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The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

Underwear Chronicles Six: Charles Lee

The Past and The Curious: A History Podcast for Kids and Families

The Past and The Curious History Podcast for Kids

Kids & Family

4.52.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Charles Lee was George Washington's "Frenemy," and his duplicitous behavior got him caught with his pants down.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, it's Mick Sullivan, and this is the Past on the Curious, and this particular

0:07.9

thing that you're listening to from the Past on the Curious is the fifth in our 12-part

0:13.0

series called The Underwear Chronicles.

0:16.2

And if you did not know, this is soon to be a book sometime in this year.

0:20.2

Big success with the Kickstarter, thanks to you who supported that.

0:24.3

And there was actually really great news because the Kickstarter did so well that one of

0:28.3

the goals was hit this target, and then I have to write another chapter, and we hit it.

0:32.4

I have to write another chapter.

0:34.0

So the book is going to wind up being longer, more chapters than the Underwear Chronicle

0:37.8

series.

0:38.8

So that's really cool.

0:39.8

Anyway, this episode is one of the first ones where the story might feel familiar to

0:45.2

you.

0:46.2

A long, long time ago, we did a story about Charles Lee, and that's who this episode is about,

0:53.0

but it's completely different.

0:54.0

It's rewritten, it's reimagined.

0:55.8

The perspective has changed, but you're going to recognize some of the story and some

1:00.9

of the figures in the story, especially if you've listened to the Past on the Curious

1:05.1

for a long time if you're an avid listener.

1:07.4

But if you are not, you're in for a treat because Charles Lee, well, I think the word

1:12.6

frenemy would be the best thing to say about him and his relationship with George Washington.

1:18.1

So let's get started.

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