Dec. 12, 2023
In Episode 34 of his podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines the political and cultural fight over America's past:
Revisiting history is never simple. Especially American history, which is painful, and, invariably political. At dinner tables, school board meetings, and political protests, Americans disagree not only about how our past should be interpreted, but what happened in the first place. From George Washington’s teeth to the true cause of the Civil War, three historians bring us into the impassioned debates about America’s origins and ask, does the fight over America’s past threaten our security today?
Listen to the episode here, and see the full set of episodes here.