I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the American founding, especially given the central role it tends to play in debates about the broader arc of American history and national identity. He is a historian at the University of South Carolina and one of the foremost scholars of the American Revolution. So I’m very excited to listen to these shows. First is my Times Opinion colleague Jamelle Bouie, who is - he’s just brilliant at putting today’s debates and divisions in their deep historical context. While I’m on paternity leave, we’ve got an all-star team of guest hosts coming up. I’m Ezra Klein, and this is “The Ezra Klein Show.” Transcript ‘Why Does it Have to Be Slaveholders That We Unite Around?’ The historian Woody Holton discusses the regional, racial and economic forces that shaped America’s beginnings.
