4 episodes
HBO's John Adams: A Revolutionary Review Jesse Dollemore & Ian Brinksman
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman review HBO's John Adams mini-series with enough seriousness for some and not enough for others. The hosts will cover each episode of the 2008 series in order. An eye on the history of the time will be used to discuss what the show got wrong, as well as plenty of disagreements about the characters involved and what ultimately became the United States of America!
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#004 - Reunion
Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman bring you episode 4 of this limited series podcast, reviewing the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane, David Morse, Tom Wilkinson, among others. In the fourth episode, John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams, reunite in France after a long absence. John served diplomatically in the allied nation and was soon sent to England for a meeting with King George. Jesse and Ian discuss what the episode got wrong as well as the things that the show creators nailed!
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#003 - Don't Tread on Me
Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman bring you episode 3 of this limited series podcast, reviewing the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane, David Morse, Tom Wilkinson, among others. In the second episode, John Adams and his young son, John Quincy, travel via ship in a harrowing Atlantic crossing to France, where John Adams serves as a diplomat to secure an alliance between the United States and France. Adams proves himself not well suited for diplomacy, and the episode chronicles a difficult time for the future President. Jesse and Ian discuss what the episode got wrong as well as the things that the show creators nailed!
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#002 - Independence
Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman bring you episode 2 of this limited series podcast, reviewing the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane, David Morse, Tom Wilkinson, among others. In the second episode, John Adams and other founders set to declare independence from Great Britain and appoint Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, which set the colonies on a path to war against their mother country. Jesse and Ian discuss what the episode got wrong as well as the things that the show creators nailed!
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#001 - Join Or Die
Jesse Dollemore and Ian Brinksman bring you episode 1 of this limited series podcast, reviewing the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams starring Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Danny Huston, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane, David Morse, Tom Wilkinson, among others. In the first episode, Samuel Adams attempts to persuade his cousin, John Adams, not to defend the redcoats in the Boston Massacre. Later on, John changes his mind and joins the revolutionary cause. Jesse and Ian discuss what the episode got wrong as well as the things that the show creators nailed!