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Since 2005, "Past and Present" has taken you behind the scenes to meet interpreters, chefs, tradesmen, musicians, historians, curators, and more. We offer three versions of our podcast: one that's audio-only, one that includes a slideshow, and a video podcast.
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Harnessing History’s Power
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
 Retired chairman and chief executive officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and former under secretary of the Army Norm Augustine says history and science go hand-in-hand.
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The Boston Slave Petitions
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
 The founders demanded freedom for themselves, but not for their slaves. Early protests show that the enslaved noticed the flaw in the logic. Historian Harvey Bakari introduces the Boston Slave Petitions.
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Town Gunsmith
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
 The gun is part of America’s creation story. Gunsmith George Suiter describes the technology of this potent tool.
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I am murdered
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
 A tale of murder in the final chapter in a great man’s noble life. Chris Hull tells George Wythe’s story.
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The Polite Academy
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
 The manners of the parlor codify the feminine culture. Kristen Spivey keeps up appearances in The Polite Academy.
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Arming the Continent
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
 New information continues to emerge from the excavation of Anderson’s Armoury. The tin shop is found, beginning a new exploration of the trade. Meredith Poole updates.
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Meet the Cooper
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
 The coopers’s cask is one of mankind’s strongest constructions, and the ubiquitous container for shipping items wet and dry. Meet cooper Ramona Vogel to learn more about the trade.
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Great Hair
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
 Hear tales of hair farms, shaved heads, yak fur, and wigs rigged with live ammunition, told by wigmaker Betty Myers.
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Crystal Carols
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 19, 2011
 Christmas tunes resonate from an instrument you’ve probably never heard before. Hear Dean Shostak play Ben Franklin’s invention: the glass armonica.
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Westward!
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
 America outgrows her 13 colonies and stretches her boundaries west. CNU Professor Phillip Hamilton explains the sprawl.
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A Good Read
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 05, 2011
 Author Susan Berg on what the 18th century read for work and for fun.
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Harsh World, This World
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
 The diverse relationships between slaves and masters were governed by kindness, betrayal, trust, and cruelty. A new Electronic Field Trip, “Harsh World, This World” examines the complex familiarity of slavery.
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Woodworking in Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
 Master cabinetmaker Mack Headley makes fine furniture in the plain and neat Virginia style.
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A Method for Madness
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
 Doctors treating madness in 1773 embraced methods like bleeding, vomiting, restraint and intimidation. Interpreter Donna Wolf researched the topic for her program, “A Method for Madness.”
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Inventing the Submarine
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 07, 2011
 The first combat submarine was invented as a vehicle to transport underwater bombs. Jerry Roberts of the Connecticut River Museum tells the story of an intrepid American inventor.
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Ghosts Amongst Us
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
 A chilling specter of the 18th century reaches its icy grasp to the present day. Hear the story of Moses Riggs, a man possessed.
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An Enduring Spirit
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
 Edith Cumbo was a rare individual in colonial Virginia: a free African woman. Learn about her life and her stature in this interview with Emily James.
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Brick by Brick
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 17, 2011
 Williamsburg’s most prestigious buildings start with humble clay. Brickmaker Jason Whitehead tells the story.
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Meet Benjamin Franklin
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 10, 2011
 Wry humor softens the sharp wit of this quintessentially American founding father. Interpreter John Hamant talks about portraying Benjamin Franklin.
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The Mystery of the Gravestones
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 03, 2011
 Two gravestones are unearthed during a construction project. Historians and curators work to solve the mysteries below. Emily Williams tells their story.
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First Do No Harm
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
 Restoration presents a paradox when repairing old instruments could mean erasing their stories. Conservator John Watson walks the fine line.
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Williamsburg’s Blacksmith
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
 Williamsburg’s blacksmith transforms crude metal into elegant, functional tools. Master Blacksmith Ken Schwarz details the trade.
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Spies at Jamestown
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
 The tale of a Spanish spy reveals England’s fragile hold on the New World. Miguel Girona tells the story of Don Diego de Molina.
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Constitution Day: Trial by Jury
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 05, 2011
 The Constitution guarantees the right to jury trial. What does it mean for a vital democracy? Director of the Center for Jury Studies Paula Hannaford-Agor explains their importance.
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The Idea of America
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 29, 2011
 Democracy is an experiment sustained through debate; rights are a privilege earned through participation. Michael Hartoonian introduces The Idea of America.
