It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

On this day after Thanksgiving, sort of holiday they call Black Friday, my team is off too,

so we have put together some favorite

recent segments, lightly polished up, including an experiment in trying to live without AI.

Climate activist Bill McKibbin, the legendary climate activist Bill McKibbin on his life and times,

we will ask, can we become better people? And we start here with a fresh look at the

U.S. Constitution. And of course, we can't take your calls today, but we hope you enjoy listening,

maybe re-listening, to these favorites. Back with us now, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff

writer Jill Lippoor. Her new book is called We the People,

a history of the U.S. Constitution. Part of it is a history of the original document and the many

successful and unsuccessful attempts to amend it. Part of the book is an argument to make the

Constitution easier to amend. I will definitely ask if that's a good idea,

per her values in today's polarized country. But interestingly, one of Professor

Lepore's roles is director of Harvard's Amendment Project, which says it aims to compile,

classify, and analyze every significant attempt to revise the Constitution since 1787.

Jill Leport was last here for her 2023 book, These Truths, A History of the United States.

Jill, we always appreciate when you come on with us. Welcome back to WNYC.

Yeah, thanks so much, Brian. Great to be here.

So after writing your ambitious history of the United States as a whole, why a history

of the Constitution in particular?

You know, I had a really fun time writing the history of the United States that I tried to

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