Best Leviathan Ai Podcasts (2025)

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4.11 Victoria Moul reads poetry in translation from Literary Imagination 10:04

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From the new issue of Literary Imagination, one of the newest journals to join the Hopkins Press Journals roster, Victoria Moul reads originals and her translations of works by Julian the Apostate, Horace, a Latin didactic, and an ancient Pāli poem from the Therīgāthā — the oldest existing collection of poetry by women. Victoria Moul is a British l…

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Luigi Fabbri: Bourgeois Influences on Anarchist Thought and Propaganda 12:10

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The text, excerpted from Luigi Fabbri’s "Bourgeois Influences on Anarchism" (Influenze borghesi sull'anarchismo), analyses the complex relationship between anarchist movements and the surrounding bourgeois culture, particularly concerning violence and propaganda.By Tschäff

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4.10 Reznicek and Cooper on Disease and Disability - Studies in the Novel 37:20

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Today’s episode features an interview with Lydia Cooper and Matthew Reznicek, the guest editors of a brand new special issue of Studies in the Novel focusing on “Disease and Disability.” As they say in their introduction, “This special issue offers critical insights into the way the novel as a form intertwines, disaggregates, confounds, and represe…

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4.9 Roth and David on Filipino Rough Riders in Buffalo Bill's Wild West 38:28

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On today's episode, we talk with Yumi Roth & Emmanuel David about their award-winning article in Journal of Asian American Studies, "Playing Filipino: Racial Display, Resistance, and the Filipino Rough Riders in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West" Delving into archival photographs and records about the Filipino performers who joined Buffalo Bill's immensely …

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What AI Means (And Doesn’t Mean) for Our World, with Stephen Paff (Excerpt)

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Stephen Paff, host of Democracy Demythologized and author of the Ethno-Data blog joined Laurie for a conversation about AI. This is a short segment of a longer conversation and discussion with patrons of the Maurin Academy. Democracy Demythologized: https://www.youtube.com/@UCDpc91ieaAULgK8jLlrShlw Ethno-Data: https://ethno-data.com Get in on this …

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4.8 Leviathan Special Issue On Melville's Queer Afterlives 46:05

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On today’s episode we’re talking with the guest editors of a forthcoming issue of Leviathan, a journal of Melville Studies. These three editors, Jordan Alexander Stein, Dana Seitler, and Adam Fales have put together a riveting collection of essays exploring what they call Melville's Queer Afterlives — scholarship on the ways Herman Melville’s work …

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Pastor Caleb Campbell: Disarming Leviathan 1:02:08

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Pastor Caleb Campbell, Desert Springs Bible Church, has published a new book, Disarming Leviathan: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbor, with Blackstone Publishing. It is available in paperback, Kindle and Audible editions. https://www.amazon.com/Disarming-Leviathan-Christian-Nationalist-Neighbor/dp/B0DB2NV6F7 Get in on everything we do: http…

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4.7 Emily Cousens on the Materialist Trans Feminist Potential in Monique Wittig’s Non-Fiction 28:39

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Today we are talking with Emily Cousens, who is an assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Northeastern University, London, and their expertise focuses on trans feminist philosophy and history. They are also the UK lead for the Digital Transgender Archive. They are the author of Trans Feminist Epistemologies in the US Second …

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The Usefulness of Common Sense in the Age of Digital Deception (Being There 6) 24:10

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We finish up the discussion of Jerzy Kosinski’s novel Being There with “Chauncey Gardiner” being launched into the stratosphere of American power while being an acknowledged complete unknown on both sides of the Cold War. What does this satirical novel have to say about our lack of common sense? Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/mauri…

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Pavlina R. Tcherneva and L. Randall Wray: That Vision Thing: Formulating a Winning Policy Agenda 14:32

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The 2024 Democratic loss stems from failing to articulate an economic vision for the working class. It analyses voting trends showing Democrats losing their traditional base—lower-income, rural, and non-college-educated voters—while gaining affluent, suburban ones.By Tschäff

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4.6 Patrick McKelvey on Honest Work Done By Honest Dogs 38:12

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On today’s episode, we talk with Patrick McKelvey about his new article for Theatre Journal about the early 20th century publicity campaign that popularized the Seeing Eye Dog. Patrick McKelvey is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Notre Dame, and his research focuses the theatrical, cultural, and social history of disability in the twentieth-cen…

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The Vulnerabilities of Democracy in the Age of Image 21:43

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People are really falling for Chance … er, Chauncey in Chapter 5 of Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There. Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and see our schedule here: https://pmaurin.org Political Philosophy Podcast: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are …

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4.5 David Shiffman on Why Bluesky Matters 24:34

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On today's episode, we talk with David Shiffman, author of Why Sharks Matter, about his recent study of how scientists are engaging social media: “Scientists No Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky." In this episode, we explore the findings of the survey and discuss some of the reasons why this shift has occurred.…

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Romantic Democracy: The Blind Following the Blind. (Kosinski’s Being There, 4)

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We continue with our discussion of Jerzy Kosinski’s novel, Being There, at the point where “Chauncey Gardiner,” mistaken for a wealthy and handsome businessman, meets the President of the United States and the American press–and a desperate heiress. Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and se…

