This episode is brought to you by the New York Historical Society and their fascinating

podcast for the ages.

Host David M. Rubenstein interviews the nation's foremost historians on a wide range of topics,

including presidential biography, The Nation's Founding, and the people who have shaped America.

In the book, and there was light, Abraham Lincoln and the American struggle, celebrated

historian and writer John Meacham discusses a president who governed a divided country

and has much to teach us about this time, a polarization and political crisis.

The power of Lincoln's story illustrates the ways and means of politics in a democracy,

the roots and durability of racism, and the capacity of conscience to shape events.

And explore the story of the bald eagle, with Pulitzer Prize winning environmental historian

Jack E. Davis, who delves into the story of America's most famous bird in a special

two-part episode.

The first show focuses on the natural habitat of the American eagle, its hunting and mating

habits and migratory patterns.

And part two discusses how the bald eagle came to be tied to American identity and government,

the importance of bald eagles in Native American cultures, and how modern conservation efforts

arose despite the hunting of bald eagles in the early American republic.

This is the first show of the American eagle, and the most famous bird in the world.

On a cold, dark evening in December, three people huddle over the counter of a late-night

diner named Philly's in Greenwich Village.

A man wearing a fedora is in a deep state of concern next to a woman in red.

Their body language suggests attention as potent as their coffee and cigarette.

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