David Hyde Pierce, International Aid Cuts, Lexington and Concord 250 Years

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🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Mo Rocca marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which launched America’s War of Independence. Also: Ted Koppel looks at the dangers posed by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid; Martha Teichner sits down with David Hyde Pierce, starring on Broadway in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical”; Faith Salie talks with writer-producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino about their new ballet series, "Étoile"; Allison Aubrey checks out a new model senior center in Los Angeles; and Conor Knighton discovers how hat fashions in the late 1800s led to a conservation movement to protect birds. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	Wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning. I'm Jane Pauli, and this is Sunday morning. It was 250 years ago yesterday that the first
1:05.3	shots of the American Revolution were fired in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord.
1:12.6	The 13 American colonies wanted freedom from Great Britain and King George III, and they
1:18.3	would get it, but it took a while.
1:21.7	Eight years of war would pass before the Treaty of Paris ended hostilities, giving formal recognition to the independence of the United States of America.
1:32.8	This morning, Moraka takes us back to where it all began.
1:38.5	The Battle of Lexington and Concord may have been the first of the American Revolution,
1:43.6	but for the colonists,
1:46.0	the conflict was years in the making.
1:49.0	They considered themselves as free Englishmen. They weren't really Americans. America is a place at that time, not a nation.
1:55.0	All of these oppressive actions by the Crown are creating self-identified Americans.
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