Welcome to The Good Stuff. I'm Jacob Schick, a third-generation combat marine.

And I'm his co-host and wife Ashley Schick. We believe everyone has a story to tell.

Not only about the peaks, but the valleys they've been through to get them to where they are today.

We're joined by some amazing guests who share the lessons they've learned that shaped who they are

and what they're doing to pay it forward and give back.

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As part of Founding Father's Week, I'm talking about the lives and legacies of our original founders

and the impact they've had in our country.

James Madison was America's fourth president from 1809 to 1817,

but he's so much more than that. He made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution

by writing the Federalist papers along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay.

In his later years, he was referred to as Father of the Constitution because he composed

the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

He founded the Democratic Republican Party with Thomas Jefferson in 1792, and when Jefferson

became president, he served as his secretary of state. At only five feet four inches tall,

Madison was the shortest president in the United States history.

And I have to say, having visited his home, that he's a remarkable figure. He is in some ways

one of the most interesting of all the Founding Father's because he's so complicated, he's so smart,

his real contributions are all cerebral. He studied, he read, he thought, he wrote, and over time,

he had an enormous impact at every level. Remember, the Democratic Republican Party that he

in Jefferson founded still exists as the Democratic Party, the longest surviving political institution

in the world today. The Bill of Rights is at the heart of our freedom, and he was the guiding force.

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