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This episode was first published on April 12, 2022. Original show notes: Was the Constitution pro- or anti-slavery? Maybe that is the wrong question to ask, even though it remains the question at the heart of public discourse about the founding generation. In this episode, Sean Wilentz and James Oakes -- two major scholars of eighteenth and nineteenth century America -- argue the Constitution was a contested document that marked the beginning of a political conflict over the future of slavery and, therefore, the nature of American democracy. They reject race-centered interpretations that elide early political conflicts over enslavement and the hard-fought progress won by Black Americans and their white allies. The American Revolution was an event of world-historical importance, marking a turning point in the history of human enslavement because it gave life to the world's first abolitionist movement.

As another presidential election looms, so does the possibility that the ultimate winner will lose the popular vote. The race is decided by the Electoral College, which critics say is anti-democratic body that distorts outcomes. Since 1988, Republican candidates have won the popular vote once (2004), but twice won the White House thanks to an Electoral College majority -- in 2000 and 2016. In this episode, historian Sean Wilentz delves into the origins of the Electoral College at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, debunking the argument that the Electoral College was a concession to slaveholders. Also, Wilentz discusses his new essay in the journal Liberties where he contends a Trump victory in November will imperil American democracy in ways the news media fail to take seriously. Further reading: The Clear and Present Danger by Sean Wilentz in Liberties

By granting former President Donald Trump absolute immunity from criminal prosecution "for official acts" as Trump fights charges stemming from his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election results, the Supreme Court "descended to a level of shame reserved until now for the Roger B. Taney Court that decided the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857," says Princeton historian Sean Wilentz in an essay for The New York Review. In this episode, Wilentz discusses the problems with the Court's 6-3 ruling that declared a president above the law -- a first in U.S. history.

Though Haiti may seem distant, it is arguably as relevant to us as Ukraine or Israel. The Caribbean country serves as a global example of failed governance rooted in tribal strife. Amy Wilentz, a prominent voice in bringing attention to the horrors endured by the people of Haiti, has been covering the nation since the 1980s. A long-time resident of Southern California, she is a recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award and a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Wilentz also teaches literary journalism at the University of California, Irvine.

Our yearly take on the controversy-filled legacies of former presidents brings us to the infamous ‘Old Hickory', Andrew Jackson. Curatorial research associate Dylan Rawles visits Zoe and Easton to unravel an often overlooked aspect of Jackson's legacy; Populism, along with its rise in the United States. Jackson prided himself as the “People's president”, which made him the “voice of the people” who stood against the “untrustworthy higher-ups.” This mentality would grow and expand far beyond his death, taking on many elaborate shapes and identities. Populism's role in U.S. politics both past and present, factors that enable such movements to take shape, the voices left out of the conversation, and the nearly impossible task of nailing down just who “the people” are and what they want- we explore it all today. As always, thank you for stopping by! 36 Questions for Civic Love: https://www.nphm.org/civiclove   Our sources: UC Santa Barbara. “Veto Message [of the Reauthorization of the Bank of the United States].” The American Presidency Project. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/veto-message-the-re-authorization-bank-the-united-states.    Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.   Watson, Harry L. “Andrew Jackson's Populism.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 3 (FALL 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2654029    Wilentz, Sean. The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005.   Further Reading/Viewing:   Image of one of the “coffin hand bills” and a description from the Library of congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2008661734/

Distinguished historians of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras have submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court explaining the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. It is unambiguous and self-executing: Anyone who violates his or her oath by engaging in insurrection is barred from holding public office again. It is not necessary to be formally charged with insurrection to be disqualified. On Feb. 8, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a Colorado case that resulted in Donald Trump's disqualification from that state's ballot. Challenges to Trump's eligibility are currently pending in 11 other states. In this episode, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz contends that Trump should be disqualified based on an originalist rendering of Section 3. Wilentz rejects the notion that disqualifying Trump will damage democracy when the GOP frontrunner has made clear that he intends to eviscerate the country's democratic institutions upon returning to the White House.

Yessica is an Associate Attorney at Wilentz, Goldman, & Spitzer, graduating from St. John's School of Law. Yessica gives great insights about her nontraditional journey to law, mentorship, networking, and a new concept on the podcast, sponsorship within firms. Yessica's ambitious, determined, and hardworking attitude, combined with her love for her family, presents a unique look into the day-to-day life of an attorney and her journey.https://www.linkedin.com/in/yessica-pinales-coombs-35a1448a/

The election of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker after five days and 15 ballots exposed divisions within the Republican Party that may not portend well for the immediate future of his party, the chamber, or the country. With one exception (1923), no speakership election since the Civil War needed more than one ballot. And in the antebellum U.S. is where we might find parallels to today's political turmoil. Before the Civil War, speakership fights were often acrimonious, extended affairs reflecting the nation's violent, deep political divisions over slavery. The 1855-56 speakership election took 133 ballots! In this episode, historian Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy, discusses which lessons from those long-ago fights apply to today's crisis of democracy.

Ever contemplated entering into a business contract with a private equity firm or starting a side gig? Dr. Tammy talked to Michael Schaff who is a healthcare and corporate attorney with Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer to learn more about the legal side of the equation. You can find more about Michael and his firm at www.wilentz.com.

Why would a U.S. senator pen a polemical attack against a history professor? Florida Senator Marco Rubio labeled Princeton's Sean Wilentz a "cisgender white male" who "reeks of privilege" after Wilentz wrote an op-ed accusing Rubio of standing "in the sorry tradition of the great propagandists” who are guilty of “the deliberate manipulation and falsification of events for political purposes.” In early August Wilentz had been among a handful of esteemed scholars invited to the White House to talk to President Biden privately about threats to democracy at home and abroad. Rubio was not at that meeting, but he claimed to know -- without evidence -- that the historians told the president to ignore "working everyday people and their common sense." In this episode, Wilentz, a preeminent scholar of American democracy, discusses what he describes as the "fake populism" espoused by many right-wing politicians. Unlike the genuine populists of the past, who fought for the economic rights of ordinary Americans against powerful interests such as monopolistic railroads, today's "fake populists" are concerned with vilifying "elites" and "snobs" from the halls of academia to "deep state" bureaucrats. 

