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Hosted by Mark Smith · history · EN-US
Entertaining and informing listeners with stories of people and events in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hosted by Mark Smith.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEntertaining and informing listeners with stories of people and events in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hosted by Mark Smith.
Pennsylmania is hosted by Mark Smith. The show has published 24 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Pennsylvania Lumber Incorporated (Ep24)" (27 October 2026, 46 minutes), "The Williamsport Boom (Ep23)" (13 October 2026, 58 minutes), and "The Pennsylvania Navy Part 2 (Ep22)" (29 September 2026, 40 minutes).
Pennsylmania publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 24 episodes.
Booking probability for Pennsylmania is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Pennsylmania requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Pennsylmania's contact route on record: verified email.
Mark Smith hosts Pennsylmania, a history podcast with 24 episodes published.
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The previous episode took us to about 1870, with Williamsport as the lumber capital of the United States. Challenges to the lumbering industry arose. The eastern white pine forests of Pennsylvania were being depleted...
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The story of Pennsylvania, first as a colony and later as the Commonwealth, is in many ways inseparable from its trees. The name Pennsylvania, which means “Penn’s Woods,” is itself an indication of the fact that, when...
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In the previous episode, we described how the Pennsylvania Assembly’s Committee on Safety established the Pennsylvania Navy, developed three forts along the Delaware River, and installed a series of underwater hazards...
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Did you know that, during the American War for Independence, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had a navy? Let that sink in. It’s true. The Pennsylvania Navy was established in 1775, six months before the U.S. Navy. Its...
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What does Black Lives Matter have to do with rededicating a street in Northwest Philadelphia? In February of 2022, community leaders in Philadelphia celebrated the recognition of an important historical figure, the...
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In 1793, the capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a terrible yellow fever epidemic, one that caused President George Washington and Congress to flee the City, which ultimately lost 10% of its population to the...
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It was perhaps the greatest calamity of the newly constituted United States, and it struck the capital city. In 1793, an epidemic of yellow fever decimated Philadelphia, and caused President George Washington and...
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On September 1, 1971, something unusual happened at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The game that night – between the Pittsburgh Pirates and their home-state rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies – started at 8:05pm...
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On Monday, June 10, 1985, at press conferences in London and New York City, it was announced that in just one month’s time there would be a 17-hour, two-stadium, bicontinental benefit concert for famine relief in...
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This is the story of the Pennsylvania department store that for several decades was more well known and more glamorous than the city in which it was located – Hess’s of Allentown. The brothers Hess founded their dry...
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