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George VI and Leadership with Sally Bedell Smith

Law, Leadership and the Department of Justice with Elie Honig

Ronald Reagan and Pragmatic Leadership with Max Boot

LIVE: The Military Today with John Kelly, Carlos Del Toro, and Kathleen Miller

LIVE: Civil-Military Relations with Kori Schake

Revolutionary Artists with Zara Anishanslin

Thomas Jefferson and Leadership with Frank Cogliano

Leading in the Public and Private Sectors with Susan K Neely

Core Pillars of Presidential Leadership with William Haldeman

Summer Hiatus

Learning from First Ladies with Anita McBride

Revolutionary Leadership with Rick Atkinson

Little Wolf and the American West with Megan Kate Nelson

Suffrage and Black Women's Leadership with Martha Jones

Historical Lessons of Leadership with Catherine Allgor

The Power of Character with Jeffrey Engel

Leadership on the Supreme Court with Steve Vladeck

Leading in Times of Crisis with Michelle Korsmo

Episode 2 Announcement

A Balanced Republic with Dr. Yuval Levin

The Civic Bargain with Brook Manville

Communication and the Digital Future with Dr. Colleen Shogan

Learning from History with General David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts

Service and Respect with General John Allen

Integrity and Democracy with Representatives Steve Womack and Pat Ryan

Leading Change with Carly Fiorina

NOW AVAILABLE: Inventing the Presidency

229. A Final Conversation with Dr. James Ambuske

228. Editing the Adams Family Papers with Dr. Sara Georgini

227. Welcoming a Deserving Brother with Mark Tabbert

226. Cross-examining Washington's Heir with Prof. Gerard Magliocca

225. Doing Public History with Dr. Anne Fertig

224. Unpacking the Slave Empire with Dr. Padraic Scanlan

223. Attending a Lecture on Female Genius with Dr. Mary Sarah Bilder

Introducing Intertwined Stories: Finding Hercules Posey

221. Reading the Political Poetry of Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin with Dr. Kait Tonti

220. Educating Early Americans with Drs. Mark Boonshoft and Andrew O'Shaughnessy

219. Negotiating Federal-State Relations with Dr. Grace Mallon

218. Finding Washington at the Plow with Dr. Bruce Ragsdale

217. Exploring Star Territory with Dr. Gordon Fraser

216. Digitally Deconstructing the Constitution with Dr. Nicholas Cole

215. Reading Thomas Paine's Rights of Man with Dr. Frances Chiu

Previewing Episode 1 of Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington's Mount Vernon (Coming November 15, 2021)

213. Sailing to Freedom with Dr. Timothy D. Walker

212. Recruiting the Hero of Two Worlds with Mike Duncan

211. Revitalizing Myaamia Language and Culture with George Ironstrack (Summer Repeat)

210. Winning a Consolation Prize with Dr. Abby Mullen (Summer Repeat)

209. Reading Letters by Early American Women with Kathryn Gehred (Summer Repeat)

208. Harnessing Harmony in the Early Republic with Billy Coleman (Summer Repeat)

207. Offering George Washington a Royal Gift with Professor José Emilio Yanes (Summer Repeat)

206. Promoting Joseph Smith for President with Dr. Spencer W. McBride

205. Grieving with the Widow Washington with Dr. Martha Saxton

204. Raising Liberty Poles in the Early Republic with Dr. Shira Lurie

203. Planting the World of Plymouth Plantation with Dr. Carla Gardina Pestana

202. Digitizing the Maryland Loyalist Experience with Dr. Kyle Roberts and Dr. Benjamin Bankhurst

201. Uncovering the Virginia Loyalists with Drs. Stephanie Seal Walters and Alexi Garrett

200. Transcribing From The Page with Sara and Ben Brumfield

199. Unravelling the Strange Genius of Mr. O. with Dr. Carolyn Eastman

198. Contesting Monuments and Memory in South Carolina with Dr. Lydia Brandt

197. Stumbling Upon the Journal of Johann Peter Oettinger with Craig Koslofsky and Roberto Zaugg

196. Reconstructing the Life of a German Barber-Surgeon in the Atlantic Slave Trade with Craig Koslofsky and Roberto Zaugg

195b. [En Español] Ofreciendo a George Washington un regalo real con el profesor José Emilio Yanes

195a. Offering George Washington a Royal Gift with Professor José Emilio Yanes

194. Building Digital History Projects at the Washington Library with the ITPS Interns

193. Rifling through Washington's Receipts with Dr. Julie Miller

Throwing a Change-Up at the Washington Library with Jim Ambuske

192. Drinking Washington's Whiskey with Drew Hannush

191. (Recast) The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret with Mary Thompson: Part 2

190. (Recast) The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret with Mary Thompson: Part 1

