Virginia History Podcast

In which events surrounding the English Civil War, Virginia religious freedom, and free trade are used by the Matthews-Claiborne faction to remove Governor Berkeley from office are detailed.

In which author, genealogist, and historian K.I. Knight discusses how the First Africans arrived in Virginia, what happened to them after 1619, and how slavery evolved during 17th Century Virginia.

In which continued English expansion beyond the James River brought the English into conflict with the Powhatan Tribes and to an extent themselves.

In which Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Historian Nancy Egloff and I discuss Tenacity an exhibition covering 17th Century Virginia Women.

In which archaeologist Lyle Browning discusses the history of Falling Creek Ironworks, as well as the archaeological work being done at Virginia and America's first ironworks.

In which Tony Williams and I discuss how economics impacted Virginia's development, which in turn still influences America's growth today.

In which Historic St. Luke's John Ericson discusses how religious wars impacted 17th Century Virginia's religious thought, and how that thought influenced the way America's Founding Fathers created religious freedom. This discussion is based upon Reverend Ericson's lecture "From Religious Wars to Religious Freedom."

In which Jon Kukla and I discuss 17th Century Virginia governmental and societal stability. This discussion is based off of Dr. Kukla's 1985 American Historical Review article "Order and Chaos in Early America: Political and Social Stability in Pre-Restoration Virginia", which challenged the then prevailing notion that 17th Century Virginia was chaotic and unstable.

In which issues surrounding the English Civil War begin affecting Governor Berkeley's Virginia.

In which Governor Berkeley's arrival and first obstacles are recounted.

In which Sir William Berkeley's early life and rise to power are detailed.

In which I interview Graham Woodlief concerning the upcoming 400th Anniversary of the First Thanksgiving in Virginia.

In which I interview Fort Monroe's superintendent Terry Brown.

In which I interview the Shades of Our Past re-enactors about Grace Sherwood - The Witch of Pungo.

In which the influence of Samuel Mathews, Sr. and William Claiborne is detailed more closely. Special attention is given to showing how their influence paved the way for Sir William Berkeley's timely arrival.

In which Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation's Nancy Egloff and I discuss the foundation of Virginia's House of Burgesses.

In which Sir John Harvey becomes Virginia's Governor, fights with his Council, especially the Mathews-Claiborne faction, and loses his wealth and position is recounted.

In which Virginia begins life as a Royal Colony during the 1620s.

In which the Library of Virginia's Sandra Gioia Treadway tells us about 5 remarkable women - Cockacoeske, Anna Maria Lane, Elizabeth Van Lew, Caroline Putnam, and Mary Jackson, and how they impacted Virginia and beyond.

In which the fallout from Opechancanough's 1622 Massacre reaches England and brings the Virginia Company to her death.

In which I interview Historic Jamestowne's Dr. James Horn.

In which I interview Robert Russa Moton Museum Education Director Cainan Townsend for American Evolution: Virginia to America 1619-2019. Cainan discusses how a group of African-American high school students led a 1951 protest which had a major influence on Brown vs. Board of Education and the Civil Rights movement that soon followed.

In which the events leading up to and of the infamous 1622 Opechancanough led massacre are narrated.

In which the disastrous political situation surrounding the Virginia Company of London and is brought to her demise is recounted.

In which the New World's first representative government, the House of Burgesses, is outlined.