- 29
- Episodes
- 23
- Transcribed
- 9
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 80M
- YouTube views
About Our Constitution
Unlock the history and meaning of the Constitution. Tailored for non-lawyers, the official podcast of the Constitution Annotated website from the Library of Congress provides an objective look at America’s charter and how it has been interpreted over time. The podcast embraces a unique documentary style that uses audio clips, including statements by Supreme Court Justices, to support its authoritative, objective and non-partisan analysis.
- Publisher
- Library of Congress
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
23 of 29 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Declaration of Independence: The King Treats the Colonists’ Petitions with Contempt
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Declaration of Independence (Grievance 27): The King Enlists Enslaved Persons and Native Americans to Fight the Colonists
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Declaration of Independence (Grievances 23-26): The King Wages War on Colonists
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Declaration of Independence: The King Treats the Colonists’ Petitions with Contempt
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The King's response, or lack of response, to the colonists' petitions mattered to the colonists, the British government, and and the foreign governments whose support both the British and Americans sought, because the colonists' petitions and the king's response determined whether, under the legal principles of that time, declaring independence was an act of revolution or rebellion. In other words, whether the colonists in declaring independence were acting within or without the law. As Thomas Paine points out in Common Sense, foreign nations would regard the colonists as rebels, In short, foreign monarchs would not want to encourage their own subjects to rebel by supporting a rebellion against another monarch. […]
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- YouTube views
- 79,715,622
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100
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- Quality
- 3
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 81
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