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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

The Jackpod: The revolutionary mind

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the role that concepts of power, liberty and conspiracy played in the American Revolution. (Inspired by Ken Burns’ PBS documentary series, ‘The American Revolution.’)

Transcript

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0:16.0

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0:24.3

Hey, Boston. Hey there, Jack Potters. We are going to get to today's episode in just a second,

0:28.5

but Jack isn't on the line yet, and I wanted to remind you that we are two episodes away

0:35.3

from the 100th episode of the Jack Pod. And as I said last week, this was a

0:41.7

project that just sort of started as an experiment. And it's become, due to Jack's brilliance,

0:47.7

to be frank, it's become a major part of what we do here at On Point. And it's made us feel so

0:53.2

much closer to you, our

0:55.2

listeners, because of how you participate in the evolving conversation that is the jackpot.

1:00.9

So we have a secret plan for the 100th episode, and we need you.

1:06.7

We'd love for you to get on the On Point Voxpop app and tell us the story of where you are

1:14.2

when you listen to the jackpot, like set the scene for us.

1:18.8

And then why is it that you listen at that time or in those places?

1:22.6

And what does listening to the jackpot mean to you?

1:26.1

So we want you to put us sort of in your lives a little bit and then explain why you keep returning to what Jack has to say week after week. So do that on the On Point Vox Pop app. We're going to put them all together to celebrate the 100th episode in just a couple of weeks. And we would love, love, love to have your input.

1:45.7

So on-point Vox Pop app, okay?

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