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This week, Scott and Aaron dive deep into the U.S. Constitution, which was signed on September 17, 1787 – a bundle of compromises that many of us still don’t fully understand today. (And by “many of us,” we’re specifically referring to a lot of the folks who claim to be its strongest supporters. That’s political discourse for you.) Also this week, Francis Scott Key writes the poem that eventually becomes the American national anthem.

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