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Consider This with Colum McCann
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Join a conversation with Colum McCann about the stories nations tell and the ways they shape lives. Onstage with Adam Davis, McCann will explore the origins of national myths and the power they carry, how a country’s self-narrative diverges from the stories told about it, and what it means to consider storytelling itself a democratic act.
This conversation is part of our 2025–26 Consider This series, Beyond 250. 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and it takes a look at what this milestone means: How to think about experience equality, freedom, independence, tyranny, justice, union, and other ideas central to the Declaration and to the nation’s understanding of itself? How has the Declaration shaped the country, and how can the future be shaped?
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