This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, historian Emily Sneff joins Julie Silverbrook to discuss her new book focusing on the Declaration of Independence at the moment of its creation in 1776 and how it was communicated to the new nation and around the world.
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On this week’s episode of #WeThePeoplePodcast, Mary Sarah Bilder, Robert P. George, and Jonathan Rauch join Julie Silverbrook to explore James Madison’s vision for the constitution.
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On #TransDayOfVisibility, explore a conversation from our #WeThePeoplePodcast archive.
Joshua Matz and Matthew J. Franck discuss #SCOTUS rulings on LGBTQ employees’ rights and the constitutional questions at stake.
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This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, Ellen DuBois joins for #WomensHistoryMonth to discuss the life, ideas, and legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the decades-long struggle for women’s suffrage.
Hear DuBois explain Stanton’s dedication to personal liberty.
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This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, Mary Sarah Bilder and Sara Georgini join Julie Silverbrook to discuss the lives of two remarkable women, Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren, whose ideas helped shape Revolutionary thought.
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Prof. Michael Ramsey participated in the @constitutionctr.bsky.social podcast, We the People, with Yale’s Professor Harold Koh, to discuss the constitutional balance of war powers between Congress and the President.
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On this week’s episode of #WeThePeoplePodcast, legal scholars Harold Koh and Michael Ramsey join Julie Silverbrook to discuss long-standing debates around the scope of presidential and congressional war powers following President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/HEjL50YsWF8
On #WeThePeoplePodcast, author Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on the legacy of Constance Baker Motley, the first African American woman appointed to the federal judiciary.
Listen to the full episode in celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth: https://ow.ly/w1Oy50YpPUl
This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, revisit Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Elizabeth Cobbs discussing key women who inspired constitutional change throughout American history for #WomensHistoryMonth.
Hear Cobbs discuss Susan B. Anthony and listen now: https://ow.ly/CIH450YpPNB
This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, Julie Silverbrook explores the ruling in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump with Zachary Shemtob of SCOTUSblog and Ilya Somin of George Mason University.
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This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal discusses her new book, ‘Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.’
Kathleen DuVal explains the significance of her book’s title below.
Full episode: https://ow.ly/UCc650XToTG
On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Jeffrey Rosen is joined by Sam Tanenhaus and Matthew Continetti to discuss the intellectual history of American conservatism and the rise of William F. Buckley Jr.
Hear about the emergence of conservatism following the New Deal below.
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On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Jeffrey Rosen explores the lasting importance of Justice Robert Jackson’s legacy with authors John Barrett, Gerard Magliocca and G. Edward White.
Hear John Barrett explain why he is drawn to the life of Jackson.
Full episode: https://ow.ly/Hxw350XOmVX
On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Jeffrey Rosen speaks with Edward Larson his newest book, ‘Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Still Matters.’
Hear Larson explain the origins of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” below.
Full episode: https://ow.ly/wFQ050XLP3P
Jed Shugerman of the Boston University School of Law shares his opinion on #TrumpVSlaughter and how importance of the case has roots in English history.
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On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Thomas Berry of The Cato Institute explores the history of the first presidential cabinet in 1789 to provide context for discussing #TrumpVSlaughter.
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Sanford Levison discusses the need for conversation surrounding constitutional amendments and change today.
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Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss James Madison’s writings and the founders’ fear of excessive presidential power.
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Co-director of “The American Revolution” documentary and 2024 #LibertyMedal recipient Ken Burns reflects on the powerful force of silence and reflection.
Listen to #PursuitPodcast on #WeThePeoplePodcast: https://ow.ly/JUjm50XybMu
Robert George of Princeton University explains the struggle of the founders to create a new government that avoided the past tyrannies of Great Britain.
Listen to #PursuitPodcast on #WeThePeoplePodcast: https://ow.ly/48FF50XybK5
On #WeThePeoplePodcast, author Walter Isaacson explores how Thomas Jefferson wrestled with the reality of slavery in his own life while writing the Declaration of Independence.
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On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Eric Foner explains efforts to suppress #freespeech during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.
Listen to the full conversation: https://ow.ly/rbK650XuSrs
On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner joins to discuss his book, Our Fragile Freedoms, with Jeffrey Rosen, covering topics including slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, and more.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/aRb750XuVY9
Author Walter Isaacson discusses the inspiration Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson took from Enlightenment thinkers on the social contract theory.
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This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, tune in for a two-part show about Alexander Hamilton, including a segment from #PursuitPodcast and a conversation with #LibertyMedal2025 recipient Ron Chernow.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/5VWA50XkWWr
Hear @RosenJeffrey and @JeffreyGoldberg discuss the opposing constitutional visions of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
Listen now on #WeThePeoplePodcast: https://ow.ly/HrS850XhgIJ
Can President Trump invoke the #InsurrectionAct over the objections of state governors?
Listen to #WeThePeoplePodcast to explore the history and scope of the act: https://ow.ly/rLyi50XcF3Y
This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, William Banks of Syracuse University College of Law and Laura Dickinson of the George Washington Law School discuss the history and meaning of the #InsurrectionAct with host Jeffrey Rosen.
Listen now: https://ow.ly/JBxa50XcETR
No better resource than @constitutionctr.bsky.social for learning, understanding, and appreciating the US Constitution. Highly recommend it. This episode from #WeThePeoplePodcast is fantastic. Mr. Rosen’s explanation of how he’s learned to start his day, at about 24:00 mark, is inspiring.
This week on #WeThePeoplePodcast, Sabrina Lynn Motley, director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, joins Jeffrey Rosen to discuss how their institutions are celebrating America’s 250th birthday.
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