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  • Founding Fathers Secrets - Uncover the hidden truths with Alex Calder

    Founding Fathers Secrets - Uncover the hidden truths with Alex Calder
    Apr 20 2026
    Join host Alex Calder as he uncovers untold truths behind America's Founding Fathers—hidden families, financial scandals, and backroom deals textbooks won't reveal. Through private letters and buried ledgers, discover why the real stories of Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin are far more compelling than taught myths. Honest, unflinching, and fascinating.

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    1 min
  • Founding Fathers Secrets - Follow the Money: Hamilton, Madison, and the Constitution as Financial Instrument

    Founding Fathers Secrets - Follow the Money: Hamilton, Madison, and the Constitution as Financial Instrument
    Apr 20 2026
    Alex Calder examines Charles Beard's controversial 1913 thesis that the Constitution was shaped by founders' financial interests. The episode traces Alexander Hamilton's war debt policies, his management of wealthy investors' portfolios as Treasury Secretary, and connections between early financial scandals and modern conflicts of interest.

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    29 mins
  • Founding Fathers Secrets - Jefferson's Other Family: Sally Hemings and the Silence in the Archive

    Founding Fathers Secrets - Jefferson's Other Family: Sally Hemings and the Silence in the Archive
    Apr 20 2026
    Alex Calder examines the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, exploring how the man who wrote "all men are created equal" enslaved over 600 people, including the woman who bore his children. A discussion of verified history, DNA evidence, and America's founding contradiction.

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    32 mins
  • Founding Fathers Secrets - The Myths We Made: How Washington's Cherry Tree Replaced the Real Man

    Founding Fathers Secrets - The Myths We Made: How Washington's Cherry Tree Replaced the Real Man
    Apr 20 2026
    Join host Alex Calder on Founding Fathers Secrets as we dismantle America's most famous myth: George Washington and the cherry tree. Discover how Mason Locke Weems invented this tale for profit, why a grieving nation embraced it, and what archaeology reveals about the real Washington.

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    23 mins