The History of the Americans
By Jack Henneman
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by Jack Henneman
Category: History
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 107
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 210
Apr 6, 2026
A Podcast Republic user
Jan 17, 2026
Sam
Jan 1, 2024
Boring, pretentious narration (reading).
Description
The history of the people who live in the United States, from the beginning.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
#206 The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 2: The Siege of Santa Fe and the Flight to El Paso
|
Apr 06, 2026 |
|
#205 The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 1: The Kindling of War
|
Mar 19, 2026 |
|
#204 Albemarle Arises: Culpeper’s Rebellion
|
Mar 02, 2026 |
|
#203 Sidebar: Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery Part 2
|
Feb 13, 2026 |
|
#202 Sidebar: Henry Knox and the Noble Train of Artillery Part 1
|
Jan 20, 2026 |
|
#201 Bacon’s Aftermath 2: Restless Virginia and the Rise of Black Slavery
|
Jan 06, 2026 |
|
#200 Sidebar Conversation: Matthew Restall on “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus”
|
Dec 21, 2025 |
|
#199 Bacon’s Aftermath 1: Diplomacy and Conspiracy 1677-1685
|
Dec 05, 2025 |
|
#198 Bacon’s Rebellion 6: Recriminations
|
Nov 19, 2025 |
|
#197 Bacon’s Rebellion 5: Bacon’s Lousy Luck
|
Oct 24, 2025 |
|
#196 Bacon’s Rebellion 4: The Burning of Jamestown
|
Oct 17, 2025 |
|
#195 Bacon’s Rebellion 3: Go Ahead, Shoot!
|
Oct 06, 2025 |
|
#194 Bacon’s Rebellion 2: The Susquehannocks Strike Back
|
Sep 25, 2025 |
|
#193 Bacon’s Rebellion 1: The Case of the Repossessed Hogs
|
Sep 15, 2025 |
|
#192 Notes on Virginia 1644-1675
|
Sep 02, 2025 |
|
#191 Augustine Herrman’s Map
|
Aug 08, 2025 |
|
#190 Sidebar Conversation: Phil Magness on The 1619 Project
|
Jul 28, 2025 |
|
#189 King Philip’s War 9: Aftermath
|
Jul 24, 2025 |
|
#188 King Philip’s War 8: The Defeat of the Algonquians
|
Jul 14, 2025 |
|
#187 King Philip’s War 7: The Turn of the Tide
|
Jun 30, 2025 |
|
#186 King Philip’s War 6: The Awful Winter of 1676
|
Jun 16, 2025 |
|
#185 King Philip’s War 5: Enter the Narragansetts
|
Jun 08, 2025 |
|
#184 Sidebar: “The Soldier’s Faith,” a Memorial Day Speech (Encore Presentation)
|
May 25, 2025 |
|
#183 Interview with Matthew J. Tuininga
|
May 12, 2025 |
|
#182 King Philip’s War 4: “Wheeler’s Surprise” and the Problem of Counterinsurgency
|
Apr 27, 2025 |
|
#181 Sidebar: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 2: The Ride
|
Apr 17, 2025 |
|
#180 Sidebar: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 1: The Prelude
|
Apr 14, 2025 |
|
#179 King Philip’s War 3: The Fire Spreads
|
Apr 08, 2025 |
|
#178 King Philip’s War 2: Lighting the Match
|
Mar 28, 2025 |
|
#177 King Philip’s War 1: The Kindling of War
|
Mar 16, 2025 |
|
#176 Jolliet and Marquette: Loose Ends and Notes on Early Chicago
|
Feb 17, 2025 |
|
#175 Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette Explore the “Mesippi”
|
Feb 03, 2025 |
|
#174 Raid on America 3: “All Theyr Cry was for New Yorke!”
|
Jan 20, 2025 |
|
#173 Raid on America 2: Kees the Devil Sails
|
Jan 13, 2025 |
|
#172 Raid on America 1: Overview of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
|
Dec 31, 2024 |
|
#171 New Jersey Is Revolting!
