Steven Millies is a political scientist. David Dault is a philosopher. They are reading through The Federalist Papers, one by one, and talking about them.
Federalist 18 - The surface informs that underneath, underneath is lacking
Continuing with the question, "How did the writers of the Federalist Papers imagine America," Steven and David are suddenly distracted by a related question: "How did the ancient Athenians imagine Greece?" Along the way, everybody also learns what "Amphictyonic" means.
24 Jul 2025
Federalist 17 - Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines
Steven and David welcome their friend Gabriella Wilke from Commonweal Magazine to help them parse out the rhetoric and promise of Federalist 17
26 Jun 2025
Federalist 16 - Hear the howl of the rope, a question
Steven Smith and David Jones analyze Federalist Paper 16 and explore the jurisprudence of Anthony Scalia in this episode.
12 Jun 2025
Federalist 15 - The voices talking somewhere in the house
Steven and David discuss Federalist 15, highlighting the ongoing nature of political discourse.
29 May 2025
Federalist 14 - Living inside, living inside, near wild heaven
James Madison argues for the importance of local governance in Federalist 14, emphasizing its necessity for effective representation.
15 May 2025
Federalist 13 - To liberty and honor under the honor roll
Hamilton asks, how do we avoid being attacked by our enemies, and how do we avoid becoming slaves to each other?
1 May 2025
Federalist 12 - Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage.
Steven and David look at Federalist 12, where Thomas Jefferson suggests that if America moves from farm work to manufacturing, we risk becoming slaves. It was a weird time.
20 Mar 2025
Federalist 11 - Rivers shift, oceans part, and mountains drift
The Value of Union to Commerce and the Advantages of a Navy - Alexander Hamilton
14 Feb 2025
Federalist 10 - Things get around to taking place. It's not a waste of time.
James Madison - The Size and Variety of the Union as a Check on Faction
We continue our journey. We are hope, despite the times.
30 Jan 2025
Federalist X - Jefferson, I think we're lost
Steven and David offer you what, back in the eighties, we would have called "a very special episode."
2 Aug 2024
Federalist 9 - We have many things in common, name three
Alexander Hamilton - Union as a Barrier to Faction and Insurrection
19 Jul 2024
Federalist 8 - See you in Heaven if you make the list
Alexander Hamilton draws on Thomas Hobbes and John Locke in a battle of wits against the Jeffersonian Anti-Federalists
5 Jul 2024
Federalist 7 - By Jingo, buy America
Hamilton looks to the western territories, and becomes convinced the thing that will really save us is a national debt.
21 Jun 2024
Federalist 6 - With the Furies breathing down your neck
Alexander Hamilton returns, and has a bevy of antique quotations to bring to bear. Steven and David wrestle with the mighty torrent of prose, and find their way through the labyrinth.
7 Jun 2024
Federalist 5 - Look to the days, how long can this last?
In this, John Jay's last contribution for a while, he shows us he is thinking about the future, and the long-term effects of this new form of government. Steven and David also take a delightful detour into 'Originalism,' and the ideas of Edmund Burke.
24 May 2024
Federalist 4 - I can see myself at (eighteen) thirty
Steven and David marvel at the prescient visions of Alexander Hamilton--a veritable Walt Disney--and the rotten luck of John Jay.
10 May 2024
Federalist 3 - Here's a house to put wolves at the door
"There's an anxiety at the heart of Federalist 3," Steven says. It's a fear that when republics grow too big, they cannot be maintained. We dive deep into the question in this episode.
26 Apr 2024
Federalist 2 - Let's put our heads together and start a new country up
Steven and David look at John Jay's arguments against confederation and for the Union, and liken it to "building the plane while you're trying to fly it," but ... you know ... in a good way.
12 Apr 2024
Federalist 1 - Begin the Begin
Steven and David kick off their reading with the first Federalist Paper, penned by Alexander Hamilton. During the hour, they talk about why they're doing this, and what it all might mean.
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