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More Than Meets the Eye
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 22, 2011
 Early maps and prints leave geography for last, focusing first on politics and propaganda. Curator Margaret Pritchard talks about a new exhibit at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
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Excavating Ancient Armor
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
 A broken helmet is discarded and forgotten, only to be resurrected 400 years later by curious archaeologists on Jamestown Island. Curator Michael Lavin describes the effort.
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Meet the Basketmaker
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
 Basketmaking is a tradition born of utility and preserved for beauty. Colonial Williamsburg basketmaker Terry Thon practices a trade passed down through generations.
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Kids Tell the Story
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 01, 2011
 History is in the hands of Junior Interpreters all summer long, as the story of the Revolution expands to include a kid’s perspective. Pam Blount tells us how sites involve children in the 18th century and today.
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George Washington’s Farewell
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 25, 2011
 George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address teems with advice that rings true today. Listen to interpreter Ron Carnegie read excepts from the timeless epistle.
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Founding Mothers
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 18, 2011
 Sharp quills did the bidding of the even sharper intellects of the Revolution’s founding mothers. Listen to the words of Mercy Otis Warren and Abigail Adams, voiced by Abigail Schumann.
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Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 11, 2011
 Patrick Henry demands liberty or death in his rousing 1775 speech. Hear the immortal words voiced by interpreter Richard Schumann.
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 04, 2011
 Thomas Jefferson reads the words that started it all: The Declaration of Independence.
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Arsenal of War
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 27, 2011
 A new armoury complex takes shape on the footings of Anderson’s Forge. Archaeologist Meredith Poole talks about the site’s rebuilt narrative.
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Meet the Weaver
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
 War makes the weaver busy. Cloth for everything from sails to bedsheets is created on his loom. Max Hamrick weaves the tale.
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A Tribal Relic Returns
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 13, 2011
 A lost relic returns to the Pamunkey tribe in a new form. American Indian Initiative Manager Buck Woodard guides us through treaties and time.
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Washington’s Whiskey
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 06, 2011
 George Washington’s retirement venture had a high alcohol content. Mount Vernon’s Director of Preservation, Dennis Pogue, leads us on a tour through Washington’s whiskey distillery.
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Age of Piracy
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 30, 2011
 Pirates seek treasure both sunken and sea-going, from the 17th century through today. William and Mary Professor Kris Lane draws the connections between the old traditions and the fresh emergences of piracy.
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Oral History
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 23, 2011
 African American history is both discovered in and continued by an ancient oral tradition. Richard Josey describes the process of restoring a community’s voice.
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What Makes a Good President?
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 16, 2011
 Author and historian Alan Brinkley shares his thoughts on the alchemy of luck and chance in the Oval Office.
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Women of the Revolution
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 09, 2011
 Could the war have been won without women? Author and Professor Holly Mayer thinks not. Learn more about the inner workings of the Continental Army.
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Immortal Bricks and Mortar
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 02, 2011
 Buildings bear silent witness to the history that happens inside them. Conservator Matt Webster makes sure structures live to tell their tales.
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The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
 Abraham Lincoln makes good on the founders’ promises of freedom and equality. Author Gordon Wood lays out the Revolutionary origins of the Civil War.
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Martha Leads the Charge
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
 While General George Washington commanded the troops in the field, Martha led the charge at home. Historic Interpreter Lee Ann Rose describes the impact women made during the Revolution.
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Model Prison Architecture
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
 Williamsburg’s jail, or gaol, set the standard for colonial prison architecture. Visit the building this year as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of its reconstruction. Architectural historian Carl Lounsbury describes the structure.
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Beer and Whiskey
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 04, 2011
 In an age when water was suspect, sometimes beer was the safest thing to drink. Food historian Frank Clark discusses the brewing process common to most colonial homes and recreated in Historic Area kitchens.
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The Art of Beauty
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 28, 2011
 Attaining ideal beauty in the 18th century might require hog’s lard, mousehide, toxic lead, and daily application of gin. Historical Interpreter Meg Brown shares her favorite discoveries.
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A Settler Revolt
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 21, 2011
 British colonists revolt against their mother country when traditional English rights are threatened. Author and historian Jack Greene explains.
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A Pig Worth Saving
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
 The Ossabaw Hog shares its unique genetic legacy with visitors to Colonial Williamsburg’s Great Hopes Plantation. Historic Farmer Wayne Randolph talks about the rare breed.
