Today is Juneteenth. Many Americans believe commemorating Juneteenth is an essential part of American history. While others believe Juneteenth is an ideological holiday. This conversation with Jeremi Suri is fascinating because it helped me navigate the complexity of American history on a day like today. Perhaps patriotism means both admiration and critique...Professor Jeremi Suri is one of the most distinguished historians in the country- on this Juneteenth, join Jeremi and I as we wrestle with "what it means to love America?".

Episode #3 QUESTION: Why can’t we love America and critique America at the same time? 

Episode #3 GUEST: Jeremi Suri. Jeremi is an author, historian, and he currently holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. 

Jeremi’s INFO:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremiSuri

Book: Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy

Podcast: https://www.jeremisuri.net/this-is-democracy

PODCAST INFO: 

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction 

2:00 - Why did I include the American flag in our logo? 

3:44 - What does it mean to love America? 

7:30 - Some of America’s challenges

10:15 - Why can’t we admire and critique America?

14:30 - Welcome Jeremi Suri

26:00 - Why is there resentment in rural communities? 

36:00 - Why is there a lack of ambition?

39:00 - Responding to the 1619 Project

44:00 - America: The good and the Bad

1:03:02- How did the Founders think of change? 

1:13:00 - Closing

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