Voracious Horatius
As Akhil and Andy celebrate the publication this week of The Words That Made Us, Akhil tells a story from the book - the crazy election of 1800 and its just-barely-peaceful transfer of power. And wha...
6 Maj 20211h 6min
18 Arguments for 18 Years
The Biden Commission is in the news, with a mandate to produce ideas on judicial reform, especially at the Supreme Court level. It just so happens that Akhil has been writing about this for almost 20...
28 Apr 20211h 28min
Leaving The Field
In the wake of the imminent release of The Words That Made Us, Akhil takes us to the end of the story - or was it? The deaths of America’s founders were all memorable in ways that reflected the chara...
21 Apr 20211h 18min
Ending Catch-22
10 years after Professor Amar wrote, with Gary Hart, on how the Senate can put an end to the filibuster, it remains (mostly) in place. Akhil and Andy take you through the long history of this notorio...
14 Apr 20211h 18min
The Purpose of the Truth - Special Guest Bob Woodward
Akhil and Andy welcome “the greatest reporter of all time” - Bob Woodward - to Amarica’s Constitution. Fresh off his 19th book and 14th number one best-seller, “Rage” - having reported on nine presid...
7 Apr 20211h 19min
Advise and Impeach
"Amarica's Constitution" welcomes our guest, Professor Michael Gerhardt, who pulls himself away from his work as Congress' go-to expert on the impeachment to share a postmortem with us from the inside...
31 Mars 20211h 39min
Nullification Nullity
Andrew Jackson takes the stage in this, the fourth of four sets of readings from Akhil’s forthcoming (May) book, “The Words That Made Us.” Jackson’s complex makeup, combining qualities from Washingto...
24 Mars 20211h 29min
Jefferson Ben Amar
As “The Words That Made Us” approaches its May release, we continue to explore new perspectives on the early Presidents. Akhil’s disillusionment with Jefferson is explained, and the rise of the third...
17 Mars 20211h 27min
