325: America's Founding Son with Bob Crawford

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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The Avett Brothers’ standup bassist is not only a great musician but also an avid historian. Bob talks about music, family, slavery, abolitionism, and the amazing legacy of John Quincey Adams as chronicled in his podcast, Founding Son: John Quincey’s America. Oh yeah, and there will be some mandolin playing.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, it's the way I heard it episode number 325.
0:07.2	This one is called America's Founding Sun.
0:11.0	And Chuck, if you hadn't already sat through this conversation, would you know who America's
0:16.2	Founding Sun was?
0:18.2	No.
0:20.0	I don't think most people would.
0:23.6	In fact, I'd never heard the expression before until I came across a podcast called Founding
0:30.4	Sun, which is essentially the very digestible story of John Quincy Adams and his somewhat
0:40.7	remarkable place in history as our sixth president.
0:45.0	I found this podcast because my friends over at School of Humans, which is a production
0:50.5	company that I've been working with for years, produced a bunch of podcasts.
0:55.4	And they said, my friend Chad said, Mike, you should talk to Bob Crawford.
0:59.0	I'm like, that sounds familiar.
1:00.8	Why don't I know who he is?
1:01.8	He says, well, have you heard of the Ava Brothers?
1:03.7	And I said, yeah, the musicians.
1:06.4	He said, well, he plays bass for them.
1:08.6	Chuck, had you heard of the Ava Brothers prior to this?
1:11.7	No.
1:12.7	Okay.
1:13.7	We really got to get you out more out into the public sphere.
1:18.5	Yeah, you're just asking me all the wrong questions, Mike.
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