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From 2018- Historian and best-selling author Jon Meachem talks about his book "The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels." It is tempting to say that America has never been more divided than it is right now- but in the book, he discusses how bitterly divided our nation has been at many points in its history.... and that division and conflict have been a part of our democracy right from the beginning.

A deep dive into our nation's founding document: the history of the Declaration, common myths & misconceptions, the intellectual influences that shaped it, and its status as a symbol of American values. Books & sources: American Scripture: Making The Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence by Garry Wills John Quincy Adams 1821 address The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham View the Notion curriculum

Welcome to Independent Americans. And welcome to March.  The weather is changing. It's warming up and spring is so close you can almost smell it. But instead you're probably smelling something different in the air. Something a lot less pleasant. It's a smell that's always been pervasive in Washington, DC and also on television and the airwaves. But in the last couple of years the smell has gotten out of control. It's everywhere. It comes out of random strangers at random times. You can't escape it. It's everywhere. It's bullshit. Whether it's a government shutdown, or America abandoning Ukraine, or two old men apparently nobody wants for President running for President, we are drowning in bullshit. And when you're drowning in bullshit, you've got to reach for the truth. And you're gonna get it in this episode. From Paul Rieckhoff on Nikki Haley dropping out, Biden being too old, Trump being too toxic, SecDef Austin being too slow, and much more. To include Ukraine.  Tim Mak (@timkmak) is a man on a mission to find the truth. Tim is an investigative journalist with a background in politics, national security, and emergency medicine. He's the author of a book about the inner workings of the NRA, titled 'Misfire.' and he's a former U.S. Army medic and EMT. His writing has been featured in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Daily Beast, Politico Magazine, and the L.A. Times. And you can hear him regularly on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Politics Podcast. He's reported abroad from such places as Ukraine, South Sudan, Djibouti, Israel, Japan and Hong Kong. And now, he's launched his own new media venture called The Counteroffensive. He's taking people deep inside the war in Ukraine. And he joins host Paul Rieckhoff for a look behind the front lines at the people who are feeling abandoned and betrayed by America. It's a heavy dose of truth, but it's a lot better than the bullshit. If you like bullshit, this ain't your place. Every episode of Independent Americans hosted by Paul Rieckhoff is the truth beyond the headlines–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It's content for the 49% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. And it always delivers the Righteous Media 5 Is: independence, integrity, information, inspiration and impact. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and veterans issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope.  -Join the movement. Hook into our exclusive Patreon community of Independent Americans. Get extra content, connect with guests, meet other Independent Americans, attend events, get merch discounts, and support this show that speaks truth to power.  - WATCH video of Paul and Tim's conversation on our YouTube channel here. -Join Paul in Austin, Texas this weekend on Saturday, March 9 at a free Independent Voters MeetUp during South By Southwest.  -Or also in Austin for SXSW on Tuesday for an Army Futures Command panel at for our 10AM panel:  POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH: ALTERNATIVE HELP FOR INVISIBLE INJURIES: https://dodxtech.com/schedule/ -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers on social media. And share yours.  -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. And get cool IA and Righteous hats, t-shirts and other merch.  -Check out other powerful, independent Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm.  Independent Americans is powered by Righteous Media. America's next great independent media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Classrooms have been a key battleground in the so-called woke wars for years now. But could the debate over how schools teach history, race, gender and sexuality be coming to an end?This week on “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts look at signs that these wedge issues are no longer dividing us, ask whether we have reached “peak woke” and disagree on whether it's even worth fighting about wokeness at all. Mentioned in this episode:“Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus,” by Rick PerlsteinNathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, by Nathan HaleThe Adventures of Tintin comic series, by HergéThe Adventures of Asterix comic series, by René Goscinny and Albert UderzoThe American Bicentennial Series, by John Jakes“The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels,” by Jon Meacham

