Explaining Independence Day

T.REX TALK

T.REX ARMS

Technology

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Happy Independence Day! Celebrate it while you can, and remember the sacrifices, stands, and lessons of those who fought for freedom. Isaac talks to his son James about some common misconceptions about the Declaration of Independence and the War for American Independence.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another T-Rex talk. This is a podcast exclusive. My name is Isaac Botkin, and this episode is,
0:07.5	it's going to be a little bit different. It might even be a little bit shorter than normal.
0:11.2	I was going to write and prepare a deeply researched, heavily footnoted, extremely insightful episode about Independence Day.
0:23.1	But because it was a Saturday, James, what did we do today?
0:26.9	Did we do a bunch of work outside?
0:28.5	Yeah.
0:29.5	Yeah, we did a lot of stuff.
0:31.2	I didn't really have time to do any of that.
0:32.7	And I decided that I would rather spend the day doing stuff with James and the other kids than all that
0:40.8	research and writing. So we're going to talk about Independence Day in a way that is less researched,
0:47.7	right, James? So what are we talking about? Independence Day. We're talking about Independence Day.
0:53.6	Tomorrow is actually Independence Day. We're going to go to an Independence Day picnic.
0:57.9	So what is Independence Day about, James?
1:00.3	Is it about picnics?
1:02.3	No.
1:03.0	Watermelon?
1:04.2	No.
1:04.6	Fireworks?
1:06.0	No.
1:06.7	Well, is it kind of about fireworks?
1:08.7	Well, yeah.
1:10.0	Is fireworks the most important part? No. Is fireworks the most important part?
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