Great American Story: The Genius of the Constitution with Dr. Wilfred M. McClay (Part 2)
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
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🗓️ 14 August 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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In Part 2 of this four part series with Hillsdale College, Great American Story: A Land of Hope with Dr. Wilfred McClay, one of the nations foremost historians on America’s founding and the Constitution, Charlie and Dr. McClay Discuss the genius of the Constitution. How did the Founders move from a declaration to a regime? What was the main battle between the Federalists and the Antifederalist? How did the Founders confront the problem of slavery and is the Constitution a slavery or anti-slavery document? Get ready for an in-depth dive into what makes the United States Constitution the greatest political document ever created.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, today on a special Saturday episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, my continued conversation with Dr. McLeigh from the wonderful Hillsdale College. |
| 0:09.2 | Many of you have a love of history. I know it based on the emails you send us, freedom at Charliekirk.com. |
| 0:14.1 | It's time to dive deep into that history. |
| 0:16.1 | What is the American story? |
| 0:17.4 | Today, we talk about the Constitution, getting from a declaration to a regime. |
| 0:22.4 | Who were the anti-federalists? The genius of compromise, the wound of slavery, and so much more. |
| 0:29.3 | And if you want to teach your children proper history, and if you want to take the classes for yourself, go to Charlie-F-O-R-Hillsdale.com. |
| 0:36.7 | I go to my hillsdale.org |
| 0:38.0 | hillsdale.edu portal every single day when i'm working out for about an hour hour and a half |
| 0:43.2 | i take a couple of these classes you could download them as podcast and then you have short little |
| 0:46.9 | quizzes after and when you're done you get a certificate and a long test to make sure that you |
| 0:51.6 | are able to internalize all of the content that you go through. So there's free online courses. So I'm about to finish. I'm so close to finishing the introduction of Western philosophy. Introduction of Western philosophy, I'm 75% done. All I have left is Kant, Nietzsche, and C.S. Lewis. So pray for me as I go through Kant and Nietzsche, not exactly uplifting thinkers. And I end with C.S. Lewis, which is a nice way to end. I'm 17% of the way through the Genesis story, reading biblical narratives, a phenomenal class. I have finished Constitution 101, the meaning and history of the Constitution. I have finished introduction to Aristotle's ethics, how to lead a good life, and I've finished introduction to constitution. |
| 1:28.3 | And I plan, this is a big statement, to take every single Hillsdale online course eventually. |
| 1:34.3 | I'm not putting a timetable on it. I want to take them all. |
| 1:37.3 | A wise man loves to be corrected, and Aristotle says everyone loves to know. They have a desire to know. Do you want to know how to save the country? |
| 1:47.2 | Dive deep into our history. Maybe you are interested in Mark Twain. Well, they have a course on that. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry, Finn. |
| 1:55.1 | Now, these courses are videos. They're like a contemplation of really highly produced podcast, YouTube videos, all under their portal. |
| 2:03.2 | Maybe you like theology. |
| 2:04.7 | Let me maybe tease you at this one. |
| 2:06.4 | Theology 101. |
| 2:08.0 | They have the God of Grace in Judaism and the Hebrew Bible, the God of Grace in Christianity |
| 2:12.4 | in the New Testament, God and grace in the Trinitarian controversy, the Life of Grace |
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