Special thanks to Michael from the Quest for Power podcast for providing the opening quote for this episode and to Christian of Your Podcast Pal for his audio editing work on this episode!
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
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Featured Image: "Battle of New Orleans" by Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte [c. 1815], courtesy of Wikipedia
Intro and Outro Music: "Hull's Victory," as performed by David and Ginger Hildebrand, courtesy of the Colonial Music Institute at George Washington's Mount Vernon