In the second instalment of the Birth of America series we welcome Peter Kastor to discuss the presidency of the most famous Founding Father...

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Peter Kastor's profile: https://history.wustl.edu/people/peter-kastor

Brendan Tam joins us to talk about friendship in politics, why party political alliances are much murkier than we tend to think, and how patronage could become an instrument of blackmail in the 18th century.

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Andrew Dorman and Zack have a 'ding dong' about whether civilian courts were more or less lenient than military ones, and why the Irish Military Establishment really wasn't as rubbish as people claim.

We also discuss wardrobe malfunctions and Zack whines about the cold for the umpteen-thousandth time.

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Seth Le Jacq joins us to discuss his research in how the Royal Navy prosecuted homosexuality during the 18th century, in an interview that set fire to the question list and was run entirely off the cuff, in possibly the most lively and wide-ranging episode we've ever done.

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Liberty Collard stops by as part of our BSECS coverage to talk about William Sancho, why he matters, and her wider research which maps the lives of black people living in London during the 18th Century.

Find out more about Liberty's research at https://mappingblacklondon.org

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Dr Clementine Garcenot, Severine Angers and Ella Harford take time out of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference to talk about their research into women in the French Revolution, mourning in the Napoleonic Wars, and women's sexual deviancy in the 18th century.

Why do the Hessians get all the blame for pretty much every war crime committed during the American War of Independence? 

Professor Friedericke Baer joins us to talk about her book on the Hessians, who they were, where they came from, and why the often-repeated claims about them simply don't stack up with the reality.

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Amy Wilson joins us for a vox-pop on her work looking at women and maternity in the 18th Century, with a particular focus on why Queen Charlotte was never painted as being pregnant, despite spending a total of 16 years of her life pregnant.

Find out more about Amy's work at https://amywilsonstorey.com

Thomas Whitfield from the Georgian Group explains about the organisation's important work, how they negotiate with property owners to protect the heritage of crucial Georgian buildings, and the range of events that are open to its members.

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