This episode is brought to you by www.thebikeaffair.com If you are in search of a one-stop destination that caters to all your cycling needs, our today's sponsor, The Bike Affair, is the perfect place to check out! With over 14 years of experience, The Bike Affair has established itself as a trusted source offering honest advice and exceptional service. They are offering a special treat for the listeners of this podcast. You can enjoy a 10% discount on your first order by using the code 'BIKEYVENKY' on their website.  Visit their bike store in Hyderabad or shop online by using the link www.thebikeaffair.com     Today's guest Srinivas Gokulnath is the first Indian to finish probably the toughest ultra cycling race on the planet, Race Across America back in 2017. He shared that experience here on the podcast on episode #12. If you have not listened to it, I urge you to budget time for that 3 and half hour episode. We have done that when he was posted in South Sudan. The quality of the recording might not be great but the stories he shares are definitely great. I will leave a link to that episode in the show notes.      In this episode he shares his experience at RAAM 2023 where he successfully finished for the second time. He shares the trials and tribulations of making it to the start line and what all went in to make it across the finish line. It is mind boggling to see the hardships ultra cyclists like Srini put themselves through. It was an insightful conversation with the ever honest and candid Srini. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.     0:00:00 Intro 0:04:00 The struggles to get to the start line of RAAM 2023 0:09:15 Costs involved in Race Across America 0:20:40 Importance of crew, complexity of human interactions 0:27:45 Race Across America how the initial kms went 0:41:35 Blurry eyes and challenges 0:49:40 Equipment issues, food cravings, sluggish progress 1:00:00 Mental battles, how thoughts work with or against us 1:05:30 Being mindful of time, Shradda, Bhakti and Bhayam towards Samaya 1:16:30 Zoning out and finding the way back 1:29:00 Remembering the point where he gave up in 2016, his first RAAM 1:35:00 Riding strong and slowing down 1:46:00 Post race effects and disorientation 1:51:10 The Battle of RAAM 1:58:20 Why fight these battles at such cost 2:07:45 Closing comments     Srini's first visit at the podcast, Ep#12 can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/HYmRWD0z88M          About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

TAKEAWAYSLuciferianism has infiltrated the entire country, including America's public education systemThe New World Order agenda has a heavy hand in dictating the information in the curriculum American students are being taughtDuring the Obama administration, thousands of federal employees were hired solely for their political leaningsGaylon's book, Tomorrow in America: The Battle for the Souls of Our Children addresses how a deep state network aligned with Luciferian globalists has infiltrated government, healthcare, the mainstream media, public education, and the entertainment industry

“The United States is the only thing that stands between us and a global one world government,” warns Dr. E. Gaylon McCollough. Gaylon is an esteemed plastic surgeon and the author of 25 books that take aim at exposing the insidious New World Order (NWO) that is being implemented around the globe. Gaylon explains how 13 elite families control this pernicious agenda, including the Rothchilds and the Rockefellers. He also speaks about the forward thinking of George Orwell in his book, 1984, which Gaylon likens to reading “the history of the future.” Orwell foresaw the rise of Big Brother (the Deep State), doublespeak (the changing of our language) and the propaganda arm of the press (the mainstream media). TAKEAWAYS Luciferianism has infiltrated the entire country, including America's public education system The New World Order agenda has a heavy hand in dictating the information in the curriculum American students are being taught During the Obama administration, thousands of federal employees were hired solely for their political leanings Gaylon's book, Tomorrow in America: The Battle for the Souls of Our Children addresses how a deep state network aligned with Luciferian globalists has infiltrated government, healthcare, the mainstream media, public education, and the entertainment industry

