Plimoth Plantation's blacksmiths/colliers, Mark Atchison and Mattheo Brault, discuss making fuel for the fire from mining iron and mineral coal in England to the production of wood charcoal for early industries in New England. Plus, discover some of the ins-and-outs of being the village blacksmith.

Ep. 1.07: Wampum for the Wedding

Native Artisan Bob Charlebois discusses the cultural and economical roles of wampum in native society and bringing it all together in a custom wampum belt for the 1623 Bradford Wedding.

Ep. 1.06: Material Culture in Wampanoag Country

Tim Roderick, Curator of Native Reproductions, discusses traditional native material culture and playing a 17th-century Wampanoag man at the 1623 Bradford Wedding.

Ep. 1.05: Dressing the Part

Kayla McCumber, Manager of Historical Clothing & Textiles, explores English wedding fashions and customs and how things changed in New England.

Ep. 1.04: Being a Bradford

Living History Educators Doug Blake and Kyle Brennan share their insights on playing William and Alice Bradford and how they prepare to accurately portray a diplomatic wedding in New England.

Ep. 1.03: A Feast Fit for a Governor and a Sachem

Foodways Culinarian Kathleen Wall and Baker Tani Mauriello discuss how to prepare a 17th-century New English "bride-ale" for a diplomatic wedding.

Ep. 1.02: A Wedding as Diplomacy, Part II

Darius Coombs, Director of Wampanoag and Algonkian Interpretive Training, discusses interpreting European sources with native lenses, Wampanoag diplomacy with early Plymouth Colony, and playing Massasoit.

Ep. 1.01: A Wedding as Diplomacy, Part I

Richard Pickering, Plimoth Plantation's Deputy Executive Director, explores the political relationships between 17th-century Plimoth and Pokanoket and how the Bradford Wedding served as a catalyst for Native-English diplomacy in early Plymouth Colony.