It's Not History

In which a man goes from an English prison to becoming the largest private landowner in the world. Then he creates a Peaceable Kingdom in America founded on equality and equanimity - for everyone. It almost works.

The Susquehannock find sanctuary - and civil war - in Virginia. A war started by America's first heartland populist. And a pig.

In this episode, we look at the time when Europeans and Indigenous Americans first met and the lethal impact it had on both groups. And how both silver and clam shells can make and destroy economies.

In this episode, we go back, all the way back, to a time that is older and stranger than you probably imagined to meet the first Pennsylvanians and follow their journey across the millennia.

In this episode, we return to the scene of the crime, Lancaster, PA, where the Massacre of the Conestoga happened. Searching for primary sources in a basement and a wax museum, we try to figure out how we know what we think we know and discover why it's nearly impossible to return Native American cultural items to Native Americans in Pennsylvania.

A personal exploration of how two groups, the Conestoga and the Paxtons, in 1763, set the blueprint for the relationship between Settlers and Native Americans going forward. Their conflict helped launch two separate and parallel Wars of Independence. One you know all about, the other you have probably never heard of.