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Welcome to my Podcast!
byWith our popular podcast Dispatches now in its second year, we asked our contributors a whimsical question: Which person from the American Revolution and the…
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This Week on Dispatches: Patrick H. Hannum on Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews military veteran and history professor Patrick H. Hannum on Lord Dunmore’s proclamation to emancipate slaves who joined the…
This Week on Dispatches: Kevin A. Conn on the Lenape Origins of an Independent America
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews history teacher and JAR contributor Kevin A. Conn on his recent research on the Lenape and how…
This Week on Dispatches: Katie Turner Getty on Combating the Spread of Disease Eighteenth-Century Style
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews attorney and JAR associate editor Katie Turner Getty on the use of smoke to fumigate refugees from…
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This Week on Dispatches: Matthew Skic on “Cost of Revolution, The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier”
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Museum of the American Revolution Associate Curator Matthew Skic on the development, installation, and writing the accompanying…
This Week on Dispatches: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. on Captain John De Treville—Continental Officer and British Spy
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews architect and JAR contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr., on his research about Capt. John La Boularderie De…
This Week on Dispatches: John Rees on African American Soldiers in the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and JAR contributor John Rees on the enlightening history of African American soldiers in the American…
This Week on Dispatches: Michael Cecere on Virginia’s “Eighteen-Months Men” of 1780-81
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews teacher, author, and long-time JAR contributor Michael Cecere on Virginia’s “eighteen-months men,” militia who were drafted into the…
This Week on Dispatches: Dean Caivano on American Colonists’ Growing Resistance to Tyranny
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Dean Caivano, Lecturer of Political Science at California State University, Stanislaus, on the growing resistance to tyranny as colonists…
This Week on Dispatches: William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr. on the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse and Historical Accuracy
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews William Manthorpe, a former naval intelligence officer, government senior executive, and professor who specializes on the naval…
This Week on Dispatches: David Head on the Run-up to the Newburgh Conspiracy
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and University of Central Florida historian David Head on his recent article about events leading up…
This Week on Dispatches: Steven Neill on the British East India Company and the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Steven Neill on William Pitt’s 1767 proposal to tax the East India Company and strengthen trade…
This Week on Dispatches: Don N. Hagist on Martha Bradley and Eighteenth-Century Cookery
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution, Don N. Hagist, about the fascinating…
This Week on Dispatches: Alexander R. Cain on Privateering During the Siege of Boston
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and maritime historian Alexander R. Cain about his recent article on how New England privateers supported…
This Week on Dispatches: Ray Raphael on the Constitutional Debate about Impeachment
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews award-winning historian, writer, and JAR Associate Editor, Ray Raphael, about the debate during the Constitutional Convention on…
This Week on Dispatches: John L. Smith, Jr. on Thomas Jefferson and French Fries
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews educator, US Army and US Air Force veteran, and JAR contributor, John L. Smith, Jr., about the…
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This Week on Dispatches: Jim Piecuch on Women and Revolutionary-Era Armies
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR associate editor, Jim Piecuch who elaborates on his article about the suggestion for a British “Female Corp”…
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This Week on Dispatches: Louis Arthur Norton on the battle between the Bonhomme Richard and Serapis
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews maritime historian and long-time JAR contributor Louis Arthur Norton on the celebrated battle between the Bonhomme Richard and…
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This Week on Dispatches: Eric Sterner on the Gdnadenhutten Massacre
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Eric Sterner about the Gnadenhutten Massacre, the murder of ninety-six Delaware Indians—men, women, and children—at a…
This Week on Dispatchers: Frederic C. Detwiller on the Mysterious “Monsr Dubuq”
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews architect and preservationist Frederic C. Detwiller on the enigmatic French engineer, “Monsr Dubuq,” who was one of the…
This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Schocket on Who Mattered in Early America?
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Andrew Schocket, professor of history at Bowling Green State University about the original research he and two…
This Week on Dispatches: John G. McCurdy on the Quartering Act
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and author John G. McCurdy, professor of history at Eastern Michigan University, about the quartering act,…
This Week on Dispatches: Gabriel Neville on the Historic Clove Road and Its Role during the Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Gabriel “Gabe” Neville on the Clove Road between northern New Jersey and New York and…
This Week on Dispatches: Mark Edward Lender on the “Cabal” Against George Washington
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews distinguished historian, Mark Edward Lender, about his new book, Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, the first…
This Week on Dispatches: Jason Yonce on the Annapolis Convention of 1786
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian Jason Yonce about the Annapolis Convention of 1786, one of the most fascinating political meetings in…
This Week on Dispatches: Joseph Wroblewski on the Queen’s Rangers during the British Occupation of Philadelphia
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews educator and JAR contributor Joseph Wroblewski on the operations of the Queen’s Rangers during the British occupation of…
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This Week on Dispatches: Rick Atkinson on The British Are Coming
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Pulitzer-prize winning author Rick Atkinson about his latest book, the best-selling The British are Coming: The War…
This Week on Dispatches: J. L. Bell on Truths and Myths of the Declaration of Independence
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews author and historian J. L. Bell on the Declaration of Independence and which stories surrounding the document…
This Week on Dispatches: Andrew Waters on the Campaign in the Carolinas
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Andrew Waters on the course of the campaign through the Carolinas, including Cowpens and other key…
This Week on Dispatches: Tristan J. New on Joseph Galloway’s Efforts for a Peaceful Resolution with Great Britain
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews budding scholar Tristan J. New about Joseph Galloway and his proposal for a peaceful political resolution with…
This Week on Dispatches: John L. Smith, Jr. on John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and King Louis XVI together at Notre-Dame
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews actor, teacher, US Army and US Air Force veteran, and JAR contributor, John L. Smith, Jr., about…
This Week on Dispatches: Philip D. Weaver on the Court-Martial of New York Captain Joel Pratt
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor, independent researcher, and living historian Philip D. Weaver on the story of New York Captain…
This Week on Dispatches: Michael Gadue on Naval Strategies of the Saratoga Campaign
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews law professor and US Army officer Michael Gadue about naval strategies during the Saratoga campaign, including the construction of…
This Week on Dispatches: Michael J. Sheehan on the Battle of Stony Point
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Michael J. Sheehan, contributor and senior historian at the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, about misconceptions and…
Contributor Close-Up: Richard J. Werther
byWhat inspired you to start researching and writing about the Revolution? I’ve always had an interest in writing, but with the demanding jobs I’ve…
This Week on Dispatches: George Kotlik on the Floridas During the American Revolution
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews George Kotlik, contributor and teacher, about the British colonies of East and West Florida during the American…
This Week on Dispatches: Charles Dewey on the Dangerous Duty of Double Agents
byOn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews Charles Dewey, contributor and military intelligence officer in the US Army National Guard, about espionage and double agents…
This Week on Dispatches: Kim Burdick on the Role of Delaware in the American Revolution
byIn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR contributor Kim Burdick about the The First State and its often overlooked contribution to…
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This Week on Dispatches: Geoff Smock on Alexander Hamilton’s Childhood in the Caribbean
byIn this week’s Dispatches host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor and Seattle-area middle school history teacher Geoff Smock about how Alexander Hamilton’s difficult childhood experiences…