Revolution 250 Podcast
Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
Podcasting since 2020 • 292 episodes
Revolution 250 Podcast
Latest Episodes
American Ancestors on the American Revolution
Genealogists David Allen Lambert and Melanie McComb of American Ancestors talk about how family history reshapes our understanding of the American Revolution. Drawing on the vast collections and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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42:21
Rage and the Republic with Jonathan Turley
Most revolutions end in failure. If they succeed in toppling the bad old regime, they often create a new one that is worse. "Like Saturn," a French journalist observed in the early 1790s, "the Revolution devours its children." ...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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35:56
The Maddest Idea: Creating a Navy with B. J. Armstrong
On this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Professor Robert Allison welcomes Captain B.J. Armstrong, a 27-year officer in the United States Navy, Associate Professor of War Studies and Naval History at the U.S. Nav...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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39:48
Nathanael Greene with Richard Howell
In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Robert J. Allison welcomes Richard Howell of the Nathanael Greene Homestead for a conversation about the life and legacy of one of t...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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44:51
Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism with Christopher L. Brown
Why did an antislavery movement emerge at the time of the American Revolution, both in the American colonies and in Britain? Christopher Brown asks this question and many more in Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism.&nbs...
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Season 6
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40:35
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