
Madison's Notes
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel and Madison · The James Madison Program
4.6from 121 ratings
- 237
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- 121
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Madison's Notes
The official podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
- Publisher
- The James Madison Program
- Category
- history · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
17 of 237 episodes have a transcript.

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Supernatural Public Square: On Religious Experience in the Modern Age with Dale C. Allison, Jr.

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with James Poulos

23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
S6E6 The Nature of Freedom: On the Republican Tradition with Philip Pettit
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The Supernatural Public Square: On Religious Experience in the Modern Age with Dale C. Allison, Jr.
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I don't think that the neuroscientists have the explanation for everything. Well, you just mentioned, I believe, are called out-of-body experiences. But they're adjacent to another kind called near-death experiences. Could you please tell me about those? Well, near-death experiences are stereotypically experiences in which somebody is close to death, maybe the heart has stopped, and they report later that they rose up maybe towards the ceiling and saw themselves. I saw myself on the operating table or in the hospital bed, and then I went down a tunnel of light, and then I saw my life flash before me. […]
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- Dale C Allison Jr
- James Poulos
- Philip Pettit
- Matthew Gasda
- Ivan Kenneally
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 98 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100
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- 16
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts Madison's Notes?
Ryan Shinkel and Madison host the show. Published by The James Madison Program.
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