Jamie Redfern
@historyjamie.bsky.social
History podcaster, Product Owner, maker of bad jokes
Manchester, UK 📍
Manchester, UK 📍
A History of the United States Episode 198 - Not Yet the Dawn is out! This week we talk about slavery, the anti-slavery movement following the revolution, and why anti-slavery didn't take hold.
This is also the last episode in our narrative pause, next time we march onwards into the 1800s!
This is also the last episode in our narrative pause, next time we march onwards into the 1800s!
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A History of the United States Episode 198 - Not Yet the Dawn is out! This week we talk about slavery, the anti-slavery movement following the revolution, and why anti-slavery didn't take hold.
This is also the last episode in our narrative pause, next time we march onwards into the 1800s!
This is also the last episode in our narrative pause, next time we march onwards into the 1800s!
A History of the United States Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal is out! This week we look at women's rights, and the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A History of the United States Episode 197 - All Men Are Created Equal is out! This week we look at women's rights, and the reaction to Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792
Been a busy few days in Seville! Yesterday I went to my first Phoenician archaeological site, Gadir, and today I saw the original copy of the Treaty of Tordesillas!!
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Been a busy few days in Seville! Yesterday I went to my first Phoenician archaeological site, Gadir, and today I saw the original copy of the Treaty of Tordesillas!!
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Nice to have two of my podcasting lives together in one trip
Accidentally stumbled upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus today. It was nice getting to say "Fuck you" in person.
October 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Accidentally stumbled upon the tomb of Christopher Columbus today. It was nice getting to say "Fuck you" in person.
A History of the United States Episode 196 is out, and it's the return of Theologycast! In Theologycast 4 we look at the Second Great Awakening, giving particular attention to the Baptists and Methodists
October 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A History of the United States Episode 196 is out, and it's the return of Theologycast! In Theologycast 4 we look at the Second Great Awakening, giving particular attention to the Baptists and Methodists
Saw the @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social DREM tour last night and cannot remember the last time I laughed SO MUCH 😂
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Saw the @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social DREM tour last night and cannot remember the last time I laughed SO MUCH 😂
Laughing more than I should
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Laughing more than I should
A History of the United States Episode 195- Education, Education, Education is out! This week we look at the spread of schooling and the postal system
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A History of the United States Episode 195- Education, Education, Education is out! This week we look at the spread of schooling and the postal system
A History of the United States Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations is out! This week we round up our trilogy of the Early Marshall Court by looking at Dartmouth College v Woodward
August 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A History of the United States Episode 194 - Let's Dissolve All the Corporations is out! This week we round up our trilogy of the Early Marshall Court by looking at Dartmouth College v Woodward
Hello! Some of the series might be quite difficult to track down, but I've found this overview which should give you the details
August 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hello! Some of the series might be quite difficult to track down, but I've found this overview which should give you the details
A History of the United States Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges is out! This week we cover the Marshall Court, focusing on Marbury V Madison
August 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A History of the United States Episode 193 - Let's Impeach All the Judges is out! This week we cover the Marshall Court, focusing on Marbury V Madison
A History of the United States Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers is out! This week we cover the Judiciary up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.
July 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A History of the United States Episode 192 - Let's Kill All the Lawyers is out! This week we cover the Judiciary up to the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court.
EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
June 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
Have been desperate to do this episode for years.
It's A History of the United States Episode 191 - How About This Weather? This week, we talk climate science. We go through how the climate works, and what it's impact on history is
You think you know history. You can know the stories, know the statistics. You can think you're prepared.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
June 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You think you know history. You can know the stories, know the statistics. You can think you're prepared.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
And then you go to Auschwitz-Birkenau. And it utterly breaks you.
Krakow. Ain't she pretty?
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Krakow. Ain't she pretty?
A History of the United States Episode 190 You Looking At Me? is out! This week we cover trend of growing violence in American society at the turn of the nineteenth century
May 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A History of the United States Episode 190 You Looking At Me? is out! This week we cover trend of growing violence in American society at the turn of the nineteenth century
Book 6, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi. This is an introduction to African history, but told from an African perspective rather than a European. Have spent DECADES looking for a book like this, and it delivers. A must read.
May 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Book 6, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence by Zeinab Badawi. This is an introduction to African history, but told from an African perspective rather than a European. Have spent DECADES looking for a book like this, and it delivers. A must read.
Book 5, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by @willdalrymple.bsky.social. Astounding book. Makes a solid case for India as the centre of ancient civilization, I had no idea the debt we owe in so many fields, particularly mathematics. A transforming read.
May 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Book 5, The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by @willdalrymple.bsky.social. Astounding book. Makes a solid case for India as the centre of ancient civilization, I had no idea the debt we owe in so many fields, particularly mathematics. A transforming read.
Book 4, The Far Edges of the Known World by @badancient.bsky.social. Ancient history, but by centering the narrative from the edges you get such a different perspective. Sections on the Black Sea were so interesting!
May 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Book 4, The Far Edges of the Known World by @badancient.bsky.social. Ancient history, but by centering the narrative from the edges you get such a different perspective. Sections on the Black Sea were so interesting!
It's been a while, need to update you on my readings! Book 3 of the year, From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations since 1776 by George Herring. I loved it. Fans of the podcast will love it. Need I say more?
May 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's been a while, need to update you on my readings! Book 3 of the year, From Colony to Superpower: US Foreign Relations since 1776 by George Herring. I loved it. Fans of the podcast will love it. Need I say more?
A History of the United States Episode 189 is out! This week we talk about the founding of Washington DC and the early banking sector.
Find attached the original city design, and some artwork of the capitol and White House in 1800
Find attached the original city design, and some artwork of the capitol and White House in 1800
May 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A History of the United States Episode 189 is out! This week we talk about the founding of Washington DC and the early banking sector.
Find attached the original city design, and some artwork of the capitol and White House in 1800
Find attached the original city design, and some artwork of the capitol and White House in 1800
Really excited to check out Iran's Grand Strategy by Vali Nasr! Thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for the advance copy!
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Really excited to check out Iran's Grand Strategy by Vali Nasr! Thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for the advance copy!
Good news! I've sorted out my setup, and we have a new episode! A history of the United States Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800 is out! Jefferson takes power and we move into the nineteenth century
April 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good news! I've sorted out my setup, and we have a new episode! A history of the United States Episode 188 - The Revolution of 1800 is out! Jefferson takes power and we move into the nineteenth century
Have been a little bit quiet over the last few weeks (months) here, but the reason is big life news, I've become a homeowner!
All my books and recording setup are still in boxes, but we'll soon be back to business!
All my books and recording setup are still in boxes, but we'll soon be back to business!
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Have been a little bit quiet over the last few weeks (months) here, but the reason is big life news, I've become a homeowner!
All my books and recording setup are still in boxes, but we'll soon be back to business!
All my books and recording setup are still in boxes, but we'll soon be back to business!
Today I invented (in a "I know somebody else has surely thought of this before me and I don't care" way) Pizza Nachos and WOW
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Today I invented (in a "I know somebody else has surely thought of this before me and I don't care" way) Pizza Nachos and WOW