Independence Day Secrets Nobody Told You

EverydaySpy Podcast

Andrew Bustamante

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4.7 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

American independence was less about the birth of a nation and more about the survival of a people. But while history books skip the grittier details that led to the 4th of July, there is an awesome espionage lesson hidden between the pages. In this episode, Andrew explains the value and power that stress can have for making tomorrow better than today.

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0:00.0	My name is Andrew Bustamante, and this is everyday espionage.
0:07.0	Freedom! Freedom. Freedom. Freedom.
0:21.6	Freedom.
0:23.6	My family and I are spending the summer in New England.
0:31.6	And this was a decision, this was an adventure we have been excited for for probably about the last 10 years.
0:39.4	We've tried to make it up to Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Maine at least three times
0:46.0	in the last 10 years.
0:47.0	And it wasn't until this year that we were finally able to make it all the way here.
0:52.1	And it has been absolutely worth every bit of anticipation, every bit of excitement, every
0:58.6	bit of waiting.
1:00.1	And I wanted to tell you this awesome story that really highlighted to me an important spy
1:06.3	lesson that I want you to have because just this past weekend, Americans celebrated our Independence Day,
1:14.8	our 4th of July, the day that we declared our independence against the British back in 1776.
1:22.9	So if I can paint a picture for you, we are, my wife and I, Ghee and I are in Boston with
1:30.3	our two kids in early summer, which in the Northeast, early summer is kind of like early spring
1:37.5	and the rest of the United States because it was cold and it was gray and it was rainy.
1:43.8	And in Boston, it gave me a sense for why so many folks in
1:48.4	Boston and in Massachusetts get a little bit surly and cranky because it was terrible weather
1:53.3	and we were there multiple days and the weather was cold and nasty in the summer for multiple
1:59.8	days so we took a trip into the city after
2:03.3	waiting for the weather to break and the weather would never break. We took a trip into Boston
2:08.5	with the two kids and we made it a priority to go see the Boston Tea Party Museum. And it's a great
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