Listen: 2018 Governor's Lecture in the Humanities with Jon Meacham

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham was the keynote speaker at the 23rd Annual Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities at the Lied Center in Lincoln, Nebraska on October 9, 2018. Meacham is the author of the new book, “The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels” and has also written about Presidents Andrew Jackson and George H.W. Bush. He spoke about the pivotal year of 1968, which 50 years later, still casts a long shadow. The Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities is sponsored by Humanities Nebraska, the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues and the University of Nebraska.