Interviews

Lepore, J. Past and Present with Jill Lepore: The Politics of Death In The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC, 2011.
Lepore, J. Past and Present with Jill Lepore: The Parrot Fever Panic In The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC, 2011.
Lepore, J. A Long View of the Tea Party In The Emily Rooney Show. WGBH, 2011.
Lepore, J. How birth control and abortion became politicized In Fresh Air. NPR, 2011.
Lepore, J. Past and Present With Jill Lepore: The 1765 Death of Newspapers In The Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC, 2011.
Lepore, J. "History lessons." CommonWealth (2011). AbstractWebsite
Jill Lepore says the Tea Party movement has embraced an approach to American history that is more rooted in religious fundamentalism than in any serious examination of the past.
Lepore, J. "The Uses of American History: An Interview with Jill Lepore." Historically Speaking (Project MUSE) 12, no. 2 (2011): 23-24. Abstract
Historically Speaking editor Randall Stephens spoke with Lepore about the uses of history, the politicization of the past, and writing for the general public.
Lepore, J. Fact-Checking the Tea Party In The Conversation. KUOW, 2010. Abstract
Tea party activists and their leaders like Glen Beck claim they follow what the founding fathers intended. Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore says 18th century history is a bit messier than they might realize. She talks about the battle over the meaning of history in her book "The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle over American History."