The Boston Tea Party: America’s First Public Meltdown

Right Answers Mostly

Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

Society & Culture, History, Tv & Film

4.6 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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It’s our first episode of 2026, and we’re kicking off the year by spilling the most famous tea in American history... literally. You learned about the Boston Tea Party in school, but probably not like this. We’re breaking down what actually led a group of colonists to dress up, break into ships, and dump thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor. From corporate monopolies and bad political decisions to unhinged protests and unintended consequences, this episode proves once again that history is just gossip. Oh and we're sorry that we said we wanted to beef with our British Rammes, you know we love you. Welcome to 2026 with Right Answers Mostly! Created and produced by: Claire Donald and Tess Bellomo For more RAM, go ⁠here.⁠ Join our premium channel for 3 bonus eps a month ⁠here⁠ and save 15% when you buy annually! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:35.6	Welcome to 2026, Ramies. We are back. We have missed you. We have been thinking about you every day.
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1:54.5	what we've been doing, winter break, our travels are like everything personal details.
2:01.5	Personal details.
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2:08.7	I mean, love.
2:10.0	It's just been so long.
2:11.4	What if I was like, can we talk offline?
2:13.9	Hey, can we cut real quick?
2:15.6	Yeah, I'm like, let's take this back.
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