American Charisms: A Conversation with 'Spellbound' Author Molly Worthen

from Of This World · host Nick Tabor and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Hosts and Commonweal contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor discuss Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump with author Molly Worthen, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Episode production and original music by Joel Myers.

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