Beste Stratfor Podcasts (2024)

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Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble 16:14

17d ago16:14

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Send us a text Time once again for a seasonal special edition of Stratford Mail. Visitors to Stratford are often struck by the wards against witches and evil spirits incised into its exterior brick and interior floors. These marks are reminders of our ancestors’ belief that this visible world overlapped an invisible world that was a source of both …

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School Days 17:56

2M ago17:56

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Send us a text Back to school with Stratford Mail! This month we think about educational opportunity in the Virginia colony. The rural Northern Neck was slow to develop the kind of city and district schools found in the more densely populated New England colonies. This posed no problem for elites, who could afford to engage private tutors for their…

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Every Heart Throbs 12:21

4M ago12:21

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Send us a text Before Beatlemania, there was Marquismania! 200 years ago this August, the Marquis de Lafayette returned to these shores after an absence of 40 years. In his 13-month 'farewell tour' of the 24 United States, the nation he helped to found, the Marquis was cheered and celebrated by grateful crowds in the hundreds and thousands. As the …

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Resting in Peace 15:51

5M ago15:51

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Send us a text Sociologist Émile Durkheim taught us that the study of human mourning raises a window on human values and lifeways. Returning after a brief hiatus, Stratford Mail ponders elite deathways in the Northern Neck, with close attention to the opinions of Robert Carter III, as recorded by Philip Vickers Fithian, the tutor at Carter's Nomini…

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Hannah Corbin, Widow 12:39

8M ago12:39

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Send us a text Hannah Lee Corbin was undeniably a force to be reckoned with. She attracts interest from scholars and history-lovers alike, whether for her unusual private life, her defection from the established Anglican faith of her family, or her general independence of spirit. Hannah is sometimes celebrated as an 18th century proponent of women’…

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Resistance & Resilience 13:46

9M ago13:46

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Send us a text In commemoration of Black History month, Stratford Mail considers a trio of portraits of Black women and men, two of whom were enslaved at Stratford Hall under Colonel Philip Ludwell Lee. The stories of Sawney, Henrietta Steptoe, and Louisa Thomas, however partial and fragmentary, offer valuable lessons of resistance and resilience i…

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The High Rollers 14:32

10M ago14:32

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Send us a text 1778, British-occupied Philadelphia. The American alliance with France and defeat at Saratoga have depressed the British outlook on the war. General William Howe pays the cost, resigning his command of British land forces. Only days from the order to withdraw from Philadelphia, Howe's officers organize a fabled farewell blowout calle…

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Unfinished Business 16:24

1y ago16:24

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Send us a text Join Dr. Steffey for a special edition of Stratford Mail. In this final episode of Season 1, Hallowtide is upon us, and as the veil between the worlds grows thin, our minds turn to the 'hereafter,' and perhaps to the departed who haunt our here and now. What's the connection between historic sites like Stratford and ghosts? Which mem…

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Spy Games 14:28

1y ago14:28

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Send us a text As conflict with England escalated, delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress foresaw the need for diplomatic and intelligence services. On 29 November 1775 the Committee for Correspondence was born, soon becoming the Committee for Secret Correspondence, and ultimately the Committee for Foreign Affairs on 17 April 1777. In the beginn…

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Burning Peggy Stewart 14:45

1y ago14:45

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Send us a text On October 19, 1774 a tyrant minority in Annapolis compelled traders James Dick & Anthony Stewart to burn the merchant brigantine Peggy Stewart. The so-called Annapolis Tea Party differed from its Boston precedent in that there were no disguises, no concealing cover of night. The disposition of the Peggy Stewart and its cargo were to…

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All the Rage 13:14

1+ y ago13:14

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Send us a text In 1787 Thomas Lee Shippen, an American student at Inner Temple, London, shipped a hat to his sister Anne Home Livingston in Philadelphia. Nancy, as she was called by kith and kin, was living at Shippen House with her parents after her marriage to a scoundrel with a taste for scandal and no taste for divorce fell through. Tommy Shipp…

