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Mike talks with New York Times bestselling author, historian, and journalist Colin Woodard. His latest book is Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, which they discuss on this episode.
Topics Mike & Colin discuss include:
- America as a federation of rival regional cultures
- How early settlers shaped lasting political divides
- Culture’s role in red and blue state patterns
- Communitarian vs. individualist visions of freedom
- Why internal migration reinforces cultural divides
- The roots of American ethno-nationalism
- Shared civic ideals in the Declaration of Independence
- Regional culture’s effect on health and longevity
- The South’s authoritarian legacy and modern politics
- Rebuilding a unifying national story for America
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