The Trans-Atlanticist
Episode Archive
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Abigail Adams: Founding Parent
"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined t...
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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"
The phrase, ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, is complicated when viewed from the perspective of an enslaved person. So for our Black History Month episode, we are exploring the wide variety of Black p...
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Privateering, Boycotts, and the Slave Trade in the Declaration of Independence
"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."
In this episode, we explore Grievance #24 in the Declaration of Independence, whi...
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Impressment, Naval History, and the Declaration of Independence
"He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by thei...
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Understanding the Patriots' Opposition to Standing Armies in Their Cities
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures."
In today's episode, we explore Grievance #11 in the Declaration of Independence, which...
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"Enemies in War, in Peace Friends": Was the Revolutionary War the First American Civil War?
"Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren...They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which den...
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Mark Twain: An American Classic in Europe
***This episode was recorded live on 19 November 2025.***
This special episode explores the life and work of Mark Twain, one of the most iconic figures in American literature.
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Money and the Declaration of Independence: How Revolutionary Financial Ideas Won the Revolutionary War
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, OUR FORTUNES, and our sacred Honor."
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Wales and the Declaration of Independence
In this episode, we explore the influence of Wales and Welsh immigrants on the Declaration of Independence with two expert guests from the University of Cardiff, Dr. Marion Loeffler and Dr. Huw ...
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Irish Perspectives on the Declaration of Independence
"Irish men and Irish women, in the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland through us summons her children to her flag and strike...