# Jon Meacham, Presidential Biographer

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Podcast: [The Takeout with Major Garrett](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-takeout-with-major-garrett-689827)
Published: 2026-07-02T04:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

We're days away from the 250th year of the nation's founding. Major speaks with Jon Meacham, the Semiquincentennial Scholar-in-Residence at the National Constitution Center to discuss this important milestone. Major and Jon dive into what the Constitution's founders would say about America, as it stands today.

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