- 32 minutes 17 seconds04.17 - The Trial of the Praying Indians
With King Philip's War going badly, Massachusetts turns on their Christian Indian subjects.
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3 August 2026, 7:05 am - 1 minute 16 secondsScottish History Tour Announcement & Survey
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30 July 2026, 7:00 am - 29 minutes 33 seconds04.16 - King Philip's War
The first shots of the King Philip's War, as the United Colonies of New England face off against Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoag. Will the colonies get the short, easy war they expect?
Who ever does?
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27 July 2026, 9:00 pm - 1 hour 7 minutesBonus - Astronomy and Empire at the Royal Observatory
I was kindly invited to interview the curators of Royal Observatory Greenwich to celebrate the 350th Anniversary of the first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, moving in. I got to explore the whole museum, and then sat down for a chat with two curators: Senior Curator Dr Louise Devoy, and Daisy Chamberlain, Curator of First Light.
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23 July 2026, 7:05 am - 30 minutes 18 seconds04.15 - CSI: New England
John Sassamon is found dead, a suspected murder victim. Who killed him, why, and how did it lead to war?
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18 May 2026, 7:05 pm - 36 minutes 27 seconds04.14 - All's Fair in Love and Law
Rhode Island gets a Royal Charter, and the rest of New England is ordered to play nicely with the Indians. Philip becomes Sachem, and Weetamoo turns the English love of lawsuits against them.
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23 March 2026, 8:00 pm - 32 minutes 33 seconds04.13 - From Death and Darkness
How the Puritans converted the Indians, the origins of Harvard University Press, and the first bible in an American language.
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16 March 2026, 8:05 am - 34 minutes 50 seconds4-12 - Love Thy Neighbour
We get to grips with the history of King Philip's War, and set the stage for the conflict to come.
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23 February 2026, 10:00 pm - 56 minutes 11 secondsBonus - The Company in India with Professor Philip Stern
Philip J. Stern, Professor of History at Duke
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16 February 2026, 8:05 am - 23 minutes 42 seconds04.11 - New Starts in New England
New England faces smallpox, failed harvests, and religious dissenters.
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9 February 2026, 8:00 pm - 32 minutes 48 seconds04.10 - The Cabal
With the downfall of Clarendon, the CABAL takes centre stage in Restoration politics. But it's never so simple...
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