Former CNN Chairman Walter Isaacson

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country is confronting deep political division and growing questions about its identity. In his new book, “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,” former CNN Chairman Walter Isaacson joins the show to re-examine the second line of the Declaration and how its ideals continue to shape what it means to be American today. He also reflects on CNN’s founder Ted Turner, who passed away earlier this week. Also on today's show: naturalist Sir David Attenborough; author Sherrie Rollins Westie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:04.4	Mom!
0:05.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:07.8	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:13.6	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.1	Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.4	So its phones down, forks up.
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1:07.5	Now more than half the world has that sense of democracy, of individual rights and freedom,
1:13.6	and that's what they stood for 2050 years ago.
1:16.6	As America turns 250 years old, is it in the grips of a full-blown identity crisis?
1:23.6	I asked journalist and historian Walter Isaacson. Plus, Palestinian reporter Ali al-Samudi
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