Amending History (with Jill Lepore)

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4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Harvard Professor of American History and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins Preet to discuss what happened when the U.S. failed to prosecute Confederate President Jefferson Davis. They also talk about Lepore’s new essay collection The Deadline and how on earth we can make sense of the intervening four years since Lepore last appeared on Stay Tuned. Plus, could Ginni Thomas face legal peril due to her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection? And, entertaining a scenario where (1) Trump is convicted and (2) re-elected and attempts to overturn his conviction(s). Don’t miss the Insider bonus, where Preet asks Lepore about her aversion to the massively popular film Barbie. To listen, become a member of CAFE Insider for $1 for the first month. Head to cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: cafe.com/stay-tuned/amending-history-with-jill-lepore/ Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:05.0	I'm Preet Barara.
0:07.0	Get rid of this guy, save the country.
0:11.0	Your party is doomed.
0:12.0	Your political career is over. History is going to
0:15.8	despise you. You destroyed this country. I wake up in the middle of the night and I think,
0:21.4	why were there not those 10 guys?
0:25.0	That's Jill Lepore. She's a professor of American history at Harvard University,
0:32.0	an author, and a staff writer at the New Yorker.
0:35.0	This summer, she published The Dead Line, a wide-ranging essay collection of her work over the last decade.
0:41.0	She also recently wrote an explosive New Yorker piece
0:44.0	about the failed prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
0:48.0	We explore the long-term residence of Davis's escape from accountability
0:52.0	and its relevance to former President Trump's many legal
0:54.7	travails.
0:55.7	We also talk about Lopour's work with Amend, a project to archive and research all failed
1:00.8	attempts to amend the US Constitution.
1:03.0	That's coming up.
1:05.0	Stay tuned.
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