Colin Woodard explains why Vermont & Colorado feel unified, while others like Texas don't. @pescagist

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Colin Woodard explains why some states—like Vermont or Colorado—feel unified, while others like Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are fractured by history itself.

Full interview on The Gist Podcast Feed wherever you listen.

Colin Woodard is the author of Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004).

$Colin Woodard explains why Vermont & Colorado feel unified, while others like Texas dont. Colin Woodard explains why some states—like Vermont or Colorado—feel unified, while others like Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are fractured by history itself. Full interview on The Gist Podcast Feed wherever you listen. Colin Woodard is the author of Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004).$

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