Jeanette Patrick

It is a constant challenge for sure.

I am looking for full-time positions in the DC area where I can continue to bring quality scholarship to public audiences in engaging ways. If you have a project or position you think I might be a good fit for, please reach out.

I'm so proud that R2 Studios' podcasts have been downloaded nearly 400,000 times by listeners around the world. None of this would have been possible without the many amazing colleagues and students I was fortunate to work with.

I am sad to share that my position at George Mason University is being eliminated in October. Over the last four years, I've produced over 100 episodes that have explored many different topics and time periods, but always with the same goal: to bring the latest academic research to public audiences.

The Rebellion is now in progress.

One of the podcasts I produce is up for TWO People's Choice Podcast Awards! Worlds Turned Upside Down has been nominated for the People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. I would really appreciate it if you would vote for Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.podcastawards.com

So much is alternately bananas and enraging and terrifying, but over in my lane I know this. Americans want, in fact crave, real, full, complex histories that reflect the kind of complexity they face daily. Pablum appeals to v few. That's why we do this work. Heading into #July4.

NOW PLAYING: Episode 16: The Tea

A looming financial disaster for the East India Company leads to a new crisis in North America when seven tea-laden ships are sent to the colonies in 1773, inspiring Bostonians to dump much of the cargo in Boston Harbor.

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The destruction of the Tea in Boston Harbor. W.D. Cooper. "Boston Tea Party.", 1789.

Next week we're headed to India, making a stop in London, and then dumping some tea in Boston Harbor with @deepthimurali.bsky.social, @bencarp.bsky.social, James Fichter, and Mary Beth Norton.

So put the kettle on and catch up on Worlds Turned Upside Down now: www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...

Congrats!!!!!!

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Within 2 hours of breaking news and @askhistorians.bsky.social users ask about historical events to understand the present. If any #SkyStorians want to get involved with AH to help people with Breaking Historical Questions, reach out- we'd love to have you participate

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New Book Series Brings the Spirit of Paine’s “Common Sense” and the Founding Era into the 21st Century <p>The University of Virginia Press is pleased to announce “From Pamphlets to Podcasts: An Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Series,” a new series th

Big news from the #ITPS! We are thrilled to share a new series with @uvapress.bsky.social! Here are more details about "From Pamphlets to Podcasts" and if you're working on relevant themes (this is an intentionally 'big tent' series), consider sending them our way upress.virginia.edu/news/new-boo...

2025 Women Podcasters Awards Winners Announced Celebrating Women in Podcasting! The Women Podcasters Network proudly announces the winners of the 2025 Women Podcasters Awards, a community-powered, people’s choice-style celebration that honors the ...

You can watch the award show here: www.womenpodcasters.com/2025-women-p...

These shows would not be possible without all of the expert contributors, voice actors, students, and co-producers. Thank you.

I am so excited to share that I am the winner of the 2025 Women in Podcasting Best Producer Award! Thank you so much to all of you who voted for me, and especially for listening to the podcast series I produce.

NOW PLAYING: Episode 15: The Heavens Fall

The detainment of a West African-born enslaved Virginian named James Somerset in London leads to a court case decided by England's most powerful judge that challenges the foundations of slavery in the British Empire.

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Thank you for listening!

Really good episode of Worlds Turned Upside Down podcast. Plan to use it for future classes. Chilling, powerful overview. #skystorians #academicsky #Caribbean #enslavement #18thc #18c
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New episode out! I talked with Padraic Scanlan about his new book, Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine. He makes the case for writing fast, messy first drafts and embracing editors. Listen now: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

Just concluded a fantastic podcast interview with Ramin Ganeshram, Executive Director at the Westport Museum for History & Culture. We talked a lot about the current landscape of doing history work. This chat will be available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify on June 10. Mark your calendars!

I’m currently listening to worlds turned upside down by @jimambuske.bsky.social and enjoying it quite a lot. Still in season 1 and getting a much more in depth look at the pre war years than I ever got in grade school!

Thank you so much!!

Are you a digital humanities scholar looking to sharpen your digital project-building skills, receive funding, and create an open access project on a supported platform? Apply now!

Applications are open, and will close on July 1st at 11:59 p.m. U.S. EST.

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NEW EPISODE ALERT!

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Dig into my latest conversation with @emilyherring.bsky.social about her book, HERALD OF A RESTLESS WORLD! We talked about how she wrote an intellectual biography that is damn interesting, the quirks of French education, her shift from academia, and more! Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

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Thanks to Neil McPhedran and Jennifer-lee Gunson from the Continuing Studies Podcast for inviting @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social and me to talk about R2 Studios, history podcasting, and connecting new audiences with the past. Have a listen!

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Episode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with Chearfulness Diane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson encourages women to join t…

NEW EPISODE! In which Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson undertakes a fundraising campaign that is a smidge harder than just going door to door.

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Over the years, @georgemasonu.bsky.social has won 157 National Endowment for the Humanities awards. Over half of these awards were awarded to the Department of History and Art History. During the next few weeks, we will be highlighting the excellent work the #NEHfunded.

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We've extended the deadline for proposal submissions for the JCB institutional website to April 21!

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Last week we learned that 6 of our active NEH awards—totaling $789k in unspent funds—were immediately terminated by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.This is obviously a blow, and a serious one, to our work.But we will carry on. To see our terminated grants rrchnm.org/news/carryin...