Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Episode 411: The American Empire
Most Americans don't think of the United States as an empire. We're a "republic," the good guys. Empires are bad. But is the United States an empire?…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 410: Lincoln's Mercenaries
Why did Union soldiers go to war in the 1860s? No one really asks this question. The focus is typically on the South, but if Southerners went to war …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 409: The Myth of American History
What is a myth? To many Americans, a myth denotes a lie, a fairy tale that cannot be proven. Take for example the "Lost Cause" myth and how establish…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 408: The Original Intent of the Tenth Amendment
What did the authors of the Tenth Amendment intend it to do? We should just ask Samuel Adams who explained its meaning in February 1788. These are th…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 407: The Thomas Dissent
Clarence Thomas dissented from a recent decision by the Supreme Court not to hear several challenges to the 2020 election from Pennsylvania. This is …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 406: Beating Incorporation
The "incorporation doctrine" is one of the greatest evils of the twentieth century and completely obliterates the original understanding of the Const…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 405: Cruz, Biden, and MarioKart
Joe Biden should play more MarioKart and Ted Cruz should have gone to Mexico. Why not? The more Biden is out of the executive office the fewer execut…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 404: Blue State Secession?
You know you are winning when so called "Blue States" want out of the Union. This would have been unheard of nearly a decade ago, but this week, the …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 403: The Real Reason for Union Monuments
If Confederate Monuments were erected to honor white supremacy and slavery, then Union Monuments should have been built to honor abolition and egalit…
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 402: Obama the Best President?
According to a poll from YouGov and The Economist, a plurality of respondents think Barack Obama is the best president in American history. This is s…
5 years, 6 months ago