“The Most Essential Founding Father:” How Samuel Adams Fomented Revolution | Amanpour and Company

Stacy Schiff has written biographies of some of history’s most fascinating figures, from Cleopatra to the witches of Salem. Now, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian is turning to an American revolutionary. In her new book about Samuel Adams, Schiff argues he’s one of the country’s most essential founding fathers. She explains to Walter Isaacson how someone so important could be forgotten.
Originally aired on October 27, 2022
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[@vanrozay8871]

Right-wingers and "originalists" should read about Adams, whose vision we've fallen far short of. His concern for common folk, sympathy for slaves, zeal for meritocracy, epitomize the better parts of the American Dream. As a frequent viewer, gotta say this is one of the most informative interviews you've presented; she is right there on top of each subject, and Walter asks just the right questions. I often wish certain questions would be asked that aren't; Walter nails those AND ones I wouldn't have thought of, so five stars all around!

[@lokibojangles]

Purchase the book when it came out. Great book, great writing. Learned a lot. Thank you for writing it.

[@dad102]

You guys always produce segments that are a cut above and off the beaten path.

[@tombirney7276]

I marvel at the "presentism" as the lens to view the journals of 18th century men. What about the women in the Adams boys lives? Mothers, sisters, wives, girls they courted, etc.? I see the notion as colonists realizing they are children leaving the "house of mother country". IMHO

[@pj61114]

Nice Bookcase Backdrop. Looks very smart indeed!

[@yarazooom]

SAMUAL ADAMS has never been forgotten.

[@TennesseeJed]

I like that he has a beer brewery.

[@pimaggot]

I am enjoying this book.

[@TheZenGarden_]

Democracy was actually adopted from indigenous huemans who self proclaimed "civilized good christians" called savages. So technically the most essential founding fathers of this country were the advisors of the Iroquois Confederacy that were present to assist your European fathers in the writing of your constitution.

[@Stupidityindex]

Voting in a democracy is the myth, the fraud favoring offshore banking & too big to fail. The state is too dangerous to tolerate

[@josephmiller38]

I love his beer!!!

[@howardwunderlich6323]

Wonderful and spellbinding review. Ms. Schiff is much more prescient than her west coast namesake. Democracy in America was born and embers were flamed by men like Sam Adams. Raise a toast with his beer brand in hand.

[@kenyamontijo4212]

DO NOT BE FOOLED FROM BLACK MEN CAME ALL RAISES...

[@tjdomerny4847]

One of the things about Sam Adams, who's beer I enjoy, that I detest was his despicable anti Catholic.

[@kenyamontijo4212]

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE DEVIL!!!

[@lloydlittle3508]

Look, I haven't won either an Elliot or a Mark Spitzer but to ignore how the French Indian war was colony wide motivation for revolution is a horrible thing. Since it hemmed colonies into the East when the economy was agricultural, and at the same time taxed them from this limited base.

[@kenyamontijo4212]

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE DEVIL...

[@kenyamontijo4212]

DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE RACIST THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY THEIR OWN PEOPLE'S ARE THE TRUE JEWS WHEN THE TRUE JEWS ARE BLACK...

[@ScodyS1995]

samuel adams was not by any stretch of the imagination a proponent of democracy.

[@Judah-wk1ps]

Why do not Americans know of what American current Catholic Leonard Leo age 57 gets upto in the background and why hardly any American knows of him. The likes of Billion air Barre Seid age 90 giving his 1.6 Billion dollar company away and how this was done without paying the 400 million Tax and donated and the court case in favor of none disclose of large donations off the unknown Billion airs and Million airs, and also the American Senators that have now come onto the Corporate America Mafia payroll like The Ruthless Catholic Koch brothers.