|
Dec 18, 2024 |
|
#170 The First English Settlement of South Carolina
|
Nov 30, 2024 |
|
#169 Lord Ashley, John Locke, and the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
|
Nov 14, 2024 |
|
#168 Barbadians Explore South Carolina
|
Oct 28, 2024 |
|
#167 Ohhhh! Whaddabout New Jersey?
|
Oct 17, 2024 |
|
#166 Introduction to the Columbian Exchange (Revised)
|
Oct 12, 2024 |
|
#165 English Colonial Governance in a Nutshell: Charters, Proprietaries, and Royal Colonies
|
Oct 07, 2024 |
|
#164 Sidebar Interview: David Beito on the New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights
|
Sep 27, 2024 |
|
#163 The Fall of New Amsterdam and the Founding of New York
|
Sep 17, 2024 |
|
#162 Spanish Florida and the “Republic of Indians”
|
Sep 07, 2024 |
|
#161 Spanish Florida in the 1600s: Indian Wars, Yellow Fever, and Pirates!
|
Aug 31, 2024 |
|
#160 The Official Founding of North Carolina
|
Aug 23, 2024 |
|
#159 Sidebar: The Master of the Senate
|
Aug 05, 2024 |
|
#158 The Free County of Albemarle
|
Jul 30, 2024 |
|
#157 Carolana On My Mind
|
Jul 18, 2024 |
|
#156 War on the Hudson Part 2
|
Jul 05, 2024 |
|
#155 Sidebar: A Conversation with Amanda Bellows
|
Jul 01, 2024 |
|
#154 War on the Hudson Part 1
|
Jun 17, 2024 |
|
#153 Roger Williams Saves Rhode Island Again!
|
Jun 06, 2024 |
|
#152 The Life and Times of Samuell Gorton
|
May 28, 2024 |
|
#151 Rogues and Dogs and Fendall’s Rebellion
|
May 11, 2024 |
|
#150 Regicides on the Run!
|
May 02, 2024 |
|
#149 The End of New Haven Colony
|
Apr 23, 2024 |
|
#148 The Founding of New Haven Colony
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
|
#147 Interview with James Horn
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
|
#146 Oliver’s Army: What You Need to Know About the English Civil Wars
|
Apr 02, 2024 |
|
#145 The Witches of Springfield
|
Mar 11, 2024 |
|
#144 Three Lost Voices From Early Maryland
|
Feb 28, 2024 |
|
#143 Interview with Joseph Kelly
|
Feb 15, 2024 |
|
#142 Sidebar: Oscar Hartzell and the Sir Francis Drake Estate Scam
|
Feb 12, 2024 |
|
#141 The Life and Times of William Pynchon
|
Jan 31, 2024 |
|
#140 New Sweden Part 3: The Fall
|
Jan 25, 2024 |
|
#139 New Sweden Part 2: The Tough Guys Arrive
|
Jan 19, 2024 |
|
#138 Sidebar Editorial: Notes on the American Historical Association Annual Meeting and the Teaching of History
|
Jan 10, 2024 |
|
#137 An Overview of the European Settlement of the Northeast Before 1650
|
Jan 02, 2024 |
|
#136 The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 2
|
Dec 24, 2023 |
|
#135 The “Plundering Time” Of Maryland Part 1
|
Dec 11, 2023 |
|
#134 Sidebar: More Notes on Thanksgiving
|
Nov 23, 2023 |
|
#133 Opechancanough’s Last Stand
|
Nov 16, 2023 |
|
#132 Sidebar Conversation: Salina Baker on the Life of General Nathanael Greene
|
Nov 06, 2023 |
|
#131 The Furry Geopolitics of the Eastern Seaboard 1630s-1660s
|
Oct 31, 2023 |
|
#130 Willem Kieft’s War
|
Oct 16, 2023 |
|
#129 Sidebar: Columbus Counterfactuals Revised
|
Oct 09, 2023 |
|
#128 Philadelphia Area Meet-up Details and a Book Recommendation
|
Oct 03, 2023 |
|
