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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Interview w/ John Avlon, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, Author of Washington’s Farewell

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, History, Politics

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

George Washington is a distant figure. Sometimes, because of the distance in time, he appears too ancient to influence America’s debates today. But he was a real person, and he was involved in politics and dealt with partisanship. He also left behind instructions for future generations. Daily Beast.com Editor-in-Chief, CNN Political Analyst John Avlon joins […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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teasencies apply 18 plus. We talk a lot about George Washington on this

0:26.8

program and we've talked in the past about how in the final year of his

0:30.4

presidency he left a farewell address printed in a newspaper in

0:34.9

Philadelphia then of course reprinted in newspapers all across the country

0:39.0

with his advice to the American nation as he was leaving the presidency.

0:45.0

We have on the program today, John Avlon, who is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast.

0:50.0

He is a CNN political analyst, and he's also the author of Washington's Farewell,

0:56.5

the founding fathers warning to future generations published by Simon and Schuster. John is the first guest we've ever had on my history can

1:06.6

beat up your politics and it couldn't be for a more important topic.

1:10.4

We're going to talk about the Farewell address. We're going to talk about

1:14.1

Washington and his politics, how he viewed the press. We're going to hear John call

1:18.9

for a new generation of Washingtonians. And yeah, we're going to talk a little bit about Donald Trump.

1:27.0

If you want to read George Washington's address, I'm going to have a link to it at

1:33.4

W-W my history can beat up your politics.com and also on Twitter at my

1:39.3

H-I-S.T. I'm going to do. Oh, John, thanks for coming on my history can beat up your politics.

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