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In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan

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We call it the American experiment, and over the last 250 years, we've learned a lot about what's worked.....and what hasn't. So what can we learn from Americans' quest to form a more perfect union? Join Colleen Shogan, the 11th Archivist of the United States, along with some of our nation's most prominent historians, journalists, and public servants as we go in pursuit of lessons from America's past to write the history of America's future.

We call it the American experiment, and over the last 250 years, we've learned a lot about what's worked.....and what hasn't. So what can we learn from Americans' quest to form a more perfect union? Join Colleen Shogan, the 11th Archivist of the United States, along with some of our nation's most prominent historians, journalists, and public servants as we go in pursuit of lessons from America's past to write the history of America's future.

4hr 28min
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Featuring Karin Wulf, Ph.D.
April 21, 202627min 31sec39.68 MB
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Featuring Sharon McMahon
July 14, 202628min 33sec41.17 MB
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Featuring Danielle Allen, Jon Meacham, and Robert Costa
July 2, 202652min 1sec74.95 MB
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Featuring Louisa Thomas
June 30, 202620min 25sec29.45 MB
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Featuring Lindsay Chervinsky, Ph.D.
June 16, 202624min 50sec35.82 MB
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Featuring Catherine Allgor, Ph.D.
June 2, 202629min 9sec42.04 MB
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Featuring Jack Rakove, Ph.D.
May 19, 202628min 58sec41.79 MB
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Featuring Andrew M. Davenport, Ph.D.
May 5, 202621min 56sec31.67 MB
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Featuring Douglas Bradburn, Ph.D.
April 7, 202633min 13sec47.89 MB
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March 31, 20261min 7sec1.63 MB

Martha Washington's First Steps

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April 21, 202627min 31sec

How did Martha Washington create an office before women could hold one? Colleen Shogan talks with Karin Wulf about the first First Lady, the struggle to throw off monarchy in the new republic, and the search for Martha Washington herself. 

Karin Wulf, Ph.D., Librarian and Director, the John Carter Brown Library, and Professor of History at Brown University.

Read Dr. Wulf's essay on Martha Washington at Inpursuit.org.

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Hosted by Colleen Shogan, Ph.D. Written and Produced by Jim Ambuske, Ph.D. Audio mixing by Curt Dahl of CD Squared. Music from Music Bed. Production Services by Stand Together. In Pursuit is a podcast by More Perfect.

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