Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America

1. Episode · Sep 25, 2026

   Ep. 320 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Denisa Traboini | From Albania to Freedom: A Firsthand Account of Communist Rule with Denisa Traboini (opens the original)

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   Sometimes we take for granted the freedom and liberty we are born with. It is good to be reminded that we should not take our country and its history for granted. One of the best ways we can be reminded to remain grateful is to hear first-hand experiences from those born into oppressive regimes who now get to enjoy America's liberty. Our guest today is one such example. Denisa Traboini was born in communist Albania in 1977 and shares her memories of growing up under that system and how her son g

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2. Episode · Sep 19, 2026

   Ep. 319 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Timothy Sandefur | The Constitution vs. Socialism: America's Built-In Safeguards (opens the original)

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   Socialism isn't new. Plato's "The Republic" outlines an ideal state with elements of socialism. The Founding Fathers were well aware of the concept and purposefully wrote safeguards against it in our founding documents. Case in point: the Bill of Rights protects private property and Article 1 of the Constitution protects patents and intellectual property. Please join our special guest, Timothy Sandefur, Vice President for Legal Affairs at the Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Consti

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3. Episode · Sep 12, 2026

   Ep. 318 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Shruti Rajagopalan | What Happens When a Country Tries Socialism (opens the original)

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   Socialism sounds good in theory — but what does it look like in practice? From centralized economic policies to government control over markets and private enterprise, our guest today explores the real-world consequences of nations that have experimented with socialism — and the promises compared to the results. Dr. Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University School of Law and is our guest expert thi

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4. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

   Ep. 317 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Lawrence W. Reed | What Is Socialism? (opens the original)

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   This week we kick off a new Constitutional Chats Podcast series on socialism. In our first episode this week we address the basic concept of socialism: what defines it, what is it not and how does it compare with capitalism? Young Americans are embracing socialism in record numbers. A recent survey by the Cato Institute and YouGov finds that 62% of Americans aged 18–29 say they hold a "favorable view" of socialism, while a recent Gallup poll shows that 39% of ALL Americans have a positive view o

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5. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

   Ep. 316 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Matthew Skic | The Declaration's Journey: 250 Years of America's Founding Document (opens the original)

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   It's no secret, we at Constituting America are big fans of the Declaration of Independence. What Thomas Jefferson so eloquently wrote quite literally changed the world. But have you stopped to think exactly how it changed the world? How did it influence other countries who were perhaps seeking independence? Did you know in the time since our Declaration of Independence was written, over 100 countries have adopted similar declarations, inspired by our Declaration? To discuss this global impact be

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