# The American Idea Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802.md RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/amideapodcast/feed.xml Official site: https://rss.com/podcasts/amideapodcast Author: Ashbrook Center Episodes: 237 ## Resource The American Idea explores America's history and principles and what they mean today. The podcast is a production of the Ashbrook Center and hosted by Dr. Jeff Sikkenga. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-american-idea-3723802 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802.md ## Episodes - [Our Right to Privacy and the 4th Amendment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/our-right-to-privacy-and-the-4th-amendment) — 2026-06-24T11:44:00+00:00 - [Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations at 250 Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/adam-smith-s-wealth-of-nations-at-250-years) — 2026-06-17T11:26:00+00:00 - [Returning to First Principles: America's Machiavellian Moment?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/returning-to-first-principles-america-s-machiavellian-moment) — 2026-06-10T12:17:00+00:00 - [Religious Liberty at the Founding and Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/religious-liberty-at-the-founding-and-today) — 2026-06-03T10:59:00+00:00 - [The Voting Rights Act and the Callais Supreme Court Decision - Context and Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/the-voting-rights-act-and-the-callais-supreme-court-decision-context-and-analysis) — 2026-05-27T10:53:00+00:00 - [School Choice: The Past, Present, and Future of a Movement](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/school-choice-the-past-present-and-future-of-a-movement) — 2026-05-20T09:02:00+00:00 - ["Mischievous Cousins' - A British Perspective on the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/mischievous-cousins-a-british-perspective-on-the-american-revolution) — 2026-05-13T12:51:00+00:00 - [From 1776 to Civil Rights: How the Declaration Shaped the Struggle for Equality](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/from-1776-to-civil-rights-how-the-declaration-shaped-the-struggle-for-equality) — 2026-05-06T10:58:00+00:00 - [Ronald Reagan and the Declaration of Independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/ronald-reagan-and-the-declaration-of-independence) — 2026-04-29T11:08:00+00:00 - [From Madison to Modern Politics: The Separation of Powers Debate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/from-madison-to-modern-politics-the-separation-of-powers-debate) — 2026-04-21T20:47:50+00:00 - [Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Prevent World War III](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/mobilize-how-to-reboot-the-american-industrial-base-and-prevent-world-war-iii) — 2026-04-15T10:56:00+00:00 - [Missouri v. Biden: Free Speech, Coercion, and Government Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/missouri-v-biden-free-speech-coercion-and-government-power) — 2026-04-08T10:04:00+00:00 - [Natural Rights: The Declaration's Central Claim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/natural-rights-the-declaration-s-central-claim) — 2026-04-01T12:45:34+00:00 - [The Causes and Politics of Financial Bubbles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/the-causes-and-politics-of-financial-bubbles) — 2026-03-25T12:07:00+00:00 - [Did FDR Threaten the Fundamental Freedoms in the Bill of Rights?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/did-fdr-threaten-the-fundamental-freedoms-in-the-bill-of-rights) — 2026-03-18T10:33:00+00:00 - [Thomas Willing: The Revolution’s Forgotten Financier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/thomas-willing-the-revolution-s-forgotten-financier) — 2026-03-11T11:31:00+00:00 - [What Can We Learn from the Antifederalists?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/what-can-we-learn-from-the-antifederalists) — 2026-03-04T12:10:00+00:00 - [James Madison and The Federalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/james-madison-and-the-federalist) — 2026-02-25T12:37:00+00:00 - [How to Read The Federalist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/how-to-read-the-federalist) — 2026-02-18T12:23:00+00:00 - [George Washington - The Indispensable Founding Father](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/george-washington-the-indispensable-founding-father) — 2026-02-11T12:10:00+00:00 - [Thomas Jefferson: Essential American Founder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/thomas-jefferson-essential-american-founder) — 2026-02-04T12:27:00+00:00 - [Huey Long - American Populist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/huey-long-american-populist) — 2026-01-28T11:59:00+00:00 - [Women’s Suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the Declaration of Independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/women-s-suffrage-elizabeth-cady-stanton-and-the-declaration-of-independence) — 2026-01-21T12:12:00+00:00 - [What Makes Americans a "Declarational" People?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/what-makes-americans-a-declarational-people) — 2026-01-14T10:54:00+00:00 - [The American Revolution and the Fate of the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/the-american-revolution-and-the-fate-of-the-world) — 2026-01-07T13:05:00+00:00 - [2025 End of Year Message: Looking Back and Forward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/2025-end-of-year-message-looking-back-and-forward) — 2025-12-31T12:48:00+00:00 - [Special Episode: Born American, But in the Wrong Place](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/special-episode-born-american-but-in-the-wrong-place) — 2025-12-24T12:28:00+00:00 - [How Does the Declaration of Independence Influence the Constitution?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/how-does-the-declaration-of-independence-influence-the-constitution) — 2025-12-17T12:52:00+00:00 - [When in the Course of Human Events: Creating the Declaration of Independence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/when-in-the-course-of-human-events-creating-the-declaration-of-independence) — 2025-12-10T12:15:10+00:00 - [“If they mean to have a war...”: The Causes of the American Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/if-they-mean-to-have-a-war-the-causes-of-the-american-revolution) — 2025-12-03T12:25:06+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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