Power & Politics: Unraveling History

Today we will be looking at something a little different, specifically, how the United States, and the seeds of modern-day democracy from here, influenced the French Revolution, and as such, this episode will be a little shorter than some of the others. We will look at three of the main men who influenced the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette...

Today we will be examining the Impeachment Clause in the Constitution and the 25th Amendment with an eye toward what can realistically happen in the United States over the next two and a half years. This is especially important these days as I have seen so many misconceptions about both of these two Constitutional concepts floating around the internet. The memes which pop up regarding impeachment...

Today we will be looking at the Court of the Star Chamber under the Tudors and Stuarts mainly, and how the abuses there led us to what we have in our Constitution now with the protections of Rights, especially in the Bill of Rights. Sometimes it is not a specific law or document that we need to look at to understand the United States Constitution, but a historical concept or event. These can be ju...

In this, the Eighth Episode of Power & Politics: Unraveling History, we will be looking at Impeachment, and how it came about through the history of Edward III and the Hundred Years War. Actions during that conflict, led to the Impeachment of William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer, and is one of the earliest recorded Impeachments. To fully understand them, we will look the history surrounding this...

This episode is part of Podcasthon 2026 and is all about Medicines Sans Frontiers, or Doctor's Without Borders. The work that this charity does around the globe is just amazing and critical in many impoverished areas. If you would like to learn more or donate to them, you can do so through their website:  Medicines Sans Frontiers

In this, the Seventh Episode of Power & Politics: Unraveling History, we will be looking at four different documents which are all interrelated, and the history behind them. These are the Provisions of Oxford and Westminster, the Statute of Marlborough, and the Declaration of Arbroath. To fully understand them, we will look the history surrounding these documents, and how the concepts raised i...

In this, the Sixth episode of Power & Politics: Uraveling History, we look at the History behind Magna Carta . From the founding of "modern" England in 1066 through the reign of King John, to 1215 when Magna Carta became a thing. We will look at how this document influenced the US Constitution, and how it still holds influence today. Understanding the History which influenced the Framers is im...

In this, the Fifth Episode of Power & Politics: Unraveling History, we look at The Constitutions and Assize of Clarendon. These were two documents which came about during the reign of Henry II of England, but to understand how he got to the throne, you need to first understand The Anarchy, when King Stephen and Empress Mathilda fought each other for the throne of England. The concepts introduc...

For this Episode of Power & Politics: Unraveling History, I am happy to welcome Professor Deborah Anthony from the University of Illinois at Springfield as my guest. We will be discussing the First, Fourth, Fifith, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution and how those are being treated by the current Trump Administration. The Constitution of the United States is among th...

in this, the third episode of Power & Politics: Unraveling History, we look at the second half od the Bill of Rights and the importance of these last five Amendments. We examine how they came about and some of the history surrounding them. We also see how they are surviving the current times.

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of the Power of Politics: Unraveling History. This Episode will be looking at the first five Amendments to the Constitution, the first half of the Bill of Rights. We will examine the history behind them, and we will see how they were developed. In a future episode we will do a deeper dive into a few of these Amendments, but for today, we will introduce them and the h...

In this episode, we look at the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and why we had a formal declaration for separating from the United Kingdom. It is the first step toward understanding the United States Constitution.