- 88
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 42
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About Portraits of Liberty
Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Libertarianism.org
- Category
- education · government · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Mar 2020
- Latest episode
- 11 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 88 episodes have a transcript.
11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Prosecutor of Kings: John Cooke
7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Read Like a Founding Father
11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sociology’s Forgotten Origins: Khaldun, Ferguson, and Spencer
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The Prosecutor of Kings: John Cooke
Published 11 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They started moving towards centralizing political power, ignoring parliament, and starting to crush religious dissent. For someone like John Cook of a Puritan background, this made him extremely afraid of the power of the king and how it could be used against his people. In the 17th century, England was unique because it had something called Magna Carta. Magna Carta was a set of legal privileges and rights that were introduced in the 13th century when English nobles rebelled against their king. One of the most important parts of this is that it established an ideal of the rule of law and also a power sharing agreement between the parliament and king. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Portraits of Liberty
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Elizabeth Freeman
- Lemuel Haynes
- James Forten
- CALEB FRANZ
- Frédéric Bastiat
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 7,046,142
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 26 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 41
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 85
Contact Portraits of Liberty
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
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