Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, August 21, 2020.

Prominent public historian Jon Meacham shares his reflections on our founding document’s lasting power.

Meacham is a presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. A contributing editor at Time, Meacham is the author of numerous books, a former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, and served as Newsweek’s managing editor from 1998 to 2006 and editor from 2006 to 2010.

This program is made possible by The Susan Hirt Hagen Lectures Fund.

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