Mainely History

It's Pronounced "Jail": an Old York Live Show!

Joel Lefever and Erin Tewksbury join Tiffany, Ian, and a live audience at the Old York Historical Society to talk about the history of the Old York Gaol, and how it transformed from a prison to an icon of local history and, eventually, tourism. 

Pejepscot Portage Mapping Project with Joe Hall- A Live Show in Auburn!

Joe Hall joined Tiffany, Ian, and a live audience at the Auburn Public Library for a conversation about the project to map and commemorate the Wabanaki Pejepscot Portage. 

Agnes the Spy with Elizabeth DeWolfe

Elizabeth DeWolfe returns to talk about the life of Jane Tucker "alias Agnes," an undercover detective hired to spy on a Kentucky congressman's mistress caught up in one of the most notorious scandals of the Gilded Age. 

Remembering Lovewell's Fight with Robert Cray

Robert Cray, historian of war and memory, discusses the history and commemoration of the locally famous "Lovewell's Fight" of 1725 with Tiffany and Ian.

Logging the Maine Woods With Jason Newton

Jason Newton starts off Season 3 by discussing the era of industrial scale logging in Maine's northern forests.

A John Ford Christmas Western? with Vaughn Joy

Film historian Vaughn Joy triumphantly returns for another end of year bonus episode, this time assessing a genre-mixing Christmas Western directed by Maine's own John Ford.

Return of the Right Whales with Gina Lonati

Marine Biologist Gina Lonati returns to the pod to discuss Maine's most endangered marine mammal.

Stephen King's Maine

Author Sharon Kitchens discusses the Maine places that shaped the career of the "King of Horror" Stephen King, and his influence on the Pine Tree State.

Maine's First (and next?) State Flag with Shenna Bellows

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joins the show to discuss the history of Maine's state flags as voters decide whether to bring back the old "Pine Tree" flag.

Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's First Vice President with Jack Furniss

Jack Furniss, historian of Civil War era party politics, discusses why Maine Republican Hannibal Hamlin made an attractive vice president for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, why he was dropped from the ticket in 1864, and what a Hamlin administration might have looked like.