# Virtue Is Key To Preserving The Republic Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic.md Podcast: [Federalist Radio Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351) Published: 2026-07-14T13:20:16+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic--72955782 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/35/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72955782/85e52d2c_1cdd_49bb_8552_2a445b44d23d.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federalist-radio-hour-835351/episodes/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic Duration seconds: 2626 ## Resource On this edition of The Federalist Radio Hour , Founder and CEO of American Majority Ned Ryun joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss virtue as the organizing factor in early America, the founders' concept of self-government versus the modern administrative state, and the plan for Republicans to reclaim institutional power through the upcoming election cycles. You can find Ned Ryun's new documentary, The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic , here . The Federalist Foundation is a nonprofit, and we depend entirely on our listeners and readers — not corporations. If you value fearless, independent journalism, please consider a tax-deductible gift today at TheFederalist.com/donate . Your support keeps us going. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/federalist-radio-hour-835351/episodes/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/federalist-radio-hour-835351/virtue-is-key-to-preserving-the-republic.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.