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Clay interviews the eminent historian Richard Slotkin about America as it approaches its 250th birthday. Richard Slotkin is an emeritus professor of history at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including two groundbreaking studies of violence on the American frontier. His latest book, A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America, attempts to place the current crisis in the basic narratives of American history: the myth of the Founders, frontier myths, the myths surrounding the Civil War and World War II; and the myth of American exceptionalism. As we approach our 250th birthday, can America find a way to craft a new consensus narrative of who we are and where we are headed? Or are we doomed to disintegrate into two or more Americas that see the other side as evil or un-American?
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[@CindyReynoldsAdvocacy]

I fully enjoyed the topic, the civil discussion & perspective.

[@miriamcohen7657]

Oh brother. The introduction was a French kiss to the guest. You guys leave so much out and write your own story on what remains. I hope no one takes you two as gospel.

[@CindyReynoldsAdvocacy]

What are you talking about? This podcast wasn't pitched as some sort of solution to all the cultural issues. Take what they say as Gospel? The author of the book, Disorder...is a guest, on a show & the topic they're discussing with incredible civility is Disorder in America. It's presented as nothing more or less. Gospel? No. It's an invitation to consider all of our history, the mythology we heard and juxtapose those tropes with where we are culturally and where we could go if we were all willing to do the work.

[@richardburt9812]

This is very, very disappointing. Skip the entire introduction. Pearl clutching neolibs.