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Big birthdays are often a time for reflection. Our editors and correspondents chat through the state of American democracy as seen from inside and outside the country, the country’s perennial paroxysms of immigration policy, and its undimmed power to export its culture to the world.
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Guests and host:
- Robert Guest, deputy editor
- Rebecca Jackson, Southern correspondent
- Daniel Knowles, Midwest correspondent
- Aryn Braun, West Coast correspondent
- Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- American history, American democracy
- immigration policy
- American cultural exports
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