Federalist 10 was one of the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 essays that were published in New York to encourage ratification of the newly drafted Constitution. This essay is taught in classrooms across the country and often referred to as the most important. So what's it about?
Taking us through the ideas of faction, republicanism, and Madison's inabi ... Show More
Mar 17
Someone oughta open up a window
Today we take a field trip to Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Nick explains why he's like this via an obsession with 1776, the movie based on the musical based on the true events that launched a nation. Our nation. Also, Nick and Hannah get real using Dido a ... Show More
30m 11s
Mar 3
Are you really mad? What can you do about that?
As hosts of a civics podcast, we are not allowed to advocate for policy. But you can. Here are three things you can do to get your elected officials to listen when you're mad about something. By way of example, Nick reveals his pettiest, most apolitical gripe; and methods he woul ... Show More
48m 21s
Oct 2012
PREMIUM-Episode 65: The Federalist Papers
On Alexander Hamilton/James Madison's Federalist Papers (1, 10-12, 14-17, 39, 47-51), published as newspaper editorials 1787-8, plus Letters III and IV from Brutus, an Anti-Federalist. What constitutes good government? These founding fathers argued that the proposed Constitution, ... Show More
31m 25s
Jan 2024
Kermit Roosevelt III on Theodore Roosevelt and the Collapse of Honor (PT 1)
<p>On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with American author, lawyer, and legal scholar <strong><em>Kermit Roosevelt III </em></strong>on Honoring and doing what is right, Why peoples values and sense of honor are collapsing, How many people know who Marcus Aure ... Show More
1h 7m
Jan 2024
Kermit Roosevelt III on Theodore Roosevelt And Cultural Movements (PT 2)
<p>On this episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with American author, lawyer, and legal scholar <strong><em>Kermit Roosevelt III </em></strong>on Honoring and doing what is right, Why peoples values and sense of honor are collapsing, How many people know who M ... Show More
1h 12m
Sep 2022
On Karl Marx's "The Communist Manifesto"
1848 was the Year of Revolutions in Europe. It was also the year that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published The Communist Manifesto, proposing a new, classless society. As revolutions erupted across the globe, many turned to the ideals of Communism to replace old and fast-crum ... Show More
30m 55s
Feb 2024
James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson, "Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis" (Russell Sage, 2021)
Soaring levels of political, legal, economic, and social inequality have been documented by social scientists – but the public conversation and scholarship on inequality has not examined the role of state law and state courts in establishing policies that significantly affect ine ... Show More
58m 58s