Het is een unicum in de moderne geschiedenis van de Verenigde Staten. Nooit eerder heeft een president gewaarschuwd voor zijn voorganger en diens aanhang als een gevaar voor de democratische waarden van de Republiek. Joe Bidens redevoering op 1 september 2022 in Philadelphia is dan ook historisch te noemen. En tegelijk natuurlijk brandend actueel. Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger diepen daarom de totstandkoming, de achtergronden, de inhoud, de politieke betekenis en de inspiratiebronnen uit.De plek waar de president sprak was zelf al een signaal. Joe Biden stond voor Independence Hall, waar op 4 juli 1776 de onafhankelijkheid werd afgekondigd en waar George Washington in 1787 de conferentie voorzat die de Grondwet opstelde. Bidens redevoering was niet minder dan een oproep tot bescherming van de fundamenten van Amerika als democratie.Maar hoe kwam hij ertoe dit zo te doen? Jaap en PG vertellen over de groep gelauwerde historici met wie Biden urenlang sprak over precies die waarden en fundamenten. Onder hen Anne Applebaum, die al eens te gast was in Betrouwbare Bronnen.Politiek moest Biden op eieren lopen. Want hij kon op die heilige grond van de natie geen vlammend partijpolitiek verhaal houden. Het werd niettemin een fel politiek-moreel betoog zonder meel in de mond. Wie hem daartoe de kans gaf? Een wel zeer opmerkelijk iemand: Dick Cheney. Biden kon nu niet alleen een appèl doen op zijn eigen partijgenoten, maar ook op twijfelende kiezers en op de 'mainstream Republicans'.De speech was zo opgebouwd dat de president voortdurend behoudende voorgangers aanhaalde en bijvoorbeeld ook een zeer conservatieve rechter, die als een soort Republikeins geweten geldt. PG stipt allerlei impliciete en expliciete formuleringen aan waarmee Biden iconen van de ‘Grand Old Party' als oprichter Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan en 'Ike' Eisenhower aanhaalt. Jaap hoort zelfs Reagans herverkiezingsleus van 1984 doorklinken. Kondigt Joe Biden hier dus verhuld aan in dat hij in 2024 ook zélf een tweede termijn wil?In elk geval zet Biden zijn grote, lange-termijnplannen nu in het kader van de bescherming van de democratie en ook in het licht van visionaire Democratische voorgangers als FDR en Barack Obama. Zijn vlammende oproep tot respect voor gezamenlijke waarden en de waarheid kent volgens PG nog een inspirator. De vrome katholiek Biden heeft blijkbaar een eerdere speech op diezelfde plek in Philadelphia heel goed beluisterd. In 2015 sprak juist daar paus Franciscus.En Donald Trump? Hij en zijn hardcore aanhang reageerden op een wijze die doet vrezen dat Bidens waarschuwing nog meer gegrond was dan hij en zijn inspiratoren uit de geschiedwetenschap hadden kunnen vermoeden.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt door donaties van luisteraars via Vriend van de Show. Sponsoring of adverteren is ook mogelijk. Stuur een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nl voor informatie.***Hieronder nog meer informatie. Op Apple kun je soms niet alles lezen. De complete tekst vind je altijd hier***Verder lezenFull Transcript of President Biden's Speech in PhiladelphiaHistorians privately warn Biden that America's democracy is teeteringAnne Applebaum - Biden Gambles That ‘We the People' Still Exist***Belangrijke boeken van de historici met wie Biden sprak ter voorbereiding van zijn speech:Jon Meacham - The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better AngelsJon Meacham - Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker BushAnne Applebaum - Twilight of DemocracySean Wilentz - Andrew JacksonSean Wilentz - The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-200810 Best Books by Michael Beschloss***Verder luisteren281 - Fourth of July: Amerika reisgids voor politieke junkies206 - 'Aardverschuiving': Michael Wolff over Donald Trumps laatste dagen als president. En: zijn bezoek aan Mar-a-Lago202 - 4th of July: Joe Biden in het spoor van LBJ (met als gast: Jan Paternotte)159 - Washington DC: na de afgang van Trump optimisme over Biden en Harris150 - De memoires van Barack Obama146 - Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen: de machtsoverdracht19 - Anne Applebaum: Poetin en de destabilisering van het Westen***Tijdlijn00:00:00 – Deel 100:45:46 – Deel 201:27:33 – Einde Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael's conversation with presidential historian Jon Meacham on his book "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels." Original air date 7 May 2018. The book was published on 8 May 2018.

https://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-shesol/ Jeff Shesol is a historian, speechwriter, and comic strip author. His book is Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3HEe7Fo

