Amarica's Constitution

Professor Amar is very skilled in speaking about nuanced constitutional questions in clear and comprehensible language. And his knowledge of America’s legal history is astonishing. My one quibble is that he gets a little carried away with name-dropping and making sure we all know which of the luminaries cited on the show went to Yale. Sometimes, he lays out a person’s Ivy League credentials as (at least implicitly) a basis on which we should consider their views credible. It kind of rubs me the wrong way when he goes too far.

This is truly an exceptional podcast, which brings together every week the encyclopedic knowledge and uniquely wonderful character of Akhil Amar and the charm and intellectual grace of Andy Lipka. They explore the current constitutional landscape and the fascinating history of our constitution and the country we have become.

It seems like it has really gotten bogged down in politics lately. To be clear, I don't disagree with their politics but am just really tired of hearing how much they dislike Trump, RFK Jr., etc. (I don't like them either, but I'd subsribe to a politics pocast if that is what I wanted). Until recently I always made it to the end of the episode, but not recently. I'm not sure how much of it is Andy steering toward politics, but I'm hoping Akhill can move them on to other Constitutional topics.

I've been trying to subscribe on iTunes for weeks, each time I get an iTunes error message...