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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

William I, Matilda, Tyre and America

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The First Digital Inc.

Christianity, Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9592 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

If someone doesn't know the history of America, of course they won't care about this country. They won't feel a connection to the story they're a part of. But it's an incredible story that starts thousands of years ago. Today, we connect William I, who reigned 959 years ago, to our founding, which took place 249 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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faith. Thank you for being here. Sorry I haven't been here the last couple days. My mom's in town. So we've been out doing stuff here and there about town. But I got a minute here and I want to talk about the 4th of July. We did a TV special the other day. So those videos are going to be coming out and they're great too. But I love Independence Day and you can't talk enough about it. On my serious XM show today,

0:56.1

we talked to the great historian Richard C. Lyons, an amazing storyteller. He wrote a book called

1:01.3

The DNA of Democracy. He has a couple of other books as well. But start with the DNA of democracy.

1:07.1

And I asked, the reason I love his book so much, I cannot give it enough praise.

1:11.4

Super easy to read.

1:12.6

But he starts so far back in the story.

1:17.2

He starts in Jerusalem, in ancient Greece, in ancient Rome, and tells these stories of things that happen.

1:23.8

And by the way, the stories are so unbelievable.

1:25.4

And I've never heard them in my entire life that every three pages I said, that didn't happen.

1:29.3

That's not true.

1:30.2

There's no way that's a real story.

1:31.8

And I'll look it up, and sure enough, it's a real story.

1:35.3

But he tells these stories and he weaves it together that then culminate in an important,

1:42.6

a really, really important thing.

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