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Jefferson’s Boyhood Home
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
 A new examination of Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home reveals the forces that shaped the third president. Author Susan Kern talks about her new book, “The Jeffersons at Shadwell.”
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A Dangerous Man
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 28, 2011
 The man with the tamest job in town is an outlaw in a time of slave law. Listen to the story of Gowan Pamphlet, the first ordained slave preacher in America.
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Merging Cultures
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 21, 2011
 Many West African cultures make landfall in colonial Virginia, where they adapt and adopt traits that will form the basis of a new African American culture. Historian Rose McAphee describes the blend.
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African American Folk Art
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 14, 2011
 Folk Art from the African American tradition holds a wealth of cultural memory. Trish Balderson describes selected pieces chosen for the African American Folk Art Tour.
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Freedom Bound
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 07, 2011
 Slavery gains a foothold in the American colonies as early as 1619. In the years that follow, laws and resistance grow around the institution with equal determination. Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander discusses slavery’s early path.
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Storm on the Horizon
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 31, 2011
 The Civil War has its roots in the American Revolution. Explore the causes and conflicts in “Storm on the Horizon,” a special two-day Colonial Williamsburg event February 18th and 19th, 2011.
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Where Pocahontas Pledged Her Love
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 24, 2011
 Ongoing excavations at James Fort reveal a surprising discovery: the site of the 1608 church where Pocahontas married John Rolfe. Chief Archaeologist Bill Kelso shares the excitement of rediscovery.
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New World English
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 17, 2011
 The first English words spoken in Virginia were pronounced with a 17th-century London accent. Linguistics professor Anne Charity-Hudley explains the evolution of the American sound.
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Skill and Science in Historic Trades
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 10, 2011
 Intelligence born of practice combines with the study of science to complete the historic tradesman’s store of knowledge. Director of Historic Trades Jay Gaynor describes the balance.
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Fashion Accessories from Head to Toe
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 03, 2011
 The accessories that graced the ensembles of history are on display at the Colonial Williamsburg Art Museums in “Fashion Accessories from Head to Toe.” Curator Linda Baumgarten introduces the collection.
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History is Served
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 27, 2010
 A new blog from Historic Foodways presents 18th-century recipes in 21st-century terms. Get cooking with Frank Clark at recipes.history.org.
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Music for Christmas
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
 The Governor’s Musick is Colonial Williamsburg’s resident 18th-century musical ensemble. Jane Hanson, Herb Watson, Jenny Edenborn and Wayne Moss perform.
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A Perfect Copy
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 13, 2010
 By 1820, the original Declaration was showing signs of wear. John Quincy Adams commissioned a now-famous facsimile. Librarian Doug Mayo describes Colonial Williamsburg’s copy.
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Williamsburg Christmastide
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 06, 2010
 The heart of Christmas remains unchanged, even as each generation lends new customs to the celebration. Historian Lou Powers talks Christmastide in three centuries.
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Colonial Kids
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 29, 2010
 Growing up colonial meant babies in crash helmets and boys in dresses. Program developer Kristin Spivey compares childhood now and then.
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Pumpkin’s Progress
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 22, 2010
 Gain a new respect for the good old pumpkin. Author Mary Miley Theobald traces the history of the long-suffering gourd.
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The Bill of Rights
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 15, 2010
 Do you know your rights? Professor of Law Henry Chambers explains the lasting wisdom of the Constitution’s first 10 amendments.
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Williamsburg’s Indian School
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
 The Indian School at the College of William and Mary was conceived for the religious conversion of Indians. Professor Jim Axtell shares the storied building’s history.
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Hidden Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
 The backyards of Williamsburg’s finest homes tell the story of a separate society. Author Mike Olmert reads the architecture of outbuildings.
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Pirates Amongst Us
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 25, 2010
 A disgruntled pirate’s haunted history lingers in the town where his shipmates met the hangman. Carson Hudson and Willie Balderson team up for “Pirates Amongst Us.”
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Ghosts of Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 18, 2010
 Author L.B. Taylor preserves Tidewater’s spectral folklore in his book, “The Ghosts of Williamsburg.”
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The Will of the People
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
 What did the founders really intend for our democracy? Political Science Professor Quentin Kidd talks about how the government was built and how Americans have adapted it.
