Democracy Awakening with Heather Cox Richardson

The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.6 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Author, Historian, and Boston College History Professor, Heather Cox Richardson. They discuss the road the Republican party took to reach its current status, why Donald Trump (and those in his image) offer a dangerous/autocratic future, and why democracy (while imperfect) is the best path to achieve the America we want. For more from Heather Cox Richardson, check out her latest book, Democracy Awakening: Notes of the State of America, listen to the Now and Then podcast, and subscribe to her Letters from an American Substack. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.7	And again, I hope you enjoy your time with friends and family.
0:52.3	And now, on with the show. Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gailen. Today I'm joined by Heather
1:07.5	Cox Richardson, author, historian, and history professor at Boston College. Heather is an expert in 19th century America
1:15.0	specializing in politics and has authored numerous books. Her latest is
1:19.8	Democracy Awakening, Notes on the State of America,
1:23.2	a New York Times bestseller,
1:24.6	and is available wherever fine books are sold.
1:26.8	Heather is also the co-host of the now and then podcast
1:30.0	and writes daily for her blockbuster sub stack letters from an American.
1:34.6	Heather, welcome.
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