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 »
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Explaining the “pirate king” Henry Avery on Discovery’s Expedition Unknown
This past fall I met up with Josh Gates, host and producer of Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown, at London’s oldest pub, The Prospect of Whitby to talk about the legendary… Read more »
Talking pirates with Press Herald Live, May 13, 7pm
For subscribers of the Portland Press Herald: I’ll be talking with colleague Katherine Lee about the real pirates of the Caribbean, what it was like to write and research… Read more »
Speaking on the Scots-Irish legacy in Maine and the nation, Aug. 14, Brunswick, Maine
This is the 300th anniversary of the coming of the Scots-Irish to New England and to mark the occasion, there’s a multi-day conference taking place this week at Bowdoin College… Read more »
Talking American Nations with CityLab, Sen. Collins’ Roe position with CSPAN
I recently spoke with CityLab‘s Laura Bliss about the American Nations framework, where it came from, and how I came to create it. Here’s her piece, which appeared last week…. Read more »
The Independent on American Nations
Early this morning I did an interview with a reporter from The Independent, Bridie Pearson-Jones about American Nations. Here’s the resulting feature, with lots of maps and not a few… 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.