Jon Meacham on The Soul of America

Since Jon Meacham was recently disinvited from speaking at my alma mater, Samford University, I am re-posting a blog from 2018 in which Mr. Meacham talks with Willie Geist about his book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels. 

Jon Meacham is a former vestryman of Saint Thomas Episcopal Church, Executive Editor at Random House, and distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. Today, he is being installed as Canon Historian at the Washington Cathedral.

He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential biographer and author of many other books including The Hope of Glory: Reflections on the Last Words of Jesus from the Cross. In short, Jon Meacham is a model of scholarship guided by faith and reason. 

In the Book TV video below, he provides us with a thoughtful, articulate, and intelligent discussion on our history as well as the times we are living in. It is not the current version we would have heard at Samford University, but any opportunity to hear Jon Meacham is definitely time well spent.

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The Soul of America

Here is a re-post from last year. As we look to the Fourth of July celebrations, perhaps it is a good time to hear Jon Meacham again as he talks about our country.

There are some days when I want to write an essay about the things going on around. There are other days when I want to write a poem to express my feelings about life. Then there are those days when I think that our time would be much better spent listening to Jon Meacham.

Here is an excellent interview in which Jon Meacham talks with Willie Geist about his book, The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels. You'll hear a thoughtful, articulate, and intelligent discussion on our history as well as the times we are living in.

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