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153. The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton (Ep 3)

2024/5/28
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The podcast explores the unlikely rise of Alexander Hamilton from a difficult childhood in the Caribbean to becoming a prominent founding father of the United States, highlighting the influence of Ron Chernow's biography and the musical 'Hamilton'.

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How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar? Listen and find out.

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Assistant Producer: Anouska Lewis

Producer: Callum Hill

Exec Producer: Neil Fearn

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