Mainely History

Behind the Music with Bryan Den Hartog

Ian chats with composer Bryan Den Hartog about how he created the music of Mainely History.

Patrick Dempseymas! with Vaughn Joy

Film historian Vaughn Joy returns to discuss the baffling 1988 Christmas movie "Some Girls," starring Lewiston's own Patrick Dempsey in this bonus episode.

The Proclamation of 1763 with Alexandra Montgomery

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.

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.