David Rubenstein discusses The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream

Oct 03, 2021 8:00PM

Cost $11, $40

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David Rubenstein discusses The American Experiment – Dialogues on a Dream

Sunday, October 3rd | 8 PM ET

A virtual event presented in partnership with the National JCC Literary Consortium and hosted by the MJCCA Book Festival in Your Living Room

Virtual ticket: $11 | Ticket with book + shipping – $40

The capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story—featuring American icons and historians on the ever-evolving American experiment. In this lively collection of conversations—the third in a series from David Rubenstein—some of our nations’ greatest minds explore the inspiring story of America as a grand experiment in democracy, culture, innovation, and ideas.

 

  • Jill Lepore on the promise of America
  • Madeleine Albright on the American immigrant
  • Ken Burns on war
  • Henry Louis Gates Jr. on reconstruction
  • Elaine Weiss on suffrage
  • John Meacham on civil rights
  • Walter Isaacson on innovation
  • David McCullough on the Wright Brothers
  • John Barry on pandemics and public health
  • Wynton Marsalis on music
  • Billie Jean King on sports
  • Rita Moreno on film

 

Exploring the diverse make-up of our country’s DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize–winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what America is—and what it can be.

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