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This episode is part of our exploration of America in its 250th year as a nation. Why are we the way we are? What really made us?

These are the stories of the choices, accidents, and discoveries that set us up to be the country we are today.

The roots of the patriotism, nationalism, exceptionalism, and discontent that have

driven the United States forward or held it back. How have we defined ourselves over two and a half

centuries? And what does that mean for the future of this country?

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