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Ken Burns on America at 250: The Revolution, Patriotism, Baseball and the Fight for Democracy.

Podcast: Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
Published: Jul 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 2737
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Summary

Paul Rieckhoff is taking a couple days off at the beach with the kids, so we’re replaying one of our all-time favorite Independent Americans conversations. Ken Burns joins Paul for a sweeping, urgent, deeply American talk about the Revolution, George Washington, baseball, real patriotism, Congress abdicating its constitutional duty, the danger of “us vs. them,” and why the American experiment is still worth fighting for.