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From the archive: What did the Founders really think?
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Since our last episode it was the Fourth of July, the holiday that many politicians and commentators like to mark by talking nonsense about the Founding Fathers. In this episode Andy explores all of the ways in which popular debate often gets the Founders wrong, and explains how the founding generation was riven by all kinds of disagreements and doubts about the America they were creating.
Check out America: A History, a new podcast from the University of East Anglia.
Credits
Host - Andy Gawthorpe
107 episodes
Manage episode 394436148 series 2802332
*** Receive 15% off the America Explained newsletter ***
Since our last episode it was the Fourth of July, the holiday that many politicians and commentators like to mark by talking nonsense about the Founding Fathers. In this episode Andy explores all of the ways in which popular debate often gets the Founders wrong, and explains how the founding generation was riven by all kinds of disagreements and doubts about the America they were creating.
Check out America: A History, a new podcast from the University of East Anglia.
Credits
Host - Andy Gawthorpe
107 episodes
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