Scott Brown: Shoplifting Teen, Cosmo Centerfold, Kennedy Seat Upset

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Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Scott Brown grew up in Wakefield, Massachusetts, after his parents divorced when he was one, and at 13 or 14 he stood before Judge Samuel Zoll in Salem for shoplifting record albums. Instead of detention, Zoll ordered a 1,500 word essay on how his siblings would feel watching him play basketball in jail, a moment Brown credited with ending his stealing. He earned a history degree at Tufts, attended Boston College Law School, and joined the Massachusetts Army National Guard at 19, inspired by its rescues during the blizzard of 1978; he served 35 years and rose to colonel. In 1982, at 22,…