Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

E315: Scott Syfert: The Mecklenburg Declaration: Fact and Fiction

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Scott Syfert. In May of 1775, frontier Patriots from North Carolina gathered to declare independence from Great Britain. The document was lost to history, and some question whether it occurred at all. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E314: Tom McMillan: The Year That Made America

This week our guest is author Tom McMillan. In "The Year That Made America," author Tom Macmillan examines the critical eight months leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E313: Brady J. Crytzer: Those Deceitful Sages: Pope Pius VI and the American Revolution

Our guest this week is author and JAR Associate Editor Brady Crytzer. During the American Revolution, Pope Pius VI spoke out passionately against the false promises of liberty and freedom, claiming that Enlightened philosophers were deceiving the masses. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.  

E312: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.: The Deadliest Seconds of the War

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. During a naval battle off the coast of Barbados, a ship exploded killing 300 men in an instant. It was deadliest moment of the war. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E311: Geoffrey Hoerauf: Spies at Fort Detroit

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Geoffrey Hoerauf. Fort Detroit was a vital outpost of empire, but spies reigned on the frontier. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E310: Stuart Lilie: Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery at Fort Ticonderoga, December 5th-7th

This week our guest is Fort Ticonderoga VP of Public History Stuart Lilie. From December 5th-7th, Fort Ticonderoga will host a celebration and reenactment of Henry Knox's Noble Train of Artillery. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E309: Brett Bannor: Snapping the Lilliputian Cords: The Founders and Gulliver’s Travels

Our guest this week is JAR contributor Brett Bannor, discussing the Founding Generation's deep affection for Gulliver's Travels. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.

E308: Alexander S. Burns: Infantry in Battle, 1733-1783

This week our guest is Alexander S. Burns. Dr. Burns discussed his new book "Infantry In Battle: 1733-1783," at the 2025 Braddock's Road Preservation Association Seminar at Fort Ligonier in Ligonier, PA. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E307: Shawn David McGhee: John Fenno and Philip Freneau's War of Words

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Shawn David McGhee. In the early republic, newspaper editors John Fenno and Philip Freneau waged a war of words. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E306: G. Patrick O'Brien: Alexander Thompson and Declaring Peace in the Borderlands of Western New York, 1783

This week our guest is JAR Contributor G. Patrick O'Brien. In 1783, Alexander Thompson was given a great task...making peace with the British and their Native allies in Western New York. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.