Furs and Frontiers Podcast
A Podcast on the North American Fur Trade
Furs and Frontiers
Show overview
Furs and Frontiers Podcast launched in 2023 and has put out 10 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 8 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 58 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. Published by Furs and Frontiers.
From the publisher
The history of our country is often taught through the narrow lens of a telescope looking back through time. We only see whatever fact lies within the boundaries of that lens and often miss the little nuances and relatable things that bring the characters from the past into our hearts. This podcast will bring to you these historical people, places and events.
Latest Episodes
Mike Fink
“King of the Keelboaters”, legendary brawler, master marksman. His short life’s story has it all!
The Battle of Pierre’s Hole – 1832
St. Louis, Missouri
Photo credit: http://www.romeofthewest.com/2009/01/saint-louis-in-1817.html Thirty-two French fur trappers built a self-sustaining trading village to exploit the furs west of the great Mississippi River and inadvertently create the gateway to the settling the vast wilderness of the west. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Fire_of_1849
Toughest Men in the Fur Trade
Jedediah Smith, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John Colter, and Hugh Glass… Hear their stories and learn why they are considered by most to be the toughest mountain men of the North American Fur Trade.
Famous Women of the Fur Trade
Photo Credit: https://lewis-clark.org/ hear the stories of the toughest women in the North American Fur Trade: Isobel Gunn, Magdalene La Framboise, Thanadelthur and Sacagawea and see what it takes to change the face of a nation.
John Jacob Astor & The American Fur Company
A poor butcher’s son from Germany travels to New York City with $25 and a box of flutes and changes the face of the fur trade.
Kids of the Fur Trade
Ever wonder what it was like to be a kid during this time period? We’ll look at what childhood was like from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains. Photo credit: Adriaen van Ostade, 1673 Whirligig Instructions
Happy Halloween!
Explore some of the ghost stories and spooky things that the mountain men and city folk would have been afraid of during the era of the Fur Trade.
Alexander MacKenzie
The first white man north of Mexico to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast, this Northwest Fur Company explorer detailed every aspect of his voyages in his journals.
New Amsterdam
Dutch colonists create the first major trading hub in North America and the fur trade helps create the first American millionaire. From 1,000 Dutch settlers to the most populated US city today, live the history of New York City and see how the fur trade changed New Amsterdam.