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Outlander in the Cape Fear
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: What Outlander Missed
For the mid-season finale episode, we are retracing our steps to Brunswick Town and the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge to talk about what audiences are missing when they don’t see these landmark Cape Fear Colonial sites depicted in the “Outlander” TV series. Joining the episode are two returning gu…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: Forging the American Identity
The "Outlander" story travels up north in the thick of the American Revolution and witnesses fighting in places like New York. But would the war, the fighting and the experience of living through a revolution look differently in New York versus North Carolina? And how did 13 separate colonies come…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: The Great Dismal Swamp
During the Colonial era, traveling between North Carolina and Virginia almost certainly required engagement with the Great Dismal Swamp, a million-acre natural wildlife habitat that remains a central part of the East Coast’s ecology today. A character in “Outlander” finds out firsthand the dangers …
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Outlander in The Cape Fear: A Visit to the Apothecary
Healing is a core tenet of who Claire Fraser is in "Outlander," but what was medicine and healthcare really like in the Colonial era? From surgery to medicine to home remedies, surviving in a time before modern practices took work and the right knowledge. Joining this episode is Charles Brett, a v…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: The Attack on Fort Johnston
In the Season 7 premiere of "Outlander," Claire Fraser finds herself in the crosshairs of Royal Governor Josiah Martin, who is battling for control of Fort Johnston on the Cape Fear River in the opening months of the American Revolution. Joining this week's podcast is local historian and author Ch…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: Uncharted Waters
And we're back! The new season of "Outlander in the Cape Fear" begins with a single question: What would it have been like to travel on the Cape Fear River 250 years ago like Claire and Jamie Fraser? Joining the episode is Doug Springer, the co-founder and captain of Wilmington Water Tours, who t…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: A Highlander Haunting
"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" explores the history of Colonial North Carolina through its depiction in the book and TV series "Outlander." For this special Halloween episode, host Hunter Ingram reads a compelling and chilling ghost story written in 1898 by noted Cape Fear…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: King George and Broadswords
"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" explores the history of Colonial North Carolina through its depiction in the book and TV series "Outlander." On this week's season finale, we look to the future of the "Outlander" story with a visit to Moores Creek National Battlefield, the s…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: The American Indian and the Revolution
"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" explores the history of Colonial North Carolina through its depiction in the book and TV series "Outlander." On this week's episode, we look at the involvement of American Indian tribes in the Revolutionary War. In the "Outlander" story, char…
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Outlander in the Cape Fear: Scottish Forever
"Burgwin-Wright Presents... Outlander in the Cape Fear" explores the history of Colonial North Carolina through its depiction in the book and TV series "Outlander." On this week's episode, we are jumping into the future for a look at the current culture of Scottish heritage in North Carolina. The …
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