Differ We Must with Steve Inskeep

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Sharon welcomes NPR’s Steve Inskeep, who has written a number of books about history including his newest release, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America. In a time when it’s common to cancel or cut ties with those we disagree with, what can we learn from Abraham Lincoln about how to disagree fundamentally, while maintaining the relationship? Even when at odds with a dear friend over the issue of slavery, Lincoln wrote, “If for this you and I must differ, differ we must.” Does Democracy require us to agree to disagree? How can this be applied to the very divided America we see today, to hold the country together?

Special thanks to our guest, Steve Inskeep, for joining us today.

Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Steve Inskeep

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, delighted to have you with me today.
0:08.2	I am joined by NBR's Steve Inskeep.
0:11.9	If you have been an NBR listener for any number of years, you will undoubtedly recognize
0:16.9	his voice.
0:17.9	But what you may not know is that Steve Inskeep is also an author.
0:22.1	He has written a number of books about history and he has a new one out about Abraham Lincoln
0:26.3	called Differ We Must.
0:29.2	And there is so much to learn about America today from this story.
0:33.9	So let's dive in.
0:36.8	I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.
0:41.2	I am very excited to be talking today to Steve Inskeep.
0:45.6	Such a huge fan.
0:46.6	Thank you so much for being here.
0:47.8	Oh, I'm delighted to do it.
0:49.2	I loved your new book Differ We Must and there is just so much to talk about because this
0:58.0	is a book that I feel like we can learn so much from in the context of modern history,
1:03.8	modern politics.
1:04.8	But it's also a book about Abraham Lincoln, who Americans love.
1:09.6	Americans are very enamored with Lincoln.
1:11.5	Are they not?
1:12.5	Oh, yeah.
1:13.5	Absolutely.
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