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4.4 Lisa Anderson on the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities 19:36

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On today's episode of the Hopkins Press Podcast, we talk with Lisa Anderson about here new article in Social Research, “From Pursuing Truth to Managing Stress: The Costs and Consequences of the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities.” This is part of a phenomenal and timely special issue of Social Research devoted to exploring “The Embattled Uni…

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4.3 Sarah Misemer on bawdy Renaissance literature, free will and AI 24:39

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Today we talking with Sarah M. Misemer, a professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M. She has a new article out in South Central Review’s "Worlds In Crisis" special issue, which is called “What a Bawd from the Renaissance Can Teach Us about AI: Celestina, Robots, and Free Will," Dr. Misemer's article takes a look back at a piece o…

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An Empty Signifier Makes an Ideal Lover (Being There, Part 3)

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We continue with our discussion of Jerzy Kosinski’s novel, Being There, at the point where “Chauncey Gardiner” meets EE by accident and gets mistaken for a wealthy and handsome businessman. Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and see our schedule here: https://pmaurin.org Political Philosoph…

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Victim or Boss? Depends on Your Perspective (Being There, Part 2) 21:46

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Jerzy Kosinski’s Being There is a satirical story about American democracy and the effects of electronic media on the American mind. This video covers the first two chapters of the novel, which was made into a movie starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. Get in on everything we do: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our cla…

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4.2 Marissa J. Spear on Women, Survival and the Black Panther Party in Baltimore 29:37

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Today on the Podcast, we have Marissa J. Spear, whose new article in Journal of Women’s History studies “Women, Survival and the Black Panther Party in Baltimore.” In this article, Marissa J. Spear focuses on the activities of four women — Angie Hatten, Connie Felder, Lula Hudson, and Nkenge Touré — and the ways they transformed, and were transform…

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From Gardener to Politician: The Impact of Media in ‘Being There’ (1)

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We begin a new series inspired by Jerzy Kosinski’s classic novel, Being There (1971). Being There is a satirical and allegorical tale about the adventures of Chance, a simple gardener who has previously lived a sheltered life saturated with television as his main source of human contact. Chance is thrown into the media spotlight by accident, propel…

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4.1 David Hollinger on the Evangelical Republican Impact on Academia (Social Research) 23:09

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We are kicking off Season 4 of the pod with David Hollinger, who is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History, emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His specialties are American intellectual history and American ethnoracial history, and today we’ll talk to him about his new article for Social Research: An International Quarterly, enti…

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Thomas Aquinas’s Natural Law Theory: Brief Explanation (Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Public Segment #4)

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This is a segment of an hour long lecture followed by a Q & A session for patrons of the Maurin Academy. To get the entire course and all the courses, reading groups and our lecture series, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and see our schedule here: https://pmaurin.org Political Philosophy Pod…

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The Quality of Friendships: Does it Matter for Politics? Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Public Segment #3 18:42

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This is a segment of an hour long lecture followed by a Q & A session for patrons of the Maurin Academy. To get the entire course and all the courses, reading groups and our lecture series, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and see our schedule here: https://pmaurin.org Political Philosophy Pod…

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Introduction to Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, Public Segment #2: The Mean Between Extremes 16:41

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This is a segment of an hour long lecture followed by a Q & A session for patrons of the Maurin Academy. To get the entire course and all the courses, reading groups and our lecture series, support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/maurinacademy Find out more about our classes and see our schedule here: https://pmaurin.org Political Philosophy Pod…

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Introduction to Ivan Illich: A New Maurin Academy Class Starting June 17

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Starting June 19, the Maurin Academy will host a class by Deacon Chris May on Ivan Illich. Here Deacon May discusses who Illich was and why we should know more about him. Maurin Academy Patreon (join at the Salt of the Earth for all recordings of this and all our classes, or Worker-Scholar level for live access to all our content plus our recording…

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The Relationship Between Freedom and Justice (Federalist 51, Part 3) 20:53

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We finish up Federalist 51 and end the series on Federalist 10 and 51, the basics of American Political Thought. Get Laurie’s book, The Gap in God’s Country, at most bookstores in paperback and hardcover. Laurie’s book on Kindle: https://a.co/d/9m0zrg8 The Maurin Academy: https://pmaurin.org Support the Maurin Academy on Patreon: patreon.com/maurin…

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3.10 Barrett Taylor on Tenure Bans (RHE) 25:58

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On today’s episode, we’re talking with Barrett Taylor, professor and coordinator of the higher education program at the University of North Texas. He studies the ways in which higher education interfaces with society, investigating topics including state politics and policy, the organization of academic work, and institutional inequality. Outside o…

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3.9 Koritha Mitchell: On Know-Your-Place Aggressions and Cultivating Connections 27:42

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Koritha Mitchell is is a public intellectual, a professor of English, a literary historian, an award-winning author and cultural critic, and as of last year she is also a member of the Hopkins Press Advisory Board. Her work has already had quite an impact both within the academy as well as in the larger public sphere. Her article "Identifying White…

