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On Politics: The US at 250

The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books

Jul 15, 202668:20Society & Culture

Would the Founding Fathers recognise the modern United States as the republic they declared in 1776? The nation formed from Britain’s North American colonies has become the most powerful and prosperous in the world, but...

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On Politics: The US at 250 is an episode from The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books. Would the Founding Fathers recognise the modern United States as the republic they declared in 1776? The nation formed from Britain’s North American co...

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