Show notes
America's founding mothers were patriots, poets, prophets, and spies, and history left most of them out of the story. On this episode of The Jenny Beth Show, filmmaker and producer Shari Rigby joins Jenny Beth Martin to change that. Rigby is the creator of Defiant Ones, an immersive audio drama about the bravest women of the American Revolution, launching July 2, the very day John Adams believed the country would celebrate its independence, just ahead of America's 250th birthday.Rigby, an actress and director known for October Baby and Overcomer and the founder of Beautifully Flawed Productions and the Women in My World ministry, walks through the true stories behind the series: Sybil Ludington, who at sixteen 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, who organized fifty-one women in the Edenton Tea Party; and Prudence Wright, who formed the Guardians of Liberty. Built on the letters between Abigail and John Adams and her plea to "remember the ladies," Defiant Ones is written, voiced, and produced by women and recorded in immersive Dolby Atmos.It is a conversation about faith, history, and why teaching the founding matters as the nation turns 250, plus a practical challenge to get families off screens and into the story of America. Learn more at teapartypatriots.org and jennybethshow.com.

