Listening to some Early American podcasts now; gone through two suggestions so far:
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American Revolution from Yale University by Joanna Freeman : My top choice. Debunks a lot of the myths of american revolution and more importantly the building of the constitution. More of a ''top down history'', which i think is fine. She can be quite funny which is always a plus compared to a lot of the very serious american history audiobooks.
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Revolutions Podcast (new Mike Duncan project)
Mike Duncan covers multiple revolutions in this series; American Revolution is one of them.
While they both cover the same topic, they take a little different approach. Leading up to the revolution, I'd say Mike Duncan focuses a little more on the events, Joanne Freeman more on the mindset of the people. Duncan spends a lot more time on the war itself than Freeman, while Freeman goes a lot deeper into the aftermath, creating the constitution, etc. I enjoy Duncan's style more, found Freeman a little much at times, but that's just a personal preference. It also might have something to do with:
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Still, i find that most ItunesU is always a bit tougher to listen to; afterall, the professor is talking to students in a class, and not for an iPod audience.
So Duncan's podcasts are well-rehearsed, may have used multiple takes, etc., while Freeman's are a class lecture so are presented differently.
Still, I would say listening to both is quite worthwhile, and I'd listen to both again (and very well might at some point).
Doing this next:
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Colonial and revolutionnary America from Stanford by Jack Revoke
Note for those searching - it's actually Jack Rakove.
Then I'll probably give this a try:
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Conceived in Liberty Vol III & IV By Murray Rothbard
And in the car, I'm in a totally different time and place, listening to Mike Duncan's French Revolution.