The single most costly battle of the American Civil War happened in the early days of July 1863, falling on the same days the Founding Fathers finalized the Declaration of Independence less than 90 years earlier. Ret. Marine Col Rob Abbott, one of the few Licensed Battlefield Guides of Gettysburg National Military Park, takes us through the days before, during, and after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer who has spent the last two decades pounding out bestselling accounts of American presidents such as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and George H.W. Bush. In June 2019, Joe Biden invited Meacham to Newark, Delaware, for a conversation about the biographer's recent volume, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, a 416-page meditation on how enlightened political leaders, propelled by a civic-minded citizenry, have rescued America at its darkest hours. Meacham explained that the country's soul “is not all good or all bad” but rather an abiding conflict between “our better angels” and “our worst instincts.” Two months before Biden announced his third run for the presidency, the intellectual underpinnings of the campaign were already in place. His ensuing candidacy was an exercise in moving Meacham's thesis from the page to the stump: Biden cribbed Meacham's book title for his campaign framing, a “battle for the soul of the nation,” and Meacham occasionally weighed in on the narrative and thematic elements of Biden's major speeches. On today's episode, listen to an exploration of how Meacham has lingered on as a sort of historical and spiritual adviser to a White House beset by crisis, written by Mother Jones reporter Kata Voght. This is our first in a biweekly Summer series of read-aloud investigations, produced by our parters at Audm. You can Kara's piece from April, here.

Trump's GOP has demonstrated an eagerness to believe in conspiracy theories and to accept disinformation that bolsters their politics. How did it get that way? On Today's Show: Jon Meacham, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, host of the new podcast "Fate of Fact" and the author of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Random House, 2018), talks about what he's learned in his new podcast, which examines why so many conservative Americans have become receptive to disinformation and fans of conspiracy theories.

Jon Meacham, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian, host of the new podcast "Fate of Fact" and the author of The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels (Random House, 2018), talks about what he's learned in his new podcast, which examines why so many conservative Americans have become receptive to disinformation and fans of conspiracy theories.

Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and #1 New York Times bestselling author. He’s known for ‘The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels,’ ‘American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,’ ‘Franklin and Winston,’ ‘His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope,’ and a book co-written with country star Tim McGraw called ‘Songs of America.’ His newest project is a podcast called ‘Fate of Fact’ and the premise is meant to explore how fear conquered truth, the history and origins of the strong grip misinformation and disinformation have on our politics, and how we got here today. In this interview, Meacham talks about his three tests to choose a book subject, how to focus on durable projects that take a great deal of time, the commitment of fact-checking, and how all books are part of an “unfolding conversation.” If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Join the email list here: www.brockswinson.com Follow us on Instagram for updates: @brockswinson If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

In conversation with Jon Meacham Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture Michael Eric Dyson is the author of Tears We Cannot Stop, an ''eloquent, righteous, and inspired'' (Philadelphia Inquirer) call for racial change that was named one of the best books of 2017 by multitudes of publications. His many books address Barack Obama's presidency, Hurricane Katrina, Jay-Z, and the effects of MLK's assassination, among other wide-ranging topics. A frequent New York Times opinion writer, MSNBC political analyst, and a professor at Vanderbilt University, his many honors include an American Book Award and two NAACP Image Awards. In Long Time Coming, Dyson employs the lives and legacies of five contemporary Black martyrs as catalysts for America's long-needed voyage toward a racial reckoning and redemption. An expert on history, politics, and religion in America, Jon Meacham won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his biography American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. His other bestselling nonfiction includes American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation and The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels. Signed books may be purchased through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 2/18/2021)

(10/21/20) Jon Meacham is a renowned presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, contributing editor at TIME, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His book, “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels” has been made into an HBO documentary, premiering on Oct. 27. Produced by C13Originals and the History Channel, Jon’s latest project, the It Was Said podcast, looks back at some of America’s greatest orations. Join us for an hour with one of US history’s greatest scholars in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Jon Meacham is a presidential historian, former editor of Newsweek, and the Putlizer Prize winning author of the new book "His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope." He is the author of several books including 2018's "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels." Meacham was recently a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention. This audio podcast was originally a conversation for LiveTalks LA. Meacham discusses the life of the late John Lewis, Meacham's decision to speak at the Democratic National Convention, and his views on the state of journalism.

