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by Benjamin Kleinerman, Tony Bartl
The Constitutionalist is a podcast cohosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog, and Tony Bartl, Associate Professor in the Institute for Constitutional Thought and Leadership (IACTL) at the University of Toledo. Each week, they discuss political news in light of its constitutional implications, and explore a unique constitutional topic, ranging from the thoughts and experiences of America's founders and statesmen, historical episodes, and the broader philosophic ideas that influence the American experiment in government.
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- 3 days ago1h 1m
True Grit w/ Shane Leary
Shane returns to the Constitutionalist to discuss TRUE GRIT, the Charles Portis novel and the Coen bros. film.
- 1 weeks ago56 min
New York Times v. Sullivan and LIbel Law w/ Carson Holloway
https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/no-liberty-libel/
- 2 weeks ago53 min
Bonus Episode: "The Apple of Gold in the Picture of Silver" - Fireside Chat at The University of Toledo
This bonus episode is a recording of a Fireside Chat that took place during Ben's week-long honors seminar with students in the University of Toledo's Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership. The subject of the discussion is Abraham Lincoln's metaphor for the relationship between the Declaration of the Independence and the Constitution: "an apple of gold in a picture of silver." Emceeing the event is Michael Gonzalez, Senior Associate Director at IACTL.
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
Gordon Wood and America at 250 w/ C. Bradley Thompson
C. Bradley Thompson has a web page which outlines his scholarship, teaching, and his leadership in broader Civics movement, which can be found here: https://cbradleythompson.com/about/The Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism can be found here: https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/capitalism/sisc/ His most recent book is America's Revolutionary Mind: A Morel History of the American Revolution and the Declaration that Defined It, out with Encounter Books.A leading expert on the political thought of John Adams, he has written John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty. with University Press of Kansas.He has also written, w/ Yaron Brook, Neoconservatism: An Obituary of an Idea.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
Martin Diamond's "The Revolution of Sober Expectations" w/ Jason Jividen
The opening sequence is an excerpt of the live recording of Martin Diamonds presentation from 1976 in Philadelphia. The entire speech can be view here: https://youtu.be/CWnLpXcVArE?si=33ikgnZcklmC9r0vThe transcript of the speech can be read here: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/BicentenUSA02.pdf?x10619Diamonds "Contemporary Thinkers" page: https://contemporarythinkers.org/martin-diamond/Here is an interview about Diamond with Bill Schambra: https://youtu.be/t5OIud2tvC0?si=CkM3J6BE1ZA-_Bhw Jason Jividen's faculty page at St. Vincent: https://www.stvincent.edu/directory/profiles/jason-jividen.htmlHe is the author of Claiming Lincoln: Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln's Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric https://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Lincoln-Progressivism-Equality-Presidential-ebook/dp/B07X4TMF16?ref_=ast_author_dp&th=1&psc=1He is the editor of Populists and Progressives: Core Documents. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/product/populists-and-progressives-2/
- Sep 30, 20261h 3m
No Country for Old Men w/ Carson Holloway
Carson Holloway's bio on the UNO page can be found here: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/political-science/about-us/directory/carson-holloway.php His essay, "Tradition, Demonic Evil, and Despair in No Country for Old Men" appears in a volume he coedited with Micah Watson, Faith and Film: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe, which can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Film-Faith-Struggle-Politics-Literature/dp/1666934046His books include- Hamilton and Jefferson in the Washington Adminstration: Completing the Founding or Betraying the Founding? https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-versus-Jefferson-Washington-Administration/dp/1107521114/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nIsITDFSXSg8e-EBFfniHViHFBDYxWINMmKMUOoBUhiWYXs3Y0f2Ww7MkUSI3z5uwAmCKFMWpmr6mQ-qycPiPw4j3GytJNzNwHsmNkWFTXjFV4BHzYlqdjctLXWLPd7NbKxedocO-n6nSj3nAopgZCSm7HYZkLNmKcgZ80Mk2FAbXVosZq6tHg1hDH2pwjxtAK7LsTP9MVJOdRILQT1TCTVO66wm-pOWBvU7193w6Sg.vftOYXmhIHsMZKl4srd_GBDb89zYpMTYycjbW6cNf9s&dib_tag=se&qid=1790651121&refinements=p_27%3ACarson+Holloway&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Carson+Holloway- The Way of Life: John Paul II and the Challenge of Liberal Modernity. https://www.amazon.com/Way-Life-Challenge-Liberal-Modernity/dp/1932792961/ref=sr_1_7?