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Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today.

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The Truth About Alexander Hamilton

October 19, 2026

Don Wildman (0:00)

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William Hogeland (2:48)

It's great to be back. Thanks for having me.

Don Wildman (2:50)

Last time we talked about the Whiskey Rebellion, which will certainly find its way somewhere in this conversation, I'm sure. But I want to start with an article you published or was published back in 2007 I mean, this is long before Hamilton the Musical and everything else we've been living with the last, I guess…

The title of this article, which was on an online source, you can find it easily Googling, Inventing Alexander Hamilton on the troubling embrace of the founder of American Finance. I bring this up because, A, it's a great article, very interesting, about how this storytelling of Hamilton is its own phenomenon, isn't…

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