The Tony Michaels Podcast
The Tony Michaels Podcast is no longer publishing new episodes. Regular publication ended in July 2026, and this feed remains online as an archive of more than 1,100 episodes about American politics, constitutional accountability, concentrated power, democracy and working people.
Tony Michaels now creates Five Minutes in America, a weekday radio and podcast storytelling series, and Along the Way, a weekly program about personal growth, citizenship and building a meaningful life. Both are published by The Coffman Chronicle.
Follow Tony’s current work and listen to Five Minutes in America:
https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com/s/five-minutes-in-america
Along the Way is also published by The Coffman Chronicle.
The Tony Michaels Podcast
Before America Knew His Name
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Before America knew him as George Washington... he was just a young man hoping someone would tell him he belonged.
Long before he crossed the Delaware...
Long before he became the first President...
Long before he refused a crown...
George Washington desperately wanted the approval of the British Empire.
He never got it.
In this first episode of This American Character, we tell the forgotten story of the young man who rode hundreds of miles seeking a royal commission—and how one disappointment helped shape the character that would one day shape a nation.
This isn't a history lecture.
It's a story about character.
Because history remembers great Americans.
We're here to remember the moments that made them great.
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📜 This American Character is a new series exploring the defining moments that shaped the men and women who shaped America.
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The people.
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The moments that built their character.
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