Democracy Awakening with Heather Cox Richardson

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sharon welcomes back political historian, author, and professor Heather Cox Richardson, one of our most popular podcast guests of all time, who has a new book out: Democracy Awakening. Taking a different approach to this book from her previous work, Heather answers some of the big picture questions – once and for all – that readers have asked for years, relating directly to America’s current standing as a Democracy. When did the political parties change sides? Is America a Democracy, or a Constitutional Republic? How has America always managed to preserve Democracy as a global symbol, and how can we reclaim some of those Democratic principles?

Special thanks to our guest, Heather Cox Richardson, for joining us today.

Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Heather Cox Richardson

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

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0:00.0	Hello friends. Welcome. Today's guest needs almost no introduction. Heather Cox Richardson
0:10.7	is back today. She is one of our most popular guests of all time. My previous episode with
0:16.7	her is among the top rated conversations I've ever had and Heather has a new book out
0:23.4	Democracy Awakening. I can't wait for you to hear this conversation. So let's dive in.
0:30.7	I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.
0:36.7	I could not be more excited to welcome Heather Cox Richardson back to the show. Thank you
0:41.9	for doing this a second time. Oh, I'm so pleased to be here. I absolutely loved chatting with you
0:47.5	last time. I feel like we could have regular episodes Heather and they would be the things that
0:51.6	everybody would want to listen to. The episode that we previously did is one of our top
0:56.3	performing episodes of all time. Clearly, people who listen to this show are also huge fans of
1:02.2	yours. Well, possibly just had so much fun last time. I know. I know. Right before we started
1:06.8	recording, we were talking about knitting and Heather was showing me her latest knitting project
1:10.1	because it has a lobster on it and talking about like living in extreme northern climates. It's just
1:16.6	sometimes you just the extra enjoy talking. That's correct. That's exactly that is. Yeah, other
1:22.7	people are great, but sometimes people are extra great. Yes. So that's how I feel about you.
1:26.9	You're extra great for a variety of reasons, including your work. Your personality is extra
1:33.1	great, Heather, but so is your work and I'm really excited to be chatting about your brand new book
1:38.9	Democracy Awakening Notes on the State of America. A small concept. Just a little one,
1:46.3	just like something that you cooked up just a little while ago typed up a couple notes on and
1:51.4	here it is in a book form like two years later. You know, it's funny to say that because I like to
1:56.8	write books that feel like I just rolled out of bed and wrote them. And of course, in order to
2:03.3	look like a book is that easy a lift. It's an incredible amount of work. So I kind of like the idea.
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