Live at the National Constitution Center
Live constitutional conversations and debates featuring leading historians, journalists, scholars, and public officials hosted at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America. To watch National Constitution Center Town Halls live, check out our schedule of upcoming programs at constitutioncenter.org/townhall. Register through Zoom to ask your constitutional questions in the Q&A or watch live on YouTube at YouTube.com/ConstitutionCenter.
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Civic Story Hour with U.S. Supreme Court Justic...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, honorary co-chair of the National Constitution Center, and his co-author and former law clerk Janie Nitze join the Center to discuss their new children’s book, Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence.
56 min
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Jon Meacham on The Promise of America: Reflecti...
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and National Constitution Center Semiquincentennial Scholar Jon Meacham joins the Center to discuss The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals
56 min
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Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals: A Conversat...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer (Ret.), honorary co-chair of the National Constitution Center, joins to discuss The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals, a new keepsake volume from the National Constitution Center.
58 min
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Michael Auslin on National Treasure: How the De...
58 min
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Sai Prakash on The Presidential Pardon: The Sho...
Sai Prakash joins to discuss his new book, The Presidential Pardon: The Short Clause with a Long, Troubled History.
59 min
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Sarah Isgur on Last Branch Standing: A Potentia...
Sarah Isgur on Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court
59 min
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Women and the American Revolution
Acclaimed historians Mary Beth Norton and Rosemarie Zagarri examine how women influenced the political, social, and intellectual currents of the American Revolution
57 min
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Women’s Suffrage, and t...
Ellen DuBois and Thomas Donnelly discuss the life, ideas, and legacy of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the decades-long struggle for women's suffrage.
54 min
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National Constitution Center Book Club: Jon Mea...
60 min
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Thomas Paine and the 250th Anniversary of Commo...
Gary Berton, the president of The Thomas Paine Historical Association, joins Scott Cleary, co-editor of New Directions in Thomas Paine Studies and author of The Field of Imagination: Thomas Paine and Eighteenth-Century Poetry, to discuss the revolutionary life, ideas, and legacy of Thomas Paine in celebration of the 250th anniversary of his famous pamphlet, Common Sense.
57 min
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The Declaration of Independence and the Push fo...
60 min
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The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotte...
57 min
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William F. Buckley and the History of American ...
Authors Matthew Continetti and Sam Tanenhaus discuss Tanenhaus’s new book, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, and to trace American conservatism’s evolution from the Progressive Era, through the rise of William F. Buckley Jr., to today.
63 min
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The Constitutional Legacy of Justice Robert Jac...
Scholars John Q. Barrett, Gerard Magliocca, and G. Edward White discuss the Justice’s influential concurrence in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, his approach to constitutional interpretation, and the lasting legacy he left on debates over presidential power.
57 min
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Amending the Constitution and the Article V Pro...
Article V Project contributors and constitutional law experts Gerard Magliocca, Sanford Levinson, Michael Rappaport, and Stephen Sachs explore the origins, debates, and ongoing challenges surrounding Article V in this conversation about their new essays.
58 min
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Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Still Matters
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward Larson discusses his newest book, Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Still Matters
59 min
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Bonus: Twelve Titans Song Cycle
Featuring part two of the debut recital of the Pursuit of Happiness: Song Cycles by Jeffrey Rosen at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia
41 min
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Bonus: The Golden Mean Song Cycle
Featuring part one of the debut recital of the Pursuit of Happiness: Song Cycles by Jeffrey Rosen at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia
38 min
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Liberalism: Current Challenges and Modern Debates
53 min
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Native Nations: From Ancient Cities to Today
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, award-winning historian Kathleen DuVal discusses her new book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, tracing a thousand years of Native history—from the rise of ancient cities and the arrival of Europeans to today’s ongoing fights for sovereignty.
59 min
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The Pursuit of Liberty: A Book Launch Event Wit...
66 min
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Our Fragile Freedoms
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner discusses Our Fragile Freedoms, a new collection of essays exploring a range of topics
45 min
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An Evening With Justice Amy Coney Barrett
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a special Constitution Day conversation to discuss her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and the Constitution.
60 min
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Born Equal: America’s Founding Promise and the ...
66 min
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2025 Supreme Court Review, Panel 3: Covering th...
52 min