John Quincy Adams: fluent in diplomacy, allergic to BS, and way too smart for the room. In this episode, we kick off our JQA series with a look at the man who basically wrote American foreign policy, got wrecked by Congress during his presidency, and came back swinging as the “Madman from Massachusetts.” Eric’s basically doing a séance from Quincy City Hall, Kyle’s trying to keep things on track, and somewhere in the background, a naked JQA is swimming in the Potomac, judging us all. Come for the anti-slavery fury, stay for the intellectual mic drops—this one’s got heat.

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"Loopster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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