The Book Club: The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison with Ben Shapiro

The Book Club

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Books, Arts

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Do you understand the Constitution? What makes America different? Ben Shapiro joins Michael Knowles to discuss The Federalist Papers, a collection of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They discuss the founders’ vision for a limited government that protects the God-given rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In our fast-paced world, it’s tough to make reading a priority. At least it used to be. At https://thinkr.org/ they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy nonfiction, giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form. Read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes: start your free trial today at https://thinkr.org/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the book club. I am Michael Knowles and today we will be talking about
0:15.9	the Federalist. This is the guidebook for our Constitution, our whole system of government.
0:20.8	We have a great guest who cares a lot about our Constitution and System of government. We have a great guest who cares a lot about our Constitution
0:23.8	and system of government to help us through it. But first, I've got to thank our
0:27.3	friends over at Thinker. In this fast-paced world it is very difficult to make
0:31.7	reading a priority. Nobody has time to do it.
0:35.0	So luckily at thinker.org they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy non-fiction
0:41.0	giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-sized forms.
0:46.0	So you can read or listen to hundreds of titles, including Dale Carnegie's Had to Win Friends
0:51.8	and Influenced People, an an American classic or Jordan Peterson's
0:55.2	12 rules for life.
0:56.4	If you want to challenge your preconceptions, expand your horizons, and most importantly
1:00.9	sound smart at cocktail parties.
1:03.0	Go to thinker.org.
1:05.0	That is THI N K R.
1:08.0	No E, no time for that.
1:10.0	Thinker.org to start a free trial and put your mind in motion.
1:15.1	The subject today is the Federalist.
1:16.9	We will delve the depths of our entire constitutional system.
1:21.3	And the only man I know who can speak fast enough to get all of that into 25 minutes is
1:26.2	Ben Shapiro.
1:27.2	Hey!
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