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The Constitutionalist

by Benjamin Kleinerman, Tony Bartl
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    The opening sequence is an excerpt of the live recording of Martin Diamonds presentation from 1976 in Philadelphia. The entire speech can be view here: https://youtu.be/CWnLpXcVArE?si=33ikgnZcklmC9r0v The transcript of the speech can be…

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    Carson Holloway's bio on the UNO page can be found here: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/political-science/about-us/directory/carson-holloway.php  His essay, "Tradition, Demonic Evil, and Despair in No Country for Old…

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    Daniel Burns is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Dallas where he teaches both in the excellent great books focused undergraduate program and in the Braniff Graduate School of the Liberal Arts: https:/…

  • Early State Constitutions w/Jordan Cash

    September 17, 2026 · 58 min

    Jordan Cash is Associate Professor in the James Madison College at Michigan State University. Faculty web page: https://jmc.msu.edu/directory/c/jordan-cash His books include: - Adding the Lone Star: John Tyler, Sam Houston, and the…

  • David Clinton - George Washington's Farewell Address, Part 2

    July 4, 2025 · 56 min

    David Clinton is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he studies international relations theory, American foreign policy, and the art and practice of diplomacy. The Constitutionalist is a podcast co-hosted by…

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  • David Clinton - George Washington's Farewell Address, Part 1

    June 27, 2025 · 41 min

    David Clinton is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he studies international relations theory, American foreign policy, and the art and practice of diplomacy. David Clinton is Emeritus Professor of…

  • The Foreign Policy of Publius - Federalist 3-5, Part 2

    June 20, 2025 · 42 min

    The Constitutionalist is a podcast co-hosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog, Shane Leary, a graduate student at…

  • #63 - Federalist 3-5, Part 1

    June 13, 2025 · 49 min

    On the sixty-third episode of the Constitutionalist, Shane and Matthew discuss Federalist papers 3-5, covering commerce, war, providence, and even George Washington's pet mule. We want to hear from you! Constitutionalistpod@gmail.com…

  • #62 - The Mayflower Compact

    June 6, 2025 · 44 min

    On the sixty-second episode of the Constitutionalist, Ben, Shane, and Matthew discuss the Mayflower Compact, and its implications for American political life as one of the nation's earliest constitutional compacts. We want to hear from…

  • #61 - Bureaucracy and the Constitution w/ Joseph Natali

    May 30, 2025 · 1 hr 23 min

    On the sixty-first episode, Shane and Ben are joined by Joseph Natali, a Ph.D. student at Baylor University dissertating on the constitutionalism of bureaucracy and how Presidents succeed or fail in exercising control over the executive…

  • #60 - Educating the Statesman with Shilo Brooks

    May 24, 2025 · 60 min

    On the sixtieth episode, Matthew and Ben are joined by Shilo Brooks, Executive Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, to discuss his immensely popular course "The Art of…

  • #59 - Tocqueville - The Omnipotence of the Majority

    May 16, 2025 · 52 min

    On the fifty-ninth episode of the Constitutionalist, Ben and Matthew discuss Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 7 of Alexis De Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" on the omnipotence of the majority. They discuss Tocqueville's warnings of the…

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The Constitutionalist is a podcast cohosted by Professor Benjamin Kleinerman, the RW Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University and Founder and Editor of The Constitutionalist Blog and Tony Bartl, Associate Professor in the Institute for Constitutional Thought and Leadership (IACTL) at the University of Toledo. Each week, they discuss political news in light of its constitutional implications, and explore a unique constitutional topic, ranging from the thoughts and experiences of America's founders and statesmen, historical episodes, and the broader philosophic ideas that influence the American experiment in government.