Jon Meacham

Jon Meacham

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21 Interviews

Jon Meacham's Interviews

Jon Meacham + Kyla Scanlon + Salman Khan 28 May 2024 • EN

S9 E17: Jon Meacham, Salman Khan, and Kyla Scanlon

In this episode, meet Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, founder and CEO of Khan Academy Salman Khan, and economic commentator Kyla Scanlon. Hear Jon Meacham on writing the life of President George H.W. Bush, Salman Khan on how artificial intelligence can have a positive impact on education, and Kyla Scanlo

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David Axelrod & Jon Meacham 13 Jul 2023 • EN

Ep. 540 — Jon Meacham

Historian and writer Jon Meacham’s most recent book, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle,” dives deep into Lincoln and the why behind the actions of America’s 16th president, from personal to political. Jon joined David to talk about Lincoln’s anti-slavery roots, what Lincoln can teach us ab

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Krys Boyd & Jon Meacham 30 Nov 2022 • EN

How Lincoln calibrated his moral compass

Abraham Lincoln was president of a divided country, and the lessons from his life might help guide America today. Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer, the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University and a fellow of the Society of American Historians. He joins host Krys Boyd to discus

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Jenna Spinelle & Jon Meacham 11 Apr 2022 • EN

Jon Meacham on creating a more perfect union

Jon Meacham is one of America's leading thinkers on how the country's political history can inform the present. He recently visited Penn State to present a lecture on his 2018 book The Soul of America and joined us for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Ukraine (and whether Zelensky really is like Churchill), Am

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Ben Mathis & Jon Meacham 01 Jun 2021 • EN

Jon Meacham on the Roots of the Capitol Riot

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham returns to discuss the early rumblings within the Conservative movement that led to the Capitol riots of January 6, 2021 and why Democrats and Republicans can no longer agree on something as objective as facts.  He reveals that the roots of January 6 go as far bac

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Leonard Lopate & Jon Meacham 13 May 2021 • EN

Jon Meacham on his new podcast Fate of Fact

(5/13/21) Fate of Fact, the latest podcast from Pulitzer-Prize winning historian and best-selling author Jon Meacham, looks at the strong grip misinformation and disinformation have on American politics and how we got here. Join us for a look at why the right has chosen to break with a governing consensus once embodied

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