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The Constitutionalist

by Benjamin Kleinerman, Tony Bartl

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.

Latest episodes

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Special Midterm Election Episode w/ Dave Bridge

David Bridge is Associate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. His department bio can be found here: https://politicalscience.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/p

Nov 5
1 h 08 min

Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court w/ B.J. Dobski

Bernard J. Dobski is Professor of Political Science at Assumption University. His department bio can be found here: https://www.assumption.edu/people-and-departments/dire

Nov 4
1 h 08 min

Bonus Episode - "The Crisis Presidency" - Constitution Day Address @ IACTL

You can learn more about the Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership at the University of Toledo by going to our website. https://www.utoledo.edu/inst

Oct 29
27 min

True Grit w/ Shane Leary

Shane returns to the Constitutionalist to discuss TRUE GRIT, the Charles Portis novel and the Coen bros. film.

Oct 28
1 h 01 min

New York Times v. Sullivan and LIbel Law w/ Carson Holloway

https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/no-liberty-libel/  

Oct 21
56 min

Bonus Episode: "The Apple of Gold in the Picture of Silver" - Fireside Chat at The University of Toledo

This bonus episode is a recording of a Fireside Chat that took place during Ben's week-long honors seminar with students in the University of Toledo's Institute of Americ

Oct 15
53 min

Gordon Wood and America at 250 w/ C. Bradley Thompson

C. Bradley Thompson has a web page which outlines his scholarship, teaching, and his leadership in broader Civics movement, which can be found here: https://cbradleythomp

Oct 14
1 h 10 min

Martin Diamond's "The Revolution of Sober Expectations" w/ Jason Jividen

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/C

Oct 7
41 min

No Country for Old Men w/ Carson Holloway

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  H

Sep 30
1 h 03 min

"How the Declaration Disagrees with John Locke" w/ Daniel Burns

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 Br

Sep 23
1 h 10 min

Early State Constitutions w/Jordan Cash

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 in

Sep 17
57 min

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

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

Jul 4 2025
56 min

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

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

Jun 27 2025
41 min

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

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

Jun 20 2025
41 min

#63 - Federalist 3-5, Part 1

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

Jun 13 2025
48 min

#62 - The Mayflower Compact

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 th

Jun 6 2025
43 min

#61 - Bureaucracy and the Constitution w/ Joseph Natali

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 P

May 30 2025
1 h 23 min

#60 - Educating the Statesman with Shilo Brooks

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 Univ

May 24 2025
59 min

#59 - Tocqueville - The Omnipotence of the Majority

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 omnipote

May 16 2025
52 min

#58 - Montesquieu and the Founding with William B. Allen

On the fifty-eighth episode, Shane, Matthew, and Ben are joined by William B. Allen, Professor Emeritus of Political Philosophy at Michigan State University, to discuss M

May 9 2025
58 min

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