With the team stretched to the limit and no end in sight to current projects, the CMO's phone rings with a new business-critical priority or project that needs to be completed ASAP. That is the reality of today's legal marketing teams and the reason behind this week's topic on the CMO series - Agile Marketing. Ed Lovatt is lucky to explore this subject with Lynn Tellefsen-Stehle, Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at Structura Strategy Group and former CMO and Senior Marketing Leader for Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Dentons. Ed and Lynn cover:  The context in which agile marketing was born The technical definition of agile marketing and how it works  How Lynn came to agile marketing and when it became so crucial to her practice  What makes agile marketing something CMOs and marketing leaders should care about How well understood or leveraged agile marketing is in today's legal marketing functions How to go about diagnosing whether agile marketing is the solution to the problems a team is having Firms' readiness to adopt agile marketing What agile marketing looks like in practice The starting point for people interested in agile marketing for their firm

This is the third installment in an occasional series that will focus on slavery, the Constitution, and the ongoing debate over the meaning of the American founding. Was the Constitution pro- or anti-slavery? Maybe that is the wrong question to ask, even though it remains the question at the heart of public discourse about the founding generation. In this episode, Sean Wilentz and James Oakes -- two major scholars of eighteenth and nineteenth century America -- argue the Constitution was a contested document that marked the beginning of a political conflict over the future of slavery and, therefore, the nature of American democracy. They reject race-centered interpretations that elide early political conflicts over enslavement and the hard-fought progress won by Black Americans and their white allies. The American Revolution was an event of world-historical importance, marking a turning point in the history of human enslavement because it gave life to the world's first abolitionist movement.

Now that Canada's "Freedom Convoy" has come to an end, we're wondering: was this protest really a working-class movement? As Jeet Heer explains on this week's episode, the leadership and funding for the protest came from right-wing networks, and the “truckers” were mostly owners of trucking firms rather than drivers. Nevertheless, it was a movement that gained significant support, and something left-wing political activists should pay attention to, Heer says. Also this week, Amy Wilentz remembers her friend and a hero to many: Paul Farmer. Farmer brought high-quality healthcare to some of the poorest communities in the world, beginning in Haiti. For more, read Wilentz's obituary of public health hero. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Democrats are not doomed to defeat in the midterms, says Ro Khanna. Politics can turn around in the next few months. Khanna represents Silicon Valley in Congress, where he's a prominent figure in the Progressive Caucus. His new book is Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us. Also: Amy Wilentz discusses Haiti: a country that should be inaugurating a new president. It has done so every five years on February 7—except for glitches, coups, and postponements—ever since Baby Doc Duvalier fled the island 37 years ago. But not this year. Wilentz explains why it's struggling to get the new beginning in needs, and how it might make it there. One more thing: Donald Trump is responsible for about 100,000 unnecessary deaths from Covid-19 during his presidency, according to scientists at The Lancet. John Nichols explains who in his administration made which of the deadly decisions, and who made money off of the pandemic: a topic he delves into in his new book, Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers.

The Democrats are not doomed to defeat in the midterms, says Ro Khanna. Politics can turn around in the next few months. Khanna represents Silicon Valley in Congress, where he's a prominent figure in the Progressive Caucus. His new book is Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us. Also: Amy Wilentz discusses Haiti: a country that should be inaugurating a new president. It has done so every five years on February 7—except for glitches, coups, and postponements—ever since Baby Doc Duvalier fled the island 37 years ago. But not this year. Wilentz explains why it's struggling to get the new beginning in needs, and how it might make it there. One more thing: Donald Trump is responsible for about 100,000 unnecessary deaths from Covid-19 during his presidency, according to scientists at The Lancet. John Nichols explains who in his administration made which of the deadly decisions, and who made money off of the pandemic: a topic he delves into in his new book, Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers.

When Biden took office, progressives looked forward to a dramatic transformation of Trump's anti-immigrant policies—and Biden's initial moves were promising. But since then, many people have been disappointed. Ahilan Arulanantham, a professor at UCLA Law School and co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy comments on the topic. Before working at UCLA, Arulanantham litigated a number of cases involving immigrants' rights at the ACLU of Southern California.Also this week, Amy Wilentz discusses Haiti: a country that should be inaugurating a new president. It has done so every five years on February 7—except for glitches, coups, and postponements—ever since Baby Doc Duvalier fled the island 37 years ago. But not this year. Wilentz explains why it's struggling to get the new beginning in needs, and how it might make it there. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Is majoritarian rule -- the bedrock of democracy -- in trouble? In this episode, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz discusses the tension between the imperative of majority rule and the necessity of protecting minority rights. The tension dates to our founding in the battle between federalists and anti-federalists. Our current problems also have antecedents in the controversy over nullification in the early 1830s and in the secession crisis of 1860-61. Today, Wilentz warns, Republican officials loyal to former President Donald Trump are deliberately eroding public confidence in the election system. They are falsely claiming the 2020 election was rigged, thereby rendering Joseph R. Biden's electoral majority "invalid." Moreover, the combination of gerrymandering and restrictive voting laws passed in several battleground states, and the threat of the filibuster to thwart voting rights legislation in the Senate, threatens to make permanent a “rule of the minority,” according to the Princeton scholar.

