Founding Son: Episode 3 - Our Federal Union: It Must Be Preserved

04/20/23 • 33 min

Warning: This episode contains a brief description of violence.

Andrew Jackson ascends to the presidency after defeating John Quincy Adams in an 1828 rematch. But Jackson is tested by another rival: his own vice president. Meanwhile, Adams arrives in Congress and finds himself in the middle of the slavery debate.

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Warning: This episode contains a brief description of violence.

Founding Son is a Curiosity Podcast and is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans.

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Founding Son: Episode 1 - The Corrupt Bargain

A contentious 1824 presidential election and accusations of a “corrupt bargain” by rival Andrew Jackson raise the stakes for John Quincy Adams as he prepares to take the office his father held just two decades earlier.

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