Podcast Episodes

Thomas Paine: How a Revolutionary Hero Became America’s Outcast

Season 3 Episode 5

Did you know the man who wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired Americans to fight for independence, died alone with only six mourners at his funeral? In this episode of This Constitution, Sa…

Published on 3 hours ago

Season 3, Episode 4 | Were the British Really That Bad? The Grievance Politics That Justified the Revolution

How did the Americans go from loyal British subjects to full-blown revolutionaries? Were the British really that bad, or were the colonists simply overreacting?

In this episode of This Constitution, S…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Season 3, Episode 3 | The Folk Origins of Freedom: How Ordinary Americans Shaped the Declaration

Season 3 Episode 3

Have you ever wondered where America’s revolutionary ideas really came from? Was it the genius of the Founders? What if the story of the Constitution didn’t begin in Philadelphia in 1776, but in colo…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Season 3, Episode 2 | The Black-Robed Regiment: The Preachers Who Fought for Independence

Season 3 Episode 2

What if the American Revolution didn’t begin in the halls of Congress, but in the pews of colonial churches? 

In this episode of This Constitution, hosts Savannah Eccles Johnston and Matthew Brogdon u…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Season 3, Episode 1 | 1777: The Crucible That Forged George Washington

Season 3 Episode 1

Season 3 of This Constitution focuses on the people and events surrounding the making of the Declaration of Independence.

What if America’s Revolution had collapsed before it truly began? In this epis…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Season 2, Episode 18 | America’s Greatest Invention: Collective Constitution-Making

Season 2 Episode 18

What if America’s greatest strength wasn’t just its leaders, but the way everyday people came together to shape history? In this episode of This Constitution, host Matthew Brogdon sits down with Nich…

Published on 2 months ago

Season 2, Episode 17 | George Washington: Merit, Power, and the Birth of Civilian Leadership

Season 2 Episode 17

Did you know that George Washington could have become an American Caesar, but instead chose to walk away from power? Unlike Napoleon or Cromwell, he rejected dictatorship and dynasty, setting the pre…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Season 2, Episode 16 | Parties and the Constitution: Why the Founders Feared Parties and Created Them Anyway

Season 2 Episode 16

How did a political system founded by leaders who warned against factions end up making political parties an indispensable part of democracy? And why has the United States remained a two-party nation…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Season 2, Episode 15 | Special Counsels vs. the Presidency: Who Holds the Power?

Season 2 Episode 15

How should a democracy balance the need for independent investigations of government wrongdoing with the president’s constitutional authority over prosecutions? Where do we draw the line?

In this epis…

Published on 3 months ago

Season 2, Episode 14 | High Crimes or Political Fights? When Impeachment Becomes a Constitutional Battleground

Season 2 Episode 14

When we hear “impeachment,” most of us immediately think: the President. But what if that’s only part of the story? In this episode of This Constitution, Savannah Eccles Johnston and Matthew Brogdon …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago