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Jon Meacham

Season 2026 Episode 28 | 26m 46s

As America marks its 250th year, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham examines our triumphs and tragedies, the tension between patriotism and nationalism, and challenges to democracy in the Trump era, through his book “American Struggle.”

Aired: 07/02/26
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