On July 4, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard discussed the project’s groundbreaking work on a shared American story on “Story in the Public Square,” the award-winning public affairs television series broadcast… Read more »
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Discussing America’s shared story with Ted Johnson on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling”
Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard recently joined New America fellow Ted Johnson on Maine Public radio’s statewide public affairs interview and call-in show, Maine Calling, to discuss the implications of… Read more »
Nationhood Lab research finds most Americans share a common vision for the United States
The broadly accepted narrative is rooted in the civic ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2025 – Nationhood Lab has released the findings of a groundbreaking… Read more »
Speaking with Die Welt about the election results and America’s democratic crisis
Die Welt, the conservative German daily, published a featured interview with Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard Dec. 26, where he discussed the 2024 election results and what they mean for… Read more »
Contributing to The American Question, the newly released feature documentary
The American Question, a feature documentary film from James Kicklighter released at the end of last month, explores the historical and contemporary factors that have eroded Americans’ trust in neighbors,… Read more »
Discussing the election results with CBC Nova Scotia
The day after former President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the results, an analysis via the American Nations… Read more »
American Nations featured by BBC Mundo
Before this week’s history-defining election, the BBC’s correspondent in Miami interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the American Nations regional model and its implications for U.S. politics and society…. Read more »
Speaking with the New York Times about regional terminology
The New York Times recently interviewed Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard about the origins and meaning of various geographical terms in popular culture, from the Sun Belt and Rust Belt… Read more »
Speaking with the Minnesota Star-Tribune about American Nations, the election, and the U.S. democratic crisis
Eleven years ago, Minnesota Star-Tribune editorial writer Jill Burcum interviewed me about my then-pretty-new book, American Nations, which shows that there’s never been one America, but several, and wrote an… Read more »
Speaking with Montreal’s La Presse about the American Nations and U.S. politics
The Washington correspondent of Montreal’s La Presse, the traditional newspaper of record in Quebec, recently came to Maine and reached out to me about American Nations, his book about U.S…. Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.