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Author A.J. Jacobs says he “will never take elastic or democracy for granted again”

Preamble to American Constitution.
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In A.J. Jacobs’ new book, The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning, he details his experience living by the Constitution for a year.

Jacobs joins us for the hour to tell us about the experiment and what he learned.

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  • A.J. Jacobs: The author, most recently, of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning and the host of The Puzzler podcast

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Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired May 7, 2024.

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Lily is the senior producer for The Colin McEnroe Show. She first worked at Connecticut Public as an intern in 2014. She has previously worked for WBUR, KUNC and as a producer for the New England News Collaborative's weekly show Next. Lily can be reached at ltyson@ctpublic.org.