How do we find hope, particularly in white American churches, when our history and identity is intertwined with racism? How does knowing who we were—and who we are—help us move toward justice and who we want to become? I talk with historian Jemar Tisby, New York Times bestselling author of The Color of Compromise, about racism’s past and present reality, his sense of a growing darkness, and also where he sees hope.Show Notes:Jemar Tisby is a Christian, historian, speaker, a New York Times best-selling author, and co-host of the Pass the Mic podcast. Connect with him online: jemartisby.com, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.“We can’t heal what we don’t reveal.”“Not knowing our history or misremembering our history—telling part of the story—is actually an assault on our identity. We don’t get the full picture of who we are, whether as a corporate body as a church or as individuals.”“Our own racial history as a church is about our identity. It’s about how we were, who we are, who we want to become.”“If you want to talk about threats to Christianity, particularly in the United States, we need to talk about Christian nationalism.”Continuing the conversation:Join this book study: The Color of Compromise book study group on FacebookPre-Order Jemar’s new book: How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial JusticeLearn more: The Witness—a black Christian collective that engages issues of religion, race, justice, and culture from a biblical perspectiveGive: The Witness Foundation—identifying, training, and funding the next generation of Black Christian leadersIN THE PODCAST:Scripture references: 10 Commandments, King David, Ephesians 3, Paul on Mars HillIndividuals, books, and concepts: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham JailJohn LewisJesus and the Disinherited by Howard ThurmanTa-Nehisi CoatesJohn Meacham’s The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better AngelsBree NewsomeCritical Race TheoryWhite Picket Fences, Season 3 of Love is Stronger Than Fear, is based on my book White Picket Fences. Check out free RESOURCES—action guide, discussion guides—that are designed to help you respond. Learn more about my writing and speaking at amyjuliabecker.com.

When historian Jon Meacham spoke with MPR News host Kerri Miller just a few months into the Trump presidency, people were already talking about the fight over America’s soul. His book, “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels,” and his conversation with Miller seems even more pertinent today, after a year that has brought impeachment hearings, a worldwide pandemic still spreading in the U.S. and racial tensions that have boiled over. On this Independence Day weekend, we are revisiting a portion of that conversation. Guest: Jon Meacham, author of “The Soul of America” Editor’s note: This conversation originally aired on June 14, 2018. To listen to the conversation you can use the audio player above. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts , Spotify or RSS

Jon Meacham, first and foremost is a friend. We were honored to have him speak at both my parents funerals this year and last year. He's also an amazing presidential biographer who's written about Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Franklin D Roosevelt, and my father, George H.W. Bush. And the truth is, he knows more about our family than, well, our family does. In this interview, Jon pulls out anecdotal stories which define the personalities and ways of being of our most memorable presidents. He even creates a recipe for the perfect leader based on a combination of four presidents and the traits of: intellectual curiosity, candor, empathy and humility. We learn that self care, mind body and spirit health, and relationships with families and friends is in a sense a reflection of our health as a nation. More From Jon Meacham Website: http://www.jonmeacham.com Book Highlights: Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Twitter @jmeacham Facebook @meachamjon

We discuss the book The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, by Jon Meacham

President of Martineau Recruiting Technology since it’s inception in 2000, Dan Martineau brings an extensive IT and Executive Recruiting background to his client companies and client candidates. Joining Dunhill Professional Search of Winston Salem in 1983 after attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Dan began his recruiting career in IT. During his 17 years with Dunhill, Dan distinguished himself as one of Dunhill’s best. He was recognized as the #1 Recruiter in the nation for Dunhill, and the winner of the “Millie Michaels Award” from 1995 through 1999, while also being inducted in the Million-Dollar Club. In May of 2000 Dan and his brother and business partner, Bill Martineau, leveraged their 40+ combined years of recruiting and placement experience by starting their own firm, Martineau Recruiting Technology, Inc. where they specialize solely in the Information Technology industry. Since that time Dan has been a member of The Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of the country’s top producing recruiters, even serving on its Board of Directors. Conducting numerous training seminars for Dunhill Professional Search, NC Association of Personnel Consultants, American Staffing Association (ASA), National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) among others in the fields of Information Systems/Technology, Recruiting and Marketing Methodologies, Dan continues to make his mark on throughout the Placement Industry. Click Below for Dan’s bio.   Dan’s Book List Road to Character – David Brooks The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels – Jon Meacham Pope Francis – A Man of His Word (can’t wait to see)

