Sean Wilentz and Johann Neem
Two Historians Discuss the Threat to American Democracy
Sean Wilentz and Johann Neem join Celeste Marcus to discuss their recent essays about the threat Trump poses to American liberal democracy.
The podcast of Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics. LibertiesTalk will be an irregular series of wide-ranging conversations on culture and politics hosted by Celeste Marcus, the managing editor of Liberties. These lively discussions will feature our writers and the larger Liberties community.
Sean Wilentz and Johann Neem join Celeste Marcus to discuss their recent essays about the threat Trump poses to American liberal democracy.
In a conversation about the horrors of October Seventh, Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus explore the themes of collective memory, personal versus national trauma, commemoration, hope, and despair.
Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Can We Choose Our Beliefs?
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Christopher McCaffery, Celeste Marcus, and fifty of their closest friends ask and answer: Can Nonbelievers Pray?
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