The name Benedict Arnold has become synonymous with the word traitor. But what role did his wife, Peggy Shippen Arnold, play in the plot to deliver West Point to the British army? Isaac Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Dr. Charlene Boyer Lewis, who asserts that Peggy deserves a more central role in the infamous spy story.

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The Gilded Age. You may know it as an era in American history, but beyond that, it remains a mystery. Professor Greg Jackson, host of the podcast History That Doesn’t Suck, explains to Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus why the Gilded Age is actually a fascinating, relevant, and worthwhile area of study, as well as why Theodore Roosevelt was, “the most American American to ever America.”

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Most of us studied the American Revolution in grade school. But what did other nations think about the event? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Bertrand Van Ruymbeke to discuss how the American Revolution influenced the French people, the monarchy, and the future of the French nation

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Episode Description: The Cod Wars were a series of conflicts that took place between Iceland and Great Britain during the 20th century. Centered around disputes over fishing rights and territorial waters, these confrontations showcased the struggle between Iceland's efforts to protect its valuable cod fishing industry and Britain's interests in maintaining access to these fishing grounds. For photos and sources please visit https://shipwrecksandseadogs.com/blog/2023/07/11/cod-wars/.

Show Description:Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs is a maritime history podcast which tells the stories of the most notorious, tragic, and mysterious events in the history of ocean voyages, along with the most amazing and significant accomplishments in maritime history

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How did a woman's designation of legal personhood change when she got married in the eighteenth century? And what rights did she lose? Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome historian and scholar Dr. Karin Wulf to discuss women, men, and marriage in the British North American colonies and the early United States.

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What roles did public and private power take in the creation of the British Empire? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Philip J. Stern to discuss four centuries of corporate power fueling British colonialism and attempt to answer the deceptively simple question, “What is a corporation?”

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Historians have called Alexander Hamilton an abolitionist, and he was portrayed as opposed to slavery in the famous broadway musical. However, when writer Jessie Serfilippi dug into the sources, she discovered a different story. What had been hiding in plain sight all along?

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Ever heard a story of someone being hit on the head at a bar and ending up on a British naval vessel? Dr. Denver Brunsman studies the process in between! He joins Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins to discuss impressment gangs and privateers—in other words, legal pirates in the eighteenth century. It’s another world on the water.

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Dr. Denver Brunsman, The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World – https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/3575/

Privateers – https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference

Pirates – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy

Press Gangs – https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/overview/pressgangs-/

British Navigation Acts – https://www.britannica.com/event/Navigation-Acts

Captain Phillips – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/

Royal Ships – https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/rated-navy-ships-17th-19th-centuries

HMS Savage – https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/h-m-s-savage/

Pax Britannica – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pax%20Britannica#:~:text=%3A%20British%20peace,to%20which%20Britain%27s%20power%20extended

Pirates vs. Press Gangs: The Battle for the Atlantic by Denver Brunsman – https://www.redalyc.org/journal/2210/221065057004/html/

Denver Brunsman Talk: Pirates, Privateers, and Press Gangs in the Early Modern Atlantic (November 2015) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8-JLbUb8dg

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Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Dr. Cassandra Good to explore friendships between men and women in the eighteenth century. Did they exist, and do we misinterpret them today? Dr. Good also offers a sneak peek into her just-released book First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America.

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Isaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome Daniel Cross to the show to examine a side of George Washington and warfare that is rarely discussed—the painful aftereffects. The modern-day vocabulary may not be present, but the humanity and psychological impact of post-traumatic stress disorder can be seen in the words of Washington and revolutionary-era soldiers.

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NOTE: At approximately 34 minutes and 40 seconds into the show, there is a mention of suicide. 

Robert Dinwiddie - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Dinwiddie

John Stanwix - https://www.nps.gov/people/general-john-stanwix.htm

Edward Braddock - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Braddock

John Robinson -  https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/robinson-john-1705-1766/

Robert Orme - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Orme_(soldier)

George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, "Three families were murdered" - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0044

George Washington to Dinwiddie, "melt me into such deadly sorrow" - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-03-02-0033

George Washington to Andrew Lewis, gather parties to bury the dead -  https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0143

Robert Stobo - https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-stobo.htm

William Byrd III - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/byrd-william-1728-1777/

George Washington to Francis Halkett - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-05-02-0090

William Peachy to George Washington - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-05-02-0034

Patrick Henry - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patrick-Henry

Battle of Monmouth - https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/monmouth

Martha Washington - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martha-Washington

David Humphreys' Life of General Washington - https://ugapress.org/book/9780820328249/life-of-general-washington/

Fort Ligonier - https://www.fortligonier.org

Mount Vernon - https://www.mountvernon.org

Colonial Williamsburg - https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org

Fort Necessity - https://www.nps.gov/fone/index.htm

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