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Jill Lepore on Traveling through Time

Published: June 14, 2017, 11:45 a.m.

Is time like a line, a stretched out accordion, buried silos, or a flat circle? We concoct many ways to think about the relationship between the present and the past, but according to Jill Lepore one constant endures: \u201cWhen you\u2019re writing history, you\u2019re always using your imagination.\u201d

The historian and New Yorker writer joins Tyler for a conversation on the Tea Party, Mary Pickford, Dickens in America, growing up watching TV (the horror), Steve Bannon\u2019s 19th century visage, the importance of friendship, the subversiveness of Stuart Little, and much more.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded April 8th, 2017

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