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, September 3rd, 2018. This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear: Jon Meacham on his new book,* The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.* Lawrence O’Donnell about his book, Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My family’s Search for the Truth. Caitlin Moran about her lastest novel,* How to Be Famous.* Tom Papa on his latest book,* Your Dad Stole My Rake and Other Dilemma’s.* Richard Blanco, the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, joined us for another edition of Village Voice. Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn discussed the qualities that made George Washington an extraordinary leader.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jon Meacham talks about his new book 'The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.'

Presidential historian and Tennessean Jon Meacham discussed his book The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels with Senator Lamar Alexander on July 8 in an event sponsored by http://www.knoxfriends.org/past-events/ (Friends of the Knox County Public Library) and http://unionavebooks.com/upcoming-events/jon-meacham/ (Union Ave Books). In The Soul of America, Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics by looking back at critical times in our country’s history when hope overcame division. He tells us that what Abraham Lincoln called the­ “better angels of our nature” have found a way to prevail again and again during dark times throughout our country’s history. Here are excerpts from that conversation.

A ''tough-minded'' but ''nuanced and persuasive'' (The New York Times Book Review) expert on history, politics, and religion in America, Jon Meacham won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his biography American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. His other bestselling nonfiction includes American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation and Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. Currently executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, Meacham was formerly editor-in-chief of Newsweek. In The Soul of America, Meacham contextualizes the country's current political climate by looking back at the critical periods in our past when what Lincoln prophetically termed ''the better angels of our nature'' defeated fear, demagoguery, and division. Watch the video here. (recorded 7/12/2018)

The full broadcast of Boston Public Radio from Monday, June 18th, 2018. We talked to Rep. John Kennedy, who was at the Texas border yesterday protesting the Trump Administration's practice of separating children from families. Then we asked you, is this policy a moral failing? The GroundTruth Project's Charlie Sennott joined us to discuss last weeks North Korea Summit. Irene Monroe and Emmett Price joined us for another edition of All Revved Up. Attorney General Maura Healey took our questions and yours. Jon Meacham joined us to talk about his new book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

Lynn is discussing the newest Jon Meacham book “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels.”

I assume that most of you believe that the state of America has seldom been worse. Racial progress, America as a melting pot, the global alliance that has seen us through the past 75 years, character, civility, and liberal democracy itself, all seem to be under siege. While this is all true, it's also true is that we’ve been here before. There have been many dark moment in American history. Maybe there is something in our very DNA that sets us up for it. But certainly from the Alien and Sedition acts though the Civil War, the industrial revolution, America First, the great depression, Jim Crow, the cold war and the tyranny of Joe McCarthy, we’ve seen that bad things happen to good countries. Each time though we have emerged stronger. We have understood that the fault was not in our stars, but in ourselves and so we have reached deeply within ourselves for our better angels. But as the pundits of Wall Street ask all the time, is it different this time?  This is the heart of Pulitzer Prize winning historian and best selling author Jon Meacham's latest work The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels My conversation with Jon Meacham:

Host Don Marsh talks to author and historian Jon Meacham about Meacham's latest book, "Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels." 

