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Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Ep 1344 | America Has Forgotten That Freedom Requires Skin in the Game

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.924.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Al, Zach, Christian, and John Luke look at how the French and Indian War helped forge a distinct American identity through hardship, failure, and the colonies’ growing frustration with British control. The guys connect taxation without representation, George Washington’s early battlefield lessons, and the founders’ fight for liberty to today’s entitlement culture. Zach challenges modern Americans to get “skin in the game” through family, work, ownership, and faith, while Al reflects on Phil’s longtime defense of America’s founders as flawed men who still built something worth honoring. Watch the trailer for Hillsdale’s full-length documentary Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeBinuMUhE Today’s conversation is about Lesson 6 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 Hillsdale’s New Film 04:05 Al Watches His Story On-Screen 08:15 Washington’s Translation Disaster 15:10 Larger Than Life Washington 19:00 America Becomes the Battleground 27:30 Taxation without Representation 31:50 John Luke Asks the Big Question 38:50 Liberty & the Danger of Wanting a King 45:30 America’s Flawed Story of Liberty— Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am unashamed. What about you?

0:06.4

Welcome back to the Unashamed podcast. It is our Friday episode with Hillsdale College.

0:11.3

We're taking these free online courses. I can't believe they don't charge for these.

0:15.5

You guys can check them out at Unashamed for Hillsdale.com. We're in Colonial America.

0:20.4

And I want to tell you,

0:21.0

our friends at Hillsdale College have a new documentary coming out to theaters. It's called

0:24.2

Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck, the icon. It feels like the next chapter

0:29.6

after this course we're taken right here on colonial America. It tells the real story of how

0:34.4

this country started. It's not some watered down version either. It's a real deal how ordinary people risk everything. And against all odds, they actually pulled it off and built something that's lasted to really 250 years. And with that anniversary coming up, it's a story that people need to understand. It's when we need to pass on. And this is one of those stories that you want to see on the big screen, not just stream it later. And it's only in theaters for a limited time. So you guys can get your tickets at Hillsdale.edu slash film. And we will put the link in the show notes. Al, everybody, welcome. It's good to see you guys again. It's good to be here. It's great to see you again, Zach. Thanks for being here today.

1:28.9

Yeah. I would have missed it for the world. Thank you for your sarcasm. Christian and I are holding down the studio. I was not being sarcastic. It actually is good to see you because last episode, John Luke was big and you were tiny. But now you're big and John Luke's tiny on the screen. It actually is good to see you.

1:45.0

John Luke is coming back to us from Parts Unknown. Parts Unknown. Parts unknown. The top bunk of a bunk bed. I actually could not see y'all last time at all. Now, I can see you this time. Oh, really? So you did. I was just talking into the air, just blind. That was impressive.

1:46.6

You did, well, I did not know that.

1:49.5

That's not easily done when you can't see the people.

1:52.2

But that's, that's an old pro.

1:56.6

So we're glad Luke is with us today as well, wherever he's at.

2:00.3

You know, it's interesting because on the last podcast,

2:01.7

we were talking about the Great Awakening and the spiritual fuel that's led us to where we're going to get into today, which to me

2:09.3

becomes like a huge test.

2:12.1

Anytime there's, you know, like you go through a renewal period in your life, there's always

2:16.9

going to, it seems to be a test coming right after. Maybe just for authenticity, you know, you go through a renewal period in your life, there's always going to, it seems to be a test coming right after.

2:19.5

Maybe just for authenticity.

2:21.4

You know, the Bible says, you know, we are tested.

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