JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths Podcast

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JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths Podcast is a society podcast hosted by James Wilson Institute, with 147 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Restoring Faith, Freedom & Family with Tim Goeglein

  Aug 13, 202633 min

  Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast as we host author Tim Goeglein for a discussion of his newly co-authored book What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family . Goeglein shares his thoughts on American public life, particularly the engagement in politics, culture, and religion amongst Gen Z. The book is a collection of his sharpest columns that zero in on the six pillars we must rebuild if America is going to flourish again: marriage, the family, authentic manhood, a well-ordered society, vibrant faith, and a true understanding of our history. We were delighted to welcome Goeglein, an astute observer of American cultural and religious trends going back several decades, to the show. Tim Goeglein served eight years in the White House as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison. Since 2009 he’s been Vice President of External and Government Relations at Focus on the Family. Purchase What Really Matters Read JWI Co-Director Gerard Bradley's review of the book. Learn more about Tim

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  Son of the Congo with A.T. Tshibaka

  Jul 30, 202651 min

  Imagine being three years old in the heart of the Congo. Your father has just died of cancer. Your mother is left alone to raise five children in a world of poverty, tribal conflict, and political chaos. By every human measure, your future should have been written in hardship and limitation. But that is not the story God wrote for Athanase Kadita Tshibaka—known to friends andcolleagues simply as A.T. In his powerful new memoir, Son of the Congo: A Journey of Tragedy, Triumph, and Transformation , A.T. takes us across six continents and nearly eight decades of an extraordinary life. From near-expulsion as a troubled student to graduating with top honors fromDartmouth and the Tuck School of Business, from surviving coups, wrongful imprisonment, and boardroom battles, to rising as a senior leader at Citigroup overseeing risk across 77 emerging markets, then serving as interim CEO ofOpportunity International. A.T.'s story is not just a rags-to-riches tale, it is also a living testimony of unwavering faith, resilience, and the quiet, miraculous hand of God that turns ashes into beauty. A.T. joins us now to share how a sonof the Congo became a global banking executive, a devoted husband, father, and grandfather as well as friend of ours at the James Wilson Institute—and why he believes every broken beginning can still lead to a divine destination. Learn more and purchase here Son of the Congo

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  Pursuit of Happiness in American Law and Jurisprudence with Prof. Carli Conklin

  Jul 16, 202622 min

  As part of our ongoing series of episodes devoted to thecelebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration, we are delighted to bring you an episode devoted to the legal relevance of the Declaration’s most famous sentence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” We’ll focus in today’s episode particularly on that last phrase. In his Commentaries on the Laws of England , William Blackstone described the pursuit of happiness as a science of jurisprudence by which his students could identify, and then apply, the first principles of the Common Law in their future work in law. Separately, the American founders includedthe pursuit of happiness as one of only three unalienable rights specifically listed in the Declaration of Independence. Where do Blackstone and the founders agree and disagree in their understanding of the pursuit of happiness? What practical role (if any) did they suggest the concept could serve in English and early American law and legal philosophy? To discuss these subjects, we are pleased to have Carli N. Conklin with us. She is an associate professor at University of Missouri School of Law, an associate professor of constitutional democracy and former associate director at theKinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, and director of the School of Law’s Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution. She earned her JD/MA and PhD in American Legal History from the University of Virginia, where she received the School of Law’s John and Madeleine Traynor prize for outstanding written work. This episode is captured from a jointly-sponsored webinar by the James Wilson Institute and the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy of First Liberty Institute.

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  Declaration of Independence & “The Making of the American Mind” ft. Dr. Matthew Spalding

  Jul 1, 202634 min

  For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are pleased to share an intimate discussion with Dr. Matthew Spalding whose timely new book The Making of the American Mind explores the philosophic underpinnings of and story behind the Declaration. Please enjoy this special Anchoring Truths episode as a celebration of our nation’s Independence and Founding. Spalding, dean of Hillsdale College’s Van Andel graduate school in Washington D.C. and new board member of the James Wilson Institute, shares the microphone with Professor Hadley Arkes, JWI’s Founder and Co-Director. Purchase The Making of the American Mind Learn more about Dr. Spalding

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  Citizenship & 14th Amendment with Prof. David Upham

  Jun 18, 202651 min

  Our latest Anchoring Truths Podcast episode focuses on a new book Taking American Citizenship Seriously: The Recovery of the Fourteenth Amendment. Our guest is the author that book, David R. Upham. With the book, Professor Upham delivers a comprehensive account of the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment. Drawing on a close textual analysis, Upham shows how the framers shaped the Amendment to secure the rights to life, liberty, and property for all through due process and equal protection, while reaffirming birthright citizenship for nearly everyone born on U.S. soil. He also recovers the Amendment’s promise to protect core citizenship rights—including the freedoms to travel, engage in commerce, speak freely, bear arms, and live free from racial discrimination or civic exclusion. By recovering this originalmeaning, the book challenges later interpretations and offers fresh insights for today’s constitutional debates. Professor David R. Upham is an Associate Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and his Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Dallas, along with degrees from Middlebury College and Boston College.

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