The Mystery of Don Luis (Part 2)
In Season 1, Episode 5, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe continues the remarkable story of a Virginia Indian named Don Luis. Trapped in Mexico City and newly baptized, he… Read More»
History Writ Aright
What does that even mean, history writ aright? Aside from it being a quotation from a speech I recently read, I mean. It’s a question I’ve wondered about, and worried about, as… Read More»
The Mystery of Don Luis (Part 1)
In Season 1, Episode 4, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe unspools the first part of an epic Virginia narrative. Plucked from the New World by lost Spaniards, an Indian… Read More»
The Charms of Belle Boyd
In Season 1, Episode 3, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe considers the Civil War spy Belle Boyd, of Winchester. Given a choice between common sense and her version of… Read More»
The Death of George Wythe
In Season 1, Episode 2, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe tells the story of how the Founding Father George Wythe met his gruesome end. Thirty years earlier he’d signed… Read More»
‘If you think about it, why?’
This morning, in a radio interview, President Trump took a moment to contemplate the American Civil War. “People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War, if you think about it, why?”… Read More»
New Sheriff
We know him around here as Gibby, or MSG2D, or Dr. Sweeg, or just “Hey!” as in “Hey, can you trouble shoot this XML issue?” And we offer the above… Read More»
The Flight of Henry Box Brown
In Season 1, Episode 1, of Not Even Past, host Brendan Wolfe introduces listeners to Henry Brown, of Richmond. Enslaved, his wife and family having been sold away, he climbed inside… Read More»
The Politics of Sex; or Some Things Haven’t Changed
Steve King, a congressman from my home state of Iowa, made the news this weekend when he tweeted support of a right-wing, anti-immigrant Dutch politician named Geert Wilders. “Wilders understands… Read More»
The Podcast Is Here!
We’ve just released the first six episodes of our new podcast, Not Even Past. Hosted by our managing editor, Brendan Wolfe—which is to say, me—it will be for history lovers but… Read More»
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