How many episodes does The American Idea have?

The American Idea has 474 episodes.

What topics does The American Idea cover?

The American Idea covers topics including: education, history.

The American Idea

EN474 episodes

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The American Idea explores America's Founding principles and their effect on American history and government. Through thoughtful conversations with renowned academics and public figures from across the country, we examine the history and political thought behind our country’s greatest documents and debates, as well as contemporary issues, American popular culture, and political statesmanship. The podcast is a production of the Ashbrook Center and hosted by Jeff Sikkenga.

Notable Guests

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Episodes (474)

Natural Rights: The Declaration's Central Claim

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The Causes and Politics of Financial Bubbles

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

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The American Idea

Notable Guests

Episodes (474)

Natural Rights: The Declaration's Central Claim

The Causes and Politics of Financial Bubbles

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

Thomas Willing: The Revolution’s Forgotten Financier

What Can We Learn from the Antifederalists?

James Madison and The Federalist

How to Read The Federalist

George Washington - The Indispensable Founding Father

Thomas Jefferson: Essential American Founder

Huey Long - American Populist

Women’s Suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the Declaration of Independence

What Makes Americans a "Declarational" People?

The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

2025 End of Year Message: Looking Back and Forward

Special Episode: Born American, But in the Wrong Place

How Does the Declaration of Independence Influence the Constitution?

When in the Course of Human Events: Creating the Declaration of Independence

“If they mean to have a war...”: The Causes of the American Revolution

What Did Frederick Douglass Think of Abraham Lincoln?

The Constitution and the Rule of Law

Want to Understand America? Study the Gettysburg Address

Entitlement Reform: A Problem We Can No Longer Avoid

Inside Camp David - The Private World of the Presidential Retreat

Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist

What Can We Learn from Herbert Hoover?

Taking Manhattan - The Creation of New York

The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civi...

Congress: What It Was Meant to Be and What It's Become5

The Constitutional Convention was a Four-Act Drama

The American Way of War

What are Capital Markets and How Do They Impact Our Economy?

Old Man Eloquent: The Life and Letters of John Quincy Adams

Frederick Douglass's Constitutional Abolitionism

The End of World War 2 in the Pacific: VJ Day at 80 Years

"A Most Fearful Evil" - What is the National Debt and Why Should You Care About...

Mercy Otis Warren - America's Forgotten Founding Historian and Thinker

Not the Arbiter of Truth - America's Complicated History of a Free Press

Inside the Reagan White House: A Conversation with Ambassador Frank Lavin

2025 United States Supreme Court Decisions - Commentary and Analysis

America's First Core Document - The Declaration of Independence

All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money

Sir William Blackstone's Influence on the American Founding

Why and How Did Slaveholders Oppose Free Speech?

Paul Nitze - America's Cold Warrior

The Extinction of Experience - Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Face of Technology

America's Place in the World - Empire, Neighbor, or Something Else?

Trump, Trade, and Tariffs - Historical Background and Current Analysis

VE Day at 80 Years - The End of WW2 in Europe

The Challenges of Creating an American Grand Strategy

No Fun Anymore: What's Happened to the NBA?