Mark Schneider, an actor-interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the life and achievements of one of the characters he portrays: the Marquis de Lafayette.

Dennis Watson, interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, looks at the life and trade of the historical figure he interprets, Alex Purdie, publisher of The Virginia Gazette.

Wesley Green, an interpretive gardener at Colonial Williamsburg, talks about the practices of colonial-era gardening, the trade in seeds, and the class associations with gardens and gardening.

Richard Carr, a basketmaker at Colonial Williamsburg, describes the importance of baskets and the skill of basketmaking during the colonial era, and outlines the process of making a basket.

Lou Powers, a historian at Colonial Williamsburg, describes the celebration of Christmas and the winter holidays in the colonial era, while also addressing some points in the evolution of the holiday in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Ivor Noel Hume, author and retired Chief Archeologist for Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the atrocities and indignities English colonists at Jamestown inflicted on the Native Americans in the region, including Pocahontas.

Erik Goldstein, Curator of Mechanical Arts and Numismatics at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses an exhibit at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, "Pounds, Pence, and Pistareens: Coins and Currency in Colonial America," outlining the place of currency in the colonial economy and discussing the choices made in putting together the exhibit.

Buck Woodard of Colonial Williamsburg describes the population and social organization of Native American society in the Chesapeake area prior to and during the arrival of the Jamestown colonists, focusing particularly on Powhatan and the Powhatan Paramount Chiefdom.

Bill White, Executive Producer and Director of Educational Program Development at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses the range of the slave trade and its importance to the colonial and global economy, as well as Colonial Wiliamsburg's efforts to educate on the slave trade and slavery in general.

Willie Balderson, manager of public history development at Colonial Williamsburg, discusses Jamestown settler Anas Todkill, whom he portrays in a Colonial Williamsburg electronic fieldtrip, and the research required to portray a character who took part in early explorations of Virginia.