Jon Meacham

This five-part audio series explores the question of how fear conquered truth, the history and origins of the strong grip misinformation and disinformation have on our politics, and how we got here today. The way forward isn’t about nostalgia, it’s not about sentimentality, it’s about seeing things whole.   Read More

On the new Super Soul interview series on discovery+, Oprah Winfrey sat down with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, co-chair of The Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy and Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt. View the clip… Read More

The gears of democracy seemingly have seized up on both sides of the Atlantic, with members of Congress and Parliament unable to abandon entrenched partisan positions to forge legislative solutions. Deliberative democracy, a method of eliciting specific and informed policy recommendations from the general public, has proven effective in breaking legislative logjams. Rooted in the democratic traditions of ancient Athens, deliberative democracy can inject new lifeblood into the seemingly ossified political systems of Western democracies. Read More