Podcasts
Oh Genie Who Directs The Hands Of Mortals! | Guest
February 16, 2021
In which Elizabeth Powel and her nephew bicker through letters over just how unreadable his handwriting is. She argues that “to your mother, it is algebra.”
Come for the familial banter, stay for the discussion of 18th century epistolary education!
A Presidential Blunder | Guest
July 7, 2020
Guest on Season 1, Episode 2 of “Your most obedient & Humble Servant,” a bi-weekly history podcast that showcases 18th and 19th century women’s letters that don’t always make it into the history books.
My episode analyzes a letter from Elizabeth Powel to George Washington after she purchases his desk and finds a bundle of letters from Martha Washington, and what comes next.
The Powerbroker and the Kingmaker: The Life of Elizabeth Willing Powel | Guest
September 19, 2019
Guest on Season 3, Episode 12, of Conversations at the Washington Library, a Conversations a weekly exploration of early American history, culture, and the people who teach it.
My episode focuses on the Life of Elizabeth Willing Powel during the period of the British Occupation of Philadelphia, and how she and her husband navigated their changing political stances before and after the Occupation.
The Return of The Harpsichord | Host
February 14, 2019
Interviewed Dr. Joyce Lindorff a Scholar Eighteenth Century Music, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, at Temple University, for Season 2 Episode 7, of Conversations at the Washington Library. We discussed her research at the Washington Library on Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis’ harpsichord, for Mount Vernon’s Year of Music.
The Ultimate Lightning Conductor | Host
November 15, 2018
Interviewed George Goodwin, Author in Residence at the Benjamin Franklin House in London and scholar of the Early Republic, for Season 1, Episode 31 of Conversations at the Washington Library. We discussed his latest findings regarding Benjamin Franklin, espionage, and the propaganda dealings in Europe in the American Revolution.
Videos
Elizabeth Powel: Dear Friend of George Washington | Speaker & Host
Members Only Livestream, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Elizabeth Powel and the Early Republic | Speaker
Fireside Chat Series, Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2020.
“What was the last letter George Washington wrote?” | Speaker
Ask Mount Vernon Educational Shorts, Mount Vernon, Virginia, March 2018.
“Did George Washington have Nice Handwriting?” | Speaker
Ask Mount Vernon Educational Shorts, Mount Vernon, Virginia, March 2018.
