“Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into and how we repair it.”

Knowing Our Place is a podcast by Arthur Mullen, exploring two Americas, and the person sitting in darkness trying to understand them. Through history, philosophy, and lived experience, each episode traces how parts come to stand for wholes: moments, phrases, and decisions that echo across time.

This is a guided journey through American history, sometimes surprising, sometimes painful, always human, seeking to reckon honestly with both the nation’s virtues and its failures. Because to know who we are, we must understand who we’ve been.