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.
Congress: What It Was Meant to Be; What It's Become
September 24, 2025The Constitutional Convention Was a Four-Act Drama
September 17, 2025Turning Defeat into Victory: The American Way of War
September 10, 2025Archive
Do Canadians Trust Themselves?: The 2006 Federal Election
John von Heyking
December 1, 2005
The United States in the 2006 Canadian Election
John von Heyking
December 1, 2005
The Political Theology of Thanksgiving
Joseph M. Knippenberg
November 1, 2005
Irans President and the Politics of the Twelfth Imam
John von Heyking
November 1, 2005