The American Idea
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.
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Episodes (244)
American Portraits: Last Summer Boys
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Contemporary Conversations: Ohio Attorney General David Yost on Constitution Day...
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Contemporary Conversations: A "Post-America" American History?
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Core American Ideas: Natural Rights and Limited Government
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Contemporary Conversations: A Student's Journey
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Documents & Debates: The Summer of Beer & Whiskey
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Documents & Debates: Oppenheimer - Hollywood and History
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Documents & Debates: Reconsidering the Atomic Bombs
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Documents & Debate: LBJ, Vietnam, and the Cold War
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Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy Speaks About the Rule of Law
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Documents & Debates: "To Address You As My Friend": African-Americans' Letters t...
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American Portraits: James Garfield
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Contemporary Conversations: School Censorship? It's Complicated...
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Documents & Debates: The Battle of Gettysburg at 160 Years
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Rapid Reaction: June 2023 Supreme Court Decisions
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American Portraits: John C. Calhoun - American Heretic
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Documents & Debates: FDR, Stalin, and the Rise of Russia as a World Power
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Documents & Debates: Bank Failures and Federal Reserve Policy
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Contemporary Conversations: Religious Liberty, the First Amendment, and the Cour...
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Documents & Debates: The Miracle of Lincoln's Nomination in 1860
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American Portraits: Ernest Hemingway - American Icon
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Documents and Debates: Don't Forget About Vicksburg
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American Portraits: Alexander Hamilton
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Documents & Debates: America's First Constitution - the Articles of Confederatio...
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Contemporary Conversations: War in Ukraine
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Born American, But in the Wrong Place
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Documents and Debates: Stories from the American Revolution
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Documents & Debates: Remember the Alamo!
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Documents & Debates: The Legacy of the Progressives
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Documents & Debates: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
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Contemporary Conversations: Censorship and Banned Books
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American Portraits: The Western in American Political Culture
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Contemporary Conversations: The 1619 Project and Telling America's Story
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Contemporary Conversations: War with China?
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Documents and Debates: The President and the Freedom Fighter
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American Portraits: Ulysses S. Grant
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American Portraits: Calvin Coolidge
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Documents & Debates: War - What's It Good For? The Expansion of Presidential Eme...
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Contemporary Conversations: January 2023: The New Congress - Analysis and Histor...
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Documents and Debates: American? Or Victim of America? MLK and Malcom X
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Contemporary Conversations: Back to School and the State of American Education
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Documents & Debates: The Final Emancipation Proclamation
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Ronald Reagan and the Fight for Freedom
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Truck, Barter, and Exchange: Adam Smith’s Views on Trade, Economics, and Interpe...
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Winston Churchill - Honorary American
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Turning Points in World War 2
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Free Speech and the State of the American University
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The Great Society - A New History
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Can We Save America? Abraham Lincoln and Our Troubled Politics
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Elections 2022: Analysis and Commentary with UVA's Jim Ceaser
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