Everyone learns about Paul Revere, but almost no one learns about the women who risked everything to found America. Filmmaker and producer Shari Rigby joins Jenny Beth Martin to talk about Defiant Ones, her immersive audio drama about the bravest women of the Revolution. Built on the letters between Abigail and John Adams and Abigail's plea to "remember the ladies," the anthology dedicates each episode to a woman history left out of the story, and it launches July 2, the day John Adams believed we would celebrate independence, just ahead of America's 250th birthday.
In this episode:
• The forgotten women who founded America: patriots, poets, prophets, and spies
• Sybil Ludington, who at 16 rode farther than Paul Revere to raise the militia
• Agent 355, the unnamed spy whose warning helped expose Benedict Arnold and save West Point
• Penelope Barker and the 51 women of the Edenton Tea Party
• How immersive Dolby Atmos audio brings history to life and gets kids off screens
• Faith, the founding, and how families can celebrate America's 250th
Shari Rigby is an actress and director (October Baby, Overcomer), founder of Beautifully Flawed Productions and the Women in My World ministry, and creator of the Defiant Ones audio drama. Defiant Ones streams on the Washington Times (washingtontimes.com) and all podcast platforms, with family assets at beautifullyflawedproductions.com. Learn more at jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org.
00:00 — Welcome: meet Shari Rigby and Defiant Ones
01:32 — Shari's path: from October Baby to producing
03:15 — A testimony: teenage mom to faith-and-family film
08:33 — Women in My World: mentoring women in the industry
09:27 — How Defiant Ones came to be
12:51 — Patriots, poets, prophets, and spies
13:24 — Remember the Ladies: the Abigail and John Adams letters
14:45 — Why the founding matters, and Sybil Ludington's ride
17:11 — The women who surprised her: Barker and Agent 355
20:52 — Immersive audio and getting kids off screens
25:09 — Walking Boston's Freedom Trail
29:09 — America's 250th and a call to families
32:37 — What's next, and where to find Defiant Ones
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