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The American Idea

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The American Idea

Ashbrook Center

More than a Document: Living the Declaration of Independence

July 01, 2026 4:49am 41 min

The ideals, values, and aspirations in the Declaration of Independence aren’t just the words of an old document - they’re a statement of political and public faith in how we should see one another and how we should condu...

Our Right to Privacy and the 4th Amendment

June 24, 2026 6:44am 45 min

Our 4th Amendment rights to privacy, in various forms, has its origins before the Declaration of Independence, and is at the foundation of Americans’ understanding of natural rights. In this episode, Dr. Cara Rogers-Stev...

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations at 250 Years

June 17, 2026 6:26am 49 min

Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” was published in 1776, shortly before America’s Declaration of Independence. Smith famously described an “invisible hand” at work behind markets and exchanges, but what did he really mean...

Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?

June 10, 2026 7:17am 37 min

Niccolo Machiavelli, is usually cast as something of a villain for supposedly promoting cut-throat politics. Regarded as the father of modern political theory and science, however, among his many ideas was that when regi...

Religious Liberty at the Founding and Today

June 03, 2026 5:59am 42 min

Religious liberty is at the foundation of the American Idea - but how was it understood and protected at America’s Founding, and how what does this fundamental right look like today? Jeff and Dr. Vincent Phillip Munoz, o...

The Voting Rights Act and the Callais Supreme Court Decision - Context and Analysis

May 27, 2026 5:53am 39 min

The United States Supreme Court handed down its decision on Louisiana v. Callais in early May, and it’s impossible to understand this 6-3 ruling without having some background knowledge of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a...

School Choice: The Past, Present, and Future of a Movement

May 20, 2026 4:02am 47 min

School choice has moved to the forefront of national conversations and debates most notably since COVID; however the ‘educational choice’ movement is not new in America at all.Jeff is joined by Shaka Mitchell, Senior Fel...

"Mischievous Cousins' - A British Perspective on the American Revolution

May 13, 2026 7:51am 37 min

What’s taught in British schools about the American Revolution? How are Americans’ motivations during the Founding understood by our ‘cousins’ on the other side of the Atlantic? Jeff discusses the fascinating history of ...

From 1776 to Civil Rights: How the Declaration Shaped the Struggle for Equality

May 06, 2026 5:58am 52 min

The Abolition and Civil Rights movements are often presented as solutions to the failures of the American Founding, or replacements for its ideas. The relationship between the core ideas of America, as asserted in the De...

Ronald Reagan and the Declaration of Independence

April 29, 2026 6:08am 43 min

Abraham Lincoln once asserted that all of his political philosophy was rooted in the Declaration of Independence. Other presidents have spoken positively about our founding document, and some have disparaged the ideas pr...

From Madison to Modern Politics: The Separation of Powers Debate

April 21, 2026 3:47pm 38 min

This episode examines the constitutional principle of separation of powers: what it is, why the American founders considered it essential to liberty, and how it works in practice through checks and balances. The conversa...

Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Prevent World War III

April 15, 2026 5:56am 38 min

Jeff is joined by Palantir Technologies Development Strategist and author Madeline Hart to discuss her book, co-authored with Palantir’s CTO, about what’s wrong with America’s military industrial base, how we got here, a...

Missouri v. Biden: Free Speech, Coercion, and Government Power

April 08, 2026 5:04am 29 min

The First Amendment’s free speech clause is meant to protect Americans against government abridgment of free expression. How does this apply to social media companies when they are subjected to both formal and informal p...

Natural Rights: The Declaration's Central Claim

April 01, 2026 7:45am 37 min

What are natural rights, and why, without them, are the ideas in the Declaration of Independence empty without them?Americans talk a lot about rights, but natural rights are the foundation of them all, and all the Declar...

The Causes and Politics of Financial Bubbles

March 25, 2026 7:07am 42 min

What is a financial bubble, and what are its causes? What are the political, as well as economic, impacts of these events? Jeff welcomes investment capital expert Aman Verjee to discuss these events, and the role they’ve...

Did FDR Threaten the Fundamental Freedoms in the Bill of Rights?

March 18, 2026 5:33am 50 min

Historian David Beito joins Jeff this week to discuss the dark side of FDR: a seeming disregard for constitutional process and a lack of respect for the fundamental freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights. Long lauded a...

Thomas Willing: The Revolution’s Forgotten Financier

March 11, 2026 6:31am 36 min

When we think of the American Revolution, we usually consider the ideas and animated the patriots and those leaders who organized and directed the war. Largely forgotten in all of this is a simple question: how was it al...

What Can We Learn from the Antifederalists?

March 04, 2026 6:10am 37 min

The Anti-Federalists are often overlooked in the story of America's founding, but their arguments helped shape the Constitution we live under today. In this episode of The American Idea, host Jeff Sikkenga sits down with...

James Madison and The Federalist

February 25, 2026 6:37am 48 min

James Madison was one of the two primary authors of The Federalist. What ideas did he promote through his essays? Where did he disagree with the points he argued? As we consider the American Founding and try to understan...

How to Read The Federalist

February 18, 2026 6:23am 48 min

The Federalist, or more broadly known as the Federalist Papers, is looked on as the definitive defense of the Constitution as written in 1787, and by that, a clear explanation of its contents and rationale. Whether it’s ...

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