Jon Fasman

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573 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Jul

Jon Fasman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 15 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The Intelligence from The Economist · The 250-year experiment: America’s birthday · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

American authors of Lewis's era and before were anxious about whether there was even an American culture worth writing about. voice-verified

Mark Twain made his argument on the page, writing in the American vernacular, but he was the exception. voice-verified

Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, S. voice-verified

Scott Fitzgerald, and others escaped to Europe to work. voice-verified

Those days are long gone. voice-verified

Americans have since won twelve more literature nobels. voice-verified

The same is true in other cultural fields. voice-verified

The Lumiere brothers were film pioneers, but Hollywood built the modern film industry. voice-verified

Gourmets may turn up their noses at fast food, but you can still find the golden arches in more than a hundred countries. voice-verified

With other chains including Burger King and KFC not far behind. voice-verified

pizza was invented in Italy, but America made it a global phenomenon. voice-verified

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The blending of European and African influences in America created jazz and blues, which created rock music. voice-verified

Hip hop spread from the Bronx to every corner of the world. voice-verified

Contemporary music is unimaginable without American and specifically African American influences. voice-verified

Our panelists will discuss the reasons behind this cultural dominance, but I'd like to get the ball rolling by offering two of my own theses. voice-verified

First, more than any other country on earth, America is an assimilation machine. voice-verified

Anything and anyone can become American. voice-verified

And second, America is really good at advertising and marketing. voice-verified

It not only makes a lot of great books, music, food, and so on, it gets people to want to consume them. voice-verified

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