- 48 minutesAR-SP55 Dr. Joseph Warren, with Salina Baker
Our roundtable discussion welcomed Salina Baker, author of Act Worthy of Yourselves: A Novel of Dr. Joseph Warren and an American Rebellion to discuss Joseph Warren.
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Salina Baker's website: https://www.salinabbaker.com
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25 October 2026, 8:00 am - 4 minutes 41 secondsRev250-123 Retreat to White Plains
On October 22, 1776, General Washington evacuates Harlem Heights, moving out of Manhattan to White Plains. The Continentals also skirmish with a loyalist regiment at Mamaroneck, NY.
For more on this, check out Episode 112 on the American Revolution Podcast.
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20 October 2026, 8:00 am - 33 minutes 33 secondsARP404 The Quasi-War Army
Caught up in War Fever, Congress authorizes a large standing army. Adams appoints George Washington as the commander, but Alexander Hamilton becomes the real power.
This episode's, blog entry at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic, by Lindsay Chervinsky
Online Recommendation of the Week: Organization of the Provisional Army of the United States in the Anticipated War with France, 1798-1800: https://archive.org/details/organizationofpr00godf
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18 October 2026, 8:00 am - 4 minutes 55 secondsRev250-122 Pelham Bay
On October 18, 1776, British forces land and Pelham Bay, finally hoping to go after the main Continental Army under Washington at Harlem Heights.
For more on this, check out Episode 112 on the American Revolution Podcast.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/09/episode-112-battle-of-white-plains.html
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15 October 2026, 8:00 am - 32 minutes 7 secondsARP403 The XYZ Affair
In 1797, President Adams sends a peace commission to France to restore relations. The French government refuses any official meetings until the commissioners pay bribes to top officials. When word gets back to America, it begins calls for a war with France.
This episode's, blog entry at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: The XYZ Affair, 1797-1798, by Harold Vaughn.
Online Recommendation of the Week: America and France. The intire [sic] message of the president of the United States, to both houses of Congress: covering the full powers to, and dispatches from, the envoys extraordinary of the United States, to the French Republic, https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_america-and-france-the-_1798
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11 October 2026, 8:00 am - 5 minutes 14 secondsRev250-121 Throg's Neck
On October 12, 1776, The British Army lands at Throg's Neck, in the Bronx, in an attempt to attack the Continental Army. The attack does not go as planned.
For more on this, listen to Episode 112 of the American revolution podcast on blog.amrevpodcast.com
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/09/episode-112-battle-of-white-plains.html
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9 October 2026, 8:00 am - 9 minutes 35 secondsRev250-120 Valcour Bay
On October 11, 1776, General Benedict Arnold faces overwhelming odds to take on the British fleet on Lake Champlain.
For more details, check out Episode 110 and Episode 111 at blog.amrevpodcast.com.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/08/episode-110-battle-of-valcour-island.html
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/08/episode-111-retreat-from-lake-champlain.html
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8 October 2026, 8:00 am - 33 minutes 11 secondsARP402 A Brawl in Congress
President Adams warns Congress that the US needs to Respond to France's diplomatic break with the US. Congress fails to unite around a single response. Adams sends a three man commission to France. Congress gets distracted having to expel Senator Blount for conspiring with Britain. During these arguments, Congressman Roger Griswold uses a cane to attack Congressman Matthew Lyon on the House floor.
This episode's, blog entry at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Matthew Lyon: “New Man” of the Democratic Revolution, 1749–1822, by Aleine Austin.
Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Administration of John Adams: https://archive.org/details/historyofadminis00wood
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4 October 2026, 8:00 am - 6 minutes 20 secondsRev250-119 Canadian Invasion
On October 4, 1776, the British launch a fleet on Lake Champlain with the goal of recapturing Fort Ticonderoga and then marching to New York City.
For more on this topic, listen to Episode 106 of the American Revolution Podcast.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/07/episode-106-arms-race-at-lake-champlain.html
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2 October 2026, 8:00 am - 1 hour 6 secondsAR-SP54 Kingdom of Devils
Our Round Table welcomed Author Katherine Grandjean, author of Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution.
View a Transcript of this episode on my blog: https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2026/09/ar-sp54-kingdom-of-devils-with.html
Buy the book: Kingdom of Devils.
Professor Grandjean's website: https://www.wellesley.edu/people/katherine-grandjean
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27 September 2026, 8:00 am - 6 minutes 37 secondsRev250-118 Delegation to France
On September 26, 1776, the Continental Congress appoints a delegation to France to open diplomatic relations to support the war effort.
For more on this, check out Episode 108 of the American Revolution Podcast.
https://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2019/08/episode-108-french-connection.html
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