Grading America's First 250 Years: America, Actually with Astead Herndon

May 26, 2026 · 28 min

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0:03Hi, everyone.

0:04This is Pivot from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:07I'm Kara Swisher.

0:08We're off for the holiday today.

0:09So we have an episode of America Actually with Estead Herndon for you.

0:14In this episode, Estead talks with historian Heather Cox Richardson about America's first 250 years and how the U.S.

0:21is facing its biggest stress test since the Civil War.

0:25Oh, Joy.

0:26So you and Joy.

0:27So we are 250 years into this American experiment, and I'd say it's going okay.

0:32I'd give us like a C plus.

0:34The Declaration of Independence, the women's rights movement, the invention of basketball or the iPhone, all good.

0:41Slavery, colonialism, income inequality, unequivocally bad.

0:45But what's going to determine the next 250 years of America?

0:49And how do we write a new social contract that can give us the democracy we deserve?

0:54That's this week on America Actually.

0:56Let's dig in.

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