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Virginia History Podcast

Robert Van Ness

Show • 108 episodes

The Virginia History Podcast covers the rich history that has made the Commonwealth what it is today. Events covered during this podcast will include -

Colonial Era

American War for Independence

Pre-Civil War

Civil War

Reconstruction

Early Modern

Virginia During the World's Wars

Cold War Virginia

Contemporary Virginia

Along the way, I will blog, mostly small notes, resources, and pictures to supplement the history at www.vahistorypodcast.com

Berkeley's 1662 Return and Slavery's Legal Introduction

Dec 30, 2023 • 16m

Longstsreet - Elizabeth Varon Interview

Nov 29, 2023 • 43m

Did Edgar Allan Poe Visit Alexandria?

Oct 27, 2023 • 39m

Robert E. Lee on Leadership - H.W. Crocker III Interview

Aug 30, 2023 • 1h 30m

First Families of Virginia - The Carters, Part 3

Jul 30, 2023 • 41m

The Jeffersonians - Dr. Kevin Gutzman Interview

May 31, 2023 • 1h 27m

First Families of Virginia - The Carters, Part 2: Robert "King" Carter

Feb 26, 2023 • 36m

First Families of Virginia - The Carters, Part 1

Jan 28, 2023 • 23m

Virginia's Important Ghost Stories - Dr. Alena Pirok Interview

Oct 28, 2022 • 53m

Abingdon's Barter Theatre - Katy Brown Interview

Sep 30, 2022 • 38m

Colonial Virginia's War Against Piracy - Jeremy Moss Interview

Jul 31, 2022 • 44m

The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals - Dr. Samuel Mitcham, Jr. Interview

Jun 30, 2022 • 54m

First Families of Virginia - The Wormeleys

May 30, 2022 • 57m

First Families of Virginia - The Armisteads

Mar 31, 2022 • 29m

First Families of Virginia - The Nelsons

Feb 27, 2022 • 1h 3m

First Families of Virginia - The Parkes

Dec 31, 2021 • 43m

First Families of Virginia - The Custises Part 2

Nov 24, 2021 • 1h 15m

First Families of Virginia - The Custises Part 1

Nov 24, 2021 • 49m

Special Halloween Episode - Evelyn Byrd's Ghost

Oct 24, 2021 • 12m

Debunking the 1619 Project - Dr. Mary Grabar Interview

Sep 28, 2021 • 1h 13m

The 1619 Project - Phillip Magness Interview

Aug 28, 2021 • 1h 24m

First Families of Virginia - The Grymes

Jun 29, 2021 • 36m

The Lafayette Trail - Julien Icher Interview

May 30, 2021 • 50m

First Families of Virginia - The Ludwells

Apr 30, 2021 • 33m

First Families of Virginia - The Fitzhughs

Mar 28, 2021 • 1h 1m

The James Madison Museum of Orange County Heritage

Feb 27, 2021 • 44m

First Families of Virginia - The Taliaferros

Jan 28, 2021 • 29m

The Deadly Politics of Giving - Dr. Seth Mallios Interview

Dec 23, 2020 • 47m

First Families of Virginia - The Randolphs

Nov 24, 2020 • 1h 11m

Special Halloween Episode - Haunted Tuckahoe with Jessica Stith

Oct 28, 2020 • 31m

Scott Dawson and the "Lost Colony Mystery"

Sep 25, 2020 • 1h 9m

First Families of Virginia - The Corbins

Aug 17, 2020 • 43m

Virginians and their Histories - Brent Tarter Interview, Part 3

Jul 23, 2020 • 57m

Virginians and their Histories - Brent Tarter Interview, Part 2

Jun 16, 2020 • 1h 9m

Virginians and their Histories - Brent Tarter Interview, Part 1

May 14, 2020 • 41m

Lessons from the 1721 Boston Smallpox Epidemic - Tony Williams Interview

May 7, 2020 • 46m

First Families of Virginia - The Pages

Apr 27, 2020 • 44m

First Families of Virginia - The Burwells

Mar 26, 2020 • 37m

First Families of Virginia - The Harrisons

Feb 22, 2020 • 41m

First Families of Virginia - The Lees

Jan 27, 2020 • 28m

First Families of Virginia - The Bollings

Dec 12, 2019 • 15m

Interview with Berkeley Castle's Charles Berkeley

Nov 10, 2019 • 18m

Special Halloween Episode - Haunted Thoroughgood

Oct 26, 2019 • 9m

Berkeley Challenges the Navigation Acts

Oct 23, 2019 • 30m

Jamestown Burned! Interview with eyewitness Thomas Mathews

Sep 27, 2019 • 55m

Berkeley Returns to Power

Aug 22, 2019 • 32m

Sir William Berkeley - Interview with Dr. Warren Billings

Aug 8, 2019 • 35m

Virginia During the Interregnum

Jul 26, 2019 • 30m

Virginia's Native History - Interview with Dr. Ashley Spivey

Jul 17, 2019 • 1h 6m

Governor Berkeley Is Undone

Jun 27, 2019 • 21m

K.I. Knight Interview - First Africans and Slavery's 17th Century Virginia Evolution (Pillars of 17th Century Virginia Society, Part 4)

