Cele mai bune Wjm podcast-uri (2024)

I wanted to explore some wider connections to our Podcast narrative and zoom out a bit to cover three distinct historical episodes over the course of the 17th century, that highlight Dutch struggles with the Spanish Habsburg, English and French for control of the Atlantic basin.

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Bonus Episode 26 “The Other Emerald Isle: Montserrat’s Rich Irish-Afro Culture” 6:08

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Discover the unique story of the 1768 Slave revolt on Monserrat and the development of an incredible syncretic Afro-Irish culture.

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Bonus Episode 25 “Webs of Commerce: How Slavery bound the Atlantic Basin” 27:41

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An examination of slavery’s ties between North America, Africa, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Domingue and Curaçao in the 17th and 18th centuries. Book recommendations: “Intimate Bonds” By Jennifer Palmer, “Empire at the Periphery” by Christian Koot, “Everyday life in the Early English Caribbean” by Jenny Shaw and “Creolization and Contraband: Curaçao in …

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Bonus Episode 10 “Where two Rivers Meet: Folklore and History of the Hudson Valley” 9:39

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Let’s weave a tale that will tie together the Battle of White Plains, Diedrich Knickerbocker, The Philispe’s Patroonship, and Algonquin Hudson River sacred legend. Book Recommendations: “Legends and lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley” by Johnathan Kruk.

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Bonus Episode 24: The Dutch Schout system of New Netherland 2:47

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Discover the first system of public order and law enforcement here in New York.

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Bonus Episode 23: The historical development of Paul Bunyan 1:46

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Discover the unique characteristics and real historical figures and events that helped form the famous syncretic tale of New York and Quebec.

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Bonus Episode 22: The Life of Saint Kateri 6:37

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Join me on a journey to discover the unique syncretic religious developments on the frontier of New York and Quebec during the late 17th century. Book Recommendations “A Lily Among Thorns” by Darren Bonaparte.

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Bonus Episode 21: The Famous Coureurs des bois of Nouvelle-France 4:42

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Discover the unique mode of warfare developed on the syncretic frontier of New York and Quebec from the point of view of Nouvelle-France.

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Bonus Episode 20: The Pirate Patroons of the Hudson Valley 8:30

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Discover the incredible links between the Hudson Valley and Madagascar, as the new English overlords team up with the established Dutch Merchant class, in order to subvert the Navigation Acts.

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Bonus Episode 19: The 18th Century Rent Wars of New York and northern New Jersey. 3:50

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Learn more about the Horseneck riots and the Prendergast and revolt.

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Bonus Episode 18: Martinique’s Morne Garnier 7:24

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Follow the pivotal history of Martinique in the struggle between Britain and France. Discover with how the British conquests turned the power dynamics with North American English colonists upside down.

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Bonus episode 1: "Le Grand Derangement: The Acadian Expulsion and the fall of Louisbourg, 1755-1758" 34:41

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Discover the history of French settlement of Acadia and British attempts to cleanse Acadia of it’s French inhabitants during the French and Indian War. We’ll also discuss the fall of the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1758 and examine the historiography of Le Grand Derangement. Book Recommendations: “A Great and Noble Scheme” by John Mack Faragher & “Th…

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Bonus Episode 6 "In the Shadow of Wobomagonda: Robert Rogers Ranger's and the "Snowshoe Campaigns" 31:52

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Robert Rodgers Rangers were the first true “Special forces” developed institutionally in North America. Created to counter the French “Coureur de Bois”and their “Le Guerre Sauvage,” The Rangers fought in all the major campaigns on the borders of New York and Québec during the French and Indian War. Book Recommendations: “White Devil” by Stephen Bru…

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Bonus Episode 3 Colonial New York: Land of the Patroon and the Longhouse, Part een” 51:32

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Part 1: Geographical overview of NYS and background of Dutch Colonial Settlement until 1673. We'll cover the transistion from Patroonships to the Manorial system in the Hudson valley after the English takeover. Book Recommendations: “Island at the Center of the World” by Russell Shorto, “The Colony of New Netherland” by Jaap Jacobs, “New Netherland…

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Bonus Episode 15 Ticonderoga: A Place between the Waters of New York and Quebec, Part One 21:02

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Discover the unique role that Ticonderoga plays in the historical development of New York and Quebec, from Samuel Champlain to General Burgoyne, Part One will cover 1609-1759. Book Recommendations: “Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys” by Michael Laramie.

