September 19, 2021 – Toward the end of the just-released episode, “The Road to the Roanoke Colonies,” I seem to have lost a year, saying “1582” at least a couple of times when I mean to say “1583.” To be clear, Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for England and committed suicide by storm on the Squirrel in 1583.
For those of you who have become unreconstructed fans of Sir Francis Drake, here’s a nice new video on the Golden Hind, the ship in which he...
Because it is impossible to get enough of me, I appeared on the Michele Tafoya Podcast on January 25, 2024. Michele’s podcast is on the...
Longstanding and attentive listeners have heard me inveigh against “useable history,” or the weaponization of it to win the political...
The main purpose of this micro-episode is to give you the details on the much ballyhooed Philadelphia area meet-up of fans of the podcast. The...
Kevin Padula, proprietor of “The Story of Rhode Island” podcast, had me on to talk about matters Puritan, and especially the expulsions...
Longstanding listener Steve from Phoenix went to London and did us all a favor by visiting the replica of Sir Francis Drake’s ship, the Golden...
