Alexis Coe is a presidential historian and a fellow at New America, where she is thinking about the presidency in anticipation of America's 250th. She is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George of Washington and Alice+Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis. She frequently appears on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, History, BBC, and PBS, and has been featured in and published by most major publications, including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She is a frequent guest on NPR and hosted the podcasts No Man's Land and Presidents Are People Too!
Join us for this fascinating chat about American political history, George Washington and the presidency, Donald Trump, the current political landscape, and the future of democracy. This insightful and witty historian also shares her personal history, her exodus from Brooklyn to the Hudson Valley, and her Top 5 musical artists of all-time!
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