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, 2025
John Quincy Adams' Fight Against Slavery
August 27, 2025
Frederick Douglass and the Anti-Slavery Constitution
August 20, 2025
How did WW2 Really End? VJ Day at 80 Years
August 13, 2025Archive
Between Westminster and Washington: Canada’s 2006 Election and Its Regime
John von Heyking
January 1, 2006
Transformation: The Changing Requirements for Victory on the Battlefield
Mackubin T. Owens
January 1, 2006
Toward a Discretionary Post-9/11 Public Policy that Remains Constitutional: Lessons from the Civil War
Benjamin A. Kleinerman
January 1, 2006
The One Economics Job Mr. Greenspan Can’t Have
Terrence Moore
January 1, 2006