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
A Tangled Web: Kerrys Defenders Have to Deal with Historyand the Facts
Mackubin T. Owens
August 1, 2004
Kerrys Moment of Peril
Andrew E. Busch
August 1, 2004
Bill Clinton and the Bully Pulpit
Joseph M. Knippenberg
August 1, 2004
Is Bush the Better Peace-With-Europe Candidate?
John Zvesper
August 1, 2004