Jun 10, 2019 • 47m

Land Expansion - The Powhatan Tribes and William Berkeley

May 23, 2019 • 23m

Tenacity, Virginia's Remarkable 17th Century Women - Interview with Nancy Egloff

May 12, 2019 • 39m

Falling Creek Ironwork's 400th Anniversary - Interview with Archaeologist Lyle Browning

Apr 30, 2019 • 32m

Tony Williams Interview - Economic Influences on and from Early Virginia (Pillars of 17th Century Virginia Society, Part 3)

Apr 12, 2019 • 45m

Rev. John Ericson Interview - From Religious Wars to Religious Freedom: 17th Century Virginia's Religious Transformation (Pillars of 17th Century Virginia Society, Part 2)

Apr 3, 2019 • 41m

Dr. Jon Kukla Interview - Political and Social Stability: Order or Chaos in 17th Century Virginia. (Pillars of 17th Century Virginia Society, Part 1)

Mar 22, 2019 • 44m

Governor Berkeley Handles Early Opposition

Feb 25, 2019 • 23m

Governor Berkeley Arrives

Jan 26, 2019 • 19m

Sir William Berkeley's Rise to Power

Dec 6, 2018 • 19m

Graham Woodlief Interview - The 400th Anniversary of the First Thanksgiving

Nov 21, 2018 • 22m

Interview With Fort Monroe's Terry Brown

Nov 11, 2018 • 35m

Special Halloween Episode - Grace Sherwood: The Witch of Pungo

Oct 27, 2018 • 28m

The Mathews-Claiborne Influence

Sep 15, 2018 • 21m

The House of Burgesses - Interview with Nancy Egloff

Aug 29, 2018 • 32m

John Harvey's Virginia Quagmire

Jul 29, 2018 • 32m

Virginia - The Infant Royal Colony

Jun 22, 2018 • 17m

Virginia's Outstanding Women - Interview with Sandra Gioia Treadway

May 18, 2018 • 50m

The Virginia Company's Fall - Part 3

Apr 6, 2018 • 19m

The James Horn Interview

Mar 27, 2018 • 32m

Cainan Townsend Interview

Feb 28, 2018 • 33m

The Virginia Company's Fall - Part 2, Opechancanough's 1622 Massacre

Feb 21, 2018 • 17m

The Virginia Company's Fall - Part 1

Jan 23, 2018 • 19m

1619 - Representative Government Is Formed

Dec 22, 2017 • 18m

1619 - Women and Angolans Arrive

Nov 30, 2017 • 22m

Special Episode - The First Thanksgiving, Virginia 1619

Nov 17, 2017 • 14m

James River Plantations Part 3

Oct 27, 2017 • 28m

Special Halloween Podcast - Haunted Shirley

Oct 21, 2017 • 10m

James River Plantations Part 2

Sep 26, 2017 • 22m

James River Plantations Part 1

Aug 29, 2017 • 17m

The Rolfe's, Tobacco, and Pocahontas' Death

Jul 24, 2017 • 20m

How Pocahontas Became Rebecca Rolfe

Jun 22, 2017 • 22m

A Virginia Rembrance - Memorial Day

May 28, 2017 • 11m

Dale's Arrival, The Cittie of Henricus, and Bermuda

May 20, 2017 • 23m

Salvation, War, Uncertainty - Delaware's Arrival

Apr 22, 2017 • 27m

Paradise, Freedom, Mutiny, and Disaster

Mar 24, 2017 • 23m

The Starving Time

Feb 24, 2017 • 15m

Smith's Time Ends

Jan 18, 2017 • 11m

Shipwrecked at the Isle of Devils!

Dec 8, 2016 • 18m

John Smith's Time Nears the End

Nov 16, 2016 • 18m

Halloween Special - Haunted Rosewell

Oct 27, 2016 • 10m

President John Smith - Part 2

Oct 6, 2016 • 14m

President Smith - Part 1

Sep 8, 2016 • 16m

John Smith Explores the Chesapeake Bay

Aug 14, 2016 • 26m

John Smith Takes Action

Jul 17, 2016 • 16m

Death in the Summer

Jun 29, 2016 • 13m

Jun 1, 2016 • 19m

May 14, 2016 • 11m

Jamestown Voyage

May 1, 2016 • 18m

Events Leading to Jamestown's Founding

Apr 4, 2016 • 22m

Roanoke's Tragic End

Mar 8, 2016 • 18m

The Lost Colony

Feb 18, 2016 • 19m

The 1585 Expedition

Jan 27, 2016 • 20m

The 1584 English Scouting Mission in Virginia

Jan 4, 2016 • 9m

Sir Walter Raleigh

Dec 17, 2015 • 6m

Early English New World Exploration

Dec 9, 2015 • 9m

Don Luis and the Ajacan Mission

Dec 1, 2015 • 7m

Virginia History Podcast

Nov 28, 2015 • 3m

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