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On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Parker Snider gives a quick update on the podcast's future. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

Big news this week! In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by Matt Clark, the Executive Director of the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty, to discuss their recently filed amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States formally asking the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and its progeny.  To learn more about the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty, visit alabamalawandliberty.org. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, we tune in to Rightside Radio for two interviews with Rightside Radio Host Phil Williams and education advocates in the State House.  To learn more about Rightside Radio, visit rightsideradio.org. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this edition of the 1819 Podcast, we take a listen to a recent Rightside Radio segment featuring host Phil Williams discussing the API Watchlist, our legislative scorecard. To learn more about Rightside Radio, visit rightsideradio.org. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's edition of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by ACLL Executive Director Matt Clark and API Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia and what it means for the future of religious freedoms in the country. To learn more about the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty, visit alabamalawandliberty.org. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams to discuss the announcement of Rightside Radio, a daily radio show broadcast on WVNN 92.5FM/770AM and hosted by Williams.  To learn more about Rightside Radio, visit rightsideradio.org. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by API Senior Director of Fiscal Policy Justin Bogie to discuss the City of Birmingham's decision to give themselves millions of dollars in bonuses while Birmingham's problems proliferate.  To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Parker Snider sit down with Bishop Jim Lowe, an API Distinguished Fellow and Senior Pastor of Guiding Light Church in Birmingham, to discuss whether or not pastors should be involved in the political process and, if so, to what extent. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.  

On this edition of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by Matt Clark, Executive Director of the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty (ACLL), API's litigation arm. Together, they discuss the case from Mississippi that is going to the Supreme Court that could change the status of abortion in our country, as well as some of the other legal work in which the ACLL is currently engaged. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast, the Alabama Policy Institute, or the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty, visit alabamapolicy.org or alabamalawandliberty.org.

In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams discusses the federal government's activities in Joe Biden's first 100 days as President of the United States. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

The session is finally over! And what a session it's been. In this week's edition of the 1819 Podcast, Phil, Scott, and Parker take a holistic look at this session and how Alabama did in comparison to other states. We also discuss whether Alabama's legislature is as conservative as it is perceived. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org. 

With only one day left in the session, API's Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams joins Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider to discuss what to expect on that final day and where the legislature goes after this session. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by API Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel to discuss the last full week of session and what the legislature did on two big ticket items: medical marijuana and gambling. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis talks with API Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams about this penultimate full week of session and what we should expect in the next few days. Also on this podcast, API Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider joins to discuss the news that Alabama will not be losing a seat in Congress as a result of the 2020 Census. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, we highlight a talk from Professor Adam MacLeod during the 2021 Annual Meeting of the API Board of Directors. In his talk, Professor MacLeod offers a historical understanding of the separation of government powers and reasons such separation need to be restored in Alabama. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org

On this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams is joined by Alabama State House Member, Representative Charlotte Meadows, to discuss school choice and Meadows' bill that could strengthen school choice in Alabama. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Parker Snider is joined by Stephen Bridgers, Executive Director of Scholarships for Kids, a scholarship granting organization. In this twenty-minute episode, Stephen and Parker discuss how the Alabama Accountability Act works and how it gives many students opportunities that otherwise would be out of reach. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Bishop Jim Lowe, an API Distinguished Fellow and survivor of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, joins API Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis and Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider to discuss the importance of protesting as an American freedom and why governments should seek to protect this essential right. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Parker Snider discuss how Christians should operate in the political sphere in light of the greatest news in world history, that Jesus Christ, who died to take the punishment for our sin, is alive again. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Bishop Jim Lowe, Justin Bogie, and Parker Snider sit down to discuss the unique opportunity Alabama has now, in light of an influx of federal cash, to eliminate the state's sales tax on groceries.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this week's edition of the 1819 Podcast, API Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis is joined by Matt Clark to discuss launching API's legal arm, the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty.    To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Public Affairs Officer is joined by Director of Policy Analysis Parker Snider to discuss the strange way Alabama organizes its state public health system.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis is joined by our Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams to discuss Governor Ivey's renewal yet again of Alabama's coronavirus restrictions and mandates.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by API's Parker Snider, Director of Policy Analysis, to talk about a few social bills that are moving in the Alabama State House. Specifically, Scott and Parker discuss 1) A bill banning transgender surgery and hormone therapy for minors 2) A bill banning public schools from allowing transgender students participation in sports outside of their sex 3) The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act 4) The quick passage of medical marijuana in the Senate and where it goes from here   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams and Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis discuss two bills in the Alabama legislature meant to rebalance the imbalance of government power we've seen demonstrated throughout the pandemic. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams and Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis take a look at Sen. Marsh's omnibus gambling bill and what it could mean for Alabama. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Justin Bogie discuss how legislators are considering increases to the state's budgets even as Alabama residents struggle to stay above water as the pandemic continues. Bogie, API's Senior Director for Fiscal Policy, offers a different option for state revenues in the upcoming year. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Phil Williams unveil the API Watchlist: A Legislative Scorecard. In the 20-minute episode, Scott and Phil explain the scorecard's criteria, some of the key votes API will be grading on, and why API is creating a scorecard in the first place. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Parker, Phil, and Scott discuss the inauguration of President Biden, what it means for the conservative movement and for Alabama, and how Christian conservatives can embrace the biblical command to live not in a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control (2 Timothy 1:7). To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

