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New York State History Podcasts

We publish several podcast announcements each week. You can find them all below.

If you produce a podcast about an aspect of New York State and want to have it noticed here at the New York Almanack, e-mail editor John Warren at nyalmanack@gmail.com

John Jay, Forgotten Founder

November 18, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldJohn Jay played important and prominent roles during the founding of the United States and yet, his name isn’t one that many would list if asked to name founding fathers.

In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore John Jay and his contributions to the founding of the United States with Robb Haberman, associate editor of The Selected Papers of John Jay documentary editing project. You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/055

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Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Legal History, Podcasts, Political History, Westchester County

Sexual Misconduct in Colonial New England

November 13, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Abby Chandler, history professor at the University of Massachusetts, and author of Law and Sexual Misconduct in New England, 1650-1750 (Ashgate, December 2015). Chandler discusses the use of English law in the prosecution of sexual misconduct in colonial New England. You can listen here. [Read more…] about Sexual Misconduct in Colonial New England

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Gender History, Podcasts

American Exceptionalism: The History of an Idea

November 11, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWhat is the underlying ideological current that links Americans together regardless of their ancestral or regional diversity?

In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore “American Exceptionalism” and the ideas it embodies with John D. Wilsey, author of American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea (IVP Academic, 2015). You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/054

[Read more…] about American Exceptionalism: The History of an Idea

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Podcasts, Political History

Pioneer Broadcaster A History Activist

November 6, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discussing two history topics. Pioneer New York City broadcaster Edythe Meserand moved upstate and became the driving force in restoration of an eighteenth century church in the Montgomery County town of Charleston. And there once was a superhighway idea, proposed unsuccessfully in the 1960s and 1970s, to build a high speed road linking upstate New York and northern New England. You can listen here [Read more…] about Pioneer Broadcaster A History Activist

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Montgomery County, Podcasts, Transportation History

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

November 4, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldIn this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore the specters and witches that haunted 17th-century Massachusetts. Our guide for this exploration is Emerson W. Baker, author of A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Oxford University Press, 2014). You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/053

[Read more…] about The Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Oxford University Press, Podcasts, Witch Trials

Peter Feinman on The Historians Podcast

October 30, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Peter Feinman, a frequent contributor to the New York History Blog. Feinman is founder and president of the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Education, which provides enrichment programs for schools, professional development program for teachers and public programs to historic sites in the state. He takes a critical look at the New York State Path through History program. You can listen online here. [Read more…] about Peter Feinman on The Historians Podcast

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Advocacy, Podcasts

Early United States-Haitian Diplomacy

October 28, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldMuch like the United States, the colonists of Saint Domingue (present-day Haiti) sought their independence from France by fighting a war and waging a revolution. However, unlike the Americans, the San Dominguans who fought the war and waged the revolution were predominantly African and Caribbean-born slaves.

In this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, we explore the Haitian Revolution and the quest of both the United States and Saint Domingue to establish diplomatic and trade relations with each other. [Read more…] about Early United States-Haitian Diplomacy

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: French History, Haitian Revolution, Podcasts

Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery

October 23, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam League talking about their Ghosts of the Past Tours, which take place in Green Hill Cemetery Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24. Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery, opened in 1858 and expanded in 1865, was designed by Burton A. Thomas, who also designed Vale Cemetery in Schenectady and Albany Rural Cemetery. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/obudmore/bryan-mackfort-plain-museumthe-historianssunday-october-11-2015 [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s Green Hill Cemetery

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Cemeteries, Gardens - Landscape Architecture, Historic Amsterdam League, Montgomery County, Podcasts

Frontier Seaport: A History of Early Detroit

October 21, 2015 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldDuring the 18th century, Detroit emerged as a cosmopolitan entrepôt filled with many different peoples and all of the goods you would expect to find in early Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, or Charleston.

Today, we explore the early history of Detroit with Catherine Cangany, an associate professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and author of Frontier Seaport: Detroit’s Transformation into an Atlantic Entrepôt (Chicago University Press, 2014). You can listen to the podcast here: www.benfranklinsworld.com/051

[Read more…] about Frontier Seaport: A History of Early Detroit

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Podcasts

New Netherland Praatjes Podcast Launched

October 19, 2015 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

New-France_2_6_Map-of-New-Belgium-or-New-NetherlandThe New Netherland Institute is now producing a new podcast hosted by best-selling author Russell Shorto. ‘New Netherland Praatjes’ (Dutch for ‘chat’) is a series of chats with historians, archaeologists, and other experts on New Netherland and the world of the 17th-century Dutch.  [Read more…] about New Netherland Praatjes Podcast Launched

Filed Under: History Tagged With: New Netherland, New Netherland Institue, Podcasts

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