Amid a national debate over history curricula and the importance of racism and slavery in shaping the American past, The 1619 Project has returned in expanded book form as an immediate bestseller. With its new and longer essays packing sweeping claims about the character of our national origins, the book expands upon the project's initial, central argument: a transhistorical white supremacy defines American society. But this is pseudo-history, according to James Oakes, a preeminent scholar of slavery and nineteenth century U.S. politics. Upon reading the new 1619 Project book, Oakes explains its errors and distortions as well as its larger purpose, which is to advance an interpretation of American history through a cynical, racial lens. This lens distorts the very issues the project purports to shine light upon, namely slavery and its relationship to capitalism.

A relação entre a História e a Literatura  é extremamente rica, tanto do ponto de vista das pesquisas históricas que tomam as obras de ficção literária como fonte quanto de sua dimensão artística – ao observamos e pensarmos na história da literatura em si.  No sétimo episódio da 4º temporada do Historicidade recebemos o historiador Lucas Kölln (UNIOESTE) para bater um papo sobre as relações entre a história e a literatura a partir de suas pesquisas sobre a história social do trabalho nos Estados Unidos da América no final do século XIX  e início do XX. Neste episódio entenda como uma ética do trabalho liberal predominante em discursos políticos distintos e as transformações profundas do capitalismo foram lidas nas obras de Sherwood Anderson e Jack London. Arte da Capa Mencionado nos recados do Episódio Literatura como fonte histórica (SciCast #455) Fronteiras no Tempo #7 – Mundo do Trabalho Financiamento Coletivo Ajude nosso projeto! Você pode nos apoiar de diversas formas: PADRIM  – só clicar e se cadastrar (bem rápido e prático) – http://www.padrim.com.br/fronteirasnotempo PIC PAY [https://app.picpay.com/user/fronteirasnotempo]– Baixe o aplicativo do PicPay: iOS / Android PIX: [chave] fronteirasnotempo@gmail.com Saiba mais do nosso convidado Lucas A. B. Kölln Currículo Lattes Twiiter Produção do Convidado KÖLLN, Lucas A.B. Trabalhadores rurais e migração na Califórnia dos anos 30: John Steinbeck e os “ciganos da colheita”. Revista Tempos Históricos, Marechal Cândido Rondon, v. 24, n. 1, pp. 130-164, 2020. Disponível em: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/temposhistoricos/article/view/24920 tradução de: STEINBECK, John. Os ciganos da colheita [1936]. Revista Tempos Históricos, Marechal Cândido Rondon, v. 24, n. 1, pp. 563-580, 2020. Disponível em: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/temposhistoricos/article/view/25635 KÖLLN, Lucas A.B. História social do trabalho e literatura: esforços para uma calibração dialética. Revista Espaço Plural, Marechal Cândido Rondon, Ano XVII, n. 34, pp. 56-82, 1º semestre 2016. Disponível em: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/espacoplural/article/view/14984 tradução de: MERRILL, Michael D. “Dinheiro serve para comer” – Autossuficiência e trocas nas origens dos Estados Unidos da América. Revista Tempos Históricos, Marechal Cândido Rondon, v. 24, n. 1, pp. 581-621, 2020. Disponível em: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/temposhistoricos/article/view/25641 Indicações Bibliográficas sobre o tema abordado BECKER, Howard S. Falando da Sociedade: ensaios sobre as diferentes maneiras de representar o social. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2009 BOSI, Alfredo. Dialética da colonização. 2ª ed. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1993. CANDIDO, Antonio. A educação pela noite e outros ensaios. São Paulo: Ática, 1987. _______. Formação da literatura brasileira: momentos decisivos (2 vols.). 12ª ed. São Paulo: FAPESP, 2009. CHALHOUB, Sidney. Machado de Assis historiador. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2003. HOLANDA, Sérgio Buarque de. Capítulos de literatura colonial. Organização e notas de Antonio Candido. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 2000. SEVCENKO, Nicolau. A literatura como missão: tensões sociais e criação cultural na Primeira República. 3ª ed. São Paulo: Brasiliense, 1989. SCHWARZ, Roberto. Ao vencedor as batatas: forma literária e processo social nos inícios do romance brasileiro. 5ª ed. São Paulo: Editora 34; Livraria Duas Cidades, 2000. _______. Um mestre na periferia do capitalismo – Machado de Assis. 3ª ed. São Paulo: Editora 34, 1997. Indicações de referências sobre o tema abordado: História dos Estados Unidos: CARROLL, Peter N.; NOBLE, David W. The free and the unfree – A new history of the United States. 2ª ed. New York: Penguin Books, 1992. COCHRAN, Thomas; MILLER, William. The Age of Enterprise – A social history of Industrial America. Revised edition. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1961. DEBOUZY, Marianne. O capitalismo “selvagem” nos Estados Unidos (1860-1920). Tradução de Maria de Lurdes Almeida Melo. Lisboa: Editorial Cor, 1972. FONER, Eric S. A short history of Reconstruction. New York: Houghton Mifflin Press, 1990. FONER, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States, Volume IV – The Industrial Workers of the World, 1905-1917. 2ª ed. New York: International Publishers, 1973. GAIDO, Daniel. The formative period of American capitalism – A materialist interpretation. New York: Routledge, 2006. GEISMAR, Maxwell. The last of the provincials. The American novel – 1915-1925. New York: Hill and Wang, 1959. GUTMAN, Herbert. Work, culture and society in industrializing America – Essays in American working-class and Social History. New York: Vintage Books, 1977. HOFSTADTER, Richard. Social Darwinism in American thought. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1955. KOLKO, Gabriel. The triumph of conservatism – A reinterpretation of American History, 1900-1916. New York: Free Press, 1963. KULIKOFF, Alan. The agrarian origins of American capitalism. Charlottsville: University of Virginia Press, 1992. MERRILL, Michael. The anti-capitalist origins of the United States. Review (Fernand Braudel Center), v. 13, n. 4, pp. 465-497, 1990. PARRINGTON, Vernon Louis. Main currents in American thought – An interpretation of American literature from the beginnings to 1920. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927-1930. SMITH, Henry Nash. Virgin land – The American West as symbol and myth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. WILENTZ, Sean. Chants democratic – New York city and the rise of the American working-class (1788-1850). New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. _______. The rise of American Democracy – From Jefferson to Lincoln. New York: Norton, 2005. ZAVODNYIK, Peter. The rise of the Federal Colossus – The growth of Federal Power from Lincoln to F.D.R. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2011. ZINN, Howard. A people’s history of the United States. New York: Longman, 1994. História e Literatura BOSI, Alfredo. Caminhos entre a literatura e a história. Estudos Avançados, n. 19, v. 55, p. 315-334, 2005. CANDIDO, Antonio. Literatura e sociedade – Estudos de teoria e história literária. 11ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Ouro sobre Azul, 2010. _______. Noções de análise histórico-literária. São Paulo: Associação Editorial Humanitas, 2005. GINZBURG, Carlo. O fio e os rastros – Verdadeiro, falso, fictício. Tradução de Rosa Freire d’Aguiar e Eduardo Brandão. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2007. LEITE, Lígia Chiappini Moraes. Literatura e história – Notas sobre as relações entre os estudos literários e os estudos historiográficos. Literatura e sociedade, n. 5, v. 5, p. 18-28, 2006. _______. O foco narrativo (ou A polêmica em torno da ilusão). 7ª ed. São Paulo: Ática, 1994. LIMA, Luiz Costa. História. Ficção. Literatura. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2006. LUKÁCS, György. Ensaios sobre literatura. 2ª ed. Tradução de Leandro Konder. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1968. ROSENFELD, Anatol. Estrutura e problema da obra literária. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1976. STAROBINSKI, Jean. A literatura: o texto e o seu intérprete. In: LE GOFF, Jacques; NORA, Pierre (orgs.). História: Novas abordagens. Tradução de Henrique Mesquita. Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves, 1976. pp. 132-143. THOMPSON, E.P. Os românticos – A Inglaterra na era revolucionária. Tradução de Sérgio Moraes Rêgo Reis. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2002. WILLIAMS, Raymond. Marxismo e literatura. Tradução de Waltensir Dutra. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar, 1979. WOOD, James. Como funciona a ficção. Tradução de Denise Bottmann. São Paulo: Cosac Naify, 2011. Expediente  Arte da vitrine: Augusto Carvalho; Edição:  Talk'nCast; Roteiro e apresentação: C. A. 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Steve’s happy place! Steve returns as host this week, and after some of the ritual lover’s quarrel over whisky (including a celebration of Steve’s happy place—see nearby pic), Steve and Lucretia get down to the main business, which is slagging the left, and taking on the problem of “scientific expertise” in modern government. We begin with an update on the egregious 1619 Project, with a look at a long essay from Princeton University’s eminent historian Sean Wilentz that appeared, for some strange reason, in a Czech publication. Actually not so strange: as Wilentz explains in the article, an orthodoxy has grown up around the 1619 Project that effectively bans any criticism of it in leading academic publications, let alone the New York Times. Wilentz, a high-octane liberal, goes through some amazing stories of the bad faith of New York Times editors and many academics (including the American Historical Review), but as Lucretia points out, he exhibits terminal cluelessness about how his brand of weak-minded liberalism paved the way for the extremism of the 1619 Project that Wilentz now thinks is deeply flawed. From here our dynamic whisky crusaders have a good laugh at how progressives propose to re-write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution in the pages of Democracy: A Journal of [Bad] Ideas. Yet somehow when you suggest to progressives that they hate the American Founding and our Constitution, they get very upset, despite this obvious confession. But the main event this week is a reflection on “scientific expertise” in government, whose defects were on full display this week especially with the confusion of the FDA over COVID vaccine booster shots, and several other aspects of the whole sorry COVID story. We enlist two surprising witnesses: the old socialist warhorse Harold Laski, who wrote a terrific attack on “scientific expertise” in government way back in 1931, entitled “The Limitations of the Expert.” (This link may be behind a paywall for most readers.) And then we also take in similar cautions from Hans Morgenthau, in a mid-1960s essay “Science and Political Power.” (Also behind a paywall, unfortunately.) But we offer key highlights from both essays, culminating with a reminder of the key part of President Eisenhower’s farewell address: Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system-ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.

