What The Founders Learned from the Greeks & Romans and Why It Matters Today

Mike talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Ricks about his latest book First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks & Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. Topics covered in their discussion include: how the 2016 election led Ricks back to ancient Greece & Rome why we should care about what a small number of Dead White Males thought the three big things the Founders were wrong about the influences of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison what the Founders would have thought about modern campaign finance why modern Americans shouldn’t panic the importance of waking up Congress whether we can (or should) return to the vision of the Founders Founders Online Thomas Ricks on Twitter  The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Mike’s Other Podcast - Politics Makes Me Sick Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the podcast, go to patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support.   Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThe Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.