
What is America?
Hi! I'm John, and this is "What is America?" podcast. For the next year, I'm gonna drive around the country and talk to people about their lives. The goal is to help rebuild our broken politics. Wanna come?
Podcasting since 2025 • 11 episodes
What is America?
Latest Episodes
Ep 11: Meet the 5x biotech entrepreneur from Iran (with Nasser Nassiri Koopaei)
How would you define the American Dream? 🇺🇸🤔How about this: You come up with a new way to target prescription drugs to specific kinds of cells in the human body. You apply for a PhD and get accepted. You do your research and file...
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Ep 10: What happened to Florida's education success story? (with Dawne Morison)
Crumbling classrooms. Plummeting SAT scores. Teachers near the poverty line. What happened? 😲Ten years ago, Florida's education success story was the envy of the nation. Thanks to the hard work of Republicans like Jeb Bush, Florida’s fo...
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Ep 9: The Russian-American student fighting for Ukraine (with Mikhail Mikhaylov)
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the news these days—to give up and go into your hole. 🙈But Mikhail Mikhaylov decided to do something. He's a college senior at the University of Florida, a Russian-American student who's fighting for Ukra...
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Ep 8: Imprisoned at age 13 + growing up in a war zone (with Joel Elliott)
Joel Elliott has a uniquely American story 👦🏾He grew up in Miami’s Overtown Neighborhood, which he affectionately refers to as Swamp City and Rat Town. As a kid, he was known as Lil Smurf; he loved skateboarding—he idolized Tony Hawke—an...
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Ep 7: What if we gave America a blood test? (Book Club - Adrift, by Scott Galloway)
What if we gave America a blood test? 🩸When you go to the doctor, they give you your numbers for cholesterol, blood pressure, body fat percentage, the whole deal. If you’re regular about getting your checkups, you can track your numbers ...
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