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Introducing: Awakened Underground
April 06, 2022

The Awakened Underground podcast is an investigative talk show that explores the ancient art of healing yourself with plant medicines and psychedelics. The Awakened Underground is a production of Cavalry Audio, in association with iHeart Radio, created a

Introducing: The Pink Moon Murders
February 22, 2022

The Pink Moon Murders is investigative, true crime podcast that delves into the slaughter of eight members of the Rhoden family in rural, Appalachian Ohio in 2016. It was a night that shocked the country with its brutality—and its mystery. Who would commi

Review Episode Number Two: Adriaen Block 1611 to 1614
February 15, 2022

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Bonus Episode: Juan Rodrigues - New York's very first immigrant
February 08, 2022

Bonus Episode: Juan Rodrigues - New York's very first immigrant Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing: Art Fraud
February 04, 2022

An investigative journey through one of the biggest cases of art fraud in US history: The Knoedler Gallery. Written by VANITY FAIR reporter Michael Shnayerson and hosted by Alec Baldwin, ART FRAUD exposes the scandal of dozens of disputed paintings, and o

Episode 9 – Onrust: 1614, Hans Jorisz Hontom
February 01, 2022

Juan Rodrigues stays on Manhattan, while in Amsterdam competing merchant companies gather evidence and prepare for litigation. As reconciliation fails, they hasten to send ships out again, this time equipped to set up a small trading post. Back on the Hud

Episode 8 - Free Trade: 1613, Juan Rodrigues
January 25, 2022

Sailing back to Amsterdam, Adriaen Block brought along two sons of a Manhattan sachem as proof of the good relations and the trade that emanated from it. Block understood the art of diplomacy better than others. But that would not be enough to guarantee g

Episode 7 - WAMPUM: 1612, Orson & Valentine
January 18, 2022

Adriaen Block reconnoiters the northern seaboard and sets up trading relations with the local Algonquins. This requires him to master the complex concept of trading with wampum. The Europeans think these shell beads are money, but for the Native Americans

Episode 6 - Supercargo: 1611, Adriaen Block
January 11, 2022

Amsterdam merchants send out the experienced Adriaen Block to explore the new continent and trade with its inhabitants, thus kickstarting the colonization of New Amsterdam and, ultimately, New York. Henry Hudson remains obsessed with discovering the North

Review Episode Number One: Henry Hudson 1609 to 1611
December 14, 2021

After two voyages of discovery in the service of the English, Henry Hudson is hired in 1609 by the Dutch East India Company to discover the northeastern passage. In this review episode, Chance and Jaap go over the highlights of the previous episodes and a