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A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic and Civil Conversations Across America

November 24, 2025

A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America, a special for PBS taped at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and produced by WETA Washington, D.C., is a conversation about America’s founding and how the ideas and values articulated 250 years ago remain relevant to our democracy today.

The program features Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of the new major six-part, 12-hour documentary series The American Revolution, and Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and Melody Barnes, executive director of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.

A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America premieres Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9–10 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.

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A More Perfect Union: Inspiring Civic & Civil Conversations Across America is a production of WETA Washington, D.C. Major funding is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Funding is also provided by The Travelers Companies, Inc. and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

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