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Bonus Episode 17: Folklore and Legends of French Antilles 18:54

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Discover the Podcast narrative’s wider cultural connections of the French Atlantic basin, through the exploration of some scary folkloric tales of Louisiana, Haiti, and St. Lucia! Book Recommendations: “The Things that Fly in the Night” by Giselle Lizza Anatol.

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Bonus Episode 16 “Rebellion on the wild North Coast: The Berbice Slave Revolt of 1763” 19:26

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Join me in the second episode of my Caribbean Connections series, where we examine the greater connections to the Atlantic Basin. Discover the Dutch colony of Berbice and the story of one of the largest slave revolts to rock the Caribbean prior to the Haitian Revolution. Book Recommendations: “Blood on the River” by Marjoleine Kars.…

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Bonus Episode 12: The Hudson Valley in Transition, from 1664-1766 18:33

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We’ll follow the Dutch Merchant class transformation to landed gentry supportive of British rule and the societal impact of the Manorial system in Pre-Revolutionary New York. Book Recommendations: “The Women of the House” by Jean Zimmerman & “Bound by Bondage” by Nicole Maskiell.

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Bonus episode 14: Je me souviens, cultural continuity after the fall of New France. 10:21

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My thoughts on the developing French-Canadien identity after British Conquest. Book Recommendations: “Nobility Lost” by Christian Ayne Crouch & “French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and The Atlantic World” by Robert Englebert & Andrew N. Wegmann.

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Bonus Episode 13: I left my leg in Sint Maarten, a tale of Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch Caribbean 5:52

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Enjoy a short tale of how New Netherland’s famous “peg-legged” last Governor-General lost his limb and how this episode gives us a peek into the Trans-Atlantic wide empire of the Dutch. Book recommendations: “The Dutch Moment” by Wim Klooster & “Heaven’s Wrath” by D. L. Noorlander.

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Bonus Episode 11: Despair, Stalemate, and Hope in Revolutionary War Hudson Valley 14:16

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I wanted to introduce some local battles of the Revolutionary War fought here in the Hudson valley and integrate them into the larger flow of the general wartime narrative.

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Bonus Episode 2: "The Habitants of New France & The legacy of the War of Conquest" 20:17

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Join me as we explore the society and culture of New France. Our journey will also examine the impact of the "War of Conquest" on the Habitants of New France. Book recommendations “The People of New France” by Alan Greer & “Champlain’s Dream” by David Hackett Fischer.

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A photographic review of the Dutch Hudson Valley. 5:35

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Delve deep into the Dutch History of the Hudson Valley through it’s Patroonships, Manors, and Tenant Farms.

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Bonus Episode 3 Colonial New York: “Land of the Patroon and the Longhouse, Part Trois” 31:21

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Come discover the rise of European power dynamics and the deftly balanced Iroquois response, as the League navigated the rapidly developing geopolitical situation found throughout New York. This episode will cover the years of 1666-1754, as both dates bookend important transitional moments in the history of the Haudenosaunee peoples. Book Recommend…

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A view of the environs of La Rochelle 1:18

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Take a glance at the ancestral departure point for most leaving for Nouvelle France. On tour in St. Martin, we encountered an historical group that maintained ties between La Rochelle and New Rochelle, which happens to be five minutes from me here on the Long Island Sound! Incredible syncretic connections are still being made to this day!…

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Depictions of Fort Johnson and the Mohawk Valley 0:50

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Enjoy some pictures from my recent visit to Sir William Johnson’s fortified syncretic salon on the frontier of New York and Quebec.

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Depictions from Fort William Henry 1:01

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Get a feel for the layout and landscape of the award winning movie and central focus of my podcast!

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Henry Hudson at Croton Point 0:46

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Experience a glimpse of the majestic Hudson River as the famous explorer would have viewed it!

