Political Divisions From the American Revolution to Today

Guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann today and speaks with Dr. Eli Merritt, MD, political historian at Vanderbilt University who specializes in the Founding Era of the United States. He is the author of the recently released Disunion Among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution. Article: "Why Juneteenth Matters Far More Today Than the Fourth of July" by Eli Merritt. Substack: "American Commonwealth" by Eli Merritt.