# Outspoken: Why the Declaration of Independence is still "radical"

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Podcast: [The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaggle-an-arizona-politics-podcast-1119050)
Published: 2026-05-29T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AZUSA6191271308.mp3
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For some, the words on the Declaration of Independence can only be described as "radical." Rev. Byron Williams argues that the promise of a sovereign government is still reshaping global politics and moral imagination 250 years later. In this Outspoken conversation, we talked about why he believes the Declaration remains a revolutionary document, what it demands of us now, and why he calls himself a “prisoner of hope” about its future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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