As Henry Hudson explores the New York area with the Half Moon, he meets the local indigenous Algonquins. His mixed crew of English and Dutch sailors includes his son, twelve-year old John Hudson, and the junior officer and translator, John Colman. In the course of their encounters with the locals, Colman's life comes to a bloody end.…

"Why did we ever come to North America?," Hudson's crew ask themselves as the search for the northern route to Asia continues. Henry Hudson remains convinced he has got it right and decides to sail up the river. His reluctant crew begins to wonder whether he knows what he is doing. What is the point of fighting with the locals?…

Henry Hudson... If you live in the New York area, you hear his name a lot. We drive his parkway. We pay to cross his bridge. We marvel at his majestic river. But what do we know about HIM? This episode introduces Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, as he explores Manhattan and the river leading north.…

Having failed to discover a Northern passage, Henry Hudson does not return to Amsterdam, but lands in England instead. His news of a good fur trade stirs up Amsterdam merchants. Inspired, they prepare to send another ship to North America to try out the trade. Meanwhile, Hudson is hired by the English for another attempt at the Northern passage.…

What is driving Henry Hudson? What does he think he is doing? The further north he goes, the more he becomes obsessed to find the elusive Northern passage. But at some point the arctic cold and scarce provisions will take their toll. Is Hudson pushing his exhausted crew just a bit too far?

After two voyages of discovery in the service of the English, Henry Hudson is hired in 1609 by the Dutch East India Company to discover the northeastern passage. In this review episode, Chance and Jaap go over the highlights of the previous episodes and answer questions. Do you have a question for our next review episode?…

Adriaen Block reconnoiters the northern seaboard and sets up trading relations with the local Algonquins. This requires him to master the complex concept of trading with wampum. The Europeans think these shell beads are money, but for the Native Americans they have a spiritual meaning. To strengthen the mutual understanding, two native young men tr…

Amsterdam merchants send out the experienced Adriaen Block to explore the new continent and trade with its inhabitants, thus kickstarting the colonization of New Amsterdam and, ultimately, New York. Henry Hudson remains obsessed with discovering the Northern passage. On his second voyage to North America, his embattled crew resorts to mutiny. Hudso…

Sailing back to Amsterdam, Adriaen Block brought along two sons of a Manhattan sachem as proof of the good relations and the trade that emanated from it. Block understood the art of diplomacy better than others. But that would not be enough to guarantee good relations. Soon trouble sailed through the Narrows, as new competitors followed in Block’s …

Juan Rodrigues stays on Manhattan, while in Amsterdam competing merchant companies gather evidence and prepare for litigation. As reconciliation fails, they hasten to send ships out again, this time equipped to set up a small trading post. Back on the Hudson River, competition for the lucrative fur trade becomes fierce, leading to violent clashes. …

Bonus Episode: Juan Rodrigues - New York's very first immigrant

Review Episode Number Two: Adriaen Block 1611 to 1614

An investigative journey through one of the biggest cases of art fraud in US history: The Knoedler Gallery. Written by VANITY FAIR reporter Michael Shnayerson and hosted by Alec Baldwin, ART FRAUD exposes the scandal of dozens of disputed paintings, and over 80 million dollars in profit that led to the stunning collapse of one of the oldest and mos…

Ohio native David Raterman, a longtime journalist and former author for National Geographic, spent 18 months researching this, interviewing Rhoden survivors and friends as well as hundreds of others in the small community. He even spoke with prosecutors and police officers who were officially gagged by the judge, visited the crime scenes countless …

The Awakened Underground podcast is an investigative talk show that explores the ancient art of healing yourself with plant medicines and psychedelics. The Awakened Underground is a production of Cavalry Audio, in association with iHeart Radio, created and hosted by filmmaker and Psychedelic thought leader Cody Blue.…