Don Wildman

That's always been the balancer in American society.

I can't miss the chance to mention someone who doesn't get enough notice.

Louis Agassiz, the Harvard naturalist and geologist of that time who had so much to do with everything, didn't he?

Carol, how does deep time, all of which is in your book, the themes of deep time intersect with the idea of American exceptionalism, which was such a big part of the 19th century?

All this and more you can find between the covers of this important new book, How the New World Became Old, The Deep Time Revolution in America.

This is a really exciting conversation for me.

I mean, it's rare that you land on something that is a really new academic idea that doesn't get enough articulation.

And this is just that.

Carolyn Winter, who has been our guest today, William Robertson, co-professor of history and American studies at Stanford University.

It is an honor to talk to you, Carolyn.

Nice to meet you.

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