189. Confronting an Absolutist Monarch with Dr. Karie Schultz

188. Exploring the Benjamin Franklin House of London with Dr. Márcia Balisciano

187. Winning a Consolation Prize with Dr. Abby Mullen

186. Exploring New Frontiers in Early American History with Alexi Garrett, Michael Blaakman, Derek O’Leary, and Krysten Blackstone

185. Seeking a City of Refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp with Marcus P. Nevius

184. Becoming Citizens of Convenience on the U.S.-Canadian Border with Lawrence B. A. Hatter

183. Trading Spaces in the Colonial Marketplace with Emma Hart

182. Recording an Oral History of the Obama Presidency with Evan D. McCormick

181. Electioneering Rage with Kelly Fleming

2020 George Washington Symposium Announcement

180. Reading Letters by Early American Women with Kathryn Gehred

179. Revitalizing Myaamia Language and Culture with George Ironstrack

178. Digitally Interning at the Washington Library with Jamie Morris

177. Harnessing Harmony in the Early Republic with Billy Coleman

176. Hunting Satan in Scotland and the Atlantic World with Michelle D. Brock

175. Finding Redemption from Tyranny with Bruce Stewart

174. (Recast) Tracing the Rise and Fall of Light-Horse Harry Lee with Ryan Cole

173. Tracing the History of the Syphax Family with Steve Hammond and Brenda Parker

172. Exploring White Women as Slave Owners in the American South with Stephanie Jones-Rogers

171. Reinterpreting Mary Ball Washington with Karin Wulf, Martha Saxton, Craig Shirley, and Charlene Boyer Lewis

170. Forging a Founding Partnership with Edward J. Larson

169. Re-investigating an Early American Murder with Jessica Lowe

168. Mining King George III's Papers with Zara Anishanslin and Arthur Burns

167. Reconstructing the Indian World of George Washington with Colin Calloway

166. Mobilizing the Will of the People with T. H. Breen

165. Facing the Long Year of Revolution with Mary Beth Norton

164. Battling Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay with Jamie L. H. Goodall

163. Returning to Lives Bound Together on Juneteenth with Jessie MacLeod

162. Ending Washington's Life with Jonathan Horn

161. (Repeat) Finding Ona Judge's Voice with Sheila Arnold

160. Recasting Tacky's Revolt as an Atlantic Slave War with Vincent Brown

159. Preserving Historic Real Estate with Whitney Martinko

158. Praying to the Adams Family Gods with Sara Georgini

157. Finding the Hidden Families behind the Boston Massacre with Serena Zabin

156. Making a Pilgrimage to Washington's Tomb with Matthew Costello

155. Painting Portraits of Colonial Virginia with Janine Yorimoto Boldt

154. Recovering the Founding Legacy of Dr. Benjamin Rush with Stephen Fried

153. Putting Secession and Jefferson Davis on Trial with Cynthia Nicoletti

152. Creating George Washington's Cabinet with Lindsay Chervinsky

151. Going Timbering and Turtling in the Caribbean with Mary Draper

150. Teaching Online in a Time of Covid-19 with Sadie Troy

149. Charting a Geographer's Career with Ron Grim

148. Inventing Disaster with Cindy Kierner

147. Setting the Table for the American Cincinnatus with Ron Fuchs

146. Doing Public History at Mount Vernon with Jeanette Patrick

145. Creating the New Map of Empire with Max Edelson

144. Sizing Up the Thigh Men of Dad History with Alexis Coe

143. Finding Ona Judge's Voice with Sheila Arnold

142. Plotting against General Washington with Mark Edward Lender

141. Accounting for Women in the Business of Slavery with Alexi Garrett

140. (Repeat) Republican Laws and Monarchical Education with Mark Boonshoft

139. Harnessing the Power of Washington's Genealogy with Karin Wulf

138. Happy Holidays from the Washington Library

137. Seeing the British Side of the American Revolution with Andrew O'Shaughnessy

136. Executing Major John André with D.A.B. Ronald

135. Editing Early America with Nadine Zimmerli

134. A Constitutional Thanksgiving

133. Facing the Wrath of Rachel Jackson's God with Melissa Gismondi

132. Quartering Troops in Early America with John McCurdy

131. Let's Get Digital With Loren Moulds

130. Writing the History of Early America for Children with David Bruce Smith

129. Mapping a Nation with Erin Holmes and Janine Yorimoto Boldt

128. Digitizing the Constitution with Julie Silverbrook

127. Walking through The Field of Blood with Joanne B. Freeman

126. Entering a World of Paine with Harlow Giles Unger

125. Simulating 1793 and the Fate of the Republic with Trey Alsup and Sadie Troy

124. The Power Broker and the King Maker: The Life of Elizabeth Willing Powel with Samantha Snyder

123. Tracing the Rise and Fall of Light-Horse Harry Lee with Ryan Cole

122. Making Sense of Murder in the Shenandoah with Jessica Lowe: Explorations in Early American Law Part 4

121. Interpreting George Washington's Constitution with Lindsay Chervinsky: Explorations in Early American Law Part 3

120. Meeting Alexander Hamilton, Attorney at Law, with Kate Brown: Explorations in Early American Law Part 2

119. The Transatlantic Reach of Thomas Erskine and Law in the Age of Revolutions with Nicola Phillips: Explorations in Early American Law Part 1

