American “Heritage” vs. American History
12/4/20251 hr 28 min
As debates over what it means to be a "heritage American" enter mainstream political discourse, Jon is joined by University of Florida Professor Allen C. Guelzo and Yale historian Joanne Freeman, host of "History Matters" podcast. Together, they examine what this loaded term actually means, explore how American identity has been defined and contested throughout the nation's history, and discuss the central role immigrants have always played in shaping who we are. Plus, Jon talks about the “enemy of the people” and presidential pardons! This podcast episode is brought to you by: GROUND NEWS - http://groundnews.com/stewart. Subscribe for 40% off the unlimited access Vantage subscription for yourself or if you send it as a gift. AURA FRAMES - Exclusive $35 off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/TWS. Promo Code TWS. INCOGNI - Use code stewart at https://incogni.com/stewart to get an exclusive 60% off. HELLO FRESH - http://hellofresh.com/TWS10FM Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:
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First 90 secondsJon Stewart· Host0:08
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Weekly Show podcast. My name is Jon Stewart. We have been gone a week. It was obviously a holiday week, the Thanksgiving holiday, where we all sat down and, and ate delicious food and watched football games and, and tried not to think about what it's actually about, (laughs) because that's... But it's so apropos to, uh, uh, a new national conversation that is brewing in this country about, "Who is America? What is America? Who belongs here? Who doesn't belong here?" Uh, clearly, the president has ideas and states them with such grace, uh, from the Oval Office. But I thought, uh, "Boy, wouldn't it be nice to get a little bit of nuance and, and into this conversation with people who understand what we were at our founding, who we were at our founding, what we were meant to be, and, and how it, uh, grew from there, and, and the different times within our history where, uh, the arguments over who we are and where we should come from and what America actually, uh, means and who it belongs to really bubbled out into the public sphere." So, uh, we are gonna jump right in with that. I'm, uh... Uh, both guests are just so, uh, erudite and knowledgeable within this, uh, sphere, so we're just gonna jump in with them. Here they are.