Episode 9: Steven Beschloss – Award-Winning Journalist, Professor, and Author

Chappaqua resident Steven Beschloss – award-winning journalist, professor, and author of the popular Substack America, America – joins Local Matters Westchester for a wide-ranging conversation.He shares his concerns about threats to American democracy, the looming economic fallout he sees coming to local communities, and what’s driving President Trump’s clash with higher education.Beschloss also discusses why immigration is so central to the American story, offers a sharp critique of legacy media, reflects on how living abroad shaped his worldview, retraces his path as a storyteller – and explains why, despite it all, he remains hopeful.