I’m pleased to be one of the guests on a CNN special airing this Saturday, June 3 at 9 pm Eastern, where I’ll be talking about the regional cultures outlined in my book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, and how they help explain the 2016 election.
The program is entitled “States of Change” and is hosted by Bill Weir, who travelled the world to create and host the CNN travel/history/culture series “The Wonder List,” now entering its third season. It explores a nation divided and is a companion broadcast to his one-hour digital documentary special, “Bill Weir: States of Change – Homecoming,” which also features yours truly and streams on CNNgo and all CNN apps and devices starting this Friday.
Guests for Saturday’s program include Chris Arnade, DeRay Mckesson (Black Lives Matter), Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post, and former Michigan governor Jennifer Grandholm.
For friends overseas: yes, it’s also airing simultaneously on CNN International.
More details here. [Update, 6/4/17: As would-be viewers discovered, the show was pre-empted at the last minute on account of the London Bridge terrorist attacks; the show is taped, so it will be getting a rescheduled air date.] [Update, 6/11/17: The show had its premier last night; I write about it here.] [Update, 6/20/17: You can now see the segment online here.]
My last contact with CNN was just last week, for a web story on the Caribbean pirates.
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.