A john wilkesbooth may be the most consequential single american in our history. His death, and his replacement by andrew johnson, shuts close the door of history. It just creates a space, it creates a new thinning between the worlds where options open up. But that doesn't mean they aren't somewhere.
Featuring Matt Christman on how American history brought us to this awful present.
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