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Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Ep 1319 | What History Didn’t Teach You About America’s Fight for Religious Freedom

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.924.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Al, Zach, John Luke, and Christian step into the origins of America in celebration of the approaching 250th anniversary. The guys explore the courage, faith, and conviction that drove a small group of people to leave everything behind in search of religious freedom. As they walk through the Pilgrims’ journey, the harsh realities of the Mayflower, and the formation of America’s first self-governance, they reflect on overlooked stories of faith, bravery and how the American spirit was forged through both belief and struggle. Today’s conversation is about Lesson 1 of Colonial America: From Wilderness to Civilization from Hillsdale College. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/. More about Colonial America: Professors of history and politics guide us through the perilous journey of the Mayflower and the grueling winters of Cape Cod. They explore the ideas of religious liberty and natural rights, as well as the brutal conflicts, such as the wars on the frontier and the French and Indian War. Through this six-lesson appreciation of the colonial experience, you will learn how the unique American spirit was shaped. Journey to the New World and discover the origins of the American spirit. Sign up at ⁠http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters 00:00 Colonial America After 250 Years 04:10 What They Didn’t Teach Us About Early American History 08:25 Dungeons & Dragons & the American Spirit 13:45 Why the Pilgrims Really Left England 19:30 The Brutal Reality of the Mayflower Journey 25:40 America’s First Self-Government 32:50 When “Religious Freedom” Gets Complicated  38:10 Thanksgiving Was About Survival, Not Tradition 44:30 The Ongoing Tension Between Freedom and Control — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am unashamed. What about you?

0:06.2

Nice hat, Zach.

0:07.8

Thank you, brother.

0:08.9

Thank you.

0:09.6

There's no affiliation.

0:10.8

He just plays the color.

0:13.3

And that's just his shirt.

0:14.7

This L.A. right here means something, Christian.

0:17.3

That's just fake news.

0:20.9

That's funny. That's just fake news. That's funny.

0:23.7

That's what is it? What's the word for me? That's unintentionally razzetazers.

0:29.6

All right. We're on a six-week detour. We've left. We haven't left. We just put

0:35.0

aside a little bit, ancient Christianity.

0:39.8

We moved into Colonial America, of course, with Hillsdale.

0:44.7

And the reason why is because you guys know it's coming up right on July 4th.

0:47.0

Anybody know what's so special about that?

0:47.8

It's 250.

0:49.1

250 years.

0:50.9

250 years.

0:52.7

250 years.

2:20.1

And our friends at Hillsdale College have a new documentary. It's coming out in theaters. It's called Revolutionary America. It's narrated by Magnum P.I. Old Tom Selleck, if you guys. One of the best moustaches in all of show business. One of the best. Deerly departed Chuck Norris. It was one of the best. You think it's one of the best or the best? Well, it's hard to say. I used to work a pretty serious mustache myself. I don't know anybody better. I'll say that. Well, it really feels like the next chapter after the Colonial America course we're doing now. So it'll be great for you guys to go see that in theaters. And it tells the story of how this country started. You know, not some watered down version either. It's an honest assessment of kind of our history and how we got here. You can see how people really did risk everything, which you're going to see in this course, too. I mean, like, that's one of the things that I'm like, man, there was a lot of risk that went into the founding of America. But against all laws, they actually pulled it off. And they built something that's lasted nearly 250 years. So with that anniversary coming up, it's the story that people really do need to understand something we need to pass on. And this is one of those that you want to see on the big screen, not just streaming it later. And it's only in theaters for a limited time. So you guys can get your tickets right now at Hillsdale.edu slash film. That's Hillsdale. That's Hillsdale. That edu slash film. Go check it out. I can't wait to see this. And, uh, yeah, kind of, it's kind of a really good lead that we're doing here into that, uh, film. So I don't know what you guys thought about the course, but it's, it was, this, this has been good. I loved it. I'm,

2:25.3

I'm, I'm stepping into a new, we have taken a detour and I will once again be the novice on

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