Interwoven host Hilary Goodnow and Plimoth's Senior Historian, Richard Pickering, delve into New York Times writer and bestselling author David Brooks’ newest book, The Second Mountain: A Quest for a Moral Life to explore how ideas of social contract applied to 17th-century communities and how they influenced the Mayflower Compact.

Compact, Covenant, or Social Contract?

Interwoven is a podcast from Plimoth Patuxet Museums, the Nation’s premier living history museum. In each episode, we explore the ways stories weave through generations, communities and cultures to inform our contemporary lives. Rooted deep in the 17th century, Interwoven expands beyond the relationships between the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims to discuss larger cross-cultural interactions of the varied people who lived along these shores of change. 

To learn more about Plimoth Patuxet Museums visit www.plimoth.org.

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Interwoven is a podcast from Plimoth Patuxet Museums, the Nation’s premier living history museum. In each episode, we explore the ways stories weave through generations, communities and cultures to inform our contemporary lives. Rooted deep in the 17th century, Interwoven expands beyond the relationships between the Wampanoag people and the Pilgrims to discuss larger cross-cultural interactions of the varied people who lived along these shores of change. To learn more about Plimoth Patuxet Museums visit www.plimoth.org.

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