This is an audio version of API Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams' most recent op-ed entitled "Where Have All the Heroes Gone?" available at alabamapolicy.org.   To learn more about the Alabama Policy Institute or the 1819 Podcast, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Scott Stantis and Parker Snider get on a Zoom call with former Mayor of Montgomery Todd Strange, who is the chairman of Governor Ivey's study group on gambling. In December, the governor's study group released its 876-page report. We discuss what the group found, ask some important questions, and take a gander at the possible future of gambling in Alabama. You don't want to miss this episode!   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis, a nationally syndicated cartoonist, and API's Parker Snider discuss a list of words from the University of Michigan that have been deemed offensive, including the word "picnic". Is this a sign of a future Orwellian "newspeak"? To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, Phil Williams is joined by API's Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis and Bishop Jim Lowe, pastor of Guiding Light Church in Birmingham, who also serves as a Distinguished Fellow for API. In this 27-minute episode, the table discusses how religious liberty has been affected in 2020 and what the future could look like. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

On this week's Points of Policy podcast, Phil Williams is joined by new API staff member Scott Stantis, who serves as the organization's Public Affairs Officer, to discuss how the pandemic has revealed Alabama's balance (or imbalance) of power between the three branches of government. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Phil Williams is joined by the Secretary of State of Alabama, John Merrill, to discuss election integrity in general and how Alabama ran a successful election on November 3rd.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this week's podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker take an initial dive into the three pillars that govern how API understands and promotes good public policy: Free Markets, Limited Government, and Strong Families.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

After a short break, the weekly podcast is back! This week, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss how we can still be thankful in the year that brought us the novel coronavirus, a contentious election, and more.    To learn more about the Alabama Policy Institute or the 1819 Podcast, visit alabamapolicy.org.  

In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, Phil Williams is joined by Pennsylvania politicos Charles Mitchell of the Commonwealth Foundation and Matthew Brouillette of Commonwealth Partners. Together, they discuss how the presidential election may have been greatly affected by late and seemingly political decisions by Pennsylvania's democratic leaders.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

While we wait for the final results of the 2020 Presidential Election, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss ballot measures from across the country and how they faired on Tuesday. From a $15 minimum wage in Florida to marijuana legalization, we cover the top ballot measure stories from outside Alabama and what they mean for the nation as a whole in this week's episode. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In our final party platform episode, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss the democratic and republican positions on social issues. Specifically we talk abortion, same-sex marriage, religious liberty, marijuana, and paid sick and family leave. For a full comparison of the platforms, click here. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker continue in their discussion of the Democratic and Republican Party platforms. This week we discuss taxes and spending on government programs, specifically healthcare, social security, defense, welfare, and education. For a full comparison of the platforms, visit alabamapolicy.org or click here. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.  

On this edition of the 1819 Podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker continue in their discussion of the party platforms. This week, we discuss the second amendment, civil asset forfeiture, occupational licensing, the minimum wage, and the electoral college. For a full comparison of the platforms, visit alabamapolicy.org or click here.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Friday podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss the vice presidential debate and the party platforms in regard to international affairs, specifically the Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel, NATO, and international refugees.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Director of Policy Strategy and General Counsel Phil Williams and Professorial Fellow Adam MacLeod discuss the first amendment's protection of freedom of speech and religious liberty in regards to Chick-fil-A, Church of the Highlands, and more.    To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker dive into the first of a series of five discussions on the party platforms. Every Friday in October, API will release an episode of the 1819 podcast with a discussion of five to six policy areas and what the Democratic and Republican party platforms say on them.   This week, we discuss: Immigration Police Reform Regulation and Government Agencies The Environment The Fiduciary Obligation Unions   For more information about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.  

In this edition of the weekly 1819 podcast, Josh, Justin and Parker take a look at how the state has spent the $1.8 billion in CARES Act funds, how we might be able to use the remaining money, and the chances of a second federal stimulus package passing in the halls of Congress. To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.  

In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API Director of Policy Strategy and General Counsel Phil Williams and Professorial Fellow Adam MacLeod discuss the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the precedent leading Senate Republicans to confirm a Trump appointee before the election.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Director of Policy Strategy and General Counsel Phil Williams sits down with Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn to discuss the new prison plan and the three proposed locations for new construction.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

In this episode of the 1819 podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss Alabama's dead last status in responding to the 2020 Census, why the census is so important to Alabama, and the redistricting process. It's time to get counted, Alabama.   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org

In this week's news recap podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss: -CARES Act funds being used to pay for Alabama's unemployment costs -The 19th Anniversary of 9/11 -Senator Ben Sasse's plan to Make the Senate Great Again -Disney's filming of Mulan in a part of China that is home to concentration camps   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.

The hosts are all here for another edition of the 1819 Weekly News Recap! On this week's episode, we discuss: -The City of Tuscaloosa's potential aid to shuttered bars -Nick Saban and the Tide's social justice march -Senator Burkette's resignation and the election in HD49 -The potential for a vaccine to be ready in early November -Nancy Pelosi's "setup"   To learn more about the 1819 Podcast or the Alabama Policy Institute, visit alabamapolicy.org.