Freedom Papers
Freedom Papers is a weekly conversation-style education series that highlights the necessity of America's most important manuscripts and the heated debates that surround them. Join Morgan Zegers every Monday at 4PM / 7 PM EST for your weekly dose of freedom!
Episodes
48 episodes
The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained - [Freedom Papers Ep. 48]
Madison’s Federalist Paper No. 40, "The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained," examines the authority of the Constitutional Convention and the expectations surrounding the United States Constitution.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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28:35
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles - [Freedom Papers Ep. 47]
Madison’s Federalist Paper No. 39, "The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles," defines a true republic, explains why the proposed Constitution is a republic, and discusses how the United States is both a national and a federal gov...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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30:32
The Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed - [Freedom Papers Ep. 46]
Madison’s Federalist Paper No. 38, "The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed," argues that despite the objections to the Constitution, it is still a much needed and huge improvement to the Art...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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24:21
Difficulties in Devising a Proper Form of Government - [Freedom Papers Ep. 45]
Madison’s Federalist Paper No. 37, "Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government," examines the importance of setting aside differences to agree on a common form of government.
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Episode 45
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40:24
Representation in Taxation - [Freedom Papers Ep. 44]
Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 36, "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation," examines the importance of having a representative government in regards to taxation. Morgan Zegers and...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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19:05
Concerning the General Power of Taxation (Continued) - [Freedom Papers Ep. 43]
Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 35, "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation," examines equality and fairness at both the State and Federal level with regards to representation of the population in legislature an...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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32:48
Concerning the General Power of Taxation - [Freedom Papers Ep. 42]
Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 34, "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation," examines the concurrent authority vested in states and the federal government in regards to taxation. M...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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28:42
The Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause - [Freedom Papers Ep. 41]
Hamilton’s Federalist Paper No. 33, "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation," examines the Supremacy Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause.Morgan Zegers and Connor Clegg explain that the Necessary and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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32:36
The Balance of Federal & State Taxation Power - [Freedom Papers Ep. 40]
Continuing the conversation with Federalist Paper No. 32, Morgan Zegers and Connor Clegg discuss state taxation power. Hamilton begins the paper by acknowledging the necessity for states to have the authority to tax citizens without federal inf...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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33:26
Concerning the General Power of Taxation Continued - [Freedom Papers Ep. 39]
Morgan Zegers and Connor Clegg continue their conversation about taxation with Federalist Paper No. 31. In this paper, Hamilton approaches the subject more argumentatively, proving three reasons why taxes must be collected on a national level.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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32:28
Concerning the General Power of Taxation - [Freedom Papers Ep. 38]
Connor Clegg returns with Morgan Zegers to analyze Federalist Paper No. 30. Hamilton understood that federal taxes required a delicate balance so that the government would have enough funds to protect the population without the people being fin...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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38:32
Keeping the Republic with Jake Bequette - [Freedom Papers Ep. 37]
Former NFL Defensive End for the New England Patriots and Army Rangers Veteran Jake Bequette joins Morgan Zegers this week to give his thoughts on the nation’s current state and the keeping of the republic.Morgan and Jake discuss the gr...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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24:16
The Education System’s Decline with Chris Palombi - [Freedom Papers Ep. 36]
Chris Palombi, former Capitol police officer, joins Morgan Zegers this week to discuss the deterioration of the United States' education system. Chris shares his thoughts on the school curriculum as a current teacher and hockey coach in Marylan...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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54:15
Concerning the Militia - [Freedom Papers Ep. 35]
Morgan Zegers and co-host Connor Clegg, discuss Federalist Paper 29, “Concerning the Militia.” While previous papers covered the role of a standing army, Hamilton’s Paper 29 focuses on the importance of having a federally controlled, standardiz...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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33:08
Restraining the Legislative Authority Continued - [Freedom Papers Ep. 34]
Co-host Connor Clegg returns this week with Morgan Zegers to continue the conversation about restraining the government’s authority. A timely topic of discussion, Connor and Morgan relate the new Governance Disinformation Board to Anti-Federali...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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35:27
Bureaucratic Power with Micah Bock - [Freedom Papers Ep. 33]
Morgan Zegers is joined by Turning Point Ambassador, Micah Bock, to discuss how the legislature vested a significant amount of its powers to the executive branch. Our founders never envisioned additional executive arms of the government within ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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35:57
America’s Deterioration and the Administrative State - [Freedom Papers Ep. 32]
This week, Jack Posobiec joins Morgan Zegers to discuss the founding father's original intent and how America has continued to gradually veer further away from those core ideals and principles. Jack explains how President Woodrow Wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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49:49
Prioritizing the Family Unit with Professor Scott Yenor - [Freedom Papers Ep. 31]
Professor Scott Yenor joins Morgan Zegers to discuss the specific roles of parents in the keeping of our society and promoting family values. In this week’s episode, Morgan and Scott explore the idea of an enlightened and vigilant public to res...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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43:41
A House Divided with Pastor Leon Benjamin - [Freedom Papers Ep. 30]
This week, Morgan Zegers is joined by special guest Leon Benjamin, a Pastor of New Life Harvest Church. In this episode, Morgan and Leon discuss our current divisive climate and the significance of sparking curiosity in our youth about America’...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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44:40
Restraining the Legislative Authority - [Freedom Papers Ep. 29]
In Federalist Paper No. 26, “The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regards to the Common Defense Considered,” Hamilton advocates for the government to have unrestricted power to organize and maintain a standing army. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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33:19
Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Continued - [Freedom Papers Ep. 28]
This week, Morgan Zegers continues the conversation about common defense with Hamilton's Federalist Paper No. 25. The Anti-federalists feared the unlimited power a federal government would have with a standing army and instead felt that each st...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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31:25
Powers Necessary to the Common Defense - [Freedom Papers Ep. 27]
Morgan Zegers is joined by co-host Connor Clegg to discuss Hamilton's "The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered." Federalist Paper No. 24 directly argues against the anti-federalists, who feared the federal government would...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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28:47
Preservation of the Union with an Energetic Government - [Freedom Papers Ep. 26]
Connor Clegg joins Morgan Zegers to evaluate Federalist Paper No. 23, written by Hamilton. Titled “The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to Preservation of the Union,” Hamilton expresses the need for the federal governm...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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37:22
Other Defects of the Present Confederation Continued - [Freedom Papers Ep. 25]
Morgan Zegers and Connor Clegg discuss Hamilton's Federalist Paper No. 22, continuing the conversation about the weaknesses of the founding fathers' original form of government and the pressing need for reform. Hamilton argues that...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:02:53
Other Defects of the Present Confederation - [Freedom Papers Ep. 24]
On today's episode, Connor Clegg joins Morgan Zegers to wrap up the conversation about the inadequacies of The Articles of Confederation. After providing several former and current examples of failed or insufficient confederacies, Federalist Pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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45:39