Live at the NCC: The Past Four Years

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A panel of experts from across the ideological spectrum joined National Constitution Center President Jeffrey Rosen on November 11 to consider what the 2020 election and its aftermath demonstrates about the political parties, polarization, and the state of American democracy today. They also explored how debates over what “truth” means have grown over the last four years, how that manifested in the election and its results, and where we’re headed next including the future of American values like free speech. The panel features Anne Applebaum and Yascha Mounk of the SNF Agora Institute and The Atlantic, David French of The Dispatch, and Charles Kesler of Claremont McKenna College. This episode originally aired on our companion podcast, Live at the National Constituiton Center, which shares live constitutional conversations hosted by the Center. Listen and subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Register to watch future programs live as Zoom webinars where you can ask your constitutional questions in the Q&A box. This program was presented in partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

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0:00.0	Hi We the People Friends, this episode originally aired on our companion podcast live at the National
0:06.9	Constitution Center.
0:08.4	That's where we share the audio feeds of the live constitutional conversations that we host as online videos at America's
0:15.4	Town Hall. So if you're enjoying We The People, please check out live at the National
0:19.8	Constitution Center. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen.
0:25.5	We'll be back next week with a new episode of We The People. Now on to the show.
0:30.1	Welcome to Live at the National Constitution Center.
0:36.3	I'm Jackie McDermott, the show's producer.
0:38.8	Following the 2020 election, NCC President Jeffrey Rosen was joined in a live online program by four experts from
0:45.2	across the ideological spectrum.
0:47.7	They considered what the election and its aftermath shows us about the state of American
0:51.5	democracy today and where we're headed.
0:54.0	Here's Jeff to get the conversation started.
0:57.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution Center
1:01.0	and to today's edition of America's Town Hall. I am Jeffrey Rosen, the
1:06.5	president and CEO of this wonderful institution and will begin the program as
1:10.4	we begin all Constitution Center programs by reciting the inspiring mission statement of the Constitution Center to gird ourselves for the discussion ahead.
1:21.0	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America, chartered by Congress
1:26.0	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people on a non-partisan basis. I'm thrilled that today's program
1:35.8	is presented in partnership with the S&F Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
1:41.9	I'd like to thank Stephen Ruckman and his team for this great
1:45.7	collaboration. This is the second in what we all hope will be an ongoing series
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