Meridians Podcast
1) EP19: A Mighty Voice for Chinatown: The Great Tye Leung Schulze
Today's episode is about Tye Leung Schultze. She had a profound life as an interpreter and barrier breaker. I'll also touch on why so many Chinese immigrated to the United States in the late 19th ce...Show More
2) EP17: Master of the Sea: Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum sailed alone around the world. He was the first person recorded to have done so. His journey is epic and fraught with wild seas, difficult natives. But mostly, on his journey he was m...Show More
3) EP16: Joshua Slocum, An Adventuring Family at Sea
Nova Scotia was a leader in wooden ship building in the 1800s. It also had a booming shipping industry. With this, came many sailors to populate the coastal communities in the province. Joshua Sloc...Show More
4) EP15: They Had to Be as Tough as Hell to Make It Work: The Settling of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Being relocated as a large group of people will likely never be easy. In the case of the settling of Freetown, Sierra Leone, it was almost a textbook example of just how difficult it could be. Check...Show More
5) EP14: The Anglo-Asante Wars: The Price of Gold
The Anglo-Asanti Wars. There are so many conflicts in this episode. It shows how chaotic and wild certain times and places in our world have been. If you want to learn more about the Gold Coast of ...Show More
6) EP13: The Soul of the Asanti Nation: How a Golden Stool united people
According to the oral history of the Asante people, the high priest Okomfo Anokye summoned the Golden Stool from the sky. The stool came down and landed at the feet of Osei Tutu. Tutu would then beco...Show More
7) EP12: The Royal African Company Sold People
This episode is about the Royal African Company and how they justified and carried out the slave trade off the Gold Coast of Africa. Slavery is sad, sick, and still happening to this day. Want more ...Show More
8) EP11: From Charles to James: Conspiracies, Catholicism, and the Glorious Revolution
Conspiracies and stupid kings. Thats what we're dealing with in this episode. Also there's a bit about what it would have been like to be a shopkeeper in the booming London markets in the late 1600s...Show More
EP11: From Charles to James: Conspiracies, Catholicism, and the Glorious Revolution
44:46 | Dec 15th, 2024
9) EP10: The Merry Monarch's England: Prosperity, Plague, and Poverty in Charles II's Reign
This episode covers the first half of the reign of King Charles the 2nd of England. We've got naval warfare. A king is sent to exile. There's plague, devastating fires and much more as we cover wha...Show More
10) EP9: Benjamin Franklin Takes on Philly
This episode covers Benjamin Franklin's life while he lived in Philadelphia. It covers his struggles starting out as a printer and his meteoric rise as a celebrity when he unlocks some of the secrets...Show More