Jon Meacham’s new book, The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels provides a condensed view of the history of the United States, chronicling the tougher times that we have endured.I enjoy reading history, and at my age, I’ve lived a lot of it! What strikes me in reading Meacham’s book is how our history has been distorted by the story-teller, and even when living through an era, our memories are imperfect.As Jon’s book unfolds, he gives us hope that just as in times past, the right parts of humanity prevail and we are a better society when we band together with simple messages about loving one another and caring for our neighbor. It was the perfect reading material last week to follow Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s inspiring sermon at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle!Jon’s well-referenced story dispelled many of the myths that I had previously held:I’ve been to museums that attempt to convince that the Civil War was really all about the financial challenges of a cotton-based economy. Not so fast. Jon cites numerous politicians and authors of the time: it was clearly about slavery and racial injustice. But what I didn’t know is that Abraham Lincoln had changed his position on slavery, first agreeing that no slave owner would have to change in the South, but then eventually turning to an emancipation of all slaves regardless of location.I remember how excited my mother was when JFK was elected. Both my parents were staunch Republicans but also Catholics. My mother said that a Catholic would never be elected to the US Presidency as she carried the stigma of being the daughter of Polish Catholic immigrants.I had forgotten that the Ku Klux Klan wasn’t just against African-Americans. They hated Catholics and Jews, too. How easy it is to block our memories when we encounter sin.I’m left with this quote from Meacham’s book: “There is such a thing as discernible reality. Facts, as John Adams once said, are stubborn things, and yet too many Americans are locked into their particular vision of the world, choosing this view or that perspective based not on its grounding in fact but on whether it’s a view or perspective endorsed by the leaders one follows. “The dictators of the world say that if you tell a lie often enough, why, people will believe it,” Truman wrote. “Well, if you tell the truth often enough, they’ll believe it and go along with you.”May we start telling the truth, not blocking sin from our memory but overcoming it.Blessings, my friend,Agatha

Historian, journalist, editor and biographer Jon Meacham has never shied away from challenging subjects.  American Lion, his study of the presidency of Andrew Jackson, captured one of America's most controversial and consequential figures for the 21st century, and brought its author the Pulitzer Prize.  He joins us on this episode to talk about The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, a study of the urgent moments, from Reconstruction through early 20th century battles over immigration, McCarthyism, racism and equal rights, that have tested the national character — and give us, he writes, an opportunity to better understand what we can be in the here and now. 

Pulitzer-prize winning presidential biographer and Chattanooga native Jon Meacham has written books on the lives of Thomas Jefferson, George H. W. Bush, Andrew Jackson, and the relationship between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. He joins us in this episode of the Whole Hog to discuss essential Southern reading, the historian’s responsibility, moving back to the South, and his new book, 'The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels'.

SOUL THE SOUL OF AMERICA Jon Meacham Puliter Prize Winning historian and Author in Discussion With Bill Maher- 5:7:18 8 PM CST  America and It's Better Angels and "The MagieR New Rule  Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham will discuss 'The Soul ... About the Author: Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and author of several New York Times bestsellers including Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, and Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Meacham is also a visiting distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University, a contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review, and a fellow of the Society of American Historians. https://www.prnewswire.com/.../pulitzer-prize-winning-biographer-jon-meacham-will-... 7 days ago - WASHINGTON, May 4, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham will discuss his latest book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels at a National Press Club Headliners Book & Breakfast Event on Wednesday, June 20 at 8:00 a.m. in the club's ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment of crisis in American politics by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame hatred and reveals how his latest book The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels was born in the dark days following the infamous Charlottesville rally.  He talks about similarities between the current age and the 1920’s, how America during Great Depression could have easily followed the path of Germany into totalitarianism, and what Donald Trump could learn from the fate of red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy.  He discusses moments when Presidents have served as moral leaders for the nation including the day George H.W. Bush handed in his NRA card and an oft forgotten speech by Dwight Eisenhower that is all too relevant today.  Plus George H.W. Bush's biographer shares some candid memories of the late former First Lady Barbara Bush. Order Jon Meacham's book The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels on Amazon or Audible.  Keep up with him at www.jonmeacham.com and follow him on Twitter at @jmeacham.  Today's episode was sponsored by Citizen Watches, Grasshopper, Quip, and U.S. Markerboard. 

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This video provides a summary analysis of the successes and failures of Reconstruction, how the era was presented historically, and the legacy of that period.