America's Founding Son is an accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers.
Bob Crawford is the bassist for the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers, and creator of the iHeart Curiosity podcast series, Founding Son: John Quincy’s America and The SiriusXM Volume Channel Docuseries Concerts of Change: The Soundtrack of Human Rights. He’s also co-host of the Road to Now history podcast. However, Bob does not just play a historian—in 2020 he earned a master’s degree in history from Arizona State University. More important than his passion for music and history is his dedication to raising awareness about pediatric cancer. Bob and his wife, Melanie, are co-managing partners for The Press On Fund, an organization that seeks to find less toxic treatments for childhood cancer. Bob is periodically a speaker on behalf of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. It’s a personal cause, as Bob’s daughter Hallie is a three-time cancer survivor.
Christopher McKnight Nichols is Professor of History and Wayne Woodrow “Woody” Hayes Chair in National Security Studies, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, at The Ohio State University. He is an expert on U.S. foreign relations and political history, with a focus on ideas and ideologies. Nichols is a frequent public commentator and is the author or editor of six books, including Promise and Peril, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, and Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations