250 More Years

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250 More Years episodes

March 12 The Separation
What becomes of a republic when its institutions abandon their own purpose.
17 min
March 09 The Oath and the Door
On what a republic asks of those who come to it, and what it must offer in return.
11 min
March 06 The Transmission
On the duty a republic owes its young, and the catastrophe of forgetting what must be taught.
17 min
March 05 The Solitude of Free Men
On what a republic loses when its citizens no longer belong to anything between themselves and the state.
16 min
March 05 The Covenant of Stakes
On the bargain a republic makes with its citizens, and what becomes of a nation when it breaks.
19 min
March 05 The Altar and the Throne
On whether a faith that commands the state can coexist with a state that commands nothing.
18 min
March 04 The Ground Beneath the Argument
On what becomes of a republic when its citizens can no longer agree on what is real.
15 min
March 03 The Burden of Free People
On the weight of leading the free world — and what happens when we set it down.
5 min
March 01 A Letter to the Republic at 250
On whether a nation conceived in argument can survive its fear of arguing. A plea for 250 more years of the American experiment.
13 min

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A republic that cannot argue honestly cannot govern itself. These are writings on what the American experiment demands of those who would continue it — read aloud, from first word to last.

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