#128 Sidebar: The Comstock Act, Free Speech and the Legalization of Birth Control
|
Sep 21, 2023 |
|
#127 Roger Williams Saves Rhode Island
|
Sep 13, 2023 |
|
#126 The Founding of New Sweden
|
Aug 28, 2023 |
|
#125 The Founding of Maryland Part 3: Making the Laws
|
Aug 07, 2023 |
|
#124 Sidebar: The “Historical Sense”
|
Aug 01, 2023 |
|
#123 The Founding of Maryland Part 2: The Ark and the Dove
|
Jul 25, 2023 |
|
#122 The Founding of Maryland Part 1: Calvert’s Dream
|
Jul 15, 2023 |
|
#121 Sidebar: John F. Kennedy’s Speech of July 4, 1946
|
Jul 03, 2023 |
|
#120 Anne Hutchinson Part 3: Conviction and Legacy
|
Jul 01, 2023 |
|
#119 Anne Hutchinson Part 2: Ordeal by Trial
|
Jun 22, 2023 |
|
#118 The Dissenters: Anne Hutchinson Part 1
|
Jun 08, 2023 |
|
#117 Sidebar: “The Soldier’s Faith,” a Memorial Day Speech
|
May 25, 2023 |
|
#116 The Pequot War 3: Annihilation
|
May 20, 2023 |
|
#115 The Pequot War 2: Blundering Into War
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
#114 The Pequot War 1: The Geopolitics of New England in the 1630s
|
May 05, 2023 |
|
#113 Sidebar Conversation: Melissa Darby on Sir Francis Drake and the Search for Novo Albion
|
Apr 28, 2023 |
|
#112 That Time Maryland and Virginia Went to War
|
Apr 14, 2023 |
|
#111 Washington Meet-up Details and Some Other Stuff
|
Apr 08, 2023 |
|
#111 Jean Nicolet’s Journey to Wisconsin in 1634
|
Apr 02, 2023 |
|
#110 Roger Williams Part 3: Into the Wild
|
Mar 26, 2023 |
|
#109 Roger Williams Part 2: Expulsion
|
Mar 16, 2023 |
|
#108 The Dissenters: Roger Williams Part 1
|
Mar 05, 2023 |
|
#107 Sidebar Conversation: Kenny Ryan of the Abridged Presidential Histories Podcast
|
Feb 27, 2023 |
|
#106 Introduction to Puritan Theology
|
Feb 20, 2023 |
|
#105 The Settlement of Massachusetts Bay
|
Feb 13, 2023 |
|
#104 The Massachusetts Puritans: What You Need to Know!
|
Jan 29, 2023 |
|
#103 The Winthrop Fleet and the City on the Hill
|
Jan 22, 2023 |
|
#102 The Rise of the Puritans Part 2: The Crisis of the Late 1620s
|
Jan 13, 2023 |
|
#101 The Rise of the Puritans Part 1: Parliament Confronts the Crown
|
Jan 05, 2023 |
|
#100 Sidebar Conversation: Eric Yanis of the Other States of America History Podcast
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
|
#99 Fathoms of Wampum: Trade in New England and New Netherland in the 1620s-30s
|
Dec 21, 2022 |
|
#98 A Kingdom of God on the Rio Grande
|
Dec 04, 2022 |
|
#97 The Spanish Explore the Coast of California
|
Nov 28, 2022 |
|
#96 Sidebar: Notes on Thanksgiving (Encore Presentation)
|
Nov 20, 2022 |
|
#95 Sidebar: Notes From My Trip to Cuba and Other Stuff
|
Nov 14, 2022 |
|
#94 The Lord of Misrule
|
Nov 02, 2022 |
|
#93 The Purchase of Manhattan and Other Dutch Treats
|
Oct 24, 2022 |
|
#92 Here Come The Dutch!
|
Oct 13, 2022 |
|
#91 Sidebar: Considering Columbus Counterfactuals! (Encore presentation)
|
Oct 10, 2022 |
|
#90 After the Sky Fell
|
Oct 03, 2022 |
|
#89 Squanto’s Legacy and Pilgrim Anecdotes
|
Sep 19, 2022 |
|
#88 The Pilgrims Play For Keeps
|
Sep 14, 2022 |
|
#87 Opechancanough’s War
|
Sep 07, 2022 |
|
#86 Who Was Opechancanough?
