Episodes
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Polar Exploration with Genevieve LeMoine
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Genevieve LeMoine of Bowdoin College's Peary MacMillan Arctic Museum discusses the controversial contest to reach the North Pole.
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Murder in a Mill Town with Elizabeth DeWolfe
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Elizabeth DeWolfe discusses the tragedy, trial, and media sensation surrounding the death of a young Biddeford mill worker named Berengera Caswell in 1849.
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Diet & Riot: Vegetarianism in Maine with Avery Yale Kamila
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Saturday Feb 17, 2024
Food writer and historian of vegetarianism Avery Yale Kamila speaks with Tiffany and Ian about dietary reformer Sylvester Graham's controversial Maine speaking tour, which drew both fans and riotous critics in the 1830s.
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Behind the Music with Bryan Den Hartog
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Ian chats with composer Bryan Den Hartog about how he created the music of Mainely History.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Patrick Dempseymas! with Vaughn Joy
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Film historian Vaughn Joy returns to discuss the baffling 1988 Christmas movie "Some Girls," starring Lewiston's own Patrick Dempsey in this bonus episode.
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
The Proclamation of 1763 with Alexandra Montgomery
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Alexandra Montgomery returns to the pod for a discussion on the significance and complicated legacy of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 for Mainers and their neighbors on both sides of the US-Canadian border.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
The Clotilda’s Last Voyage with Jeremy Ellis
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Jeremy Ellis, president of the Clotilda Descendants Association, speaks with Tiffany and Ian about the final ship of enslaved Africans illegally brought to the United States in 1860, and their ties to Maine-born slave trader Timothy Meaher.
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Henry Wadsworth Longfelloween!
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Meg North and John Babin discuss the haunted past and present of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portland home with Tiffany and Ian.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Meet the Cohosts!
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
New Mainely History co-host Tiffany Link joins Ian to talk about day jobs, side-gigs, historical dinner guests, and what to expect for Season 2!
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Gathering of the Damned: A Mainely History Live Show!
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
In this live show at the Maine Historical Society, Hannah Peterson and Daniel Bottino spoke with Ian about the 1735 trial, incarceration, conversion, and execution of Patience Boston, a Nauset indentured servant.