PBS American Portrait creators Bill Margol and Jon Kamen discuss how they’re using crowdsourced stories from people across the country to explore what it really means to be an American today.

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Produced by Carolyn Merriman, Luke Gernert, Anna Hall, Jason Oberholtzer, and Mike Rugnetta, with support from Shannon Fanuko, Meghal Janardan, Zoe Margolis, and Megan Worman.

Edited by Garrett Crowe. Mix and music by Michael Simonelli.

Hosted by Charlie Melcher.

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