Today, we'll take you from Benedict Arnold's early life through his legendary victory at the Battle of Saratoga.

Sources for Today's episode:

connecticuthistory.org

https://fortticonderoga.org/news/together-again-reuniting-benedict-arnolds-and-john-stevens-letters/

Today Maddie and talk about the early life of Benjamin Tallmadge, taking him through his early days in the army as a cavalry officer.

Major source for this episode was Tallmadge's memoirs. Available online here: https://archive.org/details/memoirofcolbenja00tall

Today we take Benjamin Tallmadge from the formation of the Culper Ring through the end of the revolutionary war.

Major source for this episode was Tallmadge's memoirs. Available online here: https://archive.org/details/memoirofcolbenja00tall

Today Maddie and I discuss the life of Nathan Hale, concluding with his disastrous spy mission, which led to his execution and made him and American revolutionary hero. Sources for this episode:

Consider Tiffany, Book VI, The War Between Great Britain and the Colonies from 1780 to 1783, available here: https://www.academia.edu/40188172/Consider_Tiffany_Book_VI_The_War_Between_Great_Britain_and_the_Colonies_from_1780_to_1783

George Dudley Seymour: Captain Nathan Hale, 1755-1776: Yale college 1773, Available here: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005287161

For more information on his genealogy: https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/History-Day/1775-1815/Hale

And if you're interested in contemporary thought on the female mind:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/24/how-the-feminine-mind-was-shaped-by-men

In today's episode we're introducing Season 2 of History in Zoomer - Spies of the American Revolution. We give some background on how spycraft worked and why it was dangerous. We also introduce the cast of characters we'll be covering and prepare you for the first narrative episode: Nathan Hale.

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Please take a quick minute and listen to a quick update from Maddie! See you next week with Caesar's Gallic Wars

In today's episode Nick and I will take you from Caesar's appointment as Governor of Transalpine Gaul, Cisalpine Gaul, and Illyricum through his ultimate defeat of the Belgic tribes. Strap in, it's going to be a wild ride.

Book's 1 & 2 of Julius Caesar's, "Commentarii de Bello Gallico" Available here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10657/pg10657-images.html

Plutarch's Parallel Lives:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Caesar*.html

Suetonius, The Life of the Caesars:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-the-writings-of-julius-caesar/narrating-the-gallic-and-civil-wars-with-and-beyond-caesar/5BFE3228A9F3687F2B5FACAB89CDF2B3

In today's episode, Jackie and I talk about the founding and subsequent history of Roman Valencia, known then as Valentia Edetanorum. While you're here, please check out our vlog from Spain at: youtube.com/@historyinzoomer

For more on what we covered today:

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/livy/livy-periochae-51-55/

https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/pomponius.html

Plutarch's lives - Pompey & Sertorius

For more information on 'The Water Court":

https://tribunaldelasaguas.org/

https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/irrigators-tribunals-of-the-spanish-mediterranean-coast-the-council-of-wise-men-of-the-plain-of-murcia-and-the-water-tribunal-of-the-plain-of-valencia-00171