Friends & Fellow Citizens (2025)

09/06/2025

The Sacred Honor Series is on its final Signer from Pennsylvania! Learn how George Ross had a change of heart as a former Tory and his connection (kind of) to the famous maker of the American flag Betsy Ross.

For our final Pennsylvania Signer, learn how George Ross had a change of heart as a former Tory and his connection (kind of) to the famous maker of the American flag Betsy Ross.

02/06/2025

Childhood is one of the most precious stages of a person's life. But every day, children across the U.S. and the world have had their childhood sadly taken away by pediatric cancer.

Hannah Adams is a childhood cancer survivor and advocate whose personal story and public service has touched numerous children and families. Hear how she and her family found their purpose to serve and help affected kids in the hopes of one day finding a cure for pediatric cancer.

Childhood is one of the most precious stages of a person's life. But every day, children across the U.S. and the world have had their childhood sadly taken away by pediatric cancer. In this first-ever in person F&FC interview, Hannah Adam...

12/05/2025

In this largely unknown Supreme Court decision, the court majority had some rather unusual and fantastical imaginations for justifying an expansive reading of the Commerce Clause. Learn how this case could justify government regulations for even the most absurd and improbable hypotheticals.

For many, government can inadvertently or purposefully get in the way of doing business. In this largely unknown Supreme Court decision, the court majority had some rather unusual and fantastical imaginations for justifying an expansive reading of...

05/05/2025

Despite a history of medicinal innovation, the U.S. continues to unhealthily struggle with its pricey and inefficient healthcare system. So what is holding back good healthcare policy with free market principles and necessary government regulation?

Miranda Spindt, Policy Associate at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, offers an overview of how too much government intervention has disrupted free market principles and created less-than-ideal health outcomes. She offers some unique solutions and ideas that can get us closer to a healthier conversation about the U.S. healthcare system.

Despite a history of medicinal innovation, the U.S. continues to unhealthily struggle with its pricey and inefficient healthcare system. What is holding back good healthcare policy with free market principles and necessary government regulation?&n...

14/04/2025

While many signers were political activists who rallied supporters for independence, James Wilson had already wielded the power of legal knowledge for the American Revolution. Learn how this Pennsylvania signer challenged British legislative authority in the late 1760s and sowed the seeds for America's legal system just years later.

While many signers were political activists who rallied supporters for independence, James Wilson had already wielded the power of legal knowledge for the American Revolution. Learn how this Pennsylvania signer challenged British legislative autho...

07/04/2025

For too long, the southern border of the U.S. has been a vulnerability for American national security, sovereignty, and immigration policymaking. And with Texas bearing the brunt of the border crisis, what do these challenges and dangers to the American people look like?

Melissa Ford, Policy Director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Secure and Sovereign Texas campaign, warns about the major security and sovereignty threat from Mexican drug cartels. She also calls for stronger comprehensive policies to uphold American values of legal immigration, national security, and the rule of law.

For too long, the southern border of the U.S. has been a vulnerability for American national security, sovereignty, and immigration policymaking. And with Texas bearing the brunt of the border crisis, what do these challenges and dangers to the Am...

01/04/2025

Almost everyone has that favorite professor from school. But what if you could take a class with a professor who makes video pranks for students and viewers to enjoy?

Matthew Weathers, a math and computer science professor at Biola University, went viral several years ago with his famous classroom pranks watched around the world hundreds of millions of times. Hear the origins of his prank videos and his thoughts about the intersection of education and technology in classrooms today and in the future.

Almost everyone has that favorite professor from school. But what if you could go back to school and take a class with a professor who makes video pranks for...

10/03/2025

As many Americans and non-Americans strongly debate the future American foreign policy, there has been too much misunderstanding of U.S. foreign policy history and principles. Learn how one of America's greatest presidents Theodore Roosevelt can teach us about the realities of foreign affairs 120+ years after his 1904 Annual Address to Congress.

As many Americans and non-Americans strongly debate the future American foreign policy, there has been too much misunderstanding of U.S. foreign policy history and principles. Learn how one of America's greatest presidents Theodore Roosevelt can t...

03/03/2025

The Tea Party may feel like a long time ago, but was it really just a movement? Or was it a much larger phenomenon? Dr. Rachel Blum, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma and the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, previews her book about the Tea Party's takeover of the Republican Party and shares how the Tea Party became one of the most disruptively consequential political movements in recent U.S. political history.

The Tea Party may feel like a long time ago, but was it really just a movement? Or was it a much larger phenomenon? Dr. Rachel Blum, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma and the Carl Albert Center, previews her bo...

17/02/2025

Starting today, Friends & Fellow Citizens will honor Presidents' Day and Washington's Birthday by adding a bonus episode per year with a focus on the U.S. presidency! Dr. Chuck Hermann, who was one of the first directors at the Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service, shares more about the school's origins in this first Presidents' Day Interview.

Almost 30 years ago, Texas A&M University's Bush School of Government and Public Service was dedicated to continue the legacy of the late President George H.W. Bush. For this year's inaugural F&FC Presidents' Day Interview, founding Direct...

10/02/2025

Living in the Pennsylvania countryside, George Taylor worked with iron furnaces before his arrival in the Continental Congress. Learn how Taylor's background can and should inform people nowadays about the value of blue-collar professions in our civics today.

Living in the Pennsylvania countryside, George Taylor worked with iron furnaces before his arrival in the Continental Congress. Learn how Taylor's background can and should inform people nowadays about the value of blue-collar professions in our c...

03/02/2025

Lincoln, the Republicans, and the Union Army fought and won to preserve the country during the Civil War. But what larger battle brewed during the bloodiest conflict in American history? Forrest Nabors, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage, shares deeper insight into the larger political and spiritual conflict that determined the fate of the Founders' pillars of American republicanism.

Lincoln, the Republicans, and the Union Army fought and won to preserve the country during the Civil War. But what larger battle brewed during the bloodiest conflict in American history? Dr. Forrest Nabors, Associate Professor and Chair of Politic...

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