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Painting Mr. Pitt 18:07

1+ y ago18:07

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Send us a text If you’ve visited Stratford Hall since 2016, you likely noticed the looming full-length portrait of British statesman WIlliam Pitt the elder in our parlor. Standing at 8 feet by 5 feet, it’s difficult to miss! That painting reproduces the original now hanging in the Westmoreland County Museum. From the hand of Maryland painter Charle…

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Wine & Rattlesnakes 12:10

1+ y ago12:10

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Send us a text Virginia wine has made a comeback from its bleak beginnings. Cultivation failed to make native grapes competitive with European vintages, and European vines struggled to adapt to the challenges of foreign climates, soils, and pests. Interest in producing good quality wine from native grapes persisted across centuries, and was a preoc…

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In/human Traffic 17:29

1+ y ago17:29

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Send us a text 1773. A letter and gift from prominent British abolitionist Granville Sharp prompt a thank you from Arthur Lee, whose antislavery writings circulated among abolitionists at home and abroad. Sharp may have encountered Lee in London, or possibly become acquainted through his abolitionist correspondent in Philadelphia, Anthony Benezet, …

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Dear Cousin 13:12

1+ y ago13:12

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Send us a text A letter full of life and light from 12-year-old Alice Lee (1749-1789) of Blenheim plantation in Charles County, Maryland, to her second cousin William Lee of Stratford, a commercial agent for Virginia tobacco living in Tower Hill, London. Alice speaks her mind on 'tying the knot,' her eccentric Virginia relation known as 'the Squire…

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Baptizing Matilda 10:31

1+ y ago10:31

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Send us a text This month Elizabeth Jackson gives a piece of her mind to Martha Corbin (Turberville) of Portobago on the Rappahannock River and reports on a special event at Stratford. Working with letters from yesteryear we realize emphatically that the 'Devil is in the details,' and often those details lie just beyond our grasp. In consequence we…

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Our Man in London 6:26

2y ago6:26

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Send us a text Controlling the narrative is at the center of this month's microcast. As tensions escalate between Britain and the colonies, Americans residing and working in London experienced a unique set of difficulties, especially Americans involved in the production and dissemination of political intelligence. In a letter dated 6 March 1785, Ar…

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Magic Box 0:36

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Written by Luca

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To the Moon 3:49

5+ y ago3:49

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Written by Orion and Ryan

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Bad Heaven with Good Ninjas 3:03

5+ y ago3:03

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Written by Carrie and Zachary

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Happy Guy 3:46

5+ y ago3:46

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Written by Harvey Lee and Joshua Yundt

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Stratford Spartans vs Memorial Mustangs 2:48:24

6y ago2:48:24

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Von Spring Branch Sports Line

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Stratford Spartans vs Bridgeland Bears Football 4:17

6y ago4:17

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Von Spring Branch Sports Line

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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Collins Tigers Football Part 2 10/27 49:04

7y ago49:04

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Von Spring Branch Sports Line

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Stratford Spartans vs Klein Collins Tigers 10/27 1:11:37

7y ago1:11:37

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Von Spring Branch Sports Line

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Stratford Spartans vs. Spring Woods Tigers 10/13/2017 1:08:00

7y ago1:08:00

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Join our coverage of Texas High School Football including 15-6A District Matchup between the Stratford Spartans and the Spring Woods Tigers.Von Spring Branch Sports Line

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Bi-District Boys Playoff 🏀 Stratford Spartans vs Westfield Mustangs 1:32:53

7+ y ago1:32:53

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Join our Bi-District Playoff Game between the Stratford Spartans vs Westfield Mustangs Visit yourbranchnews.com for 24/7 dedicated coverage to the Spring Branch Athletic Community. Your Branch News.com is committed to becoming a major independent media outlet to showcase athletic achievement and events in the Spring Branch Community in Houston, Tex…