23: America’s Immigration Divide: How our country’s current polarization is based upon historic regional lines

America’s Immigration Divide: How our country’s current polarization is based upon historic regional linesHistorian and Author Colin Woodard in conversation with  Journalist and Author David Freed.  About Colin Woodard: Colin is a New York Times bestselling historian and Polk Award-winning journalist – is one of the most respected authorities on North American regionalism, the sociology of United States’ Nationhood, and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. Compelling, dynamic and thought provoking, he offers a fascinating look at where America has come from, how we ended up as we are, and how we might shape our future.About David Freed: Dave is a screenwriter, novelist and former award-winning investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times where he shared in a Pulitzer Prize for the newspaper's coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and was an individual finalist for the Pulitzer Prize's Gold Medal for Public Service, the most prestigious award in American journalism.  About the Saint Helena Forum: Founded in 2019, the Saint Helena Forum for Innovation and Creativity is a grass roots, entirely volunteer organization, funded by donations and grants from our local Napa Valley friends and neighbors. Our mission is to inform, inspire, and entertain every citizen of the region and beyond by providing access to a broad range of humanities-based presentations.