John interviews Amy Wilentz, a journalist; author; professor at the University of California, Irvine; and an expert on Haiti. Wilentz describes the situation after last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The two also discuss the role of gangs in Haiti; Taiwanese interest in the country; and what happens next. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Both Bill and Dave have been in bands with this week's guest, and we've all known him for decades, but that doesn't mean we know anything about what he does for a living! We cover his early childhood filled with dinner parties attended by Beat Generation legends, to his introduction to punk rock through D.C. hardcore bands and his work with director Larry Clark which led to his discovery and love of film (at least we think). There's a lot jammed into this episode, from living with tourette syndrome to the Lindburgh kidnapping trial, so get ready! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Tourettes on Quincy https://youtu.be/xZyaGEIqvRs?t=32 Film Movement https://www.filmmovement.com/ Vestron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD8Qyb8u2JY NY Asian Film Festival https://www.nyaff.org/ AA Film Alliance http://aatfalliance.org/#about Abacus Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4OMyYzjZ0 Felix Havoc https://www.noecho.net/interviews/felix-havoc-interview Larry Clark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Clark https://twitter.com/arianadelawari/status/923236125400899585?lang=en https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Bully-A-pedophile-s-daydream-1060294.php Gore Gazettle https://www.j4hi.com/page15/Best%20of%20GORE-GAZETTE-page1.html New Yorker Films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yorker_Films Tourettes https://tourette.org/about-tourette/overview/what-is-tourette/ Rated X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Lw0ghoDF4 Hot Corn Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4e9lAiBCZo 8th Street Bookshop https://greenwichvillage.nyc/places/8th-street-bookshop/ Ted Wilentz https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010514/37928-consummate-bookseller-ted-wilentz-dies-at-86.html Joan Steen Wilentz https://books.google.com/books?id=lyADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22Joan+Steen%22+popular+science&source=bl&ots=muid2cirL-&sig=ACfU3U2ScP-HV7J8vwZaQTSs4ykffR9DDA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYrbH7pKTxAhXtUd8KHZzBBFYQ6AEwDHoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Joan%20Steen%22%20popular%20science&f=false Alan Ginzberg http://mytjnow.com/2020/01/22/pedophiles-on-display/ Lawrence Ferlinghetti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti Bob Dylan Meets Alan Ginsberg (Dave Cousin's Article) https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/bob-dylan-the-beat-generation-and-allen-ginsbergs-america David Wilentz https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-09-mn-3355-story.html Christ on a Crutch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFH-RQ7wfrQ Swilson https://maximumvolumemusic.com/swilson-swilson-2018/ Charlie Boswell making a sandwich while Medicine Man plays elsewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEiXJT5wC1I Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black https://donyc.com/artists/the-voluptuous-horror-of-karen-black Dave in Von Lmo video https://youtu.be/Uo_yM9FbFNg?t=220 Animal Crackers Ted Leo iteration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW6SP_mbvlw Young Jessie

