About this episode
The episode serves as a trailer for the 16th series of the podcast, focusing on America's unique history in light of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
As the US gears up for the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July, the RAI’s podcast, The Last Best Hope?, returns for our 16th series on 13 May. As always, each episode uses history to explore what makes America different “The must-listen US podcast” Nick Bryant, former BBC Correspondent in New York The Last Best Hope? is a podcast of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford and is kindly supported by Tom Amraoui. For details of our programming, go to rai.ox.ac.uk If you would like to support us by making a donation go to https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/giving Producer: Emily Williams. Presenter: Adam Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Adam Smith
Topics covered
- American history
- Independence
- Cultural differences
- Podcast series
- Anniversary celebrations
Keywords
- podcast
- history
- America
- Independence
- Rothermere American Institute
- University of Oxford
- anniversary
- celebrations
- series trailer
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford
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