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Papa Said, Mama Said
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
 Papa Said, Mama Said preserves the African-American community’s long tradition of storytelling. Art Johnson shares a fable.
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Jumpin’ the Broom
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
 Jumping the broom was a marriage ceremony rich with meaning for communities denied traditional rights. Training Specialist Rose McAphee describes the wedding recreated weekly at Colonial Williamsburg’s Great Hopes Plantation.
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Call Forth the Militia
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
 Local militiamen were ragtag but tenacious fighting forces. Supervisor of Military Programs John Hill describes Revolutionary War hometown defenses.
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Constitution Day
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 13, 2010
 Get to know the Constitution: a document whose genius lies in its malleability. Historian and author Pauline Maier talks ratification.
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The Story of Cotton
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
 Cotton springs from the ground with a story all its own at Great Hopes Plantation. Farmer Wayne Randolph tells cotton’s story.
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Moving Robertson’s Windmill
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
 History hits the road when an iconic windmill moves to a new home. Hear the story behind Robertson’s Windmill from Jim Horn, CW’s Vice President of Research and Historical Interpretation.
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Escape the Noose: Benefit of Clergy
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 23, 2010
 The hangman’s noose was the last stop for many a felon. But the ultimate penalty could be avoided with the recitation of one special psalm. Historian Linda Rowe explains the Benefit of Clergy.
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Williamsburg’s Midwife
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 16, 2010
 Thousands of Williamsburg mothers entrusted the delivery of their babies to midwives and man-midwives. Medical historian Robin Kipps outlines the ancient profession.
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Meet Martha Washington
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 09, 2010
 “As George was what the soldiers looked to, Martha then became what women looked to.” Learn more about the remarkable life of the first First Lady with interpreter Lee Ann Rose.
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Meet the Powells
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 02, 2010
 The Powell House is a hub for educating people of all ages. Interpreter Pat Chilton introduces this middling family to visitors and the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute.
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Arming for Revolution
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
 Archaeology at Anderson’s Forge unearths the story of a city preparing for war. Staff Archaeologist Andy Edwards talks about the dig.
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History’s Myths
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
 Myths abound in history’s retelling. Historian and author Mary Miley Theobald shares some of her favorites.
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Hercules of the American Revolution
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 12, 2010
 A man of remarkable strength and size was George Washington’s one-man army. Author and sixth-generation descendant Travis Bowman shares the tale of Peter Francisco.
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Elizabeth Thompson: Lady Spy
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 05, 2010
 Women’s unassuming roles made them excellent spies. Playwright Darci Tucker tells the story of Elizabeth Thompson: Lady Spy.
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Declaration of Independence
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
 Hear the Declaration of Independence read in its entirety by Thomas Jefferson interpreter Bill Barker.
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Cornwallis’ Sunken Fleet
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 21, 2010
 A British flotilla from the Battle of Yorktown lies mired in a murky tomb beneath the tides of the York River. Underwater archaeologist John Broadwater dives down to Cornwallis’ sunken fleet and shares his finds.
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Shipwreck Archaeology
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 14, 2010
 Underwater archaeologist John Broadwater and his team dove down to a sunken fleet of ships from the Battle of Yorktown.
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Ice Cream
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 07, 2010
 Historic Foodways Journeyman Rob Brantley makes ice cream the really old-fashioned way in the kitchen at the Governor’s Palace.
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Women Soldiers
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 31, 2010
Determined women disguised themselves as men to fight in the Revolutionary War. Historian Joyce Henry brings us the story of Anna Maria Lane.
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Civil War Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 24, 2010
 Williamsburg’s streets are rich with the history of two wars.
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Fifes and Drums: The Music
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 17, 2010
 Members of the Senior Corps of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums play the tunes that directed a soldier through his day, from morning’s first light to the night’s last ale.
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Fifes and Drums: The Instruments
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 10, 2010
 Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums introduces the instruments designed to be heard under cannon fire and over musket volleys. Learn the history of their distinctive sound with Amy Miller and members of the Senior Fife and Drum Corps.
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Harpsichord Maker
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 03, 2010
 Harpsichord maker Ed Wright prizes the instrument for its bright, crystalline sound and unique mechanics.
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Weapons of War
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 26, 2010
 Muskets, swords, buttons and drums convey powerful memories of the soldiers who claimed them. Curator Erik Goldstein highlights some of his favorite military treasures from the Colonial Williamsburg collections.
