Ron Chernow
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176 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 20 Dec
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
What's your name?
Did you have any questions?
Well, you'll find this interesting, Clark.
I started writing this book in 1998, I suspect, before you were born.
And at the time that I started writing about Alexander Hamilton, he was a forgotten figure.
No one knew who he was.
Maybe they knew he was the guy on the $10 bill.
Maybe they knew he had died in a duel with Ehrenberg, but that was it.
But I started reading about his life and I thought it was the most exciting personal story I'd ever encountered.
And his achievements were much greater
than that of some of the other founders that we knew very well.
And so it has pleased me to no end that because of the success of the musical, so many people, Alexander Hamilton is now not only known, but is their favorite founding father.
Tell me what you like about the musical.
That's an excellent question.
I hate to say it, Ryan.
He should be doing the interviews.
It's an excellent question.
Okay.
When the book appeared in 2004...
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