Steven and David Read the Federalist Papers

David Dault and Steven Millies
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Steven Millies is a political scientist. David Dault is a philosopher. They are reading through The Federalist Papers, one by one, and talking about them. 

  1. Federalist 18 - The surface informs that underneath, underneath is lacking

    10/23/2025

    Federalist 18 - The surface informs that underneath, underneath is lacking

    Continuing with the question, "How did the writers of the Federalist Papers imagine America," Steven and David are suddenly distracted by a related question: "How did the ancient Athenians imagine Greece?" Along the way, everybody also learns what "Amphictyonic" means.

    1h 2m
  2. Federalist 17 - Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines

    07/24/2025

    Federalist 17 - Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines

    Steven and David welcome their friend Gabriella Wilke from Commonweal Magazine to help them parse out the rhetoric and promise of Federalist 17

    56 min
  3. Federalist 16 - Hear the howl of the rope, a question

    06/26/2025

    Federalist 16 - Hear the howl of the rope, a question

    In which Steven and David get distracted by an earnest detour into the jurisprudence of Anthony Scalia

    55 min
  4. Federalist 15 - The voices talking somewhere in the house

    06/12/2025

    Federalist 15 - The voices talking somewhere in the house

    As Steven often reminds us, politics is an endless conversation

    53 min
  5. Federalist 14 - Living inside, living inside, near wild heaven

    05/29/2025

    Federalist 14 - Living inside, living inside, near wild heaven

    James Madison makes the case that we need to think locally

    45 min
  6. Federalist 13 - To liberty and honor under the honor roll

    05/15/2025

    Federalist 13 - To liberty and honor under the honor roll

    Hamilton asks, how do we avoid being attacked by our enemies, and how do we avoid becoming slaves to each other?

    57 min
  7. Federalist 12 - Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage.

    05/01/2025

    Federalist 12 - Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage.

    Steven and David look at Federalist 12, where Thomas Jefferson suggests that if America moves from farm work to manufacturing, we risk becoming slaves. It was a weird time.

    57 min
  8. Federalist 11 - Rivers shift, oceans part, and mountains drift

    03/20/2025

    Federalist 11 - Rivers shift, oceans part, and mountains drift

    The Value of Union to Commerce and the Advantages of a Navy - Alexander Hamilton

    53 min
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Steven Millies is a political scientist. David Dault is a philosopher. They are reading through The Federalist Papers, one by one, and talking about them. 

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