Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast With Mary & Blake

Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast With Mary & Blake

In Rise Up: A Hamilton Podcast, Mary and Blake dive in head first on character, theme, favorite songs, production, the history, and every facet you can think of. We speak with guests who are expert historians, expert storytellers, and fans as well.

Episodes

June 29, 2019

Welcome to Rise Up!:  A Hamilton Podcast with Mary & Blake. Our first episode will serve as your introduction to us and all we love about Hamilton.

We talk about all our Hamilton love, why Mary thinks Ulysses S. Grant was a grill master, our favorite songs, characters, lyrics, moments, and how Hamilton has essentially changed our lives.

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    Today we’re chatting the real life history behind Alexander Hamilton and the world in which he found himself in History Has Its Eyes On You…

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    Rise Up! hosts Mary & Blake discuss the STORY of  Hamilton and break it down just like it were a television show in our latest episode – Hamilton: The Story Of Tonight.

    We chat what goes right for the story, what goes wrong, and how it could best work if it were adapted into a television show or movie. We dive specifically into the relationship between Hamilton and Burr, how to determine the flow of the arcs within the es...

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    Rise Up! hosts Mary & Blake discuss the the relationship between Hamilton and Burr, and why they are both perfect antagonists in our latest episode – Aaron Burr, Sir.

    We chat the differences between a villain and an antagonist, why he is the perfect antagonist for Alexander Hamilton, why he creates his own nightmare, why Burr has the greatest change to his character in the whole play, and why the play, “HamiltonR...

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    Mary & Blake discuss Alexander Hamilton the character and why he is broken but sympathetic in our latest episode – Non Stop.

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    Mary & Blake discuss why your story can only be as good as your supporting characters in our latest episode – Washington On Your Side.

    We chat about all the side characters of Hamilton. Who is the best, who is the most over rated, who can be easily written out, who makes the most impact, and why this episode should really be called, The James Madison episode.

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