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2023 Program Videos

Swirling Currents. May 15

Coastal Sustainability author and shellfish biologist Sandy Macfarlane describes the muddy road to today's vibrant shellfish industry that produces the succulent morsels we love and helps to preserve the waters we love just as much.

https://youtu.be/pzSUVJA97Jk

Luminaries of West Barnstable. May 22

Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw, Mercy Otis Warren, James Otis Jr., Mad Jack Percival James H Ellis, former Vice President of the West Barnstable Historical Society traces the stories of Lemuel Shaw, Mercy Otis Warren, James Otis Jr. and Mad Jack Percival.

https://youtu.be/M4OfRq4iOOo

The Combat Zone: Murder, Race and Boston's Struggle for Justice. June 1

Journalist Jan Brogan reveals how the 1976 murder of a Harvard football player in Boston's old red light district and the two trials that followed impacted the city, state and ultimately the nation. 

https://youtu.be/Bz2Rk5Oy1RY

The Lightkeeper's Daughter, The True Story of Ida Lewis. June 5

Author Lenore Skomal relates this true story to be produced as a major motion picture; Set against the backdrop of a country in turmoil including the Civil War and the Woman's Suffrage Movement, Ida's ordinary life took a drastic turn when the world discovered she had been silently saving the lives of countless sailors.

https://youtu.be/QPiShjpnbDo

On the Road to the Mayflower. June 12

 Author Kevin Doyle and historian artist Karen Rinaldo flash back to the religious persecution of the Separatists which inspired their pilgrimage and journey to the New World.

https://youtu.be/y0ZV0QGzRGA

More than a Job: New England Fishing. June 19

Founder and Executive Director of the New Bedford fishing Heritage Center, Laura Orleans and Captain Rodney Avila who has fished commercially for over 60 years introduces the workings of the New Bedford commercial fishing industry and relate why it is more than a job.

https://youtu.be/kLqmRw1IZwc

The Portland Gale. Jun 26

 Popular speaker Don Wilding recounts the voyage of the Portland as a killer storm approaches, sending the vessel to the depths of Cape Cod Bay and claiming 200 lives.

https://youtu.be/T30loxHlOJg

Batter Up: The History of the Cape Cod Baseball League. July 6

Bill Higgins, former sports editor for the Cape Cod Times focuses on the Cape League's history which includes some of the biggest stars in the game.

https://youtu.be/CS2gKA4Y2DE

A Walk Through History. July 10

Mark McGrath explores the beauty of the Outer Cape through photography and stories.

https://youtu.be/1tydRtlsYtY

Lizzie: The Murders, The Evidence, The Law, The Birthday. July 17

Greg Williams recounts the legend of Lizzie Borden as we celebrate her birthday.

https://youtu.be/1dGMcysL0b4

White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannisport.July 24

Author, Kate Storey talks about Hyannisport, where for 100 years, America's most storied political family has come to celebrate, bond, play and grieve.

https://youtu.be/lPIc-worOwE

Letter From Barnstable Jail: William Apess & the Mashpee Resistance. July 31

Historian Drew Lopenzia recounts the true story of William Apess of the Pegueot Indian Nation, who helped Mashpee Indians gain their civil rights through one of the first sustained actions of civil liberty in US History.

https://youtu.be/g5sIAt5Tp2c

Tin ticket - The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women. August 7

Historian Deborah Swiss relays the compelling true story, soon to be a tv series, of survival and triumph of the human spirit through the eyes of three extraordinary women, who were among the founding fathers of modern Australia.

https://youtu.be/HJURtcJKVJ0

Paul Revere's Last Ride - Patriotic Metalworking and Entrepreneurship in Early America. August 10

Dr. Robert Martello explores Revere's patriotic service to the country which took place in workshops and factories and was instrumental in closing America's technological gap with England and entering the Industrial Age.

https://youtu.be/mUcGK0qLopk

The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkably True Story of Sarah Kidd. August 14

Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos recounts the dramatic and deliciously swashbuckling story of Sarah Kidd, the wife of the famous pirate Captain Kidd, charting her transformation from New York socialite to international outlaw during the Golden Age of Piracy.

https://youtu.be/T6GhJ86SwQ0

Thomas and Tisquantim, Two Unlikely Travelers. August 21

Popular speaker and Barnstable resident Tim Lindberg weaves the true story of hardship, heartbreak and greed, honor and loyalty and the will to survive as two voyagers set the scene for a world in which the Pilgrims find themselves.

https://youtu.be/dtwSXE8buRM

Tales of Extreme Survival. August 28

Best-Selling author Michael Tougias shares what each of us is capable of when under pressure and chronicles the stories of people who experienced harrowing events to become survivors.

https://youtu.be/l9nhJlw2RB4

History of the Cape Cod Bridges. September 7

Park Ranger Samantha Gray recounts the challenges to build the Cape Cod bridges.

https://youtu.be/7SYNb6Nyt_s

Bathsheba Spooner; A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy. September 11

Andrew Noone recounts the saga of the first woman in American history to be executed after the Declaration of Independence.

https://youtu.be/F8S30nisLyM

Hearts Touched With Fire; How Great Leaders Are Made. September 18

David Gergen, a leader in the public arena for more than a half century and advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Bush and Clinton , reveals the time tested secrets of dynamic leadership.

https://youtu.be/HebAgDvtONg

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