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The Bulwark Podcast
This was the author's new book, which discussed how Abraham Lincoln succeeded in a divided America by focusing on coalition building and practical politics, even when dealing with those he disagreed with.
We are joined today by Steve Inskeep, cohost of NPR's Morning Edition and the author of a new book out just last week, Differ We Must How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.
— Episode: Steve Inskeep: Kevin Is No Lincoln
Episode: Steve Inskeep: Kevin Is No Lincoln
This was the author's new book, which discussed how Abraham Lincoln succeeded in a divided America by focusing on coalition building and practical politics, even when dealing with those he disagreed with.
We are joined today by Steve Inskeep, cohost of NPR's Morning Edition and the author of a new book out just last week, Differ We Must How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.
You make the observation, I think it's the first line of the book that Abraham Lincoln was a politician and being a politician has become a dirty word these days.
What's interesting about this book is the contrast between the politics of someone like Abraham Lincoln and the politics that we are unfortunately having to endure right now.
The book is Differ We Must How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America, and you use 16 encounters with 16 different people that he disagreed with, that he was willing to sit down with.