The American Idea Podcast

The homepage for Ashbrook’s official podcast, The American Idea, which 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. Hosted by Jeff Sikkenga.

Inside Camp David

Alexander Hamilton and The Federalist

What Can We Learn from Herbert Hoover?

Taking Manhattan: The Birth of New York City

The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Fremont, Lincoln, and the Civil War

Congress: What It Was Meant to Be; What It’s Become

Archive

Not the Arbiter of Truth: The Role of a Free Press in Our Republic
Inside the Reagan White House
2025 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: Commentary and Analysis
The Declaration of Independence: America’s First Core Document

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