{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"43. The American Revolution: Does the Hamilton musical get its history right? (Pt I)","description":"Part I of two episodes about America\u2019s fight for independence from Britain. We investigate how the hit musical Hamilton is teaching us history \u2013 but is it accurate? And we have James\u2019s best American history jokes. Next month, Part II will be a bumper episode - we have secured the rights to use full&amp;nbsp; songs from Hamilton :) So, we will take a close look at what we can learn from them about history. How are some questions to see how well you understand today\u2019s episode:  What does \u201cdemocracy\u201d mean? Who could not vote in the USA when it was first founded? What does \u201ccapitalism\u201d mean? Who was king of Britain at this time? Why did the Americans want to be free from British rule? Who was allowed to vote and who wasn\u2019t in the new USA?  Read industry reviews of Dad\u2019s World War II novels, A Chance Kill and The Slightest Chance, at paulletters.com. Available on Kindle, as well as in paperback. Dad\u2019s first wartime novel, A Chance Kill, is a love-story\/thriller based on real events in Poland, Paris, London and Prague. The Slightest Chance follows the remarkable true story of the only escape from Japanese imprisonment by a Western woman during World War II. Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends \u2013 that's how we'll keep going. We\u2019ll be back on the first Monday of next month! Podcast cover art by&amp;nbsp;Molly Austin Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016. Copyright \u00a9&amp;nbsp;Warner Music. All instrumental music is from https:\/\/filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https:\/\/incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/) Sound effects used under RemArc Licence. Copyright 2021 \u00a9 BBC ","author_name":"Dad and Me Love History","author_url":"https:\/\/www.dadandmelovehistory.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18593324\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/101110\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/18593324"}