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
#85 The Pilgrims Confront the Enemies Within
|
Aug 27, 2022 |
|
#84 1621 in New England Part 2
|
Aug 19, 2022 |
|
#83 1621 in New England Part 1
|
Aug 11, 2022 |
|
#82 The Pilgrims Go Ashore
|
Aug 04, 2022 |
|
#81 The Mayflower Sails
|
Jul 22, 2022 |
|
#80 The Mayflower Moment in History
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
|
#79 Sidebar: Daniel Webster’s Speech of July 4, 1800
|
Jul 04, 2022 |
|
#78 In Virginia in 1619: Part 2
|
Jul 01, 2022 |
|
#77 In Virginia in 1619: Part 1
|
Jun 23, 2022 |
|
#76 The Road to Plymouth Part 3: Kidnapped!
|
Jun 13, 2022 |
|
#75 The Road to Plymouth Part 2: John Smith’s Invention of New England and Some Other Stuff
|
Jun 06, 2022 |
|
#74 Sidebar: Herbert Hoover’s Memorial Day Speech at Valley Forge
|
May 30, 2022 |
|
#73 The Road to Plymouth Part 1: The First Pilgrims
|
May 27, 2022 |
|
#72 Champlain Invades New York, Again
|
May 22, 2022 |
|
#71 The Life and Times of Samuel Argall and Some Other Stuff
|
May 11, 2022 |
|
#70 Sidebar: Justice Gorsuch and the “Insular Cases”
|
Apr 27, 2022 |
|
#69 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 11: London Town
|
Apr 22, 2022 |
|
#68 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 10: True Love
|
Apr 14, 2022 |
|
#67 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 9: War!
|
Apr 07, 2022 |
|
#0.1 Revised Introduction for New and Longstanding Listeners
|
Apr 04, 2022 |
|
#66 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 8: The Emissaries
|
Mar 30, 2022 |
|
#65 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 7: The Starving Time
|
Mar 22, 2022 |
|
#64 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 6: Timeline 1609-1622
|
Mar 18, 2022 |
|
#63 Hudson on the Hudson
|
Mar 10, 2022 |
|
#62 Mohawk Down! Champlain invades New York
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
|
#61 Samuel de Champlain on the Coast of Maine
|
Feb 26, 2022 |
|
#60 Samuel de Champlain on the St. Lawrence
|
Feb 19, 2022 |
|
#59 Introduction to Samuel de Champlain and Some Other Stuff
|
Feb 10, 2022 |
|
#58 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 5
|
Feb 04, 2022 |
|
#57 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 4
|
Jan 27, 2022 |
|
#56 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 3
|
Jan 20, 2022 |
|
#55 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 2
|
Jan 13, 2022 |
|
#54 Jamestown and the Powhatans Part 1
|
Jan 06, 2022 |
|
#53 The Popham/Sagadahoc Colony and Other Adventures on the Coast of New England 1602-08 Part 2
|
Dec 31, 2021 |
|
#52 The Popham/Sagadahoc Colony and Other Adventures on the Coast of New England 1602-08 Part 1
|
Dec 23, 2021 |
|
#51 The Rediscovery of New Mexico and the Last Conquistadors 1580 – 1610
|
Dec 17, 2021 |
|
#50 Novo Albion and Drake’s Legacy
|
Dec 04, 2021 |
|
#49 Sidebar: Notes on Thanksgiving
|
Nov 25, 2021 |
|
#48 Sidebar: Announcements and Some News From History Twitter
|
Nov 19, 2021 |
|
#47 Epilogues and Consequences: After the Armada and the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke
|
Nov 11, 2021 |
|
#46 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Survival of Protestant England Part 2
|
Nov 06, 2021 |
|
#45 The Defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Survival of Protestant England Part 1
|
Oct 28, 2021 |
|
#44 Set Fair for Roanoke Part 4
|
Oct 22, 2021 |
|
#43 Drake Burns Down the West Indies and St. Augustine!
