Episode 95: As we prepare to celebrate our nation’s 245th birthday, many Americans seem to have a distorted view of what it means to be patriotic or don’t consider themselves to be patriotic at all.

When asked, many people — of all political persuasions — say we’re doing so many things wrong in this country, we don’t have a reason to celebrate.

Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada talk about why patriotism is important and what steps we can take to bring back this important virtue.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

Our divided nation puts patriotism in peril, by Richard Kyte

The necessity of patriotism (even in times like these), by David Brooks, The New York Times

How Americans view the American flag, and other symbolic flags, in 2022, Linley Sanders, YouGov

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

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