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Hale Institute Podcast episodes

October 23 Episode 51: How Machiavelli Won (feat. Alex Priou)
Alex Priou, professor at the University of Austin (UATX), joins to talk about Plato, Machiavelli, Heidegger, Strauss, and everything in between.
1 hr 11 min
October 16 Episode 50: The Education of a Lawyer (feat. Allen Mendenhall)
Allen Mendenhall, research fellow for the Institute of Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, comes on show to talk about his career as a lawyer, academic, and think tanker, the state of corporate and education reform, and the future of the conservative legal movement.
1 hr 10 min
October 09 Episode 49: Serious Citizenship (feat. David Upham)
David Upham, professor of law at St. Thomas University College of Law and senior fellow of politics and law at the University of Dallas, talks to Timon about the 14th Amendment and the privileges and immunities of American citizenship.

Taking American Citizenship Seriously
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/taking-american-citizenship-seriously-9781978761438/
Citizenship & the 14th Amendment with Prof. David Upham
https://www.anchoringtruths.org/2026/06/18/citizenship-the-14th-amendment-with-prof-david-upham/
1 hr 10 min
October 02 Episode 48: Bostock and Barbara (feat. Jeremy Christiansen)
Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law, returns to the show to talk about what the recent Trump v. Barbara decision means for citizenship and originalism.

Trump v. Barbara: "A Rare Species of Victory?"
Trump v. Barbara and the End of Originalism
Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Afroyim Has Got to Go!
Are Latter-day Saints Christians? - First Things
1 hr 2 min
May 22 Episode 47: The Founders, the Classics, and the Bible (feat. Carl Richard)
Carl Richard, professor at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, comes on the show to talk about several of his books on how the American founders were influenced by both antiquity and scripture.

The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment
https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Classics-Greece-American-Enlightenment/dp/0674314263
The Founders and the Bible
https://a.co/d/00iZB7PL
So Help Us, God: American Presidents and the Bible
https://a.co/d/0fD6gMls
1 hr 4 min
April 24 Episode 46: Birthright Citizenship (feat. Ilan Wurman)
With Trump v. Barbara before the Supreme Court, Ilan Wurman, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, joins the show to discuss his scholarship on the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment citizenship clause.

JURISDICTION AND CITIZENSHIP by Ilan Wurman
https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2026/02/49.Wurman.pdf

Clearing Up Confusion on Birthright Citizenship by Ilan Wurman
https://americanmind.org/salvo/clearing-up-confusion-on-birthright-citizenship/

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE PROFESSOR ILAN WURMAN IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/392842/20260127175852031_Trump%20v%20Barbara%20-%20Wurman%20Amicus%20Brief%20-%20FINAL.pdf

The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction by Ilan Wurman
Amazon.com: The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction: 9781009485692: Wurman, Ilan: Books
47 min
January 23 Episode 45: How to Take Over a Law School (feat. Scott Yenor)
Scott Yenor, professor at Boise State and Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, talks to Timon about how conservatives can capture and reform legal education.

The Long Game in the Legal Academy
https://tomklingenstein.com/the-long-game-in-the-legal-academy/
Compulsory Feminism
https://firstthings.com/compulsory-feminism/
Up from Conservatism
https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/up-from-conservatism/

1 hr 2 min
December 19, 2025 Episode 44: Legal Conservatism for Our Time (feat. Jesse Merriam)
What is the future of legal conservatism? How should it reorient itself to present challenges? Jesse Merriam, professor at Patrick Henry College, joins the show to answer these questions (and more).
Legal Conservatism for Our Time - The American Mind
https://americanmind.org/features/legal-conservatism-for-our-time/
Shock Therapy for Our Lawless Legal System - The American Mind
https://americanmind.org/features/legal-conservatism-for-our-time/shock-therapy-for-our-lawless-legal-system/
55 min
December 12, 2025 Episode 43: The Classical Legal Tradition (feat. Jeremy Christiansen)
A debate over common good constitutionalism, natural law, and classical jurisprudence has occupied much of the conservative legal world for the past several years. Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law and editor of the New Digest, comes on the show to talk about what the classical legal tradition is.

Jeremy M. Christiansen, J.D. | Regent University
https://www.regent.edu/faculty/jeremy-christiansen/

Substack: The New Digest | Managing Editors
https://thenewdigest.substack.com/
1 hr 16 min
December 05, 2025 Episode 42: Integralism (feat. Thomas Pink)
Thomas Pink (King's College London) comes on the show to discuss Roman Catholic integralism, Francisco Suarez, Thomas Hobbes, and more.
Thomas Pink, King's College London, Philosophy, Faculty Member
https://kcl.academia.edu/ThomasPink
1 hr 47 min

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