The rest of the world is trying to understand what’s going on with the United States and its (currently not quite resolved) election.
So I very much enjoyed sharing the backstory (via the American Nations – American Character – Union trilogy) with CBC-Nova Scotia this morning for their longform Mainstreet program. It broadcast today, but can also be heard as a podcast here.
Last week I spoke with CBC-New Brunswick (about Maine’s role) and Denmark’s Zetland Magasin about the grand American backstory.
Hope you’re all getting more sleep than I am. But if you live in the United States, I very much doubt it.
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.