America just turned 250 — and we've spent the last decade fighting over one word: great. Was America ever great? Is it now? Everyone's arguing about whether the word applies. Almost no one is asking what it means.

In this premiere episode, Dan and Del go looking for a real definition. Along the way: history's graveyard of "great" powers, a victorious general who was offered a crown, and a definition of greatness so upside-down it might be the right way up. Then the hard part: grading America honestly — the remarkable credits, the real debits, and the one national ingredient that decides whether the next 250 years happen at all.

This isn't a left-versus-right episode. It's the question underneath all the shouting, and an answer older than the country itself.

American Future, Part 1. New episodes weekly. Got a story or a pushback? We read everything: share@abundant.show

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Abundant is sponsored by Berrien.Life in Southwest Michigan, where the corn grows tall and the conversations go deep. Learn more at abundant.show.