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
Iwo Jima and the Future of the Marine Corps
Mackubin T. Owens
February 1, 2005
Psychiatric Ward
Andrew E. Busch
February 1, 2005
A Lot of "Liberty," Not a Lot of "Prudence"?: President Bush and the Western Rhetorical Tradition
Terrence Moore
February 1, 2005
Bush’s State of the Union Address: Paving the Road to Freedom
Lucas Morel
February 1, 2005