Speakeasy Ideas

This is the first in a Speakeasy Podcast series on Lincoln, the Civil War, and the events that culminated in that terrible war.

This podcast presents a general timeline from the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the bombing of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, and the beginning of the Civil War.

Listeners might be interested in Dr. Krannawitter’s 2008 book, Vindicating Lincoln, which was featured by the History Book Club and endorsed by the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

This is the fifteenth and final podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. Its theme: The Federalist opposition to a bill of rights.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

As mentioned near the end of this podcast, here is a link to Robert Goldwyn’s book, From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the fourteenth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. Its theme: The judicial branch of government and the power of judicial review!

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the thirteenth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. Its theme: Energy in the executive!

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the twelfth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast continues the discussion of the Senate with an emphasis on Federalist #63 and a summary of numbers 64, 65, and 66.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the eleventh podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast introduces the discussion of the Senate with an emphasis on Federalist #62.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the tenth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast continues the discussion of the House of Representatives, as presented in The Federalist Papers, with an emphasis on the separation of powers.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the ninth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast focuses on the introduction of the proposed branches of the national government, beginning with the House of Representatives, as presented in The Federalist Papers.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

For an example of a contemporary proposal to increase the size of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is among the subjects discussed in this podcast, check out this article in the Daily Kos.

This is the eighth podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast focuses on the curious argument regarding slavery, in the context of a discussion of the House of Representatives, found in Federalist #54.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.

This is the seventh podcast in a series on The Federalist Papers, with Dr. Thomas Krannawitter as your guide through the text. This podcast connects the thematic idea “Separation of Powers” with the argument for judicial review in Federalist #78.

Dr. Krannawitter has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars on The Federalist Papers at Claremont McKenna College, Hillsdale College, Ashland University, and George Mason University, among other places. It’s one of his favorite topics. We hope it becomes one of yours, too.

This link will take you to an online digital version of The Federalist Papers.

To purchase the Kesler/Rossiter edition referenced in all Speakeasy podcasts on The Federalist Papers, click here.