The FedSoc Films Podcast

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Alexandra Gaiser, Director of Regulatory Affairs at River Financial. We discussed how federal regulators are approaching cryptocurrency and the uncertainty many have about crypto regulation, especially in the aftermath of the FTX collapse. Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, “Bitcoin Cowboys: Will Wyoming Become the Next Crypto Capital?” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcWIbuFp6bQAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Learn more about Alexandra Gaiser here:https://fedsoc.org/contributors/alexandra-harrisonVisit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

To kick off the all new season of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we spoke with Ira Stoll, author of “Samuel Adams: A Life” and Managing Editor of Education Next. We discuss the revolutionary life of Samuel Adams and what led him to join the fight for American independence. Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Son of Liberty, Man of Law, here: https://youtu.be/X0zGzH5hmmc As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Learn more about Ira Stoll here:https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ira-Stoll/39046865Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, about the three lives of James Madison, first as a revolutionary thinker, then as a partisan political strategist, and finally as the fourth president of the United States.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7ILearn more about Prof. Noah R. Feldman:https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/noah-r-feldman/ Read “The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, Strategist”:https://www.amazon.com/Three-Lives-James-Madison-President/dp/081299275X As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Colleen A. Sheehan, Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University, about the effervescent mind of James Madison, the father of the Constitution.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7ILearn more about Prof. Colleen A. Sheehan:https://search.asu.edu/profile/3709623 As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Dr. Sara Martin, Editor-in-Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, about her work on the Adams Papers and what they can tell us about John Adams and the other members of the Adams family.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Son of Liberty, Man of Law, here: https://youtu.be/X0zGzH5hmmc As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Learn more about Dr. Sara Martin here:https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-sara-martin/ Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

As one of the most radically democratic constitutions in American history, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 sought to ensure government “by the people” rather than by a king. In this Cutting Room Floor episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we feature three experts from our film “The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions,” which explores the development of state constitutions in revolutionary America. Professor John Dinan of Wake Forest College, Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Prof. Robert Williams of Rutgers Law School had lots to say about Pennsylvania’s first constitution and its impact on the development of constitutional thought.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, here: https://youtu.be/zKdNHlFGXuw As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Learn more about Prof. John Dinan here:https://politics.wfu.edu/faculty-and-staff/john-dinan/ Learn more about Judge Jeffrey Sutton here:https://www.ali.org/members/member/287895/ Learn more about Prof. Robert Williams here: https://law.rutgers.edu/directory/view/rfw Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

How did Frederick Douglass become the most photographed man of the nineteenth century? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Timothy Sandefur, vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute, who appears in our film Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, a short documentary about Frederick Douglass’ journey from the Thirteenth Amendment to the Fifteenth Amendment.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, here: https://youtu.be/SCiXNg8wCJA Learn more about Timothy Sandefur here: https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/our-team/timothy-sandefur/ As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In 2021, we released our award-winning film, Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain, that showcases the battle waged by the residents of Poletown to stop GM and the city of Detroit from using eminent domain to take their historic community. Now listen to the story of how this film came together. Featuring Taking Poleotown’s director, Tim Hedberg, and executive producer, Matt Wood. Tim and Matt recount how this film came to be and what they learned along the way. Enjoy our first “Making of” episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Taking Poletown, here:Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain Learn more about Tim Hedberg and his company, Motivo, here:https://motivo.me/As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

How important are state constitutions today? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Jeffrey Sutton, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, who appears in our film The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, a short documentary about the extraordinary decade from 1776 to 1787 which marked the most substantial period of constitution writing in the history of the world.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, The Drafting of America’s First Constitutions, here:https://youtu.be/zKdNHlFGXuw Learn more about Judge Jeffrey Sutton here:https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jeffrey-suttonAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

What does it take to get a convention of delegates to agree on one important document? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Professor David Forte of Madison and the Fight for the Constitution about James Madison’s unique role in managing the personalities during the constitutional convention with one goal in mind: the ratification of the Constitution.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7ILearn more about Professor David Forte here:https://fedsoc.org/contributors/david-forte-1As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

For over 20 years, the Michigan Supreme Court ruling in Poletown Neighborhood Council v. Detroit, often referred to simply as Poletown, set the precedent for how and why eminent domain can be used. This was a controversial decision that was preceded by protests & holdouts, but eventually the Court’s decision allowed for the City of Detroit to use eminent domain to acquire land for General Motors to expand a car plant—land where a neighborhood existed. Part of what was at issue was what does “public use” mean? The Michigan Court found that the economic benefits that the plant promised to create sufficed as “public use,” regardless that the land was to be transferred to a private party, GM. But the story didn’t end there. In 2004, another eminent domain case, County of Wayne v. Hathcock, made its way to a new Michigan Supreme Court, and that court ended up overturning the precedent set in Poletown.Today’s episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast features Robert P. Young, one of the Justice’s on the Michigan Court in 2004, to give key insights into why he was in favor of overturning Poletown.This episode is inspired by our film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain, a short documentary that explores the battle that took place over 30 years ago between homeowners, government officials, and General Motors. Watch the full film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaoessbpIIcAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Samantha interviews Dr. Catherine Allgor, President of the Massachusetts Historical Society, about America’s “first First Lady,” Dolley Madison, and how through her clothing and charisma, Mrs. Madison became the standard by which all other first ladies measure up.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Madison and the Fight for the Constitution, here:https://youtu.be/R3Mgiv3eK7ILearn more about Dr. Catherine Allgor:https://www.masshist.org/presidentAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we discuss the constitutional interpretation of Frederick Douglass with Bradley Rebeiro, Associate Professor of law at Brigham Young University School of Law. Professor Rebeiro appears in our latest short documentary from FedSoc Films, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Image of an American: Frederick Douglass and the Right to Vote, here:https://youtu.be/SCiXNg8wCJA Learn more about Bradley Rebeiro here:https://law.byu.edu/directory/faculty/bradley-rebeiro/As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