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Bonus Episode 9 “The Faces and Spaces of Bondage: Chattel Slavery in New France and New Netherland 38:29

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Discover the geographic spaces of slavery and encounter the true faces of perseverance, as I discuss enslavement in both New France and New Netherland. Book Recommendations: “Bonds of Alliance” by Brett Rushforth, “Spaces of Enslavement” by Andrea Mosterman, “The New York City Slave Revolt of 1712” by Ben Hughes and “New York Burning: Liberty, Slav…

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Bonus Episode 8: Figures and Factors of the Syncretic Frontier 2:05:54

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Join international best selling author and Historian Dr. Stephen Brumwell, as we discuss the blended nature of life on the frontiers of New York and Quebec. Using Dr. Brumwell's wonderful body of works, join us on a journey navigating both the French and Indian War and The American Revolution.

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Epsiode 4” Part III: The Fall of Fort Niagara and the closing of the West.” 14:01

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The British finish off French forces in the west by seizing Fort Niagara and take control over the Great Lakes (1759) Book Recommendations: “Siege 1759” by Brian Leigh Dunnigan

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Episode 4 “Part 2: The Opening of a Backdoor and the Seizure of the West (1758-1759)” 15:43

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The British capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758 and open the way to Montreal. We will also dive deep into the background of William Johnson and learn of his rise to prominence on the frontier. Book Recommendations: “Mohawk Baronet” by James Thomas Flexner & “Bateaux and Whaleboats” by Ian Macpherson McCullogh…

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Bonus Episode 7: Demonic Possession in the French Atlantic World 10:21

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While most Americans are familiar with the Salem Witch Trials, the possession of Barbe Hallay of New France is little known in the English speaking world. Join me as we examine a dark story of evil and redemption, thirty years before the events of Salem took place. Book Recommendations: “The Possession of Barbe Halley” by Mari Cowan…

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Bonus Episode 5 “My personal Ghost Stories from Fort William Henry.” 6:48

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Enjoy my three different and very strange experiences at Fort William Henry in Lake George.

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Bonus Episode 4: Le Loup-Garou de Quebec "Halloween Special" 7:43

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Join me for a tale of Canadien Were-wolves, as we examine the Loup-garou attacks of Quebec in 1757.

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Bonus Episode 3 "Colonial New York: Land of the Patroon and the Longhouse, Part tekeni” 21:58

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We will explore the origins of the Iroquois peoples, the founding of the League and their geopolitical development until 1666. Book Recommendations: “The Edge of The Woods” by Jon Parmenter & “Creation and Confederation” by Darren Bonaparte

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Episode 4 "Knocking on the Backdoor: The Ontario Campaign (1755-1756), Wood Creek & Fort Oswego.” 16:08

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The French press British supply lines in the Mohawk Valley and move to seize Fort Oswego. Book Recommendations: “Montcalm’s Crushing Blow” by Rene Chartrand

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Episode 3: "The Arm of God: Fort Carillon and The Red Cross, 1758." 12:53

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The British mass the largest army ever assembled in North America to attack an ill-equipped French Garrison at Fort Carillon on July 8th, 1758. In a major blunder, the British forces suffer the worst single day loss of men in North America, until the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Book Recommendations: “Montcalm and Wolfe” by Francis Parkman…

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Episode 2: "A Model Capitulation,” The Siege and The Massarce at Fort William Henry, 1757. 10:49

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The French attempt to seize Fort William Henry and drive toward Albany in 1757. Relive the major moments of classic film "Last of the Mohicans." Book Recommendations: “The French and Indian War” by Walter R. Borneman & “Empires at War” by William M. Fowler.

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Episode 1: Lanes, Streets, and Alleyways: The Battle of Lake George 1755 14:15

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British and French forces clash on the major water junction between New York and Quebec on Lac du Saint Sacrement (Lake George) in 1755. Book recommendations: “The Battle of Lake George” by William Griffith IV

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New York, Quebec, and the water route to the center of the world 0:44

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A narrative history podcast covering the history of the epic conflict for control over the important wateways between New York and Quebec from 1754-1815. The Podcast will cover three major conflicts including the French & Indian War, The American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The podcast focuses on the geographic triangle stretching from the St.…

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