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Testaments with Jerry

Testaments with Jerry

Written by: Jerry Flanagan
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Transforming written, short-story narratives about individual Americans into audio accounts that give the original version new life and intimacy.

Jerry Flanagan 2025
Art Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Part 2: The Nomadic Legacy: From Stolen Patrimony to Siberian Peace
    Jan 6 2026

    "Travellers remain travellers even when they are not traveling". Explore Walter Brabazon’s evolution from an Irish exile quelling America's Whiskey Rebellion to a dispossessed son reclaiming his stolen patrimony. This global odyssey navigates the legal gales of Limerick and a fated marriage in the frozen heart of Siberia. Witness the rare stories told with a moral tendency, often recounted by characters the Irish Traveller meets along the way. Listen now!

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    20 mins
  • Part 1: An Irish Traveller's Origins, Exile, and the American Frontier
    Jan 2 2026

    The Irish Traveller Walter Brabazon fled Ireland’s wretchedness for America during the Revolutionary War period. Accompanied by a vengeful refugee Tom Bryan, he transitioned from an orphan to a military official during the Whiskey Rebellion. His experiences as one of the "walking people" highlighted his peripatetic identity, and at the conclusion of Part 1, he returned to Ireland to fight for his stolen heritage against a usurping cousin.

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    19 mins
  • Part 2: The Iron Puddler's Logic: From Labor to Leadership
    Dec 18 2025

    Dive into Part 2 to witness how Davis forged his success not from luck, but from an ironclad commitment to integrity and education. Learn why he believed experience is the foremost teacher and why logic must always defeat envy. Listen now to understand the foundational principles that transformed a boy from the rolling mills into the architect of one of America’s greatest fraternal education systems. Discover the path from peonage to purpose!

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    21 mins
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