Fergus Bordewich: How Madison, Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

Summary: <font><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Prize-winning author and historian Fergus Bordewich tells the dramatic story of the two remarkable years when Washington, Madison, and their dedicated colleagues struggled to successfully create our government, an achievement that has lasted to the present day. Tom Donnelly, former Message Director and Counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center, moderates. (April 14, 2016)</span></font><br> <br><div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19.6px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="mailto:editor@constitutioncenter.org" title="http://" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;">editor@constitutioncenter.org</a>.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(64,64,64); line-height: 19.6px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please subscribe to </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/live-at-americas-town-hall/id1037423300" title="http://" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Live at America's Town Hall</em></a> on iTunes. While you’re there, leave us a review—it helps other people discover what we do.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please also subscribe to </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-people/id83213431" title="" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0,102,204); border-bottom-color: rgb(153,102,51); border-bottom-width: 1px;"><em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">We the People</em></a>, a weekly show in which the Center's Jeffrey Rosen calls up the best legal minds in the United States to debate the most hotly contested issues in constitutional law.</span></font></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><br> <br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></font></div> <br> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" size="2"><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit—we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit </span></font><font style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://constitution"></a></span></font></font></div> </div> </div> </div>