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Samuel Adams: The Most Wanted Man in America

The moral backbone of the American revolution.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff joins Sarah to talk her biography, The Revolutionary Samuel Adamsa book that details the how Adams amplified the Boston Massacre, organized the Boston Tea Party, and eventually became the most wanted man in America.

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

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