# The State of America: Happy Birthday USA

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Podcast: [Byline Times Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/byline-times-podcast-555132)
Published: 2026-07-04T05:08:00+00:00
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## Resource

Adrian Goldberg marks the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence with Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes; Alexandra Hall Hall, a former British diplomat who is now a US citizen: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, the Emmy award winning investigative journalist; and Scott Lucas a professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, at UCD Dublin… Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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