An effort by Republican lawmakers in several states to prohibit the teaching of the New York Times' 1619 Project in public schools has reignited the debate over who controls our understanding of the past. It has also refocused attention on the project's numerous factual errors about a matter of such surpassing importance as the American Revolution. University of Virginia historian Alan Taylor shares both criticism and praise of the 1619 Project's specific claims as well as its overall aim, which is to emphasize the importance of slavery and systemic racism in American history instead of the founding principles of liberty and freedom that were, as the project's opening essay argued, betrayed by the crime of human bondage.

Filibuster, schmilibuster! The origins of the word filibuster seem to belie any claims that the tool of partisan warfare is really a pillar of senatorial greatness, and therefore must be guarded against efforts to weaken or eliminate it. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz returns to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of doing away with the Senate's long-lasting accident. (Blame Aaron Burr!)

What role have conspiracy theories played in American political history? What is the connection between conspiracism and demagogy? How do the conspiracies circulating in our time compare to the conspiracies of the past? Using the classic work by Richard Hofstadter The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) as a springboard, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz joins us to consider these questions. Wilentz, editor of Library of America's new volume of Hofstadter's work, argues that conspiracies, paranoia, and demagogy have deep roots in American political history—and have, at various times, succeeded in affecting American politics considerably. Wilentz brings his perspective to bear on conspiracies circulating today and considers how our situation compares and contrasts with other tumultuous moments in American history. Kristol and Wilentz also discuss whether and how a less demagogic form of politics might emerge in the years ahead.

What role have conspiracy theories played in American political history? What is the connection between conspiracism and demagogy? How do the conspiracies circulating in our time compare to the conspiracies of the past? Using the classic work by Richard Hofstadter The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) as a springboard, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz joins us to consider these questions. Wilentz, editor of Library of America's new volume of Hofstadter's work, argues that conspiracies, paranoia, and demagogy have deep roots in American political history—and have, at various times, succeeded in affecting American politics considerably. Wilentz brings his perspective to bear on conspiracies circulating today and considers how our situation compares and contrasts with other tumultuous moments in American history. Kristol and Wilentz also discuss whether and how a less demagogic form of politics might emerge in the years ahead.

What role have conspiracy theories played in American political history? What is the connection between conspiracism and demagogy? How do the conspiracies circulating in our time compare to the conspiracies of the past? Using the classic work by Richard Hofstadter The Paranoid Style in American Politics (1964) as a springboard, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz joins us to consider these questions. Wilentz, editor of Library of America’s new volume of Hofstadter’s work, argues that conspiracies, paranoia, and demagogy have deep roots in American political history—and have, at various times, succeeded in affecting American politics considerably. Wilentz brings his perspective to bear on conspiracies circulating today and considers how our situation compares and contrasts with other tumultuous moments in American history. Kristol and Wilentz also discuss whether and how a less demagogic form of politics might emerge in the years ahead.

Grace Wilentz reads her poem Summer Accomplishments, After Death in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem is from her collection The Limit of Light, published by The Gallery Press.

On this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy Alvarez interviews Lynn Tellefsen-Stehle, the CMO of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. Lynn oversees the business development and marketing operations for this century-strong New Jersey law firm. Tune in to hear Guy and Lynn discuss how digital marketing has transformed the ways law firms develop business and market their practice. Click here to access show notes.

How should we think about the American founding? What role does slavery play in the history of the United States? What should be done about Confederate monuments? How might we think about the legacies of revered figures from America's past? Over the past year, these perennially important questions have been unusually central to our public life. In this Conversation, the distinguished Princeton historian Sean Wilentz shares his perspective on the current debates and the importance of the study of American history. Wilentz argues that understanding America's past—from the inspiring to the shameful—is vital for what he calls informed citizenship. Nonetheless, he warns against falling into the trap of oversimplifying history. According to Wilentz, the New York Times' 1619 Project, which argues that slavery is foundational to the United States, is one recent example of this pitfall, because it minimizes important anti-slavery efforts at the time of the American founding. Wilentz calls for renewed efforts toward a reflective and nuanced study of the past. He further asserts that these efforts could help us recover a space in American politics for informed, thoughtful, and respectful debate—not only about the past but also about the future. Wilentz and Kristol also discuss the legacy of civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis about whom Wilentz recently published a thoughtful and important reflection.

