Peter Schramm was born American, but in the wrong place. His conversations are meant to enlighten, edify and even amuse you Americans! He talks with interesting and thoughtful (and sometimes well-known) people about American politics and what Mark Twain called the nation's temperament. Schramm is executive director of the John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University.
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Podcast Archive

• David Tucker on the War on Terrorism (Part 1)
  October 16, 2009, 43:27    

• Lauren Arnold on Shakespeare's The Tempest
  September 14, 2009, 22:37    

• Andrew Busch on the Political Realities of Health Care Reform
  September 10, 2009, 19:21    

• Steven Hayward on Ronald Reagan
  September 3, 2009, 19:59    

• Michael Sabo on Justice Thomas's Constitutional Interpretation
  September 2, 2009, 21:27    

• Colleen Carper on British Code Breaking in WWII
  August 27, 2009, 14:22    

• Andrew E. Busch on the 2008 Election
  April 22, 2009, 25:57    

• Matthew Spalding on the Joint Congressional Hearing Concerning Senate Vacancies
  March 25, 2009, 21:52    

• Gordon Lloyd on Teaching the Natives
  March 2, 2009, 32:02    

• Steven Hayward on Obama's First Month in Office
  February 18, 2009, 19:43    

• Mackubin T. Owens on Abraham Lincoln
  February 9, 2009, 22:24    

• Lucas Morel on Abraham Lincoln
  February 3, 2009, 20:26    

• Jeffrey Sikkenga on Obama's Inaugural Address
  January 21, 2009, 27:09    

• Steven Hayward on Election 2008
  November 12, 2008, 20:06    

• William Voegeli on the Welfare State
  November 11, 2008, 30:52    

• Charles Kesler on Barack Obama
  October 21, 2008, 30:19    

• Andrew Busch on the 2008 Presidential Election
  September 12, 2008, 21:49    

• Caitlin Poling on Thucydides
  July 28, 2008, 13:33    

• Mackubin T. Owens on Orbis
  May 20, 2008, 11:55    

• Mackubin T. Owens on Civil War Strategy
  April 29, 2008, 22:29    

• Peter Myers on Frederick Douglass (Part II)
  April 20, 2008, 41:56    

• Peter Myers on Frederick Douglass (Part I)
  March 20, 2008, 39:06    

• Adam Carrington on Jonathan Edwards
  March 5, 2008, 32:06    

• Lucas Morel on Black History Month
  February 28, 2008, 29:22    

• Christopher Burkett on George Washington
  February 22, 2008, 18:01    

• Lucas Morel on Abraham Lincoln
  February 18, 2008, 20:51    

• Allen Guelzo on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  February 6, 2008, 27:54    

• Andrew E. Busch on the Presidential Primaries
  January 23, 2008, 34:11    

• Steven Hayward on the Presidential Primaries
  January 10, 2008, 12:50    

• Jeremy Bailey on Thomas Jefferson
  October 24, 2007, 18:31    

• Steven Hayward on the Presidential Candidates
  October 4, 2007, 17:06    

• David Tucker on Special Forces
  September 17, 2007, 27:49    

• Jason Stevens on Lincoln's Understanding of the Union
  June 28, 2007, 15:17    

• Clint Leibolt on "The Virginian"
  June 21, 2007, 18:14    

• James Kresge on the Founders' View of Faction and the Progressive Response
  June 14, 2007, 19:25    

• Heather Imboden on Cuban-American Relations
  June 5, 2007, 21:26    

• Steven Hayward on His New Movie
  April 23, 2007, 10:26    

• Gordon Lloyd on the Hoover-Roosevelt Debates
  March 27, 2007, 32:27    

• David Krugler on the Failure of Civil Defense during the Cold War
  March 1, 2007, 16:48    

• Paul Cantor on Shakespeare
  February 20, 2007, 17:51    

• Steven Hayward on the Environmentalist Left's Attack on AEI
  February 9, 2007, 10:50    

