June 2026

Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 87: A Fictional Conversation with Samuel Slater

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Travel in Time with Dan: An Interview with Samuel Slater at Slater Mill Note: This is a fictional interview based on true historical records. Dan: Today, I’ve traveled back to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and I’m standing inside the birthplace of American industry—Slater Mill. Joining me is the man many call the Father of the American […]

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 86: A Fictional Conversation with Oliver Belmont and Alva Vanderbilt at Belcourt Castle

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Travel in Time with Dan: An Interview with Oliver Belmont and Alva Vanderbilt at Belcourt Castle Note: This is a fictional interview based on true historical records. Dan: Today I’ve traveled back to Newport, Rhode Island, and I’m standing inside one of the most fascinating mansions of the Gilded Age—Belcourt Castle. Joining me are its

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 85: A Fictional Conversation with Tew the Rhode Island Pirate

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An Interview with Thomas Tew, The Rhode Island Pirate Note: This is a fictional interview based on historical records. Dan: Today, I’ve traveled back to Newport, Rhode Island, and I’m joined by one of the most famous pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy—Thomas Tew. Captain Tew, thank you for joining me. Thomas Tew: A

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 84: A Fictional Conversation with William Mayes Jr. at the White Horse Tavern

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A Fictional Conversation with William Mayes Jr. at the White Horse Tavern Note: This is a fictional interview based on historical records. Dan: Today, we’ve traveled back to Newport, Rhode Island, in the late 1600s, and I’m standing inside the White Horse Tavern with one of its most colorful owners, privateer William Mayes Jr. William,

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 83: A Fictional Conversation with President John Adams

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A Fictional Conversation with President John Adams at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island Historic note: This interview is a work of historical fiction. President John Adams did not live to see Fort Adams completed as it stands today; the Third System fort was built decades after his death. His words here are imagined, grounded in

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 82: A Fictional Interview with Benedict Arnold Sr. at the Newport Tower

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Interview with Benedict Arnold Sr. — At the Newport Tower, Touro Park, Newport, Rhode Island Newport, Rhode Island — Touro Park Some buildings tell us exactly what they are. Others refuse. For centuries, the Newport Tower has stood in the center of Newport, Rhode Island, daring historians, archaeologists, and visitors to explain it. Was it

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 81: A Fictional Interview with Joshua Humphreys at the USS Constitution

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Interview with Joshua Humphreys — At the USS Constitution, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts — The USS Constitution, Charlestown Navy Yard She is still here. After more than two and a quarter centuries — after thirty-three engagements without a single defeat, after Barbary pirates and the Royal Navy and the rot of time

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 80: A Fictional Interview Colonel Sylvanus Thayer at Fort Independence

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Interview with Colonel Sylvanus Thayer — At Fort Independence, Castle Island, South Boston, Massachusetts   Boston, Massachusetts — Fort Independence, Castle Island, South Boston   Walk out to Castle Island on a clear day and stop at the water’s edge. Look at the entrance to Boston Harbor — the narrow channel that any ship must

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 90: Einstein’s House

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Einstein’s Princeton: A Legacy of Genius, Justice, and the Atom   If you find yourself walking through the beautiful streets of Princeton, New Jersey, you might pass a modest home at 112 Mercer Street without realizing its history. This was the residence of Albert Einstein, the man who fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the universe

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 89: Thomas Edison National Historic Park

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The Wizard’s Legacy: Inside Edison’s Invention Factory   If you ever find yourself in West Orange, New Jersey, you have the chance to step into the birthplace of modern innovation: Thomas Edison National Historic Park. While Thomas Edison is famously remembered as the “Wizard of Menlo Park,” the work he did at West Orange was

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