7. A New Nation in Chaos

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The British are defeated and now Americans have a country to build. But quickly, trouble begins. Economic turmoil causes war veterans to rise up against the very government they helped to found. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison call for a radical response: a new constitution to reinvent the United States. Many are appalled; bitter infighting breaks out. And thus, America's first great political campaign begins...the stakes couldn't be higher...

A Noiser Podcast Production. Narrated by Clarke Peters.

Featuring Carol Berkin, Krysten Blackstone, Lindsay Chervinsky, Julius Jefferson, Peter Kastor, Alan Taylor.

Written and Produced by Edward White | Series Producer: Ed Baranski | Executive Producer: Joel Duddell | Head of Production: Natalie Brook-Reynolds | Script Consultant: Peter Kastor | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Oliver Sanders | Assembly editing by Tony Onuchukwu | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering by Josh Latham | Additional voice performed by Ben Plumb.