‘The Highest Calling’: A Conversation With David Rubenstein on the American Presidency

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🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On September 12, 2024, best-selling author, philanthropist, and National Constitution Center Trustee David Rubenstein joined Jeffrey Rosen at the Center in Philadelphia to discuss his new book, The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency. The book, which features interviews with presidential historians and living U.S. presidents, chronicles the journeys of the leaders who have defined America. They discuss the duties and responsibilities of the presidency, the triumphs and failures of its officeholders, and the future of the role in the twenty-first century. Resources: David Rubenstein, The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency (2024) Stay Connected and Learn More: Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library. Donate

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution
0:07.2	Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:11.1	The National Constitution centers
0:13.0	a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase
0:16.4	awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:21.3	In this episode of We the People I'm speaking with best-selling author, philanthropist, and NCC Trustee David Rubinstein about his new book, The highest calling, Conversations on the American presidency.
0:34.1	The book features interviews with presidential historians and U.S. Presidents, and it chronicles
0:39.0	the journeys of the leaders who have defined America.
0:42.8	Enjoy the conversation.
0:43.8	Hello friends, it is so wonderful to be in person and to convene here
0:52.1	at the beautiful National Constitution Center.
0:54.0	What an exciting time from the presidential debate
0:57.8	to Constitution Day on Tuesday.
1:00.8	It is just non-stop constitutional illumination.
1:04.6	Friends, it's such a pleasure to share with you
1:08.3	a great American historian, philanthropist,
1:12.0	and friend of the NCC.
1:15.0	David Rubinstein has done so much
1:17.8	to spark curiosity about American history through his philanthropy, his scholarship, and his interviews
1:27.1	and among his many talents is he's a marvelous interviewer as you know from his
1:31.6	TV shows and he just loves presidential history.
1:36.1	I do too I bet you do too because you're here and I just had the best day
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