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The Constitution is the document everyone's talking about, but nobody knows s*#t about. This podcast gives you the scholarly lowdown on everything that went down in hot and sweaty Philadelphia in 1787. Why do we have the electoral college? The second amendment? It's all here and It's not why you t…

Jay Reiss and Rob Turbovsky


    • Jun 20, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 3 EPISODES


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    Episode 3 - THE HEIST OF A NATION

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 42:59


    The thirteen states were about to implode. America was going under. Who was going to save them? And how? Jay and Rob tell you everything you need to know about why the convention was called and then why 5 guys decided to hijack it. Brought to you by ProFoot, the official shoe insole of the Founding Fathers.

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    Episode 2 - THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE - How did this happen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 46:37


    It's not just controversial, it's convoluted. What the hell happened in hot and sweaty 1787 that this is the way we elect our President? Jay and Rob are joined by their first real guest, historian Lynn Price. Together the three of them give the true backstory to the gift that keeps not giving - the electoral college.

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    Episode 1 - You don't know what you know...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 63:54


    Self-described constitutional scholar Jay and TV writer Rob go back to  the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to seek out answers about the origins of America its hilarious systemic problems.

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