The Other States of America History Podcast

1:07:56 | Jan 9th

The Beaver Wars continue to rage on, punctuated by pandemics and waves of assimilated captives. The tribes around the Iroquois acquire guns and cannons, and the French now aim to annihilate the Five N...Show More

54:16 | Feb 8th

In this episode we hear form those you who left reviews and messages to be read on the podcast. Then we move into an informal discussion of the sources that went into making this season, many of the I...Show More

48:13 | Jan 2nd

What is left of New Netherland today? A more important question to ask is how did New Netherland help create today. In this episode we look at the immediate aftermath of the English take over, the bir...Show More

41:18 | Dec 12th, 2020

In the past rival claims to New Netherland were laughable, the Dutch had control over the Hudson (North), the Delaware (South) and and the Connecticut (Fresh) river. Then New Sweden stole the Delaware...Show More

33:55 | Nov 13th, 2020

Swanendael (or Zwaanendael) The Beautiful "Valley of the Swans" in modern day Lewes Delaware is the setting of many past horrors and one attempt at Utopia. --- Send in a voice message: https://a...Show More

1:17:21 | Nov 6th, 2020

The last rant in our Culture Series. In this episode we cover the official policies regarding religion in the colony, level of religiosity, feeble attempt to convert natives, Anarchist Punk Quakers, t...Show More

1:06:27 | Oct 26th, 2020

This episode is a rambling potpourri of details, filling in the cultural landscape of New Netherland that might otherwise go unnoticed in other story driven installments of this podcast. Only for the ...Show More

41:16 | Oct 18th, 2020

Why is it only now that we are doing an overview of culture in New Netherland? The evolution of government, local government, and courts in New Netherland. It's not as dry as it sounds... there is gen...Show More