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.
Capital Markets in America's History and Economy
September 3, 2025John Quincy Adams' Fight Against Slavery
August 27, 2025Frederick Douglass and the Anti-Slavery Constitution
August 20, 2025How did WW2 Really End? VJ Day at 80 Years
August 13, 2025Archive
Born American, but in the Wrong Place
Peter W. Schramm
April 1, 2006
A Dereliction of Duty: Military Officer Shouldnt Try to be Policymakers
Mackubin T. Owens
April 1, 2006
Kevin Phillips’s American Demagoguery
Joseph M. Knippenberg
April 1, 2006
Americas Role in the World: Republican Empire and the Bush Doctrine
Mackubin T. Owens
April 1, 2006