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.
Taking Manhattan: The Birth of New York City
October 8, 2025Congress: What It Was Meant to Be; What It's Become
September 24, 2025The Constitutional Convention Was a Four-Act Drama
September 17, 2025Archive
From Beaver Dam Creek to Antietam: Lee’s Virginia-Maryland Campaign of 1862
Mackubin T. Owens
June 1, 2007
Sarkozy’s Pragmatically Optimistic Revolution
John Zvesper
June 1, 2007
From Machiavelli to America
Christopher Flannery
June 1, 2007
The Ukrainian Crisis in Perspective
Andrew E. Busch
June 1, 2007