Mark Lee Gardner is a historian and author specializing in the Wild West.

Dr. Brandon March is a historian specializing in the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Niels Eichhorn and Duncan Campbell are co-authors of "The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism." While historians have acknowledged that the issues of race, slavery, and emancipation were not unique to the American Civil War, they have less frequently recognized the conflict’s similarities to other global events. As renowned historian Carl Degler pointed out, the Civil War was “one among many” such conflicts during the mid-nineteenth century. Understanding the Civil War’s place in world history requires placing it within a global context of other mid-nineteenth-century political, social, and cultural issues and events."The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism" explores the conflict from this perspective, taking a transnational and comparative approach, with a particular focus on the period from the 1830s to the 1870s.

Norman Ohler is the international bestselling author of "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich," and "Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age."

Dana Dillon is the author of "Sowing Dragon's Teeth: A Novel of the Battles of Lexington and Concord." He served twenty years in the Army as an Infantry and Foreign Area officer and currently serves as an intelligence analyst at the Pentagon.

Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. An historian by training, he has specialized in the exploration of historical problems that have contemporary policy implications. His book, "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States," was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Keyssar's latest book, entitled "Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?", is published by Harvard University Press.

0:00 Intro

0:38 The book

5:40 Electoral College

15:17 Constitutional Convention

28:22 Race

38:04 Female suffrage

39:35 Federal vs unitary government

45:50 Process of choosing delegates

50:55 Efforts for reform

1:03:10 2024 election

1:04:58 Future of democracy

Geoff Shepard graduated from Harvard Law School in 1969 and was selected a White House Fellow that same year. Following his fellowship year, Geoff joined John Ehrlichman’s newly-created Domestic Council staff at the Nixon White House, where he served for five years, first as staff assistant and ultimately as associate director.

Seth Dadwell is an internationally known business executive with a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In American Schism, Radwell looks at our country’s history and ongoing political tensions through the lens of the Radical Enlightenment versus the Moderate Enlightenment, and their dynamic interplay with Counter-Enlightenment movements over the last few centuries. With a firm grasp of historical context and reality, he offers a new vision for America with practical action steps for repairing our rift and healing our wounds.

0:00 Intro

0:23 Public education

6:23 Church and state

12:05 Counter Enlightenment

22:59 The Civil War

33:43 Donald Trump

47:34 The solution

Seth Dadwell is an internationally known business executive with a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In American Schism, Radwell looks at our country’s history and ongoing political tensions through the lens of the Radical Enlightenment versus the Moderate Enlightenment, and their dynamic interplay with Counter-Enlightenment movements over the last few centuries. With a firm grasp of historical context and reality, he offers a new vision for America with practical action steps for repairing our rift and healing our wounds.

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Nathan Canestaro is a professional intelligence officer whose research on his grandfather’s service in World War II led to a decade-​long effort to uncover the story of Cowpens and her crew. Currently on assignment to the National Intelligence Council, Nathan has twenty-​five years of experience writing about military operations for policymakers in the US government.