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3.8 The Poe/tics of Reception: Poe Studies on 20 Years of Eliza Richards' influential work 44:23

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On today's Hopkins Press Podcast, we talk with Kelly Ross (editor of Poe Studies) Elissa Zellinger (guest editor of the forthcoming special issue of Poe Studies), and Eliza Richards, author of Gender and the Poetics of Reception in Poe's Circle. This fall, a new special issue of Poe Studies — due out in Fall 2025 — celebrates 20 years of Eliza Rich…

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American Liberty: How Is It Secured? (Federalist 51 Part 2) 24:07

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In Federalist 51, the author asserts that the legislative branch is always the strongest branch in a republic. Why, and is this true? The founders wanted a government that helped people enjoy their liberty, but has the definition of liberty changed? Get Laurie’s book, The Gap in God’s Country, at most bookstores in paperback and hardcover. Laurie’s…

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Are Checks and Balances Necessary in the US Constitution? (Federalist 51, Part 1) 21:23

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The American founders were concerned about one branch of government becoming too powerful and trampling on the freedoms of Americans by suppressing the other branches’ freedom. Here Madison or Hamilton (which one is not clear) discusses how the new constitution tries to reduce the chances of this happening through separation of powers and checks an…

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Madison Would Be Surprised — and Disappointed (Federalist 10, Part 4)

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James Madison tried hard to faction-proof the US Constitution, but he did not anticipate the effects of instant media and the massification of modern populations. Get Laurie’s book, The Gap in God’s Country, at most bookstores in paperback and hardcover. Laurie’s book on Kindle: https://a.co/d/9m0zrg8 The Maurin Academy: https://pmaurin.org Support…

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Did Madison Foresee the Demise of Democracy? (Federalist 10, Part 3) 29:04

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Madison devoted the majority of Federalist paper #10 to the dangers of a violent majority faction and corrupt demagogues. In this part of the paper, we see Madison hoping that a large republic will prevent such a faction from existing, or if it exists, will blunt its ability to tyrannize over the rest of the citizens. Get Laurie’s book, The Gap in …

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4.11 Victoria Moul reads poetry in translation from Literary Imagination 10:04

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Luigi Fabbri: Bourgeois Influences on Anarchist Thought and Propaganda 12:10

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4.10 Reznicek and Cooper on Disease and Disability - Studies in the Novel 37:20

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4.9 Roth and David on Filipino Rough Riders in Buffalo Bill's Wild West 38:28

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What AI Means (And Doesn’t Mean) for Our World, with Stephen Paff (Excerpt)

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4.8 Leviathan Special Issue On Melville's Queer Afterlives 46:05

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Pastor Caleb Campbell: Disarming Leviathan 1:02:08

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4.7 Emily Cousens on the Materialist Trans Feminist Potential in Monique Wittig’s Non-Fiction 28:39

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The Usefulness of Common Sense in the Age of Digital Deception (Being There 6) 24:10

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Pavlina R. Tcherneva and L. Randall Wray: That Vision Thing: Formulating a Winning Policy Agenda 14:32

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4.6 Patrick McKelvey on Honest Work Done By Honest Dogs 38:12

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The Vulnerabilities of Democracy in the Age of Image 21:43

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4.5 David Shiffman on Why Bluesky Matters 24:34

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Romantic Democracy: The Blind Following the Blind. (Kosinski’s Being There, 4)

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4.4 Lisa Anderson on the Therapeutic Turn in American Universities 19:36

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4.3 Sarah Misemer on bawdy Renaissance literature, free will and AI 24:39

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An Empty Signifier Makes an Ideal Lover (Being There, Part 3)

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Victim or Boss? Depends on Your Perspective (Being There, Part 2) 21:46

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4.2 Marissa J. Spear on Women, Survival and the Black Panther Party in Baltimore 29:37

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From Gardener to Politician: The Impact of Media in ‘Being There’ (1)

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4.1 David Hollinger on the Evangelical Republican Impact on Academia (Social Research) 23:09

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Thomas Aquinas’s Natural Law Theory: Brief Explanation (Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Public Segment #4)

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The Quality of Friendships: Does it Matter for Politics? Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics Public Segment #3 18:42

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Introduction to Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics, Public Segment #2: The Mean Between Extremes 16:41

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Introduction to Ivan Illich: A New Maurin Academy Class Starting June 17

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The Relationship Between Freedom and Justice (Federalist 51, Part 3) 20:53

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3.10 Barrett Taylor on Tenure Bans (RHE) 25:58

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3.9 Koritha Mitchell: On Know-Your-Place Aggressions and Cultivating Connections 27:42

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3.8 The Poe/tics of Reception: Poe Studies on 20 Years of Eliza Richards' influential work 44:23

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American Liberty: How Is It Secured? (Federalist 51 Part 2) 24:07

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Are Checks and Balances Necessary in the US Constitution? (Federalist 51, Part 1) 21:23

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Madison Would Be Surprised — and Disappointed (Federalist 10, Part 4)

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Did Madison Foresee the Demise of Democracy? (Federalist 10, Part 3) 29:04