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So Far From Scioto
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 19, 2010
 Four Shawnee men visit Williamsburg as diplomatic hostages in 1774. See their story in “So Far From Scioto,” part of Revolutionary City programming. Buck Woodard shares the details.
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Patrick Henry’s Secret
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
 American Patriot Patrick Henry is burdened with his first wife’s tragic decline into insanity. Interpreter Richard Schumann tells the tale.
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Conservation, Where Art and Science Meet
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
 Museum conservators wage daily battle against 10 agents of decay. Exhibit Curator Emily Williams outlines the plan of attack in “Conservation, Where Art and Science Meet.”
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Thomas Jefferson, Engineer
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
 Thomas Jefferson approached mechanical problems with an engineer’s mind. Historic Interpreter Bill Barker continues his reflection on this founding father’s areas of expertise.
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Thomas Jefferson, Scientist
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Thomas Jefferson’s passion for politics is rivaled only by his passion for science. Historic Interpreter Bill Barker shares his study of the third president.
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New in the Collection
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 15, 2010
 Objects rare and poignant joined the Colonial Williamsburg museum collections in 2009. Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections, Conservation and Museums Ron Hurst describes the finds.
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The Rights of Youth
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 08, 2010
 Children and the law: Historian Cathy Hellier and Law Professor Jim Dwyer contrast 18th-century and 21st-century juvenile justice.
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Daniel Boone
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
 Folk legend Daniel Boone was a reluctant hero in his lifetime. Historic Interpreter Scott New tells the story of the humble hunter.
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A Slave’s Perspective
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 22, 2010
 Independence was a promise extended to landed white men only. Historic interpreter Hope Smith lays out a slave’s perspective on freedom.
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Runaway Slaves
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
 Runaway slave ads provide a wealth of insights into the life of the colonial slave. Historian Harvey Bakari shares some examples.
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The Slave Trade
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
 The slave trade touched the lives of people around the globe, explains Colonial Williamsburg’s Educational Program Development Director Bill White.
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Slave Preacher
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
 An electrifying presence changes history. Historic interpreter James Ingram shares the details of a remarkable life.
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Furnishing History
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
 Objects take their places in a scene that suggests a bustling social hub. Curator Kim Ivey describes the interior of Charlton’s coffeehouse.
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Organist Peter Pelham
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 18, 2010
 Organist Michael Monaco coaxes the sound of the 1700s from an 18th century organ in William and Mary’s Wren Chapel.
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Pottery With a Past
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
 Stoneware held a place in every household. Curators Janine Skerry and Suzanne Hood describe the innumerable forms.
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Early Virginia Vehicles
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 04, 2010
 Virginia was a mobile colony, says Coach and Livestock Director Richard Nicoll.
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A New Story
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 28, 2009
 Historian Cary Carson describes creating a narrative framework for Colonial Williamsburg that made room for the stories of black Virginians.
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Tangible Remains
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
 Objects drawn from a 1609 well put people back in the picture at James Fort. Senior Archaeological Curator Bly Straube interprets the evidence.
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The John Smith Well
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 07, 2009
 Discovery continues at Virginia’s James Fort, site of America’s first permanent English settlement. Archaeologist Bill Kelso gets to the bottom of a 1609 well.
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Colonial Girls
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 30, 2009
 Gentry girls had but one job: to find a husband. Historian Cathy Hellier explains the custom.
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The Cherokee Nation
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
 The modern Cherokee Nation is enjoying a renaissance in language and culture. Living History Demonstrator Paula Nelson shares the resurgence.
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75 Years of Costume Design
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 02, 2009
 Colonial Williamsburg marks 75 years of costumed interpretation in 2009. Costume Design Center Director Brenda Rosseau describes the metamorphosis from 1934.
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Ghosts Amongst Us
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
 Centuries-old phantoms linger in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. Hear a tale from the “Ghosts Amongst Us” evening tour.
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Bruton Parish Churchyard
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 19, 2009
 Individuals of all classes rest in the peace of the Bruton Parish graveyard. Church guide Anne Conkling describes one of America’s oldest cemeteries.
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Horses in Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
 Horses lend their speed and strength to the American colonies. Head coachman Joyce Henry shares the horse’s role in early Virginia.
