Mainely History

The Clotilda’s Last Voyage with Jeremy Ellis

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.

Henry Wadsworth Longfelloween!

Meg North and John Babin discuss the haunted past and present of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Portland home with Tiffany and Ian.

Meet the Cohosts!

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!

Gathering of the Damned: A Mainely History Live Show!

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.

Revolutionary Women In Dependence With Jacqueline Beatty

Jacqueline Beatty discusses how New England women navigated life a new American republic that assumed their dependent status, while equating true citizenship with independence.

The Quebec Expedition Part 2 with Tiffany Link

Part Two of Tiffany Link's discussion of the failed Quebec Expedition of 1775-1776.

The Quebec Expedition with Tiffany Link

Tiffany Link discusses Benedict Arnold's doomed expedition through Maine to seize Quebec during the American Revolutionary War.

Maine’s Mythical Vikings with John Sexton

Medievalist John Sexton discusses why so many 19th century Mainers were looking for lost Viking settlements, and what we know today about the actual exploits of Norse seafarers in the North Atlantic long ago.

Doing History with Dan Mandell and Alden Vaughan

Dan Mandell and Alden Vaughan talk about the work that goes into finding and preparing historical sources for publication, and changes in the craft of history in this wide-ranging discussion.

Eastport’s Sardine Boom and Bust with Brian Payne

Brian Payne discusses how ecological, commercial, and cultural transformations caused the decline of independent herring fishermen in Downeast Maine a century ago.