press, 2014), leads us on an exploration of the presidential title controversy of 1789, the first controversy to wrack the United States Congress. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/040
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Barbara Blaisdell, an independent reenactor who has been portraying Susan B. Anthony for 24 years including appearances at the National Susan B. Anthony House and Museum in Rochester, N.Y. Blaisdell (and Susan B. Anthony) explore the opinions of the human rights leader on women’s rights, slavery and temperance.
Listen at “The Historians” online archive. “The Historians” podcast is also heard each Monday at 11:30 am and Wednesday at 11 am on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind and print disabled in New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley.
“The Historians” podcast is recorded at Dave Greene’s East Line Studio. You can support this podcast by making a contribution to “The Historians” GoFundMe page: http://www.gofundme.com/TheHistorians
The American Revolution was a revolution against Parliament not a king.
In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore the idea of a royalist revolution with Eric Nelson, author ofThe Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and the American Founding (Harvard University Press, 2014). You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/039
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Jessica Parr, author of Inventing George Whitefield: Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon (Mississippi, 2015). Whitefield was a founding father of American evangelicalism in the 1700s. Parr looks at his missionary career and his effort to reconcile his disdain for some plantation owners with his belief that slavery was an economic necessity in the American South. Listen at “The Historians” online archive here. [Read more…] about George Whitefield: Race and Revivalism
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Its four key principles continue to influence and inspire the governments of English-speaking countries around the world, including the United States and Canada.
In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore Magna Carta and its long legacy with Carolyn Harris, author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada: Democracy, Law, and Human Rights (Dundurn Press, 2015). You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/038.
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Michael Cinquanti who publishes a daily blog of birthdays of people born in his home town of Amsterdam, N.Y. It’s a fun way to learn about local history. Cinquanti also keeps track of the birthdays of sports stars. Listen at “The Historians” online here. [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s Michael Cinquanti On ‘The Historians’ Podcast
In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore the consequences of Spanish involvement in the War for American Independence with Kathleen DuVal, professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/037
[Read more…] about Spain and the American Revolution in the Gulf Coast
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Sheila Myers, author of the novel, Imaginary Brightness: A Durant Family Saga. William West Durant is the focus of her novel; Durant marketed Adirondack great camps as vacation homes for super wealthy American industrialists. You can listen at “The Historians” online archive here. [Read more…] about Sheila Myers On Her Durant Family Novel