Beyond Shamrocks, Green Beer, And Druids: Meet The Real Saint Patrick

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this special edition of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Dr. Steele Brand, professor of history at Cairn University and interim executive director of the John Jay Institute, joins Federalist Executive Editor Joy Pullmann to dive into the true story of Saint Patrick's life and mission in Ireland.

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0:52.6	I'm Joy Pullman, the executive editor here at The Federalist.
0:58.4	Joining me for a special edition of the Federalist Radio Hour, St. Patrick's Day edition.
1:00.3	We have Dr. Steele Brand.
1:02.4	He is a professor at Karen University.
1:10.3	And he is the interim executive director of the John Jay Institute and director of their statesmanship initiative.
1:17.0	He is also the author of Killing for the Republic citizen soldiers and the Roman way of war.
1:22.7	And he is here today to discuss Patrick, St. Patrick of Ireland, the great patron saint of Ireland.
1:33.3	Hopefully we'll get into a lot more than turning the rivers green and drinking a lot over this day, over the next half hour or so that we're together. Because he gave a talk recently at my alma mater, Hillsdale College.
1:37.3	And we're going to kind of go into some of the details there of his talk.
1:42.3	Dr. Brand, welcome to the show. Hi, Joy. It's it's great to be here.
1:46.6	Thank you so much for inviting me, especially to talk about St. Patrick on St. Patrick's Day.
1:52.6	It is. It was a little bit special for me. As I told you over email, I have this morning my corn,
1:57.8	beef and cabbage in the crock pot waiting waiting for dinner. I like to, it's
2:02.2	actually super easy saints meal dinner. I like to do special Saints Day meals with my kids. I am
2:08.2	not a Catholic, but we're into saints in my home as as liturgical Lutherans. Dr. Brand, would you
2:16.7	start by telling me, what is your personal interest in St. Patrick?
2:21.4	I can't remember when I first heard the real story of St. Patrick.
2:26.1	You know, it might have been when I had a, I think when it really stuck, you know,
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