Eight Iconic American Symbols with David Rubenstein

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon welcomes back David Rubenstein to talk about his new PBS series, Iconic America. The series takes a look at eight different American symbols, from Cowboys to the Hollywood sign. These recognizable pieces of America have surprising histories, and Sharon and David discuss how symbols evolve and take on new meaning over time.

Special thanks to our guest, David Rubenstein, for joining us today. Catch his new PBS series, Iconic America, streaming now.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, always delighted that you're joining me and today I'm chatting
0:10.0	with David Rubinstein.
0:12.4	He has been on the show before and maybe you watched our event together, Freedom Matters
0:18.0	at a presidential library.
0:20.4	But either way, I think you're going to enjoy this conversation which is about a new PBS
0:24.8	series called Iconic, America.
0:28.8	So let's dive in.
0:31.3	I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.
0:37.7	I am delighted to be joined again by David Rubinstein.
0:42.0	Thanks for being here today.
0:43.3	My pleasure.
0:44.3	Thank you for having me.
0:45.3	I watched with interest your new series.
0:47.8	You have a new educational but also very entertaining documentary series out.
0:53.1	Tell me more about that.
0:54.3	Well, you and I have both been interested in educating Americans more about our country's
0:58.3	history on the theory that an informed citizenry makes a better democracy, as Jeff
1:02.8	or Sim would say.
1:04.4	So this is a series which is designed to on PBS show eight iconic American symbols and
1:11.1	try to educate people about the history of these symbols and probably people will learn
1:15.2	something they didn't know about it before.
1:17.7	So we've already broadcast three of them.
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