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Entitlement Reform: A Problem We Can No Longer Avoid
Season 5 Episode 45
What are entitlements? How did they come to be so entrenched in American politics and economics? Why is it that people say that Social Security is go…
10 months ago
Inside Camp David - The Private World of the Presidential Retreat
Season 5 Episode 44
Jeff is joined this week by Rear Admiral Mike Giorgione (ret.), former commander of Camp David during the Clinton and Bush administrations, to discus…
10 months, 1 week ago
Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist
Season 5 Episode 43
Alexander Hamilton didn’t get his due until a Hip-Hip musical brought him to the public eye, over 200 years after his death. But what did he contribu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
What Can We Learn from Herbert Hoover?
Season 5 Episode 42
Think Herbert Hoover was just a failed Great Depression president? Think again. Historian George Nash reveals the shocking truth about one of America…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Taking Manhattan - The Creation of New York
Season 5 Episode 41
Taking Manhattan, available on Amazon - https://a.co/d/eQTNGWV https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/
Host: Jeff Sikkenga
Executive Producer: Jeremy…
11 months ago
The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil War
Season 5 Episode 40
In August 1861, General John C. Fremont—once America's most famous explorer and the Republican Party's first presidential nominee—issued an unauthori…
11 months, 1 week ago
Congress: What It Was Meant to Be and What It's Become5
Season 5 Episode 39
What was the original purpose of Congress? What powers did the Founders give it to fulfill that purpose? How does that compare to the institution we …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Constitutional Convention was a Four-Act Drama
Season 5 Episode 38
Discover how 55 delegates created the U.S. Constitution in just 88 days during the summer of 1787. Constitutional scholar Gordon Lloyd breaks down th…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The American Way of War
Season 5 Episode 37
This episode explores James Ellman's book "Seeds of Victory: Defeat, Triumph, and the American Way of War" with host Jeff Sikkenga from the Ashbrook …
1 year ago
What are Capital Markets and How Do They Impact Our Economy?
Season 5 Episode 36
You hear about them in the news, but how much do you know about capital markets - what they are, why they exist, how they've evolved over time, and w…
1 year ago