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Bees in the Colonies
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 05, 2009
 The humble honeybee sweetens the American story. Apiarist Bill Krebs says bees have been here since the beginning.
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We the People
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 28, 2009
America’s Constitution stands as a monument to compromise.
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The Lost Colony
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 21, 2009
 One hundred and seventeen colonists vanish in America’s oldest mystery. Ivor Noel Hume tells the story of the Lost Colony.
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Prisoners of War
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
 As long as there have been wars, there have been prisoners of war. Tom Hay talks about Revolutionary War captives.
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History’s Most Famous Duel
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 24, 2009
 Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr act out a fatal altercation. Mark Schneider provides the details.
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The Code Duello
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
 Rules and ceremony govern this gentlemen’s contest. Mark Schneider describes the Code Duello.
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The Joy of Discovery
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 10, 2009
 Recreating 18th-century technology takes perseverance and luck, says Jay Gaynor, Director of Historic Trades.
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Reading Ravenscroft
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
 Archaeologists turn their trowels on Ravenscroft for its third summer of excavation. Meredith Poole shares an update.
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Purpose-Built: Backyard Architecture
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
 Backyard structures bespeak a separate history. Author Mike Olmert shares his study of outbuildings.
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Smallpox and the Covenant
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 13, 2009
 America’s smallpox eradication has its roots in 18th-century Boston.
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18th-Century Surgery
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 06, 2009
 Colonial medicine is not for the faint of heart. Sharon Cotner describes the philosophies and practices.
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Hidden in Plain Sight
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 22, 2009
 What’s lost is found, safe in a place it never left. Scott Stephenson describes a rediscovery.
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Zooarchaeology
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 08, 2009
 Zooarchaeologist Joanne Bowen decodes 400-year-old leftovers.
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Pirates of the Atlantic
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 01, 2009
 Piracy is equal parts economics and adventure. Author Carson Hudson describes the lust for treasure.
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Migrating Cultures
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 25, 2009
 Foreign tools and family treasures came to America like stowaways in immigrants’ baggage. Trish Balderson retraces migration’s story through museum objects.
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In Their Own Words
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 18, 2009
 Old sources give fresh voice to slavery’s story. Manager of African American programs Tricia Brooks explains how we know what we know.
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Flowers and Herbs of Early America
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 11, 2009
 Gardener Larry Griffith and Photographer Barbara Lombardi summon botanic phantoms and capture their essence on film.
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Spring Lambs
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 04, 2009
 Preserving genetic diversity one lamb at a time: Manager of Rare Breeds Elaine Shirley talks about the 2009 generation of Leicester Longwools.
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Reconstructing the Capitol
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 13, 2009
 Bricks and mortar bear witness to a contest of aesthetics and evidence. Senior Architectural Historian Carl Lounsbury tells the story of the Capitol’s reconstruction.
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What’s an EFT?
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 06, 2009
 Director of Educational Program Development Bill White and his team create a television broadcast to nurture citizens for a new era.
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Spies of the 18th Century
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 23, 2009
 The means have changed, but the end is the same. Interpreter Jay Templin describes the tactics of information gathering.
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Swordmaking in the 18th Century
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 02, 2009
 Colonial tradesmen learned the swordmaking craft as Virginia armed itself for war. Journeyman brass founder Suzie Dye describes the process.
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Ironworks at Jamestown
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 23, 2009
 Virginia’s soil yielded unexpected resources. Journeyman Blacksmith Shel Browder talks about an early iron foundry at Jamestown.
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Freedom Bound
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 16, 2009
 The craving for liberty is a universal human trait, explains EFT author Christy Coleman.
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Colonial Chocolate
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 09, 2009
 Journeyman cook Jim Gay explains that Americans’ love of chocolate dates back to the beginning.
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African American Programs at 30
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 02, 2009
 African American programming adapts through the decades. Harvey Bakari outlines the goals of interpreting Williamsburg’s enslaved population.
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Mourning Art
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 26, 2009
 Tangible expressions of grief keep lost loved ones close. Curator Kim Ivey explains the customs of mourning art.
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The Native Tongue
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 19, 2009
 Native tribes and colonizers began a dialogue without a word in common. Buck Woodard describes the early exchanges.
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The Chiefdom of Powhatan
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 12, 2009
 Stratified social organization, strategic alliance, and lineage leadership were hallmarks of Powhatan’s rule over southeastern tribes. Buck Woodard describes the society that existed before first contact.
