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Providence in American History | Michael Medved and Stephen Meyer

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1
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15
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Michael Medved
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Stephen C. Meyer
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Is it possible to discern in the propitious events of history an orchestrating hand, especially in the history of the United States? In a new podcast episode of Great Minds with Michael Medved, Michael switches places with Stephen Meyer to discuss his latest book, The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic.

An Historical Mind

Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and bestselling author. His daily three hour show reaches 200 stations across the country and an audience of more than 4 million placing him, for nearly two decades, on the Talkers Magazine list of the top ten political talk shows in the United States. Born in Philadelphia, Michael attended public schools in San Diego and Los Angeles before starting Yale at age 16 as a National Merit Scholar. He majored in American History and graduated with honors, before attending Yale Law School, where his classmates included Bill and Hillary Clinton.

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Timestamps more closely approximate the audio than the video.

  • 01:20 | A turnabout
  • 01:50 | A protracted argument for providence in American history
  • 02:25 | Eplaining the “happy accidents” of American history
  • 04:15 | Forty straight flushes, July 4, 1826
  • 05:40 | The death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, a jubilee year, the 50th anniversary of July 4th
  • 06:55 | Auspicious weather and the first two wars of the Revolutionary War
  • 10:40 | A series of meteorological events coincident with the Battle of Brooklyn, “The American Dunkirk”, August 27, 1776
  • 16:45 | “An angel in the whirlwind”, “the invisible hand”, and “tokens of providence”
  • 17:30 | When did we stop believing in the hand of providence?
  • 17:55 | An aspect of anti-Americanism
  • 18:50 | Not special privileges, special responsibilities

Stephen C. Meyer

Director, Center for Science and Culture
Dr. Stephen C. Meyer received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in the philosophy of science. A former geophysicist and college professor, he now directs the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle. He is author of the New York Times-bestseller Darwin’s Doubt (2013) as well as the book Signature in the Cell (2009) and Return of the God Hypothesis (2021). In 2004, Meyer ignited a firestorm of media and scientific controversy when a biology journal at the Smithsonian Institution published his peer-reviewed scientific article advancing intelligent design. Meyer has been featured on national television and radio programs, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CBS's Sunday Morning, NBC's Nightly News, ABC's World News, Good Morning America, Nightline, FOX News Live, and the Tavis Smiley show on PBS. He has also been featured in two New York Times front-page stories and has garnered attention in other top-national media.
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