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On this episode of Our American Stories, In the earliest days of settlement, America became a testing ground for bold ideas about faith, freedom, and self-rule. In this episode of our ongoing Story of America Series, historian Wilfred McClay, author of Land of Hope, examines the colonies founded by Puritans, Quakers, and reformers who believed the New World could perfect what the Old World could not. From Massachusetts Bay to Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, these communities pursued religious liberty and social renewal, often with utopian hopes that quickly ran into human limits. McClay explains why these failed experiments still mattered, how they encouraged habits of self-government, and why idealism and adaptability became lasting traits of the American character.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, In the earliest days of settlement, America became a testing ground for bold ideas about faith, freedom, and self-rule. In this episode of our ongoing&nbsp;<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ouramericanstories.com%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-story-of-america-series&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C8350f1cfaa64486ae21f08de51f6b93b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639038317295389449%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3MEm0WiG1g%2BPVzhqqlZEifxErWrtzI61M4KOEmnKyIU%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2">Story of America Series</a>, historian Wilfred McClay, author of<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FLand-Hope-Invitation-Great-American%2Fdp%2F1594039372&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C8350f1cfaa64486ae21f08de51f6b93b%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C639038317295410401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=d1nbdlp3u0znUbfQRrHx4y7OyuwggmkFeiStbChZiUg%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3">&nbsp;Land of Hope</a>, examines the colonies founded by Puritans, Quakers, and reformers who believed the New World could perfect what the Old World could not. From Massachusetts Bay to Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Georgia, these communities pursued religious liberty and social renewal, often with utopian hopes that quickly ran into human limits. McClay explains why these failed experiments still mattered, how they encouraged habits of self-government, and why idealism and adaptability became lasting traits of the American character.
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The Story of America: Failed Experiments in Utopia [Ep. 3]

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