Revolution 250 Podcast

Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick

Revolution 250 Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Robert Allison, with 313 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #38

  Hingham in the American Revolution with James Conroy

  Aug 18, 202636 minS6

  The American Revolution was fought on famous battlefields, but it was sustained in communities like Hingham, Massachusetts, where ordinary people faced extraordinary choices. In this episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast , Professor Robert Allison welcomes historian and author James Conroy to discuss his book Hingham in the Revolution; Not the Gift of Kings . Together, they explore how one New England town experienced the coming of independence, from political divisions and military service to the sacrifices made by families on the home front. Through the stories of Hingham’s residents, Conroy reveals the Revolution not simply as a series of battles and declarations, but as a deeply local struggle that transformed neighbors, families, and communities. It is a reminder that America’s Revolution was fought not only at Lexington, Concord, and Yorktown, but in towns across the new nation. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

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  Episode #35

  James Wilson the Lost Founder, with Jesse Wegman

  Jul 28, 202641 minS6

  James Wilson was a brilliant Philadelphia lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a driving force behind the Constitution. And yet in 1779 a Philadelphia mob attacked his home, and his forceful defense of ratifying the Constitution led to him being burned in effigy. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Wilson died in a North Carolina boarding house on the run from his many creditors. Jesse Wegman recounts Wilson's fascinating and complicated life in his new book, The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution . Order the Book! Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

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  Episode #34

  The Improbable Patriot Pierre-Agustin Caron de Beaumarchais with Iris de Rode

  Jul 21, 202646 minS6

  Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a man about Paris—watch-maker, inventor, and playwright best known for light comedies like "The Marriage of Figaro." But as the Americans struggled to secure independence, he took on a greater role, managing to ship arms and supplies to the rebels despite French neutrality and the British fleet. Harlow Giles Unger brought Beaumarchais's story back to life in Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution . We talk about Beaumarchais with historian Iris de Rode , who has written an introduction to a new edition of Unger's book. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

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  Episode #33

  Revolution 250 Podcast - The Forgotten World War with Derek Baxter

  Jul 14, 202644 minS6

  As Mercy Otis Warren in her "Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution" reminds us, not all of the battlefields of the American Revolution were in America. Although the conflict began in Massachusetts, it soon spread across the globe, with armies and navies fighting in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, India, Africa, and Central America. The struggle for American independence became part of a worldwide contest among the great powers, one whose outcome would reshape the modern world. In the next episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, Executive Director Jonathan Lane welcomes historian and author Derek Baxter to discuss his acclaimed book, The Forgotten World War. Together, they explore how the American Revolution needs to be seen and understood as a world war, and why viewing the Revolution through a global lens reveals a conflict that extended far beyond Lexington, Concord, and Yorktown. Buy the Book! https://a.co/d/0hAHhvQh Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

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  Episode #31

  Happy Independence Day!

  Jul 4, 202639 minS6

  Before the ink was dry, the Declaration was already on its way to the people. In this special Independence Day episode of the Revolution 250 Podcast, recorded for America's 250th Birthday on July 4, 2026, Professor Robert Allison welcomes master printer Gary Gregory of the historic Edes & Gill Print Shop to explore how the words that founded a nation were transformed into printed broadsides and carried into towns across Massachusetts. Their conversation centers on the remarkable story of the official Massachusetts printing of the Declaration by Ezekiel Russell in Salem, the broadside ordered distributed to every parish in the Commonwealth, where it was read aloud to congregations, entered into town records, and shared in one of the first truly statewide civic moments in American history. Gregory also offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the painstaking craft of recreating the 1776 document using period presses, hand-set type, traditional paper, and the same printing techniques employed two and a half centuries ago. Find out more in Haverhill's Museum of Printing ! Released on the 250th anniversary of American independence, this episode celebrates not only the ideals expressed in the Declaration, but also the printers, craftsmen, and ordinary citizens who helped carry those ideals from a single sheet of paper into communities across a new nation. It is a fitting reflection on how words became action, how print became revolution, and why the Declaration continues to inspire Americans 250 years later. Tell us what you think! Send us a text message!

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