How should we think about the American founding? What role does slavery play in the history of the United States? What should be done about Confederate monuments? How might we think about the legacies of revered figures from America's past? Over the past year, these perennially important questions have been unusually central to our public life. In this Conversation, the distinguished Princeton historian Sean Wilentz shares his perspective on the current debates and the importance of the study of American history. Wilentz argues that understanding America's past—from the inspiring to the shameful—is vital for what he calls informed citizenship. Nonetheless, he warns against falling into the trap of oversimplifying history. According to Wilentz, the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which argues that slavery is foundational to the United States, is one recent example of this pitfall, because it minimizes important anti-slavery efforts at the time of the American founding. Wilentz calls for renewed efforts toward a reflective and nuanced study of the past. He further asserts that these efforts could help us recover a space in American politics for informed, thoughtful, and respectful debate—not only about the past but also about the future. Wilentz and Kristol also discuss the legacy of civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis about whom Wilentz recently published a thoughtful and important reflection.

How should we think about the American founding? What role does slavery play in the history of the United States? What should be done about Confederate monuments? How might we think about the legacies of revered figures from America's past? Over the past year, these perennially important questions have been unusually central to our public life. In this Conversation, the distinguished Princeton historian Sean Wilentz shares his perspective on the current debates and the importance of the study of American history. Wilentz argues that understanding America's past—from the inspiring to the shameful—is vital for what he calls informed citizenship. Nonetheless, he warns against falling into the trap of oversimplifying history. According to Wilentz, the New York Times' 1619 Project, which argues that slavery is foundational to the United States, is one recent example of this pitfall, because it minimizes important anti-slavery efforts at the time of the American founding. Wilentz calls for renewed efforts toward a reflective and nuanced study of the past. He further asserts that these efforts could help us recover a space in American politics for informed, thoughtful, and respectful debate—not only about the past but also about the future. Wilentz and Kristol also discuss the legacy of civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis about whom Wilentz recently published a thoughtful and important reflection.

Today's number one topic is the people and the police. The Democrats have unveiled a new law to reform police everywhere. Jody Armour, professor of Law at USC, comments -- his new book is "N*GGA THEORY: RACE, LANGUAGE, UNEQUAL JUSTICE and the LAW" forthcoming in August. Next up: Ivanka Watch -- after using pepper balls and flash bang grenades to clear demonstrators for Trump's bible photo-op, the White House said that it was Ivanka's idea -- Amy Wilentz reports. Plus, We can't go to the movie theaters but we can stream them at home. Spike Lee's new film "DA 5 BLOODS" is out now -- film critic Ella Taylor comments.

Today's number one topic is the people and the police. The Democrats have unveiled a new law to reform police everywhere. Jody Armour, professor of Law at USC, comments -- his new book is "N*GGA THEORY: RACE, LANGUAGE, UNEQUAL JUSTICE and the LAW" forthcoming in August. Next up: Ivanka Watch -- after using pepper balls and flash bang grenades to clear demonstrators for Trump's bible photo-op, the White House said that it was Ivanka's idea -- Amy Wilentz reports. Plus, We can't go to the movie theaters but we can stream them at home. Spike Lee's new film "DA 5 BLOODS" is out now -- film critic Ella Taylor comments.

Before Bernie and AOC, before Jesse Jackson and George McGovern, there was Henry Wallace, FDR's vice president, who fought for the soul of the Democratic party in the 1940s. John Nichols tells that story, and links it to today's battles between progressives and Wall Street Democrats—his new book, out now, is “The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party." Next up: One of the key forces making inequality greater in America has been the Supreme Court -- Adam Cohen will explain -- his new book is, "Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America." Plus: a new episode of “The Children's Hour” with Amy Wilentz, stories about Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and little Eric--boy are those kids in trouble this week! Amy of course is our Chief Jared Correspondent—and was just awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.

Before Bernie and AOC, before Jesse Jackson and George McGovern, there was Henry Wallace, FDR’s vice president, who fought for the soul of the Democratic party in the 1940s. John Nichols tells that story, and links it to today’s battles between progressives and Wall Street Democrats—his new book, out now, is “The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party." Next up: One of the key forces making inequality greater in America has been the Supreme Court -- Adam Cohen will explain -- his new book is, "Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America." Plus: a new episode of “The Children’s Hour” with Amy Wilentz, stories about Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, and little Eric--boy are those kids in trouble this week! Amy of course is our Chief Jared Correspondent—and was just awarded a Guggenheim fellowship.

Democratic candidates debated climate change last night on CNN and we're especially interested in what the front-runner in the polls, Joe Biden, had to say; also, a new labor bill that could determine the future of the gig economy -- for comment, we turn to Harold Meyerson. Next up: Is Melania Trump a secret hero of the people--or an accomplice of evil? Amy Wilentz explains. Also: Sola means "peace" in Pashto; and SOLA (The School of Leadership, Afghanistan)is the first and only boarding school for girls in Kabul; we talk with the school's founder, Shabana Basij-Rasikh about the future of girls' education in Afghanistan after an American pullout. To find out more, visit https://www.sola-afghanistan.org

Democratic candidates debated climate change last night on CNN and we're especially interested in what the front-runner in the polls, Joe Biden, had to say; also, a new labor bill that could determine the future of the gig economy -- for comment, we turn to Harold Meyerson. Next up: Is Melania Trump a secret hero of the people--or an accomplice of evil? Amy Wilentz explains. Also: Sola means "peace" in Pashto; and SOLA (The School of Leadership, Afghanistan)is the first and only boarding school for girls in Kabul; we talk with the school's founder, Shabana Basij-Rasikh about the future of girls' education in Afghanistan after an American pullout. To find out more, visit https://www.sola-afghanistan.org

The Democrats' candidates who are not progressives, from Beto to Biden -- Harold Meyerson on the alternatives to Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. Plus Amy Wilentz on the college admissions scandal. Also: What if Trump got his way with dissenters, critics and immigrants? Adam Hochschild on lessons from WW I era policies and parallels between Woodrow Wilson and Trump.

