Conversations at the Washington Library

In the , criticized George III for "Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us" in the years before the American Revolution. To hear Jefferson tell it, quartered troops had long been a problem in early America. In this episode, of Eastern...

If you know anything about Rachel Jackson, chances are you know her best as Andrew Jackson’s wife. You might also know that Rachel died in late 1828, just before Andrew became president.  During Andrew’s presidential campaigns in 1824 and...

We’re off this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. We’ll be back next week with conversations featuring some of the leading lights in early American history. But we didn’t want to leave you holding the short end of the wishbone. So we put...

Dr. Nadine Zimmerli recently joined as its editor of History and Social Sciences books. A former editor at the , Zimmerli is a historian of 20th century Europe by training. She is also a native of Germany, having grown up in East Germany in the years...

On October 2, 1780, Major was executed as a spy on George Washington’s orders. The British officer had convinced American general  to switch allegiances, but having been caught in the act, André was condemned to die a spy's death. He was hung...

What does the American Revolution look like from a British vantage point? How does that change the way we think about the origins of the United States, and major figures such as , , or George III? And in the new republic, how did Jefferson try to keep...

The podcast team is off for the holidays. We'll be back in the new year with new thought-provoking interviews with the likes of Jeanette Patrick, Karin Wulf, and Max Edelson. In the meantime, be sure to check out our full featuring conversations with...