The Other States of America: History Podcast

By: ERIC YANIS
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  • American History is far more complicated than a yearlong High School class could ever teach you. This podcast will tell you the rest of that story, focusing on colonies you've never heard of, that may be at your front door, like New Netherland and New Sweden, New France, the Haudenosaunee and the lampooned "Articles of Confederation," that serve as footnotes in the history presented to you. Join Eric Yanis, a NYS Certified Social Studies and SWD teacher, as he guides you through the history left out of the textbook.
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  • Narváez and De Vaca: The Trek from Florida to Mexico (1528-1536)

    Narváez and De Vaca: The Trek from Florida to Mexico (1528-1536)
    Jan 21 2025
    From Florida to Mexico, a large force under Narváez lands at, or near, Tampa Bay in 1528, a few survivors appear in Mexico 8 years later. Along the way they were conquerors, castaways, beggars, shamans, surgeons, unwilling cult leaders and slaves. The primary account by De Vaca is a true story of transformation, or perhaps just an elaborate resume.
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    59 mins
  • San Miguel De Gauldape: A Spanish Colony in the American South (1526)

    San Miguel De Gauldape: A Spanish Colony in the American South (1526)
    Dec 21 2024

    A judge named Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón meets a man from the land of Chicora who fills his head with tales of gold, pearls, domesticated deer and men with tails who only eat raw fish. De Ayllón brings the man to the King of Spain, and according to the historian Peter Martyr captivates the attention of the restless masses, 600 of whom will go with de Ayllón to the American South East.


    Suggested Reading (full works cited will be presented in the season 4 endnotes episode)

    Peter Martyr “Decades of the New World”

    A SPANISH SETTLEMENT IN CAROLINA, 1526.By J. G. Johnson, M. A.

    Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón's Doomed Colonyof San Miguel de GualdapeBy Douglas T. Peck
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    22 mins
  • Ponce de León and the Idea of Spanish Florida (1513-1521)

    Ponce de León and the Idea of Spanish Florida (1513-1521)
    Nov 11 2024

    Juan Ponce de León is more famous today for the myths that surround him rather than the man that he was. Living in a brutal time, hot on the heels of the Reconquista and the voyages of Christopher Columbus, de León will leave a mark on the island of Puerto Rico and plant the seed for Spanish Florida. A life of high risk, high reward, violent behavior that will not make de León a modern man, but will make him a household name in the modern world.


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    26 mins

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Amazing Resource!

These podcasts frequently go into greater detail about obscure topics than anything easily available in print.

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