The Brion McClanahan Show

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Episode 100: Popular History Aug 08, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com People are always asking me what they can do to help correct the biases of the mainstream academy and media. This podcast is for you, and it's two words: popular history. Most Americans get their history from documentaries, popular histories (meaning non-academic), and the Internet. You can do all three without working for a university. All it takes is a little marketing, initiative, good writing skills, and the desire to "interest the public intelligently in the past."

Episode 99: The Confederate States Constitution Aug 03, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com You've probably heard this before from a half-witted modern academic: "The only difference between the CSA Constitution and the USA Constitution was slavery." Right. No one thought about anything else, except they did. I discuss the Confederate Constitution and the difference between the two documents as part of the American constitutional tradition in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

Episode 98: Trump and Tyler Aug 01, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com Trump has his back against the wall. Leaks, obstruction, and disorder have been the norm for the last six months. This could have been predicted. When Trump decided to bring in several establishment Republicans to the White House, he opened the door to this type of abuse. They are not his friends and should be purged from the administration. The same thing happened to John Tyler in 1841, and Trump could learn a thing or two from "His Accidency."

Episode 97: The Richmond Junto Jul 26, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com I would be surprised if many of my listeners have heard of the Richmond Junto, but after hearing this podcast I hope you'll 1) agree that they are an important part of American constitutional thought, and 2) purchase How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America so you can read more about them. If you want slashing attacks on Hamiltonian nationalism, they are your guys. All were principled defenders of the original Constitution and all have been largely forgotten by the American public. Their resurrection starts here.

Episode 96: American Populism Jul 25, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com What is American populism? Donald Trump has been called a populist. Is he? Journalist Daniel Levy thinks almost anything in American history could be classified as "populist." This is wrong on so many levels I had to do a show on the topic. Perhaps if we had a better understanding of American populism we would stop running around calling anything that sounds "democratic" or that "appeals to the people" populist.

Episode 95: Jefferson and Louisiana Jul 20, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com You've probably heard this before: "You Jefferson lovers conveniently forget that Jefferson disregarded the Constitution when it worked for him. Just look at the Louisiana Purchase!" I tackle this supposed inconsistency and how to give it back to these "gotcha" nincompoops in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

Episode 94: The Whigs Jul 17, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://learntruehistory.com The Whig Party is perhaps the most misunderstood political party in American history. Most people simply equate it with Henry Clay and the American System--a repackaged version of Hamilton's economic proposals from the 1790s. But the earliest "Whigs" were in fact Southern state's rights advocates who bristled at the actions taken by "King Andrew" during the nullification crisis beginning in 1828. I discuss these men, the history of the "Whigs" and how we should think about these men in Episode 94 of The Brion McClanahan Show.

Episode 93: The Militia Act of 1792 Jul 11, 2017

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http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://blamehamilton.com Anytime someone mentions Abraham Lincoln unconstitutionally called up the militia in 1861, you are immediately bombarded with the Militia Act of 1792 and 1795. See, you hayseed, Lincoln DID follow the Constitution. Is that true? Not really. Get the scoop.

Episode 92: Nullification and Consent Jul 11, 2017

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http://brionmcclanahan.com/support http://blamehamilton.com How do we measure political consent and what does consent have to do with nullification? These are important questions and in order to find the answers we have to travel to the American colonial experience and the Era of Salutary Neglect and the twenty years before the American War for Independence. I give a history of nullification and discuss consent in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.

Episode 91: The Founders' Key Jul 05, 2017

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http://blamehamilton.com http://brionmcclanahan.com/support Hillsdale College President Larry Arn has done a nice job marketing the college and making "conservative" ideas relevant. The "Constitution Minute" is heard across conservative talk radio, and their free courses on the Constitution and American history attract tens of thousands of "students." Arn, however, is a Jaffaite and a Straussian who thinks "The Founders Key" is found in the "unknown" link between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the glue that holds those together is Abraham Lincoln. Hogwash. I discuss this distortion of American history in Episode 91 of The Brion McClanahan Show.

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