Defragged History

28/06/2025

New Amsterdam Episode 6 - Bricks in the Wall introduces the De Witt Brothers, and features the first Anglo-Dutch War, and Oliver Cromwell's plan to take over New Netherland by force prompting Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant to build a wall.

It will be available on YouTube on July 3, 2025, at 18:00 CET or 12 PM EDT.

12/06/2025

Episode 5 of New Amsterdam is here!

“New Amsterdam,” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland.*Episode 5 - Line in ...

11/06/2025

The next installment of the unscripted Defragged History Beyond podcast is available now on Substack.

Beyond New Amsterdam episode 2:

In this exclusive podcast series, I dive a little deeper into my YouTube video series: New Amsterdam, the early history of New York City.

09/06/2025

Pinksterzaan, Zaanse Schans, June 9, 2025 with Compagnie te Voet.

06/06/2025

Episode 5 for New Amsterdam drops next Thursday, June 12, in which Pieter Stuyvesant steps up the tyranny, the Dutch mess with Oliver Cromwell, and Adriaen van der Donck tries to convince the States-General to make New Netherland independent from the Dutch West India Company.

06/06/2025

The 5th episode for New Amsterdam drops next Thursday, June 12, 2025, in which Pieter Stuyvesant steps up the tyranny, the Dutch play games with Oliver Cromwell, and Adriaen van der Donck tries to convince the States-General to make New Netherland independent from the Dutch West India Company.

29/05/2025

Episode 4 of New Amsterdam - The Stuyvesant Effect is live now!

“New Amsterdam,” tells a captivating and compelling story of ambition, exploration, and adventure in the Dutch Colony of New Netherland.*Episode 4 - The Stuy...

28/05/2025

I just launched a new podcast series on Substack, labeled Beyond.

In Beyond New Amsterdam, I discuss the New Amsterdam episodes, including decisions I made and how the series comes about. You can listen to the first episode here:

Let's talk about Defragged History's New Amsterdam Episode 1 - The Perfect Island from YouTube.

23/05/2025

Coming up next week! Episode 4 of the New Amsterdam series, The Stuyvesant Effect, will be uploaded on YouTube on May 29, 2025, at 18:00 CET.

22/05/2025

For those (Dutchies) interested, there is a new comic book about The Batavia, called "De Apotheker van de Duivel" (The Apothecary of the Devil), released May 15, 2025.

Currently this hard cover comic book is only available in Dutch. You can order it, among other places, at bol.com for 35 euros.
https://www.bol.com/nl/p/1629-1-de-apotheker-van-de-duivel/9300000224658509?referrer=socialshare_pdp_androidapp

18/05/2025

Kids crawling all over the Maurits Statue in IJzendijke. Knowing how much Maurits loved playing with his kids, he would have loved it!