Rand Abdel-Fattah
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Not to the battlefields, but to the often-forgotten presidential election that defined the war and its outcome.
On the one side, you've got the Democratic opposition considering Lincoln and the administration and the federal army to be a tyrannical force.
On the other hand, you've got Lincoln and the National Union Party.
They're offering a vision of a reunified nation no longer stained by slavery, true to the egalitarian principles of the Declaration of Independence.
This episode was produced by Kiana Moghadam and edited by Christina Kim with help from the ThruLine production team.
Music, as always, by Ramtin and his band, Drop Electric.
Special thanks to Julie Kane, Irene Noguchi, Beth Donovan, Casey Miner, and Lindsay McKenna.
We're your hosts, Rand Abdel-Fattah and Ramtin Arablui.
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It also shows how ideas reemerge in times when they seem most needed.
And actually, that's something we talk about a lot when we develop episodes.
They inspire us, challenge our assumptions, and sometimes push us to ask questions we might not otherwise have asked.
And what better way than to look at the philosophy of James Baldwin, a writer who used the power of his words to confront in order to connect, something we can relate to today.