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Back to SearchEp. 232 - Reagan & the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 232
He was an actor, governor and our 40th president. Today, we are discussing the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Though now a modern icon of conservativ…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 231 - Eisenhower & the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 231
Today, we are discussing our country's 34th President, Dwight Eisenhower. A Texan by birth but raised in Kansas, Eisenhower graduated from West Poin…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep. 230 - FDR & the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 230
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as the 32nd US President and was our longest serving president, having run for and won four elections to t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 229 - Herbert Hoover & the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 229
In our chat today, we are focusing on our 31st President, Herbert Hoover. Born poor to a Quaker family in Iowa in 1874, Hoover was one of the first …
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 228 - Woodrow Wilson & the Constitution: How Wilson Started The Slide Toward the Administrative State
Season 1 Episode 228
The administrative state, the professional bureaucracy in our federal government, has not always been such a feature in how government functions. Di…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep. 227 - The Genius of America - A Journey Into Our Republic: Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy In America
Season 1 Episode 227
In 1831, a 26 year-old French member of the aristocracy arrived in New York City to examine our prison system. Alexis de Tocqueville would do that a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 226 - John Adams and the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 226
Perhaps no Founding Father exemplifies the ideal of a citizen-legislator quite like John Adams. Never a wealthy man, Adams dedicated his life and co…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 225 - Coolidge and the Constitution
Season 1 Episode 225
He was a city mayor, state representative and state senator. He was a lieutenant governor and governor. And he was a vice president and president. …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 224 - George Washington & The Constitution
Season 1 Episode 224
He was a solider, general, President and statesman. George Washington is one of those few historical figures whose real-life accomplishments live up…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 222 - Understanding Convention Delegates — Who, How, When and Why!
Season 1 Episode 222
During the summer before every presidential election, both major political parties host their conventions. Part of their function is to formally nom…
1 year, 5 months ago