All Episodes

Season 3, Episode 19 | Saving Principles: Frederick Douglass, the Declaration, and the Soul of Civic Education

Season 3, Episode 18 | Who Counts as the Press? From Printing Presses to Afroman

Season 3, Episode 17 | Congress Underrated: Representation, Gridlock, and What We Miss

Season 3, Episode 16 | Religion in the Public Square: When Protestants, Catholics, and Jews Learned to Get Along (Mostly)

Season 3, Episode 15 | For God and Country: How Religious Pluralism Shaped the American Founding

Season 3, Episode 14 | From London to Paris: How the World Received America's Breakup Letter

Season 3, Episode 13 | George Washington and the Constitutional Design of Article II

Season 3, Episode 12 | Announcing Independence: How the Declaration Went Viral in 1776

Season 3, Episode 11 | Not Just Jefferson: How Congress's Red Pen Helped Create the Declaration We Know

Season 3, Episode 10 | Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr.: Two Visions of the Constitution and Equality

Season 3, Episode 9 | The Collaborative Origins of the Declaration: Unpacking Jefferson’s Role

Season 3, Episode 8 | The Weaver of Our Foundational Fabric: Justice for John Adams

Season 3, Episode 7 | The Declaration and Slavery: The Question 1776 Could Not Settle

Season 3, Episode 6 | The Declarations That Shaped the Declaration

Season 3, Episode 5 | Thomas Paine: Revolutionary, Not Patriot

Season 3, Episode 4 | Were the British Really That Bad? The Grievance Politics That Justified the Revolution

Season 3, Episode 3 | The Folk Origins of Freedom: How Ordinary Americans Shaped the Declaration

Season 3, Episode 2 | The Black-Robed Regiment: The Preachers Who Fought for Independence

Season 3, Episode 1 | 1777: The Crucible That Forged George Washington

Season 2, Episode 18 | America’s Greatest Invention: Collective Constitution-Making

Season 2, Episode 17 | George Washington: Merit, Power, and the Birth of Civilian Leadership

Season 2, Episode 16 | Parties and the Constitution: Why the Founders Feared Parties and Created Them Anyway

Season 2, Episode 15 | Special Counsels vs. the Presidency: Who Holds the Power?

Season 2, Episode 14 | High Crimes or Political Fights? When Impeachment Becomes a Constitutional Battleground

Season 2, Episode 13 | Judging the Judges: Impeachment and the Courts

Season 2, Episode 12 | John Dickinson: The Reluctant Revolutionary Who Shaped a Nation

Season 2, Episode 11 | Courting Controversy: Judicial Review and the Constitution

Season 2, Episode 10 | The Emancipation Proclamation: The Path to Juneteenth and the End of Slavery in America

Season 2, Episode 9 | The Legislative Veto: Constitutional Check or Power Grab?

Season 2, Episode 8 | Executive Resistance: The Veto Power as a Constitutional Check

Season 2, Episode 7 | Checks, Balances, and Budget Showdowns

Season 2, Episode 6 | Executive Agreements vs. Treaties: Skirting the Constitution?

Season 2, Episode 5 | Judicial Confirmations—Checks, Balances, or Political Theater?

Season 2, Episode 4 | The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Understanding Lexington and Concord

Season 2, Episode 3 | Surviving the Senate: Executive Confirmations

Season 2, Episode 2 | State vs. Federal Power: How Identity Shapes American Democracy

Season 2, Episode 1 | Does the Separation of Powers Actually Make the Government More Powerful?

Season 1 Extra, Episode D | The Standard Story of Judicial Review in American Politics Gets It All Wrong

Season 1 Extra, Episode C | The Bard's Blueprint: Shakespeare and the Foundation of American Governance

Season 1 Extra, Episode B | A Woman’s Voice in America’s Revolution: The Legacy of Mercy Otis Warren

Season 1 Extra, Episode A | The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue in the Founding Era

Season 1, Episode 11 | How to Thwart a Tyrant: Lincoln's Lyceum Address

Season 1, Episode 10 | Myth of the Modern Presidency: The Office Since TR

Season 1, Episode 9 | Who Needs Congress? POTUS as Chief Executive

Season 1, Episode 8 | Starting Wars or Just Finishing Them? POTUS as Commander in Chief

Season 1, Episode 7 | Ballots, Not Bullets: A 2024 Election Recap

Season 1, Episode 6 | Is the Electoral College the Best We Can Do?

Season 1, Episode 5 | Where's the Party? Presidential Selection Gone Wrong

Season 1, Episode 4 | Lincoln Saved the Union. Did He Violate the Constitution?

Season 1, Episode 3 | George Washington Builds the Presidency

Season 1, Episode 2 | An Elected Monarch? Creating the American Presidency

Season 1, Episode 1 | Above the law? Executive Privilege and Presidential Immunity

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