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The Constitutionalist is a government podcast hosted by Shane Leary, Benjamin Kleinerman. It has 66 episodes, with the latest published July 2025.

The Constitutionalist is a podcast cohosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog, Shane Leary, a graduate student at Baylor University, and Dr. Matthew Reising, a John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University. Each week, they discuss political news in light of its constitutional implications, and explore a unique constitutional topic, ranging from the thoughts and experiences of America's founders and statesmen, historical episodes, and the broader philosophic ideas that influence the American experiment in government.

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David Clinton - George Washington's Farewell Address, Part 2
2

David Clinton - George Washington's Farewell Address, Part 1
3

The Foreign Policy of Publius - Federalist 3-5, Part 2
4

#63 - Federalist 3-5, Part 1
5

#62 - The Mayflower Compact
6

#61 - Bureaucracy and the Constitution w/ Joseph Natali
7

#60 - Educating the Statesman with Shilo Brooks
8

#59 - Tocqueville - The Omnipotence of the Majority
9

#58 - Montesquieu and the Founding with William B. Allen
10

#57 - Tocqueville's Point of Departure
11

#56 - Federalist 37
12

#55 - Gouverneur Morris with Dennis C. Rasmussen
13

#54 - Defending the Electoral College (Martin Diamond and Herbert Storing)
14

#53 - Lincoln's Temperance Address
15

#52 - Texas Annexation - Adding the Lone Star with Jordan Cash
16

#51 - Madison on Property
17

#50 - The Constitution of 1787
18

#49 - Madison's Notes on Ancient and Modern Confederacies
19

#48 - Adams and Jefferson on Natural Aristocracy
20

#47 - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with Matthew Reising
21

#46 - Monarchy vs. Democracy in Herodotus with Matthew K. Reising
22

#45 - Brutus XV
23

#44 - Federalist 78
24

#43 - Biden's Pardons
25

#42 - Keeping the Republic with Marc Landy
26

#41 - Should Biden Pardon Trump? (Federalist 74)
27

#40 - Trump's Second Term
28

#39 - Jefferson's Call for Unity
29

#38 - Civic Leadership with Justin Dyer
30

#37 - October 7th and Political Violence
31

#36 - Mark Twain’s Joan of Arc with Bernard J. Dobski
32

#35 - The Bill of Rights with Tony Bartl
33

#34 - Russell Kirk's Conservatism with Michael Lucchese
34

#33 - Reagan
35

#32 - Montesquieu & the Separation of Powers
36

#31 - John Quincy Adam's The jubilee of the Constitution
37

#30 - The Declaration of Independence
38

#29 - The Gettysburg Address
39

#28 - Supreme Court Reform & Presidential Immunity
40

#27 - Biden's Drop Out and Project 2025
41

#26 - Trump Assassination Attempt & VP Pick
42

Episode #25 - Presidential Fantasy Draft
43

Episode #24 - The Anti-Federalists
44

#23 - The People and Their Passions (The Executive Continued)
45

#22 - The Executive
46

#21 - State of the Union with Charles Zug
47

#20 - Marbury v. Madison
48

#19 - The Immigration Bill with David Bridge
49

#18 - Title IX with Elizabeth Busch
50

#17 - George Washington's Farewell Address
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