About the Show: History is the theme of each episode of the David O. Stewart Show, as David interviews historians and other experts about the past to help us understand the present, and plan ahead with purpose for the future.
Season 1: The Democracy We Must Keep
Based on his June 2026 title, David explains that 250 years ago the United States started as a bold experiment: a government based not on royal power, but on the idea that free people should govern themselves.
From Patrick Henry’s cry for liberty to the Constitution’s framework for self-government, David explores nine key documents that proclaimed America’s founding principles.
Through the voices of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Thomas Paine, and others, this book reveals the arguments, fears, and ambitions that produced a radical new system of government. “These founders were imperfect men facing an uncertain time,” David says. “Yet their ideas — about liberty, law, and the limits of power — remain essential to the nation today.”
Ep6 The Federalist Papers: This month, David interviews Michael Meyerson, author of “Liberty’s Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers”
November 2026 — David interviews Michael Meyerson, author of Liberty’s Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote The Federalist, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World. “He has also read all 85 Federalist essays,” David shares. “If skimming counts, so have I.” About this month’s guest: Michael Meyerson, DLA Piper Professor of Law and Director of the Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence at the University of Baltimore School of Law, joined that faculty in 1985 after serving three years as an instructorClick here to listen to the podcast!
1 Oct 2026
Ep5 The Constitution: David talks with Mary Sarah Bilder, a Boston College Law professor, and author of “Madison’s Hand”
October 2026 —This month, David interviews Mary Sarah Bilder, a leading constitutional law scholar who teaches at Boston College Law School. In addition to surveying the events of the Summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, when America’s Founding Document was created, David and Mary will consider how James Madison played fast and loose in his previously unassailable notes from the Constitutional Convention. “This was the hottest Founding Era Scandal since Fawn Brodie broke the Sallie Hemings story,” David insists. About Mary Sarah Bilder:Mary teaches American legal and constitutionalClick here to listen to the podcast!
1 Sept 2026
Ep4: Historian John Ragosta takes us back to July 1776 when Thomas Jefferson began writing the Declaration of Independence — Season 1, “The Democracy We Must Keep”
September 2026 — This month on the David O. Stewart Show, we discuss Chapter 3 in “The Democracy We Must Keep” and learn about the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Jefferson in July, 1776. In today’s conversation: David interviews John Ragosta, the inaugural James Madison Fellow at Montpelier About our guest: John was previously the Interim Director of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and is the Faculty Director of the Summer Jefferson Symposium at the University ofClick here to listen to the podcast!
1 Aug 2026
Ep3: Thomas Paine is the focus in David’s interview with George Goodwin, author of “Propaganda Wars of the American Revolution”
August 2026 — This month on the David O. Stewart Show, we discuss Chapter 2 in “The Democracy We Must Keep” and learn about the work of Thomas Paine in December 1775. In today’s conversation, David interviews author and historian George Goodwin. As an Englishman himself, George will give us insight into a fellow British author and a renegade who, in January 1776, wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that demolished every intellectual defense of tyrannical, one-man rule. David explains, “Having livedClick here to listen to the podcast!
20 Jul 2026
Ep2: Learn about the power of Patrick Henry and his March 1775 speech, “Give me liberty, or give me death,” with Stephen Wilson, executive director of the St. John’s Church Foundation in Richmond
July 2026 — Meet the Author: — This month on the David O. Stewart Show, we open to Chapter 1 in “The Democracy We Must Keep” and learn about the power of Patrick Henry and his March 1775 speech, “Give me liberty, or give me death.” In today’s conversation, David will focus on Chapter 1 of his book, where he and Stephen Wilson, executive director of the St. John’s Church Foundation in Richmond, will explore the power of Patrick Henry thatClick here to listen to the podcast!
1 Jul 2026
Ep1: Introducing the David O. Stewart Show, Season 1 — “The Democracy We Must Keep: Seven founders, nine documents, and the ideas that shaped America”
June 2026 — Meet the Author: A trial and appellate lawyer for many years, David writes history and historical novels. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington Independent Review of Books, was a reporter for the Staten Island Advance, and for 10 years wrote the monthly Supreme Court column for the American Bar Association Journal. He has also done on-air commentary for CNN, C-SPAN, Bloomberg News, and MSNBC. About his newest book is The Democracy We Must Keep:Click here to listen to the podcast!
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