Episode 22. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a discussion of the new Ken Burns series The American Revolution. 1 minute 31 seconds, why The Age of Disclosure episode didn't happen. 5 minutes in the Ken Burns series conversation begins. 8 minutes 55 seconds "In a way this was kind of like the first Civil War." 11 minutes 2 seconds, issues with the Ken Burns style, in particular about his Vietnam series. 15 minutes 31 seconds the politics of Ken Burns. 20 minutes 50 seconds, on the intelligence of the Founding Fathers. 26 minutes 16 seconds on the greatness of George Washington. 27 minutes 54 seconds, on the dark side of consequential figures. 33 minutes 5 seconds, the British didn't really try that hard. 36 minutes 2 seconds, Washington's tactical mistakes. 37 minutes 11 seconds Benedict Arnold tries to invade Canada. 43 minutes 14 seconds, on Washington's Fabian stategy. 46 minutes 6 seconds smallpox in the American Revolution. 52 minutes 10 seconds the battle of Yorktown. 54 minutes 5 seconds "every army in the world, I tell them to do something and they do it. I tell these guys to do something and they ask why." 56 minutes 16 seconds, Washington stops a military coup from happening after Revolution ends in 1783. 1 hour 3 minutes 21 seconds, on the inspiring language of the Founding Fathers, despite many of them owning slaves. 1 hour 11 minutes 11 seconds, contrasting today with American Revolution times. 1 hour 13 minutes 58 seconds, while President Washington leads the army to crush a whisky tax rebellion, in the mid-1790's.
