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War has played a key role in the history of the United States from the nation’s founding right down to the present. Wars made the U. S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, and...

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20 of 449 episodes

RW17: Revolutionary War Spycraft

In this episode, Audrey and James explore the shadowy world of Revolutionary War espionage and discover how intelligence gathering became on...

36:37Oct 21, 2026

RW16: The Revolutionary War at Sea (Part Three)

In this concluding episode of their mini- series on the Revolutionary War at sea, Audrey and James explore how the conflict expanded into a...

45:55Oct 14, 2026

RW15: The Revolutionary War at Sea (Part Two)

In this episode, the second of a three-part miniseries on the naval war, James and Audrey examine how the Continental Navy and hundreds of A...

44:10Oct 7, 2026

RW14: The Revolutionary War at Sea (Part One)

The Revolutionary War was fought not only on the battlefields of North America but also across the world's oceans, where Britain's mighty Ro...

42:39Sep 30, 2026

Saavedra's Revolution with James Giesler

In this episode, James interviews author James Giesler about his book Francisco de Saavedra's American Revolutionary War: The Spanish Contri...

45:30Sep 26, 2026

RW13: Yorktown and the End of the War

Nathanael Greene's brilliant campaign in the Carolinas left Charles Cornwallis with little choice but to carry the war into Virginia, settin...

49:32Sep 23, 2026

The Patriot with Michael Troy

In this episode, Michael Troy, host of the American Revolution Podcast, joins James to discuss and review the controversial 2000 film The Pa...

79:37Sep 19, 2026

RW12: The War Moves South

In this episode, James and Audrey follow the British Southern Campaign from its stunning victories at Savannah, Charleston, and Camden to th...

59:07Sep 16, 2026

RW11: The Rhode Island Campaign

The British occupation of Newport, Rhode Island, in late 1776 set the stage for one of the Revolutionary War's most important—and most...

46:12Sep 9, 2026

RW10: The Philadelphia Campaign

In this episode, James and Audrey examine the Philadelphia Campaign of 1777–78, as British General William Howe captured the American...

55:19Sep 2, 2026

RW9: The Tide Turns: Saratoga

In this episode, James and Audrey examine the Saratoga campaign of 1777, in which British General John Burgoyne led an army south from Canad...

48:21Aug 26, 2026

The Crossing with Michael Troy

In this special episode, James is joined by Michael Troy, host of the American Revolution Podcast, to review the 2000 film The Crossing, sta...

68:45Aug 22, 2026

RW8: Ten Crucial Days: Trenton and Princeton

By Christmas 1776, the American Revolution stood on the brink of collapse. In this episode, we follow George Washington's daring crossing of...

40:31Aug 19, 2026

RW7: The New York and New Jersey Campaign

In this episode, James and Audrey follow George Washington and the Continental Army through the disastrous New York and New Jersey campaign...

50:06Aug 12, 2026

RW6: Common Sense, Charleston, and Independence

In the first half of 1776, the Patriot cause gained momentum as Thomas Paine's Common Sense inspired thousands, Patriot forces repelled a Br...

62:03Aug 5, 2026

RW5: Quebec and the Noble Train of Artillery

In the aftermath of Bunker Hill, both Britain and the Continental Congress took decisive steps that pushed the colonies closer to a complete...

48:51Jul 29, 2026

RW4: Bunker Hill; Washington Takes Command

In this episode, James and Audrey follow the American Revolution from the meeting of the Second Continental Congress to the bloody Battle of...

54:05Jul 22, 2026

RW3: British and Continental Soldiers

What was life really like for the men who fought in the Revolutionary War? In this episode, James and Audrey step away from the battlefield...

52:53Jul 15, 2026

RW2: The Shot Heard Round the World: Lexington and Concord

In this episode, James and Audrey follow the mounting crisis in Massachusetts as General Thomas Gage attempts to crush growing colonial resi...

39:56Jul 8, 2026

RW1: The Roots of the Revolutionary War

In this premiere episode of The Revolutionary War , James Early and cohost Audrey Rogers explore the roots of the American Revolution, from...

58:48Jul 4, 2026