The Brion McClanahan Show
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The Brion McClanahan Show

by The Brion McClanahan Show

The Brion McClanahan Show discusses history, politics, and society with the slogan, "Think Locally, Act Locally."

101 episodes
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Ep. 1249: Grover Cleveland Was the Man
35:23 Mar 19, 2026
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Ep. 1248: Listen to Calhoun on Foreign Policy
35:14 Mar 18, 2026
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Ep. 1247: Why Does Congress Punt Its Powers?
40:18 Mar 12, 2026
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Ep. 1246: Is Paleoconservatism Isolationist?
36:05 Mar 11, 2026
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Ep. 1245: Is Virginia the New Confederacy?
37:58 Mar 10, 2026
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Ep. 1244: Is the War Powers Resolution Constitutional?
37:39 Mar 5, 2026
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Ep. 1243: Trump's "Unconventional" Messaging
45:54 Mar 4, 2026
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Ep. 1242: Thomas Jefferson v. Donald Trump
39:02 Mar 3, 2026
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Ep: 1241: The State of the Union that Transformed America
33:34 Feb 26, 2026
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Ep. 1240: Presidential Tariff Powers?
36:31 Feb 25, 2026
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Ep. 1239: Presidential War Powers?
34:02 Feb 24, 2026
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Ep. 1238: Is America Anti-Western Civilization?
36:44 Feb 19, 2026
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Ep. 1237: Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee
32:06 Feb 18, 2026
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Ep. 1236: How Should We Rank the Presidents?
32:12 Feb 17, 2026
15
Ep. 1235: Presidential Common Ground?
34:26 Feb 12, 2026
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Ep. 1234: The Real Meaning of the Supremacy Clause
35:12 Feb 11, 2026
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Ep. 1233: The Death of America First?
38:33 Feb 10, 2026
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Ep. 1232: Should We "Federalize" Elections?
41:34 Feb 5, 2026
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Ep. 1231: Slouching Toward Sumter?
39:17 Feb 4, 2026
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Ep. 1230: The New Confederacy?
42:14 Feb 3, 2026
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Ep. 1229: Should Trump Emulate Jackson?
36:52 Jan 29, 2026
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Ep. 1228: Relive the Civil Rights. Send in the Troops?
35:49 Jan 28, 2026
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Ep. 1227: Bleeding Minnesota
37:01 Jan 27, 2026
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Ep. 1226: A Principled View of States' Rights
32:09 Jan 23, 2026
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Ep. 1225: Jefferson v. Hamilton
42:48 Jan 22, 2026
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Ep. 1224: "Big Stick Diplomacy" is Back!
38:40 Jan 21, 2026
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Ep. 1223: When Did American Democracy Become "Post Truth"?
39:51 Jan 15, 2026
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Ep. 1222: A Sickness Eating Away at American Democracy?
37:03 Jan 14, 2026
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Ep. 1221: Is America a "Creedal Nation"?
42:26 Jan 13, 2026
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Ep. 1220: Claremont and Modern Conservatism
38:45 Jan 8, 2026
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Ep. 1219: The New York Times on the "Donroe Doctrine"
40:08 Jan 7, 2026
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Ep. 1218: Donald Trump and the "Donroe Doctrine"
33:27 Jan 6, 2026
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Ep. 1217: Abolitionists Against the Civil War?
36:13 Dec 18, 2025
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Ep. 1216: When Did the Constiution Lose Its Guardrails?
41:44 Dec 17, 2025
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Ep. 1215: Removing the Sword of the Federal Judiciary
38:10 Dec 15, 2025
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Ep. 1214: Interpreting the "New Right"'s Furious Minds!
39:27 Dec 12, 2025
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Ep. 1213: Morgan v. Fuentes
41:52 Dec 11, 2025
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Ep. 1212: SCOTUS and Race-Based Redistricting
45:58 Dec 9, 2025
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Ep. 1211: Insurrection Chic?
39:04 Dec 5, 2025
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Ep. 1210: The New Blasphemy
36:05 Dec 3, 2025
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Ep. 1209: Should We Make Nixon Great Again?
43:02 Dec 2, 2025
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Ep. 1208: America's First Thanksgiving
35:54 Nov 26, 2025
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Ep. 1207: Did Originalism Kill the Constitution?
40:21 Nov 25, 2025
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Ep. 1206: Ken Burns Destroys the Proposition Nation Myth
41:13 Nov 24, 2025
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Ep. 1205: What is MAGA?
37:36 Nov 20, 2025
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Ep. 1204: The Real Target in the Conservative Dust-up
34:51 Nov 19, 2025
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Ep. 1203: Is America a Socialist Country?
35:41 Nov 18, 2025
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Ep. 1202: The 14th Amendment Strikes Again
36:12 Nov 13, 2025
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Ep. 1201: Democrats and the New Confederacy?
43:27 Nov 12, 2025
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Ep. 1200: America’s ‘Ceausescu Moment’
33:30 Nov 11, 2025
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