Team: This Friday at SHEAR join me, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, Jennifer Tucker, and Daniel Preston for Historians on Camera. We'll talk about making documentary films, interpreting history on camera, and the mediation of memory. Can't join in person? Watch here: tinyurl.com/histdocfilms

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My favorite line in the latest episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is @lmchervinsky.bsky.social's observation that John Quincy Adams had "no Fs left to give" after his presidency. Do yourself a favor and learn why by listening to this episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

These past couple of years, I've played a very small advisory role for a new podcast series called "The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast." I asked creators Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster to tell us about their journey producing it. Read more here: jimambuske.substack.com/p/the-memory...

Words of encouragement I leave to myself at the end of a writing session.

Not everyday one of your projects gets blurbed in @theguardian.com. Thanks for the shoutout to "In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!" Find out what it's all about on your favorite pod app and get ready for tomorrow's episode starring @kawulf.bsky.social! @inpursuitusa.bsky.social

Nice to be back on the Apple Podcast History Charts again following the first episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!

NEW PODCAST ALERT! On 4/7, join Colleen Shogan, the 11th Archivist of the US, as we go in pursuit of lessons from America's past to write the history of America's future. Brought to you by PRX. Listen to the trailer now & subscribe on your favorite podcast app! play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

John Quincy Adams had zero Fs to give when he sat for this daguerreotype c. 1843. Elected to Congress not long after his term as president, JQA spent years bashing the Slave Power on the House floor. @lmchervinsky.bsky.social for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social inpursuit.substack.com/p/john-quinc...

I especially appreciate Stewart McLaurin’s @inpursuitusa.bsky.social shout out to public history sites like the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library and James Monroe’s Highland, where staff and volunteers work very hard to educate visitors about complex pasts. open.substack.com/pub/inpursui...

Few historians know the Constitution’s history better than @jrakove.bsky.social, and fewer still are able to offer such a warning. Read Rakove’s take on James Madison’s constitutional maneuvering in the latest essay for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/inpursui...

Congrats to my pals Philip Herrington and Loren Moulds on publishing a fascinating article about AI-assisted handwritten text recognition that highlights the possibilities of the technology while keeping the humanities and historical inquiry centered. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this lovely conversation between @lynnprobbins.bsky.social and Professor Mary Eyring on the history of grief in Early America. @uncpress.bsky.social @oieahc.bsky.social youtu.be/g499aa99rEk?...

Stole an hour today to visit colonial NYC: 1. Stone marking SW bastion of Fort Amsterdam/George 2. Iron fence that guarded George III statue on Bowling Green 3. Alexander Hamilton Customs House, where Ft. Amsterdam/George stood 4. Pearl Street, where Catalina Trico & husband Joris once lived

Spent part of @inpursuitusa.bsky.social launch @nyhistory.bsky.social with teachers looking at Rev-era documents, including this early 19th c. facsimile copy of the Declaration, set against the 1773 freedom petition by Peter Bestes, Sambo Freeman, Felix Holbrook,& Chester Joie from Massachusetts.

@inpursuitusa.bsky.social is now live! Check out @kawulf.bsky.social's essay on Martha Washington, the first First Lady, and a plantation mistress shaped by lineages of power, revolutionary politics, and slavery. inpursuit.substack.com/p/martha-was... Hear Karin read her essay as well.

Today's the day! @inpursuitusa.bsky.social is now live. We kick off the series with former president George W. Bush on George Washington's willingness to surrender power: inpursuit.substack.com/p/george-was... We've also included an audio version of the essay read by Mr. Bush himself.

Check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring the excellent @juliagaffield.bsky.social and the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America. Now playing on your favorite podcast app.

Ep 23: With a rebellion underway in New England, the Continental Congress orders an invasion of Quebec, confident that Catholic French Canadians will rally to the Patriot standard, a mere fifteen years after Protestant British Americans helped to conquer the old colony of New France for their king.

@sarahebond.bsky.social I see my alma mater is hosting a virtual discussion of Strike!

Now Playing! Finding Jane Austen: Ep 2: A Heroine is Born Starring Dr. Janine Barchas, Dr. Lizzie Rogers, and Dr. Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) Voices by @aipsmith.bsky.social and @gracemallon.bsky.social Featuring our first Austen History Mystery Subscribe on your favorite app!

My child says this is what it is like having me as a father.

Tonight @historians.org #AHA26, hear from a stacked panel of historians and civics ed leaders about the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, including @inpursuitusa.bsky.social’s Colleen Shogan and project contributor @kawulf.bsky.social

Flying into NYC on my way to Chicago and doing a bit of reading for a side quest.

"By which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is king." @lmchervinsky.bsky.social and I dive into the origins and meanings of Thomas Paine's Common Sense at 250 for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social Watch Now: youtu.be/6cB7BljBWJw?...

New Episode: Revolutions in Retrospect! "Fighting Plagues of the Heart in Scotland with @mikkibrock.bsky.social" Come for the story of Rev. William Adair in Ayr, stay for regicide, the plague, civil war, occupation, and witchcraft. Special appearance by Satan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhO5...

Spending the day with three great early Americanists @kawulf.bsky.social, Jack Rakove, and Catherine Allgor for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social. Can't wait for you to hear from them in 2026. #history #earlyamerican #podcasts #books

Now Playing! "The Siege" Hours after the Battles of Lexington & Concord, rebel British Americans begin laying siege to Boston, trapping thousands of civilians and soldiers in town for months with dwindling supplies, compelling the British to make a costly assault on Breed's and Bunker's Hills.

Happy 250th Birthday to Jane Austen! Celebrate by listening to "First Impressions," the first chapter in the new podcast series Finding Jane Austen, now playing everywhere.