Virginia History Podcast
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 59:13:50
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Sinopsis
The Virginia History Podcast shares the Old Dominion's story in a chronological manner from the Colonial to Modern era with the occasional interview in the mix.
Episodios
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The Rolfe's, Tobacco, and Pocahontas' Death
24/07/2017 Duración: 20minIn which Thomas Dale tries to shape the colony, Rolfe's tobacco experiment, the growth of the James River Plantations, the Rolfes' travel to England, and Pocahontas dies are recounted.
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How Pocahontas Became Rebecca Rolfe
22/06/2017 Duración: 22minIn which the events leading up to Pocahontas marriage to John Rolfe are recounted.
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A Virginia Rembrance - Memorial Day
28/05/2017 Duración: 11minIn which a brief overview of Virginia's history leading to her contribution to Memorial Day is recounted.
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Dale's Arrival, The Cittie of Henricus, and Bermuda
20/05/2017 Duración: 23minIn which Thomas Dale arrives, founds Henricus, fights Powhatan, is challenged by the Spanish, and asks for new settlers. The Virginia Company obliges, but has to use Bermuda to raise funds.
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Salvation, War, Uncertainty - Delaware's Arrival
22/04/2017 Duración: 27minIn which the Sea Venture survivors arrive, attempt to leave, and are turned back as Lord Delaware shows up, reorganizes the colony, joins a war, and returns to England.
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Paradise, Freedom, Mutiny, and Disaster
24/03/2017 Duración: 23minIn which the Sea Venture castaways settled into Bermuda, but a series of mutinies threatened to derail their escape plans. Perhaps they would have wished they would have remained on Devil's Isle after they reached Jamestown in May 1610.
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The Starving Time
24/02/2017 Duración: 15minIn which the Jamestown colony suffers through the Starving Time.
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Smith's Time Ends
18/01/2017 Duración: 11minIn which the surviving 6 ships make it to Jamestown only to see chaos erupt and John Smith leave Virginia.
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Shipwrecked at the Isle of Devils!
08/12/2016 Duración: 18minIn which the third resupply mission sails away from England, endures 7 weeks of calm seas and disease before being tormented by a hurricane. The Sea Venture is then run aground at a frightening location.
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John Smith's Time Nears the End
16/11/2016 Duración: 18minIn which Smith fights enemies in Virginia and England, endures, but the Virginia Company reforms itself, and thus legally ends Smith's control in Jamestown.
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Halloween Special - Haunted Rosewell
27/10/2016 Duración: 10minIn which a ghost stories pertaining to Gloucester's Rosewell Plantation from LB Taylor Jr's Ghosts of Tidewater are read.
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President John Smith - Part 2
06/10/2016 Duración: 14minIn which Smith and his men endure a winter storm plagued journey to Werowocomoco, dodge death at Powhatan's hands, and then confront Opechancanough in a deadly standoff.
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President Smith - Part 1
08/09/2016 Duración: 16minIn which the beginning of John Smith's Presidency, which is challenged by Christopher Newport's arrival, is narrated.
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John Smith Explores the Chesapeake Bay
14/08/2016 Duración: 26minIn which, Newport returns, saves John Smith again, meets Powhatan, and returns to England. Then Smith explores the Chesapeake Bay region on two missions before returning to Jamestown to take control of the struggling colony on September 10, 1608 is recounted.
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John Smith Takes Action
17/07/2016 Duración: 16minIn which details about John Smith's early life are recounted as a segue into his early attempts to save Jamestown from collapse. Along the way, Opechancanough, Powhatan, and Pocahontas are met.
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Death in the Summer
29/06/2016 Duración: 13minIn which Christopher Newport returns to courtly intrigue, while spy games threaten to undermine the Virginia venture. Meanwhile, harsh summer conditions plague the Jamestown colonists, death claims half of the men, and chaos rules supreme. The time is right for a brash upstart to take control.
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Uneasy Times
01/06/2016 Duración: 19minIn which Christopher Newport explores Powhatan lands along what the English would name the James River, Jamestown is attacked by an Indian alliance, and James Fort had to be built, all before Newport decided to sail back to England on June 22, 1607.
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Jamestown Day!
14/05/2016 Duración: 11minIn which the two week period between First Landing at Cape Henry and the colonists choose Jamestown Island as their home is recounted.
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Jamestown Voyage
01/05/2016 Duración: 18minIn which events concerning the formation of the London Company and the 1607 voyage to Virginia are illustrated.
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Events Leading to Jamestown's Founding
04/04/2016 Duración: 22minIn which a broader scope of events leading to Jamestown's founding is detailed.