The Spark Weekly | September 6 | City Tavern and Bucks County, USA

Food writer, librarian, and culinary historian Becky Libourel Diamond joins the podcast to discuss her new book, City Tavern: The Founding Table: Colonial Dining, Revolutionary History, and the Restaurant at the Center of It All. Through the story of Philadelphia’s iconic City Tavern, Diamond explores how food, drink, and conversation helped shape America’s founding. Once a gathering place for Continental Congress delegates, Founding Fathers, and even George Washington, City Tavern served as both a social hub and a backdrop for pivotal moments in Revolutionary history.

Filmmakers Robert May and Jason Sosnoff join the podcast to discuss their documentary, filmed over four years in politically divided Bucks County, Pennsylvania, during one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history. What begins as a local conflict over COVID-19 policies in public schools evolves into a broader examination of political polarization, identity, parenting, and the future of education in America.