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nIsITDFSXSg8e-EBFfniHViHFBDYxWINMmKMUOoBUhiWYXs3Y0f2Ww7MkUSI3z5uwAmCKFMWpmr6mQ-qycPiPw4j3GytJNzNwHsmNkWFTXjFV4BHzYlqdjctLXWLPd7NbKxedocO-n6nSj3nAopgZCSm7HYZkLNmKcgZ80Mk2FAbXVosZq6tHg1hDH2pwjxtAK7LsTP9MVJOdRILQT1TCTVO66wm-pOWBvU7193w6Sg.vftOYXmhIHsMZKl4srd_GBDb89zYpMTYycjbW6cNf9s&dib_tag=se&qid=1790651121&refinements=p_27%3ACarson+Holloway&s=books&sr=1-7&text=Carson+Holloway - All Shook up: Reason, Passion, and Politics. https://www.amazon.com/All-Shook-Up-Passion-Politics/dp/1890626333/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nIsITDFSXSg8e-EBFfniHViHFBDYxWINMmKMUOoBUhiWYXs3Y0f2Ww7MkUSI3z5uwAmCKFMWpmr6mQ-qycPiPw4j3GytJNzNwHsmNkWFTXjFV4BHzYlqdjctLXWLPd7NbKxedocO-n6nSj3nAopgZCSm7HYZkLNmKcgZ80Mk2FAbXVosZq6tHg1hDH2pwjxtAK7LsTP9MVJOdRILQT1TCTVO66wm-pOWBvU7193w6Sg.vftOYXmhIHsMZKl4srd_GBDb89zYpMTYycjbW6cNf9s&dib_tag=se&qid=1790651121&refinements=p_27%3ACarson+Holloway&s=books&sr=1-6&text=Carson+Holloway - w/ Paul Dehart, Reason, Revelation, and the Civic Order: Political Philosophy and the Claims of Faith. https://www.amazon.com/Reason-Revelation-Civic-Order-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B07WPYD6VT
- Sep 23, 20261h 10m
"How the Declaration Disagrees with John Locke" w/ Daniel Burns
Daniel Burns is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Dallas where he teaches both in the excellent great books focused undergraduate program and in the Braniff Graduate School of the Liberal Arts: https://udallas.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-of-liberal-arts/The central discussion of this episode revolves around his recent essay: https://america250.aei.org/volume/natural-rights-the-common-good-and-the-american-revolution/how-the-declaration-disagrees-with-john-locke/Also discussed is his earlier essay, "Liberal Practice vs. Liberal Theory," published in National Affairs: https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/liberal-practice-v-liberal-theoryHis other publications can be found on his department bio: https://udallas.edu/academics/programs/politics/faculty/burns-daniel.phpHe is currently writing a book on Joseph Ratzinger's view of church-state relations.This episode edited by Jaden Smith.
- Sep 17, 202657 min
Early State Constitutions w/Jordan Cash
Jordan Cash is Associate Professor in the James Madison College at Michigan State University.Faculty web page: https://jmc.msu.edu/directory/c/jordan-cashHis books include:- Adding the Lone Star: John Tyler, Sam Houston, and the Annexation of Texas. University Press of Kansas, 2024- The Isolated Presidency. Oxford University Press, 2024- (with Kevin Burns) eds., Congressional Deliberation: Major Debates, Speeches, and Writings, 1774–2023. 2024- (with Tony Bartl) eds., Constitutionalism and Liberty: Essays in Honor of David K. Nichols. Lexington Books, 2025Other works referenced:- David K. Nichols, "Gouveneur Morris and the Creation of American Constitutionalism," in Natural Right and Political Philosophy, Ward and Ward eds., University of Notre Dame Press.- Ewing, Kleinerman, and Zug eds., Beyond Checks and Balances: The Political Purpose of Separation of Powers, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026
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The Constitutionalist is a podcast cohosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog, and Tony Bartl, Associate Professor in the Institute for Constitutional Thought and Leadership (IACTL) at the University of Toledo. Each week, they discuss political news in light of its constitutional implications, and explore a unique constitutional topic, ranging from the thoughts and experiences of America's founders and statesmen, historical episodes, and the broader philosophic ideas that influence the American experiment in government.
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