Today on the show, Allen speaks with Latin American historian Greg Grandin about his new book, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.

Greg Grandin is a professor of history at New York University. His research focuses on US foreign policy, Latin America, genocide, and human rights. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan, 2009) and The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World (Metropolitan, 2014). His most recent publication is The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America (Metropolitan, 2019).