We look back at the man who called himself the “bicentennial president” — Richard M. Nixon — and the 1976 celebration he helped to plan. Examining the politics of past U.S. birthday parties, we ask what they can tell us about the present. How much has changed? We also spend some time talking about the World Cup and how much more fun it is than the Semiquincentennial. Yay 250!

Episode research draws heavily on two books:

Bicentennial! A Revolutionary History of the 1970s. by Marc Stein.

and

America, USA. How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries. by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Pod logo based on photo by Ted Timmons, Edited by Colin McLaughlin-Alcock

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