Feel My Pulse

Algernon Sidney may be the most important liberty hero most Americans have never heard of.In this episode, Mike Leavitt and Joe Wolverton recover the story of the Christian republican thinker whose writings helped shape Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and the moral imagination of the American Founding.Sidney was not merely a theorist. He lived his principles, stood against tyranny, was falsely condemned for treason, and went to his death with astonishing calm. When the court tried to portray him as trembling and disordered, Sidney answered by offering his wrist:“Feel my pulse.”This conversation moves through forgotten books, forbidden ideas, natural law, Christian liberty, just war, the American Founders, and the terrifying power of a man who fears God more than kings.The episode also includes the story behind Mike’s new song inspired by Sidney’s final witness — a liberty ballad about courage, righteousness, and the soul’s refusal to kneel before unlawful power.A conversation for anyone who believes liberty is not granted by rulers, justice is higher than law, and truth is worth suffering for.