{"podcast":{"title":"History As It Happens","slug":"history-as-it-happens-7112446","podcast_index_feed_id":7112446,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/317972/rss","website_url":"https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/4/d/1/44d17a1c5092053027a2322813b393ee/Martin_Square_241008.png","author":"Martin Di Caro","episode_count":589,"summary":"Discover how the past shapes the present with the best historians in the world. Everything happening today comes from something, somewhere. History As It Happens features interviews with today's top scholars and thinkers, interwoven with audio from history's archive. Subscribe for ad-free episodes, early access, and bonus content. https://historyasithappens.supercast.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T08:17:26.169148+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-7112446"},"episode":{"title":"America250! Civics and Conflict","slug":"america250-civics-and-conflict","published_at":"2026-05-26T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-7112446/america250-civics-and-conflict","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-7112446","url":"https://historyasithappens.libsyn.com/america250-civics-and-conflict","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/historyasithappens/HH-FREE-551-260526.mp3?dest-id=2566565","summary":"Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content! This is the fourth episode in an occasional series for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, America's semiquincentennial. What if we approached this coming Fourth of July not as a single day to celebrate a special national birthday, but as the start of a decade-long commitment to a \"civic renaissance\"? The story of the founding of the United States didn't end on July 4, 1776 — it remains a work in progress (with plenty of setbacks, too). Indeed, a question people pondered at the time remains important today: What does it mean to be a republican citizen? Historian Lindsay Chervinsky, the executive director of the George Washington Library at Mount Vernon, is our guest. Further reading: A Bold Civic Renaissance for America's 250th by Lindsay Chervinsky and Julie Silverbrook (National Constitution Center) Further listening: Episode 1 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky Episode 2 w/ Kate Carté Episode 3 w/ Alan Taylor","meta_description":"Subscribe now for ad-free listening, early access, and bonus content! This is the fourth episode in an occasional series for the 250th anniversary of the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1988,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-as-it-happens-7112446/episodes/america250-civics-and-conflict/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-as-it-happens-7112446/america250-civics-and-conflict.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}