Democracy on the Verge: Leadership in Times of Crisis, with Ted Widmer
Carnegie Council Video Podcast
English - May 15, 2020 17:47 - 16 minutes - 364 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this fascinating conversation with Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal, historian Ted Widmer looks back on 13 pivotal days in Abraham Lincoln's life in 1861--the basis for his new book "Lincoln on the Verge." How would American and world history be different without Lincoln's ethical leadership? And as the U.S. struggles through the COVID-19 pandemic, what can the Civil War era teach us about political divisiveness in 2020?