The John Batchelor Show

PARTISAN RIFTS AND THE CAPITAL CITY Colleague Nathaniel Philbrick. Washington selects the Potomac for the new capital to connect the West, while rivals Jefferson and Madison organize political opposition during a northern tour. The series concludes with James Monroe's eventual embrace of Washington's model and a reflection on the first president's enduring, complex legacy. NUMBER 81939 FDR AT MT. BERNON FOR THE 150TH CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON INAUGURAL

INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND HIDDEN HISTORIES Colleague Nathaniel Philbrick. Washington meets with the Catawba nation to promise federal protection for their lands, even as his administration wages war against tribes in Ohio. Philbrick visits Old Salem to explore Moravian history and slavery, concluding with a discovery of physical ruins at Coles Ferry where Washington once crossed. NUMBER 71921 FOCH AND PERSHING VISIT MT. VERNON

THE ARDUOUS SOUTHERN TOUR AND CIVIL WAR ECHOES Colleague Nathaniel Philbrick. Washingtonundertakes an exhausting 2,000-mile journey through the South to unify the country, visiting federalist cities like Charleston. Philbrick notes the eerie experience of following this path, where the ruins of plantations burned during Sherman's March create a visible link between the founding era and the destruction of the Civil War. NUMBER 61919 EDWARD  DUKE OF WINDSOR VISITS MT. VERNON

A STORMY SEA VOYAGE TO RHODE ISLAND Colleague Nathaniel Philbrick. Washington sails to Newport to embrace the former holdout state of Rhode Island, a trip Philbrick reenacts while surviving a terrifying tornado on the water. The discussion uncovers Rhode Island's deep economic ties to slavery, exemplified by the Brown family's conflicting abolitionist and slave-trading histories. NUMBER 51889 APRIL 30..  CENTENNIAL WASHINGTON, NYC

SECRET GRATITUDE TO THE LONG ISLAND SPY RING Colleague Nathaniel Philbrick. Philbrick details Washington's unadvertised 1790 tour of Long Island, which appears to have been a covert mission to thank members of the Culper Spy Ring. This journey included stops at safe houses like Austin Roe's tavern, serving as a quiet chapter of gratitude to those who risked everything for the Revolution. NUMBER 4