Heather offers clear-eyed assessments of the danger and damage of elected Republicans submitting to Donald Trump as he takes cruel and unconstitutional actions (like destroying USAID). She also offers examples of how Americans have resisted authoritarian rulers such as the elite southern enslavers. In 1850’s.

This is hands down the best political podcast out today. The research is robust and the way she intertwines the different stories from the day is uncanny. I learn something every show-every American should be listening.

Heather does the work of bringing important information to her every day growing number of followers. She does it with authenticity, excellent, well-documented information and is courteous and courageous. She brings not just truth but hope. Thank you, Heather. ❤️

… with minimal commentary. It is a great way. To get the news regarding government and its players, without all the bluster and spin.

HCR does important work!

Love Heather Cox Richardson and her letters. Cannot listen to Michael Moss read them. Better to skip a day than have him record.

Thank you for reading out Governor Newsom’s posts. They were fantastic. Finally, somebody knows how to deal with Trump.

The voice of reason and truth in a time of deep conflict. I look forward to every episode!!!

HCR-Frequently wrong but never in doubt.

The August 8 episode is beyond mind melting and galling. It's starting to dawn on me that we did, in fact, lose the Cold War. Hypernormalisation indeed.

I recommend HCR to everyone! Her LFAA are factual and informative. Keep up the good work, Heather. 😊

The historical sleuthing is too subordinate to the political point

Thank you so much for your thoughtful commentaries. I have to admit that I am very discouraged about the things that our happening in our government in the country I love. But your ideas re: how to take back our country give me hope.

Thank you, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, for being our voice in this time of history. In the midst of chaos, your words bring clarity, wisdom, and truth when we need them most

And I appreciate pronouncing it “doggy” because it works, and why shouldn’t it be pronounced that way?

Please stop calling it Doggy. It’s stupid.

I love how Heather sees history and can bring it around to what is happening, or could happen in the United States. Despite the staggering obstacles we must overcome, Heather leaves me feeling like we the people, will not be silenced or give up on our democracy.

What a brilliant idea and of course it was yours. Documenting this insane timeline as a daily diary from an Americanist. It’s beyond incredible, Ms Richardson and I am so grateful for your work.

Absolutely brilliant. One request: when the date is identified, could the day of week be included?

Heather Cox Richardson is an American treasure. In my opinion, her voice is currently the most important voice on social media.

Such important information that should be shared everywhere and all at once. Thank you for your invaluable dedication to TRUTH 🇺🇸

I love these 10 to 15 minute episodes touching on history and current events and succinctly linking them together.

Thank you for your bits of history, the historical perspective on our situation, references to the Constitution, and your strong voice of reason. It’s mostly the only news I can handle these days.

I’m grateful to be able to get my news from a reliable source. So many mainstream news outlets are giving in to the current administration’s threats and intimidation. We need to be able to keep informed about what is happening in our nation and the world. Heather is great.

I'm incredibly thankful for Heather Cox Richardson. For teaching us our real American history and telling the true news, using facts and data. One of my new favorite podcasts. I just watched the 10 part series videos on your YouTube channel And they are incredible. Each one is only a minute and a half so you can pick easily and they're incredibly informative. I am refreshing my American history..

Thank you for this incredible perspective you bring to the table. Personally, I think everyone with an open mind should take a listen.

The May 31st episode is an excellent pod cast. It should be widely shared.

Very much appreciate your work, Mrs Cox Richardson.

I listen everyday and this in depth podcast is my absolute favorite. Keep up the great work!

Avid listener love your historical basis, and served straight up👌

The Baby Boomers were just coming of age during the 1964-68 legislative sessions when LBJ’s “Great Society” was being imagined and the Civil Rights Movement made sweeping changes to economic and social equality for minority, poor and older Americans (Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing and Food Stamp Acts, and the Social Security/Medicare Act). Now that generation has become by ‘old white men’ in congress who are letting it all be torn down. Why? Heather Cox Richardson has a gift for calmly reminding listeners of the historical context for currents events, and moving us to ask the question “Is this what we voted for?”

I love hearing the letter read everyday and am so grateful to Heather Cox Richardson for writing it.

You referred to waste in Medicare Part D (drug plan). Believe you mean Part C (Medicare Advantage). I thank you everyday for keeping us informed about all the chaos that is being thrown our way.

Letters from an American is a precise and intentional snapshot of the day’s political news. Heather Cox Richardson shares the news, makes it understandable and most importantly provides a historical context for current events.

Is great with me. Just throwing a little disrespect to them.

As much as I find much of the news incredibly depressing, when I turn to Letters from an American I find clarity and sometimes hope. Thank you.

Important podcast to keep yourself well informed of the happenings in this country

This podcast is required listening for those who care about our democracy. It helps to understand current events through a lens of history, to see that our present state is not normal but also not unprecedented.

HCR breaks down the news in our world with clear and concise FACTS each day. And with her vast historical knowledge, she helpfully ties together past actions to the present. She is incredibly unique, insightful, and essential.

So appreciate this important, reliable information each day.

Succinct yet comprehensive. Measured yet interesting. Thoughtful, with a heavy dose of centuries of historical perspective. Accurate, yet somehow hopeful.

This show is helping keep me sane during these crazy times. Through enough to be well informed but short enough it’s doable everyday. I love that it is factual and drama free. She explains everything well, love the history through lines and think everyone would be a better citizen if we listened regularly.

Thank you very much

Now more than ever we need unvarnished history to inform what is happening in the present. Thank you, HCR, for giving us perspective and hope with your honest, succinct letters. This American appreciates it so much

As our history is being erased, scrubbed from websites, banned from libraries, and brutalized by our own government this podcast and all of Heather Cox Richardson’s writings are the best investment of our time. So grateful for her steady, rational, informative voice.

Thank you so much! I read or listen every day!!

A spot on summation of the daily events of historical importance. HCR intertwines current events with historical perspective that enlightens and elevates these extraordinary times, in an easily understood formate. HCR is brilliant, You can’t go wrong!

This is the best daily 15 minutes in all of the news/politics/history podcast category because it provides outstanding historical context for current events while assisting listeners with higher level thinking of complex issues. Could not recommend more.

This podcast is a godsend - the craziness of our current times don’t make any sense on the surface, but with this podcast she provides the broader context, thereby exposing the roots of the overtly dystopian actions of the current administration. Dr. Cox Richardson helps us understand how the government is actually intended to work, and why the current actions are counterproductive for all but the richest Americans. A problem well defined is half-solved.

for bringing sanity to our world!