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004 Sex and the Founding Fathers

Published: Sept. 30, 2014, 4:40 p.m.

Did you know that most biographies about the founders of the United States reveal more about the Americans who wrote the biographies than about the true character of the founders themselves?

Thomas A. Foster, Professor of History at DePaul University, joins us to discuss his latest book Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past,\xa0an exploration of\xa0how Americans have imagined and reimagined the founding fathers from the 18th\xa0century to the present.

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