On the eve of America’s 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence--the Fourth of July 1826--John Adams and Thomas Jefferson meet again in a charged, intimate opening scene that frames the long story of their friendship, rivalry, and the founding of the United States. Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama built from real letters, speeches, and memoirs, dramatizing how two of America’s most consequential founders helped create—and later challenge—the republic they built.

This first episode begins at the end, then rewinds to before the Revolutionary War, at the Continental Congress, where Adams and Jefferson clash, collaborate, and argue over independence, democracy, and the future of the nation. With powerful performances and historically grounded dialogue, Patriarchs explores the human cost of power, principle, and ambition.

Patriarchs is a six-part audio drama about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the founding of the United States, and the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence enacted in 1776.

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