Episode

Walter Isaacson: Are these truths still self-evident?

Podcast: Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Published: Jun 30, 2026
Duration seconds: 2176
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Summary

On the eve of our nation's 250th, Walter Isaacson takes a deep dive into the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It's what he calls "the greatest sentence ever written."