{"podcast":{"title":"The American Idea","slug":"the-american-idea-3723802","podcast_index_feed_id":3723802,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/amideapodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/amideapodcast","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/amideapodcast/20221108_061125_bfec74f0f38da83852b24c4693542ed7.jpg","author":"Ashbrook Center","episode_count":237,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T00:20:17.135791+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802"},"episode":{"title":"Ronald Reagan and the Declaration of Independence","slug":"ronald-reagan-and-the-declaration-of-independence","published_at":"2026-04-29T11:08:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/ronald-reagan-and-the-declaration-of-independence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/amideapodcast/2693672","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/44047/2693672/amideapodcast/2026_04_06_15_08_04_3b0d6217-aad9-4bd5-9693-6d169ffd3ccb.mp3","summary":"Abraham Lincoln once asserted that all of his political philosophy was rooted in the Declaration of Independence. Other presidents have spoken positively about our founding document, and some have disparaged the ideas promoted in it. What about Ronald Reagan? Where did he stand on the Declaration’s core ideas of natural rights, limited government, and liberty? Jeff is joined by Greg McBrayer, who looks back on decades of speeches from Reagan in order to establish a clear connection between the principles of our 40th president and America’s original mission statement. Read Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing”: https://tinyurl.com/btvr8mu9 Read Reagan’s 1986 Independence Day speech: https://tinyurl.com/ycyfvnka Read Reagan’s Farewell Address: https://tinyurl.com/mu92b545 Host: Jeff Sikkenga Executive Producer: Jeremy Gypton Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/theamericanidea Homepage: https://ashbrook.org/the-american-idea-podcast/","meta_description":"Abraham Lincoln once asserted that all of his political philosophy was rooted in the Declaration of Independence. Other presidents have spoken positively…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2637,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-american-idea-3723802/episodes/ronald-reagan-and-the-declaration-of-independence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-idea-3723802/ronald-reagan-and-the-declaration-of-independence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}