Interviews
Interviews
Interviews
Who’s Your Founding Father? with David Fleming
Who’s Your Founding Father? with David Fleming
Are you ready to question what you know about America’s founding? Today’s guest, David Fleming, shares all about a delicious slice of history in his new book, “Who’s Your Founding Father?” We dive into the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, a conspiracy theory, and possible plagiarism surrounding one of the most important documents in U.S. history. How do the ultimate frenemies, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, tie into this? Join us to find out.
Special thanks to our guest, David Fleming, for joining us today.
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- Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
- Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
- Production Coordinator: Andrea Champoux
- Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
- Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
- Production Coordinator: Andrea Champoux
Guest
Guest
David Fleming
During the last three decades at Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN, David Fleming has been one of the industry’s most prolific, versatile, and imaginative longform writers, traveling the globe while penning more than 40 cover stories and numerous groundbreaking pieces. He has reported in China, Switzerland, England and Mexico and has covered 25 Super Bowls, the Olympics and every major sporting event. Fleming’s unique work has earned numerous national awards and a hand-written note from the White House.
He is the author of three books, Who's Your Founding Father? One Man's Epic Quest to Discover the First, True Declaration of Independence. Breaker Boys, and Noah's Rainbow. A native of Detroit, Fleming attended Miami University where he was captain of the varsity D1 wrestling team. He and his wife, Kim, live in North Carolina with their daughters.
