# Walter Isaacson: Are these truths still self-evident?

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Podcast: [Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda-734200)
Published: 2026-06-30T06:00:00+00:00
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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."

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