You may be familiar with some of the more famous Plymouth Colony names like William Bradford, William Brewster, or Miles Standish; but few know much about Isaac Allerton - an enigmatic man who rose to prominence in Plymouth, Marblehead, New Haven, and New Netherlands between 1620 and 1659.

In this episode, host Hilary Goodnow spoke with historians David Furlow and Lisa Pennington who are working to unravel the mystery of Isaac Allerton and his family across the 17th-century Atlantic World.

The Interwoven team is back at Mayflower II to catch up with Whit Perry, Director of Maritime Preservation and Operations for Plimoth Plantation and Matt Barnes, lead shipwright on the Mayflower II Restoration Project at Mystic Seaport's Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. They shared exciting updates on the restoration process that have occurred since our last interview in March 2017 and introduced us to some of the project's amazing collaborators.

Restoring an Icon: Part I is available to download or stream from iTunes and on SoundCloud. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America grant number MA-30-16-0166-16.

Sixty years ago, the Mayflower II arrived in Plymouth Harbor after a 55-day sea voyage. She was greeted by a crowd of tens of thousands of spectators. One spectator was Linda Cabot Black who saw the ship first in Provincetown then drove all the way to Plymouth to see her again. In this special soundbite from Interwoven, Ms. Black shares her Mayflower Memories with Plimoth Plantation staff.

​What did it take to make a house a home in early Plymouth Colony? Dr. Kathryn Ness, Plimoth Plantation's Curator of Collections, takes listeners behind the scenes to share how each house in the 17th-Century English Village is curated to reflect the family that lived there and the global economy that fueled their world.

What does it mean to be Native/Indian/indigenous/first people in 2017? For this new series of conversations with a diverse group of Native political, educational, and cultural leaders from across the country, ​​Interwoven host Hilary Goodnow spoke with Elaine Yellow Horse, a tribal prosecutor for the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota​,​ about the importance of community, tradition, and restorative justice.

What does it mean to be Native/Indian/indigenous/first people in 2017? As the first in a series of conversations with a diverse group of Native political, educational, and cultural leaders from across the country, Interwoven host Hilary Goodnow talks with Dr. Cedric Woods (Lumbee), Trustee of Plimoth Plantation and ​the ​Founding Director of the Institute for New England Native American Studies at University of Massachusetts, Boston.

During its sail In 1957, when Mayflower II neared Plymouth, Massachusetts, a US Navy blimp hovered above taking pictures. The photographer aboard the blimp was Clarence Goguen. Mr. Goguen visited with Plimoth Plantation staff to share his one-of-a-kind story.

Podcast host Hilary Goodnow and Brown University's Dr. Linford Fisher explore the "spectrum of unfreedom" and the evolution of native enslavement across the 17th century through 3 historic characters: Tisquantum (Squanto), the son of Metacomet (King Philip), and Tituba.

Podcast host Hilary Goodnow talks with Whit Perry, Director of Maritime Preservation and Operations at Plimoth Plantation, about the on-going restoration of Mayflower II. Whit details aspects of the wooden boat restoration process and shares some of the challenges and joys he's encountered along the way. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America grant number MA-30-16-0166-16.

Host Hilary Goodnow, takes listeners behind the scenes at Plimoth Plantation’s newest living history exhibit - the Plimoth Grist Mill! Millers Kim VanWormer and Matt Tavares discuss the history, science and technology of grain milling in the 17th century and share their passions for heirloom grains, green energy, and historic trades.