The Real Hero of America's Founding Is Not Who You Think w/Eric Metaxas

About this episode

Eric Metaxas joins Andrew Klavan to discuss the pivotal role of John Adams in America's founding and the guiding philosophy of the founders.

Eric Metaxas, author of Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation In the History of the World, joins me for an inspiring conversation about the role John Adams played in the founding of America and the philosophy that guided him, and all the other founders, through the revolution. "Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World" is available here: https://a.co/d/078N5S1I - - - Today's Sponsor: Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/KLAVAN for your exclusive offer. - - - DailyWire+: Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dailywire.com/subscribe Becoming a Daily Wire member allows you to see all of our content ad-free. 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📗 Read my short story "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📕 My latest novel "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📙 My Edgar nominated non-fiction book "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My memoir "The Great Good…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Klavan

Guest: Eric Metaxas

Topics covered

• American founding
• John Adams
• philosophy of the founders
• inspiration
• revolution

Keywords

• John Adams
• American Revolution
• Eric Metaxas
• founding fathers
• inspiration

Sponsors

Helix Sleep

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Products: Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation In the History of the World

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