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.
Taking Manhattan: The Birth of New York City
October 8, 2025Congress: What It Was Meant to Be; What It's Become
September 24, 2025The Constitutional Convention Was a Four-Act Drama
September 17, 2025Archive
John Kerrys Two Vietnams: The Swift Vets and the Record
Mackubin T. Owens
August 1, 2004
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