Revolution 250 Podcast
1) The Maddest Idea: Creating a Navy with B. J. Armstrong
On this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Professor Robert Allison welcomes Captain B.J. Armstrong, a 27-year officer in the United States Navy, Associate Professor of War Studies and Naval ...Show More
2) Nathanael Greene with Richard Howell
In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Robert J. Allison welcomes Richard Howell of the Nathanael Greene Homestead for a conversation about the life and legacy of one of the most remarkab...Show More
3) Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism with Christopher L. Brown
Why did an antislavery movement emerge at the time of the American Revolution, both in the American colonies and in Britain? Christopher Brown asks this question and many more in Moral Capital: Found...Show More
4) Lafayette Returns! with Ryan Cole
We talk with historian Ryan Cole about memory, gratitude, and the young republic’s most celebrated guest. Cole's new book, The Last Adieu: Lafayette's Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution, an...Show More
5) Fighting for Philadelphia with Michael C. Harris
. Why did Philadelphia matter so deeply to both the British and the Continental Army? How did strategy, logistics, and personalities shape the campaign that culminated in Brandywine, Germantown, and t...Show More
6) Being Thomas Jefferson with Andrew Burstein
Who was Thomas Jefferson? Do we really need another book about him? Andrew Burstein has written other books on Jefferson, and his new book, Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate Portrait answers both ...Show More
7) American Experience in British Prize Law, 1776-1804, with Suzanne Amy Foxley.
On today’s episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Professor Robert Allison charts a course across storm-tossed legal waters with historian Suzanne Amy Foxley, author of The American Experience of...Show More
8) Spinning History into Cinematic Gold with Kirk Ellis
Lights, camera, Revolution! In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Professor Bob Allison sits down with acclaimed filmmaker Kirk Ellis to explore the alchemy that turns ink on a page into...Show More
9) Manufacturing Independence with Robert Smith
Manufacturing Independence: Forging a Nation in the Crucible of War What did it really take to turn rebellion into a revolution—and ideals into a functioning nation? In this episode of the Revolution ...Show More
10) Sarah Bradlee Fulton with Bob Hyldburg
In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, host Robert Allison of Suffolk University speaks with Independent Historian Bob Hyldburg, who is leading the effort to erect a public statue honoring Sar...Show More