• Mackubin T. Owens on the Troop Surge in Iraq
  February 7, 2007, 16:48    

• Harry V. Jaffa, a Brief Autobiography
  January 24, 2007, 17:04    

• John Marini on Western Films (Part 3)
  January 9, 2007, 33:29    

• John Marini on Western Films (Part 2)
  December 14, 2006, 35:21    

• John Marini on Western Films (Part 1)
  December 11, 2006, 33:57    

• Peter Schramm on the Hungarian Revolution
  November 30, 2006, 47:27    

• Andrew Busch on the 2006 Election Results
  November 14, 2006, 17:09    

• Peter Lawler on the 2006 Election Results
  November 10, 2006, 15:21    

• Steven Hayward on the 2006 Election Results
  November 8, 2006, 14:53    

• Rich Lowry on the 2006 Midterms
  November 1, 2006, 14:30    

• Thomas Suddes on the 2006 Midterms
  October 31, 2006, 25:44    

• Andrew Busch on the 2006 Midterms
  October 27, 2006, 16:37    

• Thomas Suddes on Ohio Politics
  October 25, 2006, 13:54    

• Steven Hayward on the Rays of Hope for the GOP
  October 20, 2006, 12:07    

• Andrew Busch on the 2006 Midterms
  October 18, 2006, 15:52    

• Steven Hayward on the Mark Foley Scandal and Gubernatorial Elections
  October 10, 2006, 9:57    

• Thomas Suddes on Ohio Politics
  October 3, 2006, 20:35    

• Andrew Busch on the Latest Developments in the 2006 Midterms
  September 27, 2006, 8:01    

• Steven Hayward on Bill Clinton and the 2006 Midterm Elections
  September 26, 2006, 16:16    

• Andrew Busch on Polling
  September 20, 2006, 13:00    

• Steven Hayward on the 2006 Midterm Elections
  September 14, 2006, 16:16    

• John Moser on Acting and Teaching
  September 6, 2006, 19:20    

• Larry Obhof on Eminent Domain
  September 1, 2006, 19:30    

• Lucas Morel on Charnwood's Lincoln
  August 24, 2006, 17:04    

• Mackubin T. Owens on Hezbollah and Israel
  August 17, 2006, 16:01    

• Andrew Busch on Midterm Elections
  July 27, 2006, 22:05    

• Peter Schramm and Chris Burkett Discuss the Ashbrook Center's Presidential Academy for American History and Civics
  July 19, 2006, 23:16    

• Peter Lawler on Same-Sex Marriage and Bioethics
  July 13, 2006, 22:50    

• Marc Landy on Condoleezza Rice and Boston College
  July 6, 2006, 12:22    

• Peter Schramm: "Born American, but in the Wrong Place"
  July 4, 2006, 56:24    

• Marc Landy on Federalism and Hurricane Katrina
  June 29, 2006, 22:17    

• Steven Hayward on Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"
  June 20, 2006, 17:25    

• Nicholas Antongiavanni on The Suit (Part 2)
  June 15, 2006, 22:32    

• Nicholas Antongiavanni on The Suit (Part 1)
  June 9, 2006, 27:37    

• Joseph Knippenberg on Higher Education
  May 18, 2006, 27:36    

• Ed Morrissey on Al Qaeda and Election Politics
  May 11, 2006, 22:13    

• John Green on Ohio's Primary Election Results
  May 4, 2006, 21:09    

• Julie Ponzi on Peter's "Born American" article
  April 27, 2006, 24:51    

• Steven Hayward on the Environment and Politics
  April 20, 2006, 18:55    

• John Fonte on Immigration
  April 13, 2006, 20:24    

• David Foster on Huckleberry Finn
  April 5, 2006, 30:29    

• David Foster on Tom Sawyer
  March 30, 2006, 26:54    

• Jonah Goldberg on Conservatism
  March 22, 2006, 19:37    

• Thomas Suddes on Ohio Politics
  March 16, 2006, 25:43    

• Harvey C. Mansfield on Manliness
  March 8, 2006, 12:32    

• Harry V. Jaffa on the Clash of Civilizations
  March 1, 2006, 18:36    

• Thomas Suddes on Ohio Politics
  February 23, 2006, 20:52    

• Alan Simpson on Dick Cheney
  February 15, 2006, 13:06    

• Scott Johnson on the Power of Blogs
  February 6, 2006, 16:23    

• Steven Hayward on the Environment and Politics
  February 1, 2006, 16:40    

• William Kristol on the Future of the Republican and Democratic Parties
  January 25, 2006, 10:01    

• Robert Alt on the Supreme Court Nomination of Samuel Alito
  January 25, 2006, 17:37