This Constitution
This Constitution is an every-two-weeks podcast ordained and established by the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University, the home of Utah’s Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative.
Co-hosted by Savannah Eccles Johnston and Matthew Brogdon, This Constitution equips listeners with the knowledge and insights to engage with the most pressing political questions of our time, starting with Season 1, focusing on the powers and limits of the U.S. presidency.
This Constitution
Latest Episodes
Season 4, Episode 5 | The Fourth-of-July Question America Needs to Ask
Are Americans Declaration People or Constitution People?The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are two of America’s most important founding documents, but this episode asks a deeper civic question: which one actually define...
Season 4, Episode 4 | Valley Forge: When the Revolution Almost Froze to Death
What Happens When an Army Freezes and a Government Can’t Supply It?Valley Forge is remembered as one of the great symbols of American endurance, but this episode asks a deeper constitutional question: what happens when a revolution depen...
Season 4, Episode 3 | How Do You Govern When You’re Also Fighting a War?
When we talk about America's founding, we tend to jump straight from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. But what held the country together in the eleven years between? What happened after independence was declared? Who ran the...
Season 4, Episode 2 | Splitting Sovereignty: How the Colonies Defended Local Control
Was the American Revolution really about breaking away from Britain? Or was it first a fight over who had the right to govern local communities?In this episode, host Matthew Brogdon sits down with constitutional scholar Sean Beienburg to...
Season 4, Episode 1 | A Watery Revolution: How the Sea Decided American Independence
When we picture the American Revolution, we see George Washington on horseback, minutemen at Concord, and the signing of the Declaration. But what if the real story of independence was written not on land, but on water? In this seas...
