In this episode, we explore the chaotic forging of modern america. You know, usually when we talk about history, we tend to look for these neat... clean chapter breaks. Right, like a major war ends or a treaty is signed or a new century begins. Exactly. But I want you to imagine waking up on July 4th, 1826. Oh, that is a big day. It is exactly 50 years to the day since the Declaration of Independence was approved. The entire country is out celebrating this this massive golden anniversary. Right. And on that exact same day, both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. It really is one of the most stunning coincidences in all of American history. I mean, the two biggest surviving architects of the nation passing away exactly on the nation's 50th birthday. It feels like something a Hollywood screenwriter would get fired for writing, right? Because it's ju ...