The Democrats' candidates who are not progressives, from Beto to Biden -- Harold Meyerson on the alternatives to Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. Plus Amy Wilentz on the college admissions scandal. Also: What if Trump got his way with dissenters, critics and immigrants? Adam Hochschild on lessons from WW I era policies and parallels between Woodrow Wilson and Trump.

Americans revere the Constitution even as they argue fiercely over its original toleration of slavery. Some historians have charged that slaveholders actually enshrined human bondage at the nation's founding. The acclaimed political historian Sean Wilentz shares the dismay but sees the Constitution and slavery differently. Although the proslavery side won important concessions, he asserts, antislavery impulses also influenced the framers' work. Far from covering up a crime against humanity, the Constitution restricted slavery's legitimacy under the new national government. In time, that limitation would open the way for the creation of an antislavery politics that led to Southern secession, the Civil War, and Emancipation.Wilentz's controversial and timely reconsideration upends orthodox views of the Constitution. He describes the document as a tortured paradox that abided slavery without legitimizing it. This paradox lay behind the great political battles that fractured the nation over the next seventy years. As Southern Fire-eaters invented a proslavery version of the Constitution, antislavery advocates, including Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, proclaimed antislavery versions based on the framers' refusal to validate what they called “property in man.”No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding invites fresh debate about the political and legal struggles over slavery that began during the Revolution and concluded with the Confederacy's defeat. It drives straight to the heart of the most contentious and enduring issue in all of American history.Sean Wilentz is George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous books on American history and politics, including The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics, chosen as Best History Book of the Year by Kirkus and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Wilentz's writings on American music have earned him two Grammy nominations and two Deems-Taylor-ASCAP awards. You can follow him on Twitter @seanwilentz.

Acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, The Rise of American Democracy traces a historical arc from the earliest days of the republic to the opening shots of the Civil War. Ferocious clashes among the Founders over the role of ordinary citizens in a government of "we, the people" were eventually resolved in the triumph of Andrew Jackson. Thereafter, Sean Wilentz shows, a fateful division arose between two starkly opposed democracies—a division contained until the election of Abraham Lincoln sparked its bloody resolution. Winner of the Bancroft Award, shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2005 and best book of New York magazine and The Economist.Sean Wilentz studies U.S. social and political history. He received his Ph.D. in history from Yale University (1980) after earning bachelor's degrees from Columbia University (1972) and Balliol College, Oxford University (1974). Chants Democratic (1984), which won several national prizes, including the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association, shows how the working class emerged in New York City and examines the changes in politics and political thought that came with it. It has recently been republished with a new preface in a 20th-anniversary edition. In The Kingdom of Matthias (1994), Wilentz and coauthor Paul Johnson tell the story of a bizarre religious cult that sprang up in New York City in the 1830s, exploring in the process the darker corners of the 19th-century religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening. His major work to date, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (2005), was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Michelle Orihel associate professor of history at Southern Utah University, is known for her use of contemporary popular culture in class like “Assassin's Creed,” Disney's “Pocahontas,” and “Hamilton: An American Musical” to generate students' interest in the early American past. She is also a fan of bringing history into the present with projects like translating the letters of John and Abigail Adams into a series of social media posts. You can follow her on Twitter, @michelle_orihel.

Nine Masons signed the Declaration of Independence, 13 helped draft and ratify the Constitution, George Washington and James Monroe were Masons, and for that matter so was Andrew Jackson. So was Henry Clay! Even the South American Washington, Simon Bolivar, was a Mason.  All four of Napoleon’s brothers joined Edmund Burke, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Voltaire, Ben Franklin, and innumerable other important artists, philosophers, and scientists in the fraternity.Further Readings/References:Elder David Bernard, ed. Light on Masonry, Utica, NY: William Williams, 1829.Hugins, Walter. Jacksonian Democracy and the Working Class: A Study of the New York Workingmen’s Movement, 1829-1837. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 1960.Pessen, Edward. Jacksonian America: Society, Personality, and Politics. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press. 1969.Wilentz, Sean. Chants Democratic: New York City & the Rise of the American Working Class, 1768-1850. New York: Oxford University Press. 1984.Music by Kai Engel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joan Walsh says the FBI director’s blunt criticism of Clinton’s handling of her email provides the presidential hopeful with an opportunity to acknowledge mistakes and make amends. Walsh is The Nation’s National Affairs correspondent. Plus: we found something else to worry about: Cyber attacks on the US paralyzing our electric grid and our water supply. The award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has a new documentary about that, called Zero Days—it opens this Friday. Also: Ben Ehrenreich and Amy Wilentz talk about life for Palestinians on the West Bank. Wilentz is a contributing editor at The Nation, and Ehrenreich’s new book is “The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine.” And “A Prairie Home Companion” is ending its long run on public radio—Garrison Keillor explains that the secret of the show’s success was “no competition.”

