Peaceful Political Revolution in America
"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, James Wilson, Thomas Paine, and many other American patriots and revolutionaries completely agreed with this simple but compelling statement made by President Washington. Yet today, very few Americans know what the basis of our form of government is, let alone understand what it means.
This Podcast will dive into the most important and most censored story in America. We will uncover the myths behind our constitutional history and reveal some of the startling facts about our founding as a nation. Hang on tight! If you haven't honed up on your American history, if you think you understand our American political system, you may be in for a shock.
Peaceful political revolution is your unique American heritage. It is what makes our democracy so special and what makes your role in American politics so important. Are you ready for a peaceful political revolution? Where does it come from? How does it happen? What can you do to change our political system for the better?
We will address these questions and many more in the upcoming Podcasts, so hang on. If you think our politics are bad and only getting worse, you may find that a peaceful political revolution is the antidote.
Episodes
34 episodes
S3 E1 The Next System and American Constitutionalism with Dr. Ben Manski
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast. I’ve been on a kind of sabbatical this past year. So much has happened, and I really needed to take the time to explore some of the major developments which, in several importa...
S3 E2 Constitution-Making in America with Sanford Levinson
Welcome back to another episode of the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.Today, I will be talking with Sanford Levinson. Levinson is the W. St John Garwood and W St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law. He teache...
S3 E3 Confronting the Climate Emergency with Dr. Peter Carter
S3 E3 Confronting the Climate Emergency with Dr. Peter CarterzNov 24, 2025Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.Dean of Law at UC Berkeley, Erwin Chemerinsky, Sanford Levins...
S3 E4 Movement Building with Ben Price
When people talk about democracy in America, we often focus on elections… on candidates… on the latest headlines coming out of Washington.But the deeper question—the one that shapes everything—is this: Who actually holds power ...
S3 E5 The Model Constitutional Convention with Dr. Stefanie Lindquist
Welcome to another episode of the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.In this episode, I will be exploring one of the most important and timely questions facing our country today: What would ...
S3 E6 SYSTEM CORRUPTION with Camila Vergara_Part 1
Welcome to another episode of the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.I want to begin today with a passage that has been sitting with me for some time. It comes from the Swiss scho...
S2 E2 We The Elites with Robert Ovetz
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.Bernie loves to point his finger at the elites, but who are they and where do they come from? It seems as if Bernie believes they possess a lot more influence than...
S2 E3 Thomas Paine's Rights of Man with Gary Berton
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast. I couldn't go any further without a discussion about Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. Not because it was historically significant, although it cert...
S2 E4 Trailer, FDR and A New Economic Bill of Rights with Harvey J. Kaye and Alan Minsky
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in American Podcast.In Season 1 Episode 2 last year, I spoke with Professor Emeritus of Democracy & Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Harvey J. Kay...
S2 E5 Brazil’s Frenetic Pace of Constitutional Change with Juliano Benvindo
Events in America like the 2021 United States Capitol Insurrection are not unique to America. Brazil also suffered from a similar crisis on Jan 8, 2023. The attack there, on all three branches of gov...
S2 E6 Equality with Frances Chiu
In the last episode, I talked with Juliano Benvindo about the similarities between the January 6th Capitol Insurrection and the more recent attack on all three branches of government in Brasilia. It turns out that Brazil has the greatest lev...
S2 E7 Constituent Power and the Future of Constitutional Democracy with Sergio Verdugo
In season one, I spoke with Arend Lijphart about democratic political systems. He had a number of recommendations on how Americans could improve our democracy if they really wanted to do. The question as always remains, how would Americans d...
S2 E8 The Constitution Should not be Reclaimed with Samuel Moyn
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.In America, "We The People" are the constituent power, "the actor which always remains outside the government" as Seyes defined it. Or, as James Wilson pu...
S2 E10 Russia Against Modernity with Alexander Etkind
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America PodcastThe Anthropocene will be a doozy from what I'm hearing. Even if new technologies and new systems replace the ones currently falling apart, it will be...
S1 E0 Trailer The Peaceful Political Revolution in America
Hi and welcome to the Peaceful political Revolution in America podcast. I'm your host, John Mulkins.If you were following the presidential election of 2020 as I was, you will most likely recall the phrase "political revolution." ...
S1 E1 Thomas Paine and Political Revolution in America with Gary Berton.
I want to begin the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast with a discussion about Thomas Paine. His ideas, more than any other American, shaped the destiny of not only 1 revolution, but 3. You might say Thomas Paine is the father ...
S1 E2 Thomas Paine and the Promise of America with Harvey J Kaye
Thanks to Bernie Sanders, "political revolution" has become part of today's vernacular. It's been used widely to describe the need for change on the system level and on the policy level. It's a powerful slogan and a very loaded term. Revolut...
S1 E3 Toward an American Revolution with Jerry Fresia
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America Podcast If Bernie's regular castigation of the elites felt justified to you, you'll find this episode especially interesting. Today, I'm going to be talking a...
S1 E4 Patterns of Democracy with Arend Lijphart
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America PodcastI thought I'd jump ahead a little and discuss some of the basic changes we could make to our constitution which would actually make it a more democr...
S1 E5 The Frozen Republic with Daniel Lazare
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America Podcast.Thomas Paine believed that Americans must control their constitutions of government, that they should revise and update it every generation. But the Framers, ...
S1 E6 A Different Democracy with Dean Steven Taylor
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America Podcast.In the last episode, we talked about our frozen republuc, and how to our detriment, it has not been improved upon in over 230 years. It was designed to ...
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S1 E7 This Happened Here and They Rule with Paul Street
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America Podcast.It looks like we could make some very real improvements to our political system. It is becoming more and more obvious that after 233 years, our Con...
S1 E7 Trailer: This Happened Here, Amerikaners, Neoliberalism and the Trumping of America and They Rule with Paul Street
01/03/22Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America Podcast.It looks like we could make some very real improvements to our political system. It is becoming more and more obvious that af...
S1 E8 The Sickness is the System with Richard Wolff
Welcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.It has been pointed out on this podcast by more than a few people, that our Constitution is as much an economic or class document, as it was a poli...
S1 E9 Trailer: Death by a Thousand Cuts with Matt Qvortrup
Welcome to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.Democracy is under attack. The rise of Trumpism has created a lot of anxiety amongst those who believe in democracy, and for good reason. We have all witnessed the...
