It’s a dreary Friday, and I’d really prefer to be reading on my chaise at home than worrying about whether the rain will subside before my lunch hour. If I were with a good book right now, it would be Gore Vidal’s “Burr” (which has been neglected on my nightstand since the DVR captured nearly 20 episodes of “The Nanny”).

Perhaps you’re in the mood for Burr, too, after hearing this week’s podcast on the famous Burr-Hamilton duel. We’d gotten several requests for a podcast about Alexander Hamilton, so we opted to do a biographical overview of him, then hone in on the duel. Several of you suspected that I wouldn’t be able to discuss Hamilton’s contributions to history fairly, given my affinity for Thomas Jefferson. I hope I proved you wrong! Hamilton is truly one of the most fascinating figures in our nation’s history. And whether or not you agree with his political ideologies, governmental initiatives and philandering, you at least recognize that his vision for the future of America did, in fact, pan out in many ways.