The stakes are extraordinarily high in this election. We’re at a crossroads. I think the current politics are a continuation of the fight we’ve been having since the ‘60s.The expansion of an African-American middle class, the changes in family norms, in gender and sexual norms . . .Lots of people felt threatened by that. Lots of people resisted that.  But the war is only going to be settled now.  – Sean Wilentz Sean Wilentz is a Princeton professor and the Bancroft-Prize-Winning Author of The Rise of American Democracy. He’s also a major music historian and the author of Bob Dylan in America, and the official historian of Bob Dylan’s website. His new book The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics argues that there are two keys to understanding American politics––the theme of party politics and outsider resistance to it, and the theme of economic and social egalitarianism. He argues that all positive change in American political history has happened within the system of party politics.  On this week's episode of Think Again - a Big Think Podcast, Wilentz and host Jason Gots discuss identity politics, human life on Mars, and the culture war that began when the counterculture "won" the battle in the late '60s, and which Wilentz argues is reaching a final cataclysm with the election of 2016.  Surprise discussion clips in this episode: Comedian Lewis Black on political correctness, Bill Nye on colonizing Mars.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Haiti's revolutionary history, to its totalitarian dynasty that ruled for decades, to the 2010 earthquake, this island nation has become synonymous with poverty and dysfunction. Yet through it all shines a people's creative culture and resilience.During her three decades covering the country, journalist and Haitian expert Amy Wilentz has seen Haitians overcome all kinds of hardship. Still struggling to rebuild from the 2010 earthquake, Haiti now finds itself awash with well-meaning, and sometimes misguided, characters: movie stars turned aid workers, musicians running for president and a former US president working as a house builder. Wilentz will explore the evolution of Haiti's vibrant culture and dysfunctional government. Speaker: Amy Wilentz, Author, Farewell, Fred Voodoo http://www.worldaffairs.org/speakers/profile/amy-wilentz.html

Veteran journalist Wilentz, a passionate longtime observer of Haiti, reports on the uncanny resilience of the confounding country that emerged from the dust of the 2010 earthquake like a powerful spirit. She looks back and forward--at Haiti's slave plantations, revolutionary history, its totalitarian regimes and its profound creative culture. Populated with rock stars and Voodoo priests, heartbreak and magic, her brilliant storytelling brings to life a place like nowhere in the world.

From carrier of the folk torch to electric rebel, lyrical genius to literary thief, white-faced minstrel to born-again Christian-Jewish singer of Christmas carols, Bob Dylan is an enigmatic giant of American popular music. In Bob Dylan in America (Doubleday, 2010), historian Sean Wilentz presents Dylan as an artist deeply rooted in the music of America’s past (Copland, Sinatra, Crosby, McTell) while constantly reimagining and remaking its songs to tell fresh stories about its history. Wilentz chooses moments in Dylan’s career that highlight the poignant ways that he borrows from and creates anew the American story: a 1964 concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall, the making of “Blonde on Blonde”, 1975’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 2001’s “Love and Theft”, and Dylan’s 2004 memoire Chronicles are a few of the stops on Wilentz’s tour. Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University, has written critically acclaimed books on Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan, and the rise of democracy in nineteenth century America. He is also the historian-in-residence at www.bobdylan.com and was nominated for a Grammy for his liner notes to “Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964–Concert at Philharmonic Hall.” In Bob Dylan in America he applies his considerable analytic skills to understanding Dylan as an artist, and Dylan’s art as deeply embedded in the American experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From carrier of the folk torch to electric rebel, lyrical genius to literary thief, white-faced minstrel to born-again Christian-Jewish singer of Christmas carols, Bob Dylan is an enigmatic giant of American popular music. In Bob Dylan in America (Doubleday, 2010), historian Sean Wilentz presents Dylan as an artist deeply rooted in the music of America’s past (Copland, Sinatra, Crosby, McTell) while constantly reimagining and remaking its songs to tell fresh stories about its history. Wilentz chooses moments in Dylan’s career that highlight the poignant ways that he borrows from and creates anew the American story: a 1964 concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall, the making of “Blonde on Blonde”, 1975’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 2001’s “Love and Theft”, and Dylan’s 2004 memoire Chronicles are a few of the stops on Wilentz’s tour. Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University, has written critically acclaimed books on Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan, and the rise of democracy in nineteenth century America. He is also the historian-in-residence at www.bobdylan.com and was nominated for a Grammy for his liner notes to “Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964–Concert at Philharmonic Hall.” In Bob Dylan in America he applies his considerable analytic skills to understanding Dylan as an artist, and Dylan’s art as deeply embedded in the American experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From carrier of the folk torch to electric rebel, lyrical genius to literary thief, white-faced minstrel to born-again Christian-Jewish singer of Christmas carols, Bob Dylan is an enigmatic giant of American popular music. In Bob Dylan in America (Doubleday, 2010), historian Sean Wilentz presents Dylan as an artist deeply rooted in the music of America’s past (Copland, Sinatra, Crosby, McTell) while constantly reimagining and remaking its songs to tell fresh stories about its history. Wilentz chooses moments in Dylan’s career that highlight the poignant ways that he borrows from and creates anew the American story: a 1964 concert at New York’s Philharmonic Hall, the making of “Blonde on Blonde”, 1975’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 2001’s “Love and Theft”, and Dylan’s 2004 memoire Chronicles are a few of the stops on Wilentz’s tour. Wilentz, Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professor in the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University, has written critically acclaimed books on Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan, and the rise of democracy in nineteenth century America. He is also the historian-in-residence at www.bobdylan.com and was nominated for a Grammy for his liner notes to “Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964–Concert at Philharmonic Hall.” In Bob Dylan in America he applies his considerable analytic skills to understanding Dylan as an artist, and Dylan’s art as deeply embedded in the American experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Sean Wilentz discusses Abraham Lincoln as a cunning and partisan politician. Wilentz is The Huntington’s Los Angeles Times Fellow for 2010–11 and the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University.

Historian Sean Wilentz discusses Abraham Lincoln as a cunning and partisan politician. Wilentz is The Huntington’s Los Angeles Times Fellow for 2010–11 and the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University.

David Hepworth speaks to Sean Wilentz on the phone from Los Angeles. Wilentz is professor of history at Princeton University, resident historian on Bob Dylan's website, and the author of 'Bob Dylan in America'. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Hepworth speaks to Sean Wilentz on the phone from Los Angeles. Wilentz is professor of history at Princeton University, resident historian on Bob Dylan's website, and the author of 'Bob Dylan in America'.

David Hepworth speaks to Sean Wilentz on the phone from Los Angeles. Wilentz is professor of history at Princeton University, resident historian on Bob Dylan's website, and the author of 'Bob Dylan in America'. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.