When politicians and big tech clash over political bias, fake news, and content moderation, who wins? How best do we preserve free speech online?At the heart of this battle is a once-obscure section of an unpopular law from the 90s that, arguably, brought the Internet out of the wild west and made it what it is today. Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act has been in the news a lot, but what the heck is it? Why do some people argue it gives a voice to the powerless while others say it allows giant corporations to stifle free speech? And how will the outcome of this fight affect YOU?In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, we talk to Congressman Chris Cox, who represented California from 1989-2005 and was the co-author of Section 230, about how Section 230 relates to the First Amendment. Congressman Cox was featured in our film, Leave a Decent Comment, where we discussed many issues around Section 230, but we wanted to give more time to the important issue of freedom of speech on the internet.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Leave a Decent Comment: Section 230 & the Fight for the Future of the Internet, here:https://youtu.be/fe7QfpjcqMULearn more about Rep. Chris Cox at https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COX,-Charles-Christopher-(C000830)/As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In the early 1980s, General Motors found the perfect place to build a new factory in Detroit. That meant much needed jobs, economic development, and prosperity. The only problem was an entire neighborhood stood in the way. Our film Taking Poletown explores the battle between the neighborhood known as "Poletown" and the city of Detroit, along with General Motors, over the power and purpose of using eminent domain to transfer private property for "public use." Looking back 30 years later after two Michigan Supreme Court cases and a Michigan constitutional amendment, what lessons can we learn? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcasts we’ll revisit some of the issues discussed in the film while diving deeper into the Court case that came after the Poletown case called County of Wayne v. Hathcock. And to do this, we’ve invited Professor John Mogk, a distinguished law professor from Wayne State University in Michigan, an expert on the topic of eminent domain—especially in Michigan, and of course, Professor Mogk was also featured in our film, Taking Poletown.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film Taking Poletown: A Community’s Fight Over Economic Justice & Eminent Domain on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaoessbpIIcClick here to learn more about Professor John Mogk: https://law.wayne.edu/profile/ac4871As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, the amendment that mandated a nationwide prohibition on alcohol. In this Cutting Room Floor episode, we feature author and historian Garrett Peck, who was featured in our film, “American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws,” on the Twenty-first Amendment. We’ve saved this history of the Twenty-First Amendment from the cutting room floor for the second episode of the Cutting Room Floor edition of the FedSoc Films Podcast. Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, here:https://youtu.be/shcEv3k_NZgLearn more about Garrett Peck at: https://garrettpeck.comAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

In February of 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the United States. This was the first time the people of a nation had elected a president-- but what to call him? His Highness, His Excellency?In this Cutting Room Floor episode, we feature three experts from our film, “American Cincinnatus,” which explores the parallels between George Washington, and the Roman statesman, Cincinnatus. Professor Mathew Spalding of Hillsdale College, Professor Jeffry Morrison of Christopher Newport University, and Judge Andrew Oldham from the Fifth Circuit of Appeals. We’ve saved this conversation from the cutting room floor for the first Cutting Room Floor edition of the FedSoc Films Podcast. Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, American Cincinnatus: George Washington Lays Down His Sword, here:https://youtu.be/UMYaDMVbZtULearn more about Dr. Matthew Spalding at https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/matthew-spaldinLearn more about Dr. Jeffry Morrison at: https://cnu.edu/people/jeffrymorrisonLearn more about Judge Andrew Oldham at: https://fedsoc.org/contributors/andrew-oldhamAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

One century ago, a national prohibition was legalized, lasting for 13 years. This episode is inspired by our film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, a documentary short that explores the story behind the craft beer renaissance and the importance of well-crafted legislation. What, legally speaking, was prohibition, anyway? Here to provide us with a history of America’s most sober legal moment is Garrett Peck, author, historian, and tour guide, who has written numerous books on American alcohol consumption (or lack thereof), including Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet, Capital Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, D.C, and, most recently, a chapter in Prohibition’s Greatest Myths: The Distilled Truth about America’s Anti-Alcohol Crusade.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, American Craft: What Beer Can Teach Us About Well-Crafted Laws, here:https://youtu.be/shcEv3k_NZgLearn more about Garrett Peck here:https://garrettpeck.comAs always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit https://fedsoc.org/ to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter:https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/https://www.youtube.com/thefederalistsocietyhttps://twitter.com/FedSoc

How did our founding fathers encounter the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu? Today we have two professors from the film, Paul Carrese and Michael Zuckert, who are here to answer that question and give some advice to current students and what law school students should take away from these two philosophers behind the founders.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis.Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537.Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/.As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit www.fedsoc.org/ to learn more.Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/fedsoc/, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFederalistSociety, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Federalist.Society/, and Twitter at https://twitter.com/FedSoc!#FedSoc #FedSocFilms #FederalistSociety #DocumentaryShort #Documentary

What did one Enlightenment philosopher have to say about religious toleration and how did that impact America’s founding ideas? In this episode of the FedSoc Films Podcast, Prof. Paul Carrese and Prof. Michael Zuckert discuss John Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration and what one 17th century political philosopher had to say on the separation of Church and state.Thanks again for listening to the FedSoc Films Podcast! Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform.Watch the full film, Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis.Learn more about Paul Carrese at https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/3062537.Learn more about Michael Zuckert at https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/michael-zuckert/.As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.Visit FedSoc.org to learn more!Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter!#FedSoc​ #FedSocFilms​ #FedSocFilmsPod​ #FederalistSociety​ #DocumentaryShort​ #Documentary​