The Founders: Their Disagreements, the Constitution, and America Today, ft. Dr. Theodore Madrid
About this episode
The episode discusses the disagreements among America's founders and their relevance today with Dr. Theodore Madrid.
Happy Fourth of July! On this semiquincentennial anniversary of our nation's founding, I sat down with Dr. Theodore Madrid of Hillsdale College. He and I discussed the disagreements that our founders have with each other, the compromises that they made, the ways those arguments spilled into our conversation, and what it all means for us today. For more from Dr. Madrid check out this article: 'Cicero on Our Disengaged Age': https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/03/100424/ Here's one on some of the battles between Hamilton and Jefferson: https://www.jackmillercenter.org/news/hamilton-jefferson-and-the-american-idea Here's a briefer on originalism: https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/201004/scalia-defends-originalism-best-methodology-judging-law
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