Jake @ HUB History

In this interview, Kevin Levin describes the real Robert Gould Shaw hiding behind the bronze monument on Beacon Hill, a wealthy but aimless young man whose memory lives on through a fateful summer afternoon in South Carolina. hubhistory.com/episodes/a-gl…

In this episode, our first ever HUB History feed takeover, as we debut the new podcast "Queer Boston's Pursuit of Happiness" and interview host Joan Ilacqua. hubhistory.com/episodes/intr…

We often talk about Boston's colonial history as starting with the Arbella fleet in 1630, but our latest podcast examines three English settlements on Boston Harbor in the decade before Boston was founded. Listen now! hubhistory.com/episodes/befo…

In the latest episode of HUB History, @TheGurglingCod joins me to discuss poverty, poor support, and the practice of "warning out" in Boston and early New England. Listen now! HUBhistory.com/359/

In this week's episode of HUB History, history meets cartography in my conversation with @awoodruff about his new book Boston in 50 Maps. Listen now! hubhistory.com/episodes/bost…

In this week's episode, I talk to Scott Kerman about Governor Dukakis, Brookline, and a few anecdotes about Mayor Menino sneak in for good measure. Listen now! hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

In the last episode of HUB History, we recounted the nearly miraculous American victory that forced the British to evacuate Boston in March 1776. This time, we tackle the loyalists civilians who were forced to flee the only home they had ever known. hubhistory.com/episodes/loya…

250 years ago today, Massachusetts won its independence as the British evacuated Boston. Listen to our latest podcast to learn about the unlikely Continental successes that added up to a nearly miraculous victory. hubhistory.com/episodes/bost…

In the latest HUB History podcast, Nikki Stewart of Old North Illuminated and Kyle Roberts of the Congregational Library & Archives discuss Boston's religious landscape on the brink of independence and interpreting religion and history 250 years later. hubhistory.com/episodes/reli…

250 years ago this week, Boston's salvation arrived in the form of 25 year old Henry Knox and the 60 tons of cannons in his Noble Train of Artillery. Listen to this classic interview to learn how he got the job done. hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

250 years ago, an unlikely victory by the brand new Continental Navy helped turn the tide in the siege of Boston. Listen to our latest podcast to find out how the November 29 capture of the Nancy's cargo helped drive the British out of Boston for good! hubhistory.com/episodes/how-…

In our latest episode, learn what a humble stone slab that was placed on Boston Common 100 years ago this week can tell us about the earliest American games of football. No soccer. No football. Now wait a minute here... hubhistory.com/episodes/inve…

170 years ago this week, a grand agricultural fair opened on a sprawling fairground in Boston's South End, drawing spectators and the finest racehorses from around the country. Listen now! hubhistory.com/episodes/bost…

250 years ago today, a letter from George Washington revealed a devastating secret: there was a British spy at the highest level of patriot leadership. Listen now to learn how the treachery of Boston physician Benjamin Church was uncovered. hubhistory.com/episodes/amer…

In this week's podcast, we talk to Michael Ansara about his experience of the 1960s in Brookline, Harvard Square, and Dorchester, and about what it takes to organize effective resistance movements. Listen now! hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

In our latest podcast, learn about the giddy anticipation John Adams felt when frontier riflemen were sent to reinforce the siege of Boston, the trouble they caused here, and the disaster some of them faced when marching to Quebec with Benedict Arnold. hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

250 years ago tonight, Billy Simpson was killed by a British cannonball near the Mystic in Somerville, the first soldier from outside New England to give his life in the American Revolution. Learn more about Boston's hot siege summer in our new podcast. hubhistory.com/episodes/hot-…

250 years ago this week, a Black man named Caesar Marion was jailed for leading a protest in British-occupied Boston. Listen to our latest podcast as we try to reconstruct his story from the scant sources historians have uncovered. hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

250 years ago this week, America's first lighthouse went dark, as Continentals in whaleboats raided Little Brewster Island for a second time to deny the navigational aid to the British Navy. Learn about three raids on Boston Light in our latest podcast. hubhistory.com/episodes/the-…

EXTRA! EXTRA! 131 years ago this week, Boston's newsboys fell silent. Listen to our latest podcast to learn how newspaper vendors became emblematic of child labor in Boston and how these tiny workers unionized to fight for more rights and better pay. hubhistory.com/episodes/bost…