Episode
What is the Declaration of Independence? Or Indy’s Pension?
- Podcast
- Dads on Books
- Published
- Jul 4, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2692
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://DadsOnBooks.transistor.fm/s1/59
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dads-on-books-7306805/episodes/what-is-the-declaration-of-independence-or-indy-s-pension/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805/what-is-the-declaration-of-independence-or-indy-s-pension.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Indy’s Pension? Hey, a Raider of the Lost Ark deserves to retire in comfort. Aaaaand in a very special July 4 episode, the Dads celebrate the 250th birthday of our great nation. Mike and David return to the Who/What was/is series to discover what is the Declaration of Independence by reading and then discussing What is the Declaration Independence? by Michael C. Harris. To follow half of the rules of Seinfeld , there will be no hugging. But there will be some learning. A whole lot of learning going on. So much so in fact that we debut a “things that we do a lot in our show“ a.k.a. feature called IDNKT aka “I did not know that.” Even though David was an American history, major, and Mike is, well, pretty smart, and they both grew up watching Schoolhouse Rock on Saturday mornings eating Captain crunch out of giant bowls while their parents slept off hangovers (a message to therapists from Gen X: “you’re welcome!”), they still learned so much about this amazing document. For example—nope. Not gonna give you anything. Just check it out. Oh although, as is often the case with learning, answers begat questions. For example: to paper or to parchment? That is the question. The answer? Again, check it out! If you liked this episode, you’ll love these: For more American history check out George Washington’s Teeth , Ruby Bridges where we talk about not one but two books about her, and A Juneteenth Jamboree . Like The Who/What Was/Is Series? Check out Who was Laura Ingles Wilder? . No relevance. We just really like this one: Mrs. McTats and her House Full of Cats . Relevant because it’s from last year (episode 3 three (!))so it’s history? Again, no relevance. And now a word from our sponsors. Well, not really sponsors, just places we like to get books and hope that you'll go to if…