America at 250: A View from the Streets
This special episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, hosted by Jill Lepore, explores American identity and sentiment on the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary through a series of unfiltered, on-the-ground interviews conducted across the U.S. The episode captures a deeply divided yet re
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