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The James Altucher Show

How to Live the Constitution: AJ Jacobs' Ultimate Guide to America's Founding Document

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this compelling episode of 'The James Altucher Show', James sits down with the endlessly curious and ever-experimenting AJ Jacobs, the author behind the intriguing ‘The Year of Living Constitutionally’. Delving into AJ’s unique journey of trying to live by the U.S. Constitution's original tenets, this conversation unfolds a treasure trove of insights, historical quirks, and the profound impact of such an experiment on one’s understanding of democracy and personal freedoms today.

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0:00.0

The Year of Living Constitutionally.

0:10.0

Well, I told you this episode happened when when we did the episode with AJ last week, but this is a book by AJ Jacobs,

0:17.0

the Year of Living Constitutionally, where he not only researched and wrote about the Constitution,

0:22.0

and I learned so many things I had no idea

0:24.6

about but he lived life for a year as if he was in 1790 living the life word for word literally of the US Constitution and he

0:37.4

carried a musket around he applied to be a pirate in Congress because if you did not know in Article 1 of the US Constitution,

0:45.6

it gives Congress the power to make pirates and so many other things. There's so many facts, debates, information,

0:54.0

what sort of new powers the Supreme Court took,

0:56.9

Congress took, the President took,

0:58.6

what's the pros and cons of states' rights

1:01.2

versus federal rights.

1:02.7

What's the reason for this amendment?

1:04.3

That amendment?

1:04.9

There's so many things I didn't know about,

1:06.5

and of course the debates about the electoral college.

1:09.4

So here's, and AJ not only researched it, like I said, he lived it. I did a podcast last week about the AJ method, a very unique method of living the story so that you could, and it turns out to be a great formula to make best sellers and now he applies his humor his talent is uh information with it to to the US Constitution the year of living constitutionally,

1:35.0

one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meeting,

1:38.0

and here's my good friend, A.J. Jacobs. This is the James Altager show. First off, I do have to ask, how are things going? All good?

2:06.0

Overall, pretty good. Overall, you know, I'd say 51% positive, which is all that I can ask for.

2:13.4

What's negative?

2:14.4

Oh, you know, my parents are old

2:18.8

and my kids are applying to college which I know you say what they shouldn't do so that

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