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Colonial Journalism
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 05, 2009
 Political pressure and personal bias have hounded American journalists since the first newspapers were printed. Interpreter Dennis Watson talks about the Virginia Gazette.
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We Hold These Truths
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 29, 2008
 Examine iconic American rhetoric in Paul Aron’s new book, “We Hold These Truths.”
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Colonial Weapons System
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 15, 2008
 As important as the cannon is the vehicle to carry it: a two-wheeled cart that transports, supports, and stores the weapon and its accoutrements. Wheelwright John Boag has the task of construction.
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Making History Live
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 08, 2008
 Relating the daily lives of America’s ancestors is the product of research and performance. Performer Kat Getward shares the part that music plays in the EFT “Making History Live.”
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Christmas in Williamsburg
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 01, 2008
 Doors are decked in Williamsburg’s signature style to celebrate the holiday season. Laura Viancour describes the preparations.
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The Carolina Room
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 24, 2008
 Modern-day curators focus on reversible restoration techniques. Conservator Shelley Svoboda describes the renewal of the Carolina Room.
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Recreating a Cannon, Part Two
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 17, 2008
 Revolutionary-era cannon tell the story of the evolution of war technology. Director of Historic Trades Jay Gaynor and Master Blacksmith Ken Schwarz continue their overview of recreating a light infantry three-pounder.
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Recreating a Cannon
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
 Revolutionary-era cannon are artifacts of war technology’s evolution. Director of Historic Trades Jay Gaynor and Master Blacksmith Ken Schwarz describe the process of recreating a light infantry three-pounder.
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A Splendid Coincidence
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 03, 2008
 Inspiration intersects with means in a partnership that resurrects a city. Character interpreter Ed Way portrays W.A.R. Goodwin at Colonial Williamsburg.
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Witches in the Colonies
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 27, 2008
 Author Carson Hudson shares some practical 17th-century tips for identifying witches.
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The Wren Building
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 20, 2008
 Williamsburg’s restoration got underway in earnest with the College of William and Mary’s Wren Building, explains Louise Kale, director of the Historic Campus.
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The Will of the People
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 13, 2008
 Contentious elections are the founders’ legacy, explains Bill White, the Theresa A. and Lawrence C. Salameno Director of Educational Program Development.
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Tobacco in the Colonies
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Oct 06, 2008
 Investment in the field yields profits in the marketplace for diligent tobacco farmers. Rural tradesman Wayne Randolph describes the hungry crop’s allure.
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The Bray School
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 29, 2008
 A historic headmistress devotes her days to educating enslaved children. Interpreter Antoinette Brennan shares the biography of Ann Wager.
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Picture Perfect
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 22, 2008
 Camera becomes time machine as photographer Dave Doody frames the past in his lens.
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The Combustible Woman
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 15, 2008
 Storytelling Festival favorite Art Johnson shares the tale of The Combustible Woman.
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Teacher Institute
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Sep 08, 2008
 Teachers take a turn as students in the town-sized classroom of Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. Director of Teacher Development Tab Broyles reviews the lessons.
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First Lady of Virginia
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 25, 2008
 Lady Dunmore’s ease and grace are among Lord Dunmore’s most valuable political assets. Interpreter Corrine Dame reflects on the lady who delighted the colony.
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Charlton’s Coffeehouse
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 18, 2008
 A long-absent address returns to Duke of Gloucester Street. Architectural Historian Ed Chappell explains the Charlton Coffeehouse reconstruction.
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Captured Colors
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 11, 2008
 Four flags survive through battle and time against equally long odds. Curator Erik Goldstein talks about a compelling new exhibit at the Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
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The Bodleian Plate
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Aug 04, 2008
 Sheer chance delivered a guiding light of Williamsburg’s restoration. Hear the story of the Bodleian plate with Architectural Historian Carl Lounsbury.
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The Stamp Act
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
 Britain’s tax on paper goods was unremarkable in itself, but the colonies’ furious response surprised two continents. Historian Linda Rowe talks about the Stamp Act.
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The British Constitution
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 21, 2008
 The fundamentals of British law reside in the American Constitution. Historian Nancy Milton describes the English influence.
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The Fifth Virginia Convention
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 14, 2008
 The American rebels stood to lose a lot by winning the war. Sites interpreter B.J. Pryor discusses the risk of success.
