Heather Cox Richardson On What History Teaches Us About Fighting The Dark Energy Of The Human Soul

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<p>Ryan speaks with Heather Cox Richardson about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/Unrd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America</em></a>, her mission to deliver history as a way of promoting human connection, changing the game of story-telling, how to combat the dark energies that are fed by sowing division and more.</p><p>Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian, author and educator. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. In addition to her widely renowned books on history, which include <a href="https://geni.us/qzmEAIB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America</em></a> and <a href="https://geni.us/XiX9C" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Wounded Knee: Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre</em></a>, Heather also puts out a newsletter on one of the largest Substacks on the internet, <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Letters from an American</a>, with over 1.2 million subscribers. She also co-hosts the <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/s/now-and-then" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Now and Then Podcast</a> with fellow historian Joanne Freeman. Heather was named one of USA Today’s Women of the Year in 2022. Her work can be found at <a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heathercoxrichardson.substack.com</a>. </p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>