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Welcome back to Forum. I'm Michael Krasny.

Pulitzer Prize winning historian John Meacham shed light on the current climate of partisanship and division

in his book, The Soul of America, where he examined pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Civil

War through Jim Crow to show how, in Abraham Lincoln's words, the better angels of our nature usually win.

Meacham, whose newest book is His Truth is Marching on, John Lewis and The Power of Hope,

joins us to bring historical context to this moment, and welcome back to forum, John Meacham.

Hello, my friend. Usually we're in your nice studio.

Yeah, well, we're in my home now because of the pandemic, but I'm glad you appreciate the studio.

There will be a new studio and a new building soon for this radio station.

And always glad to hear your wisdom on not only the presidency, but what we're going through.

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