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Common Sense
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jul 07, 2008
 Forty-six pages from Thomas Paine’s pen whip discontent into outright rebellion. Public Sites Interpreter Alex Clark details the transformation.
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Natural History
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
 Naturalist Mark Catesby reveals a foreign landscape to a curious world. Interpreter Robb Warren talks about the man and his art.
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The King’s Man
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jun 02, 2008
 Could Lord Dunmore have prevented the Revolution? Interpreter Phil Shultz considers the question.
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In Other Words
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 26, 2008
 The cost of modern speech is paid in verbs as America trades eloquence for speed. Historian Cathy Hellier explains the change.
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For What Ails You
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 19, 2008
 For poxes, headaches, and fevers, the apothecary has a preparation to ease your symptoms. Medical historian Susan Pryor details the treatments.
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Fifes and Drums at 50
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 12, 2008
 A new documentary reflects on five decades of Fifes and Drums. Director Mike Durling talks about building a film that looks through the years and across the country.
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Fashion and Function
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, May 05, 2008
 A corset’s engineered strictness defines the shape of the 18th-century woman. Journeywoman Brooke Welborn explains the trend.
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Disgustingly Adorable
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 28, 2008
 Never at a loss for words, Rare Breeds Manager Elaine Shirley coins the phrase “disgustingly adorable” to describe this year’s lambs.
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The Frenchman’s Map
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 21, 2008
 New questions are raised as old ones are answered in the study of the Frenchman’s Map. Architectural researcher Ed Chappell talks about the document.
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Fakes and Forgeries
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
 Fakes and phonies are stopped with a squint. Curator John Davis discusses the subtleties of form.
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Smart as an Ox
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Apr 07, 2008
 Bovine behemoths boast brains and brawn. Oxman Darin Tschopp describes these beasts of burden.
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Great Escapes
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 31, 2008
 Stories of famous captures are rivaled only by stories of famous escapes at Williamsburg’s Public Gaol. Tom Hay shares his favorites.
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A Rarity Restored
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 10, 2008
 Two artists collaborate across the centuries: one working with a brush, and the other with a micro spatula. Curator Barbara Luck and conservator Pam Young describe the restoration of a rare watercolor.
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Treasure Keepers
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Mar 03, 2008
 Good as new isn’t always as good as old. Curator John Watson talks about conservation at Colonial Williamsburg.
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The Butcher, the Baker
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 25, 2008
 One sheep’s fleece supplies half a dozen trades. Shepherdess Carrie MacDougal spins the tale.
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Wealth on the Shelf
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 11, 2008
 When a single book cost half a year’s wages, tomes were rare treasures. Bruce Plumley describes the bookbinding trade.
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No Master Over Me
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Feb 04, 2008
 A man purchases his enslaved family to set them free. James Ingram shares the tale.
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Mythical Beasts, Magical Creatures
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 28, 2008
 Dragons, mermaids and griffins lurk in the museum collections. Christina Westenberger leads the hunt.
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The Restoration, Part Two
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 21, 2008
 Single-minded determination is the Historic Area’s salvation. Author Will Molineux continues his discussion of the restoration.
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The Restoration, Part One
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 14, 2008
 A determined rector reclaims history from the ravages of progress and poverty.
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The Town Before the Town
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Jan 07, 2008
 An early plantation slumbers beneath Williamsburg’s streets and foundations.
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Twelfth Night
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 31, 2007
 Holiday celebrations culminate with Twelfth Night revelries.
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An Irish Christmas
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 24, 2007
 In clear voice and high spirits, Kelly Kennedy sings Irish Christmas melodies.
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A Child’s-Eye View
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 17, 2007
 Old toy trains and sprawling dollhouses connect imaginations through the span of years. Curator Jan Gilliam has the happy task of laying them out.
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Jewish Holy Days
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 10, 2007
 Jewish holidays were celebrated by a faithful few in 18th-century colonies. Martha Katz-Hyman outlines the early traditions.
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Founders or Traitors
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Dec 03, 2007
 Not all colonists were ready to follow their leaders into revolution. Interpreters Steve Holloway and John Hamant debate in character as John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
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A Laden Table
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Past and Present Podcast - Audio Podcast
Mon, Nov 19, 2007
 A table crowded with local game, seafood, custards and savories is a feast of gratitude. Journeyman Rob Brantley describes the dishes.
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