#354 – Jeremi Suri: American Civil War

Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. Jeremi Suri is a historian at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Jeremi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremisuri This is Democracy podcast: https://podcasts.la.utexas.edu/this-is-democracy Jeremi's Website: https://jeremisuri.net Jeremi's Books: 1. Civil War by Other Means: https://amzn.to/3hRa3cT 2. The Impossible Presidency: https://amzn.to/3hTn5X8 3. Henry Kissinger: https://amzn.to/3WqkBOY PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (00:15) - Revolutions and governments (17:53) - American Civil War (27:05) - Lincoln and election of 1860 (30:55) - Slavery (44:05) - Freedom of speech (55:47) - Death toll of the Civil War (59:06) - Ulysses S. Grant (1:01:15) - Ku Klux Klan (1:12:57) - Robert E. Lee (1:20:41) - Abraham Lincoln (1:35:48) - If the south won (1:44:24) - Hypocrisy of the Founders (1:50:26) - John Wilkes Booth (1:53:41) - White supremacy (1:59:04) - Disputed elections (2:09:26) - Politics (2:17:50) - Donald Trump and Joe Biden (2:30:36) - January 6th (2:55:34) - Hope for the future