#231 Does America Have the Courage to Seek the Truth?

19/11/2025 8 min
#231 Does America Have the Courage to Seek the Truth?

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Episode Synopsis

Historian Ben Baumann reflects on how America’s past moments of courage can illuminate a path through today’s turmoil. This episode examines rising polarization, declining civic education, and the expanding influence of artificial intelligence on public trust and our sense of reality, asking what history can teach us about confronting fear, resisting simple narratives, and choosing a future grounded in clarity, responsibility, and hope.