Hale Institute Podcast

Allen Mendenhall, research fellow for the Institute of Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, comes on show to talk about his career as a lawyer, academic, and think tanker, the state of corporate and education reform, and the future of the conservative legal movement.

David Upham, professor of law at St. Thomas University College of Law and senior fellow of politics and law at the University of Dallas, talks to Timon about the 14th Amendment and the privileges and immunities of American citizenship.    Taking American Citizenship Seriously https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/taking-american-citizenship-seriously-9781978761438/ Citizenship & the 14th Amendment wit...

Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law, returns to the show to talk about what the recent Trump v. Barbara decision means for citizenship and originalism. Trump v. Barbara: "A Rare Species of Victory?" Trump v. Barbara and the End of Originalism Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Afroyim Has Got to Go! Are Latter-day Saints Christians? - First Things

Carl Richard, professor at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, comes on the show to talk about several of his books on how the American founders were influenced by both antiquity and scripture.    The Founders and the Classics: Greece, Rome, and the American Enlightenment https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Classics-Greece-American-Enlightenment/dp/0674314263 The Founders and the Bible https://a.c...

With Trump v. Barbara before the Supreme Court, Ilan Wurman, professor of law at the University of Minnesota, joins the show to discuss his scholarship on the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment citizenship clause.  JURISDICTION AND CITIZENSHIP by Ilan Wurman https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2026/02/49.Wurman.pdf Clearing Up Confusion on Birthright Citizenship by I...

Scott Yenor, professor at Boise State and Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation, talks to Timon about how conservatives can capture and reform legal education.    The Long Game in the Legal Academy https://tomklingenstein.com/the-long-game-in-the-legal-academy/ Compulsory Feminism https://firstthings.com/compulsory-feminism/ Up from Conservatism https://...

What is the future of legal conservatism? How should it reorient itself to present challenges? Jesse Merriam, professor at Patrick Henry College, joins the show to answer these questions (and more).  Legal Conservatism for Our Time - The American Mind https://americanmind.org/features/legal-conservatism-for-our-time/ Shock Therapy for Our Lawless Legal System - The American Mind https://americanmi...

A debate over common good constitutionalism, natural law, and classical jurisprudence has occupied much of the conservative legal world for the past several years. Jeremy Christiansen, professor of law at Regent University School of Law and editor of the New Digest, comes on the show to talk about what the classical legal tradition is.    Jeremy M. Christiansen, J.D. | Regent University https://ww...

Thomas Pink (King's College London) comes on the show to discuss Roman Catholic integralism, Francisco Suarez, Thomas Hobbes, and more.  Thomas Pink, King's College London, Philosophy, Faculty Member https://kcl.academia.edu/ThomasPink

James Baird, author of King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government, joins the show to discuss confessional and historic Protestant political thought.    Purchase Kings of Kings by James Baird here: https://press.founders.org/shop/king-of-kings/

Miles Smith & Adam Carrington join Timon to talk about the religious and political thought of Anglicans in the early republic.   To purchase That Blessed Liberty: Episcopal Bishops and the Development of the American Republic 1789-1860, go to: https://a.co/d/0Ij2Pnt

Mark David Hall, professor at Regent University, bravely makes his second appearance on the show to talk about his 2023 book, Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land, a history of Christianity's influence on American freedom and equality.

Daniel Strand, professor of ethics at the Air War College, comes on the show to break down and critique 20th century liberal readings of Augustine's City of God and provide a corrective consideration of Augustine's cosmological politics.  Augustine the "Liberal" https://providencemag.com/2019/03/augustine-liberal/   From Domination to Liberation: Augustine's Critique of Roman Political Religion in...

Owen Anderson, professor of philosophy at Arizona State University, comes on the show to talk about natural law, Matthew Hale, wisdom, and death.  Subscribe to Owen Anderson's substack here: https://drowenanderson.substack.com/   Purchase Christian Philosophy and the Fear of God: Sir Matthew Hale on Considering our Final End here: https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Philosophy-Fear-God-Considering/dp...

Chad Pecknold, professor at the Catholic University of America, talks to Timon about the proper reading of Augustine's famous work.

Timon is joined by Tom Price (DPhil. Oxford), who teaches theology at Gordon Conwell and the University of Saint Joseph and co-hosts the Theology Pugcast, for a wide-ranging discussion of natural law. Theology Pugcast https://crwiley.com/the-theology-pugcast/  

Longtime editor of Modern Age, Daniel McCarthy, comes on the show to talk about what the so-called New Right has going for it, and what it can afford to learn from the western tradition. https://modernagejournal.com/  

Graham Shearer teaches theology at Union Theological College. He joins Timon on the show to talk about the use of historical sources and current political trends.

Timon is joined by Daniel Pitt, associate fellow at the University of Hull, to talk about the common law tradition, conservatism, and the legacy of Roger Scruton. "Common Law Conservatism" - Daniel Pitt https://lawliberty.org/common-law-conservatism/ "Piety, Love, and the Permanent Things" - Daniel Pitt https://lawliberty.org/forum/piety-love-and-the-permanent-things/  

The first repeat guest of the podcast, Miles Smith (Hillsdale College), stops by to talk about his new book on the “Christian institutionalism” of the early American republic.  Religion and Republic by Miles Smith https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Republic-Christian-Founding-American/dp/1949716317

Joe Rigney, a teaching fellow at New Saint Andrews College, talks to Timon about the different camps of Protestant political theology today.  https://americanreformer.org/2024/11/everymans-guide-to-protestant-political-thought/  

Chad Van Dixhoorn, professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary, joins Timon to talk about a newly published work by the Westminster divine, John Arrowsmith.    https://www.heritagebooks.org/products/plans-for-holy-war-arrowsmith.html

Ryan Bangert, senior vice president of strategic initiatives & special counsel to the president at the Alliance Defending Freedom, joins the podcast to talk about the state and future prospects of religious liberty in America.  ADF website: https://adflegal.org/

Robbie Crouse, professor of theology at Knox Seminary, joins the show to talking about the political theology of Martin Luther, its origins and sources, as well as the problems with some modern Reformed formulations.   Two Kingdoms and Two Cities  https://www.amazon.com/Two-Kingdoms-Cities-Theological-Traditions/dp/1506421563  

Timon is joined by Nicholas Aroney, professor of law at University of Queensland, for a wide ranging conversation about constitutional law, the nature of sovereignty, and federalism.    University of Queensland Professor Biography https://law.uq.edu.au/profile/1098/nicholas-aroney   Christianity and Constitutionalism https://global.oup.com/academic/product/christianity-and-constitutionalism-978019...