Brushfires of the Mind: The Dave Benner Show

Brushfires of the Mind

Dave Benner produces content on topics related to the American founding period. He is the author of Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution, which defends the Constitution as an agreement between states and refutes contemporary legal thought.

Episodes

  1. 04/14/2019

    2.22: The State Constitutions

    When the American states seceded from a monarchical empire, they reformed their political systems to embrace constitutional republicanism. Like the podcast? Check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dbenner83 Most of the content in this section is elaborated upon in greater length and with additional context in Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution: https://amzn.to/2Qi1Fzw Other recommended reading(s): -Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: https://amzn.to/2N35LJT -Gordon Wood, The American Revolution: https://amzn.to/2DaNaMa -Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: https://amzn.to/2xJ7D5A Youtube: www.youtube.com/dbenner83 Website: www.davebenner.com

  2. 03/31/2019

    2.21: Crossing the Delaware

    Washington gave the new American states the best conceivable Christmas present when he crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians. Like the podcast? Check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dbenner83 Most of the content in this section is elaborated upon in greater length and with additional context in Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution: https://amzn.to/2Qi1Fzw Other recommended reading(s): -David McCullough, 1776: https://amzn.to/2Qbp0Ti -Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: https://amzn.to/2N35LJT -Don Higginbotham, George Washington and the American Military Tradition: https://amzn.to/2xJm61E Youtube: www.youtube.com/dbenner83 Website: www.davebenner.com

  3. 03/17/2019

    2.20: Disaster in New York

    Right after independence was declared, Washington suffered a catastrophe that very nearly led to the capture of the entire Continental Army. Like the podcast? Check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dbenner83 Most of the content in this section is elaborated upon in greater length and with additional context in Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution: https://amzn.to/2Qi1Fzw Other recommended reading(s): -Gordon Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution: https://amzn.to/2xJ78bI -David McCullough, 1776: https://amzn.to/2Qbp0Ti -Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: https://amzn.to/2N35LJT Youtube: www.youtube.com/dbenner83 Website: www.davebenner.com

  4. 03/03/2019

    2.19: Independence

    After more than a year of military strife in New England, the Continental Congress finally severed all ties with the British Empire – after a few states did so first. Like the podcast? Check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dbenner83 Most of the content in this section is elaborated upon in greater length and with additional context in Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution: https://amzn.to/2Qi1Fzw Other recommended reading(s): -The Virginia Declaration of Rights -Virginia Constitution of 1776 -The Declaration of Independence -Kevin Gutzman, Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840: https://amzn.to/2NLteo6 -Mercy Otis Warren, The Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: https://amzn.to/2DDKirt -Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: https://amzn.to/2N35LJT Youtube: www.youtube.com/dbenner83 Website: www.davebenner.com

  5. 11/28/2018

    2.18: The Siege of Boston

    The British occupation of Boston doomed the patriots. Until Henry Knox accomplished an unparalleled military feat, that is. Like the podcast? Check out my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dbenner83 Most of the content in this section is elaborated upon in greater length and with additional context in Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution: https://amzn.to/2Qi1Fzw Other recommended reading(s): -David McCullough, 1776: https://amzn.to/2Qbp0Ti -Murray Rothbard, Conceived in Liberty: https://amzn.to/2N35LJT Youtube: www.youtube.com/dbenner83 Website: www.davebenner.com

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Dave Benner produces content on topics related to the American founding period. He is the author of Compact of the Republic: The League of States and the Constitution, which defends the Constitution as an agreement between states and refutes contemporary legal thought.

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