|
Oct 17, 2021 |
|
#42 Sidebar: Considering Columbus Counterfactuals!
|
Oct 12, 2021 |
|
#41 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 3
|
Oct 08, 2021 |
|
#40 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 2
|
Oct 02, 2021 |
|
#39 Set Fair For Roanoke Part 1
|
Sep 23, 2021 |
|
#38 The Road to the Roanoke Colonies
|
Sep 16, 2021 |
|
#37 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 3
|
Sep 09, 2021 |
|
#36 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 2
|
Aug 27, 2021 |
|
#35 Sir Francis Drake: Around the World in 1018 Days Part 1
|
Aug 21, 2021 |
|
#34 Drake’s War
|
Aug 13, 2021 |
|
#33 Sir Francis Drake and the Rise of English Sea Power
|
Aug 07, 2021 |
|
#32 Queen Elizabeth I: What You Need To Know!
|
Jul 30, 2021 |
|
#31 England in the 1500s and the Rise of the Merchant Adventurers
|
Jul 23, 2021 |
|
#30 The Spanish on the Atlantic Coast and the Strange Story of Don Luis
|
Jul 15, 2021 |
|
#29 Sidebar: “The Author and Signers of the Declaration of Independence,” by Woodrow Wilson
|
Jul 04, 2021 |
|
#28 Pedro Menendez, the Founding of St. Augustine and the Slaughter of the Huguenots: The Other Side of the Story
|
Jul 01, 2021 |
|
#27 Charlesfort and the Massacre at Fort Caroline
|
Jun 26, 2021 |
|
#26 Calamity at Pensacola
|
Jun 19, 2021 |
|
#25 Sidebar: Taking Stock
|
Jun 10, 2021 |
|
#24 The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 2
|
Jun 05, 2021 |
|
#23 The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 1
|
May 27, 2021 |
|
#22 Esteban and the Prelude to the Coronado Expedition
|
May 21, 2021 |
|
#21 Sidebar: A Pirate’s Tale
|
May 13, 2021 |
|
#20 The End of Hernando de Soto
|
May 06, 2021 |
|
#19 Hernando de Soto Part 3
|
Apr 30, 2021 |
|
#18 Hernando de Soto Part 2
|
Apr 22, 2021 |
|
#17 Hernando de Soto Part 1
|
Apr 15, 2021 |
|
#16 Sidebar: Bringing It All Together
|
Apr 08, 2021 |
|
#15 Cabeza de Vaca Part 4
|
Apr 01, 2021 |
|
#14 Cabeza de Vaca Part 3
|
Mar 25, 2021 |
|
#13 The Narváez Expedition and Cabeza de Vaca Part 2
|
Mar 19, 2021 |
|
#12 The Narváez Expedition and Cabeza de Vaca Part 1
|
Mar 12, 2021 |
|
#11 Florida Man!
|
Mar 05, 2021 |
|
#10 Giovanni da Verrazzano and the Exploration of the Atlantic Coast
|
Feb 25, 2021 |
|
#9 Juan Ponce de Leon and the (Official) Discovery of Florida
|
Feb 19, 2021 |
|
#8 Introduction to the Columbian Exchange
|
Feb 12, 2021 |
|
#7 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 5
|
Feb 05, 2021 |
|
#6 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 4
|
Jan 29, 2021 |
|
#5 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 3
|
Jan 22, 2021 |
|
#4 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 2
|
Jan 15, 2021 |
|
#3 The Admiral of the Ocean Sea Part 1
|
Jan 09, 2021 |
|
#2 The Americans Before Columbus Part 2
|
Jan 06, 2021 |
|
#1 The Americans Before Columbus Part 1
|
Jan 03, 2021 |
|
#0 Introduction to the History of the Americans
|
Jan 01, 2021 |