Historian Jill Lepore on the US at 250 | The Mishal Husain Show

For America’s 250th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore joins Mishal Husain to take her through her book on the US Constitution. "We The People" explores how the Constitution came about and, crucially, how there was an expectation that it would likely change over time. This is not, however, an episode entirely set in the past, because Jill Lepore is acutely alive to the pressures of the moment and of the contested sense of what America is or should be. Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 02:36 “I was a secretary at Harvard” 03:52 “Cadet, you can’t be in the military” 05:06 Using the past to understand the present 05:57 Growing up in an Italian-American family 09:12 “We’re swimming in our history” 09:30 The US Constitution 14:35 “It’s effectively impossible to amend the Constitution” 17:44 Trump on the Constitution 21:19 The cult of the presidency 22:14 “Is this unprecedented?” 27:44 Finding fault with Liberal America 31:00 Harvard on the frontline? 33:18 The Founding Fathers 37:48 Finding escape in poetry Watch Bloomberg Vodcasts:    • Bloomberg Video Podcasts | Interviews & More   Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television:    / @markets   Bloomberg Originals:    / bloomberg   For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video