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March 13, 2022

4.03 – The Call of My Country

4.03 – The Call of My Country

Year(s) Discussed: 1809

Though James Madison was seen as being Thomas Jefferson’s successor, it became clear starting with his inauguration that his presidency would be different from his predecessor’s, for better or worse. While the public got to see a more festive social tone as set by Dolley Madison, behind the scenes, the president struggled to get political support for a key Cabinet nomination.

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Season 4 04 - James Madison

Special thanks to Alex for providing the intro quote for this episode and to Christian from Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!

The transcript for this episode can be found at this link.

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Featured Image: “James Madison” by David Erwin [c. 1809-1817], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: Selections from “Jefferson and Liberty” as performed by The Itinerant Band