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Old Man Eloquent: The Life and Letters of John Quincy Adams
Season 5 Episode 35
Jeff welcomes Michael Lucchese, Editor of Law & Liberty, to discuss the life, accomplishments, and ideas of John Quincy Adams - a man whose public li…
1 year ago
Frederick Douglass's Constitutional Abolitionism
Season 5 Episode 34
Jeff and BYU law professor Bradley Rebeiro discuss Frederick Douglass’s understanding of the Constitution, and how he came to view it as an anti-slav…
1 year ago
The End of World War 2 in the Pacific: VJ Day at 80 Years
Season 5 Episode 33
14 August 1945: VJ Day, and with the end of fighting in the Pacific and Japan's surrender, World War 2 finally comes to an end. Dr. John Moser is joi…
1 year ago
"A Most Fearful Evil" - What is the National Debt and Why Should You Care About It?
Season 5 Episode 32
What is the national debt? To whom or what does the U.S. government owe all this money? What does it mean to you today, your children and grandchildr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mercy Otis Warren - America's Forgotten Founding Historian and Thinker
Season 5 Episode 31
Mercy Otis Warren not only wrote one of the first comprehensive histories of the American Revolution, she was also a leading Antifederalist thinker -…
1 year, 1 month ago
Not the Arbiter of Truth - America's Complicated History of a Free Press
Season 5 Episode 30
American press freedom has never followed a straight path. The Founding Fathers envisioned newspapers as partisan political weapons, not neutral trut…
1 year, 1 month ago
Inside the Reagan White House: A Conversation with Ambassador Frank Lavin
Season 5 Episode 29
Jeff discusses the inner workings of the Reagan White House with former AMB Frank Lavin, who had a front-row seat to many of Reagan’s key decisions a…
1 year, 1 month ago
2025 United States Supreme Court Decisions - Commentary and Analysis
Season 5 Episode 28
Jeff is joined by constitutional law scholar Dr. Joshua Dunn to discuss the recently ended 2025 US Supreme Court term and some of the more interestin…
1 year, 2 months ago
America's First Core Document - The Declaration of Independence
Season 5 Episode 27
In celebration of the 249th anniversary of America's independence, we look back not so much on the history of the Declaration of Independence, but on…
1 year, 2 months ago
All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money
Season 5 Episode 26
Presidents are people, too, and fallible, short-sighted, disciplined, daring - and all the other traits we humans share. How have our presidents hand…
1 year, 2 months ago