118. Finding George Washington in Scotland with Rachel Hosker

117. Resilience in a Time of War: A Special Purple Heart Commemoration Day Conversation with LTC Matthew Kutilek, USMC

116. Looking for Lafayette with Jordan Pellerito

115. The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret with Mary Thompson: Part 2

114. The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret with Mary Thompson: Part 1

113. Republican Laws and Monarchical Education with Mark Boonshoft

112. Welcome Jim Ambuske!

111. Aboard the USS George Washington

110. Pen Versus Plow

109. Birthing a Nation

108. Valley Forge

107. The British Are Coming

106. In the Hurricane's Eye

105. Buried Lives

104. The Proof of the Pudding will be in the Eating

103. Albert Gallatin, the Early Republic, and the Atlantic World

102. Young Benjamin Franklin

101. Constitution Making In Early America

100. Remember The Ladies!

99. The National Bank Controversy

98. Listener Questions!

97. Give Me Sofas Or Give Me Death!

96. Jefferson's Daughters

95. A Toast To George Washington

94. The Return of the Harpsichord

93. Frontier Rebels

92. Researching at the Washington Library

91. Don't Just Lead, Revolutionize

90. Growing Up At Mount Vernon

89. Gardening, Planting, and Landscaping Mount Vernon

88. Funding Mount Vernon

87. Lives Bound Together

86. School's (In) For Summer

85. The Lady and George Washington: Female Genius in the Age of the Constitution

84. John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court

83. Inspiring Tomorrow's Leaders

82. Thanks-Giving

81. The Ultimate Lightning Conductor: Benjamin Franklin, Espionage, and Propaganda

80. More Than Putting Objects On Display: Curating Mount Vernon

79. Woodland Washington

78. Jack-O'-Lanterns, George, and Sheep's Blood: Halloween at Mount Vernon

77. How Uncle Tom Came To Be

76. 'A Deserving Brother': George Washington And Freemasonry

75. Happy Birthday Washington Library!

74. Rain Makes Corn, George Makes Whiskey!

73. Eatin', Sleepin', and Thinkin' George

72. Honor Amongst Georges

71. The Florida We Deserve

70. Depressions, Recessions, and Panics, Oh My!

69. The Lakota Values and George Washington

68. John Jay is Here to Stay

67. Reading Dead People's Mail

66. How Do I Reach These Kids?

65. George Washington: Master Farmer

64. Who Interprets History?

63. Confronting Tragic History

62. "[Hamilton] History is Happening"

61. Reflections on a Historian's Lifetime

60. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

59. Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

58. First in Books, First in Peace

57. Battlefield Office Politics

56. #SoulClave

55. Codfish Olé

54. Where History Has Never Gone Before

53. How To "Be Washington"

52. Feisty Fluid Free Trade

51. Another Badly Behaving Woman

50. Patrick Henry And Jefferson Too

49. Transatlantic Gunrunning Playwrights

48. Edward Gray

47. Alan Taylor

46. Louisa Thomas

45. Michael Klarman

44. George Goodwin

43. Erica Armstrong Dunbar

42. John Steele Gordon

41. Zara Anishanslin

40. John Avlon

39. Kathleen DuVal

38. Laurie Halse Anderson

37. Lydia Brandt

36. David Hildebrand

35. Frank Cogliano

34. Susan Dunn

33. Richard Brookhiser

32. Leadership Lecture with James Comey

31. Lorri Glover

30. Founding Debates

29. Mary Sarah Bilder

28. Bruce Ragsdale

27. Ed Larson

26. Michael Blaakman

25. Patrick K. O'Donnell

24. Stephen Brumwell

22. Phil Levy

20. Joshua Canale

19. Nick Bunker

18. C.L. Bragg

17. Lindsay Chervinsky

16. Fergus Bordewich

15. Erik Goldstein

14. Colin Calloway

13. Adrienne M. Harrison

12. Chris Juergens

11. Ricardo Herrera

10. Francois Furstenberg

9. David Preston

8. Paul Brandus

7. Annette Gordon-Reed And Peter Onuf

6. Flora Fraser

5. John Fea

4. Trenton Cole Jones

3. Laura Auricchio