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Madison's Notes

Madison's Notes

By: The James Madison Program
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 The official podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences World
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  • S5E4 The Gospel According to Josephus: A Conversation with Thomas C. Schmidt, Part 1

    S5E4 The Gospel According to Josephus: A Conversation with Thomas C. Schmidt, Part 1
    Apr 1 2026
    In this fourth episode of Season 5, I interview Professor Thomas C. Schmidt, a historian who focuses on the New Testament, Patristics, and Eastern Christianity. An Associate Professor at Fairfield University, he is currently a 2025-2026 Visiting Fellow at the James Madison Program at Princeton University. Drawing on his new book, Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for the One Called Christ (Oxford UP, 2025), we discuss in this Part I of a two-part series the stupendous life of Josephus, the ancient historian who lived in both elite Jewish and Roman circles his whole life, as well as the cultural, religious, and political world of the New Testament as found in his main works. Hosted by Ryan Shinkel, Madison’s Notes is the podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. The transcript for this interview is available on our new Substack page, “Madison’s Footnotes.”
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    46 mins
  • S5E3 The Philosophy of Hope: On Immanence and Transcendence with R.J. Snell

    S5E3 The Philosophy of Hope: On Immanence and Transcendence with R.J. Snell
    Mar 25 2026
    In this third episode of Season 5, I interview Dr. R.J. Snell, a visiting instructor at Princeton University, the director of academic programs at the Witherspoon Institute, and the editor-in-chief of Public Discourse. Drawing on his book, Lost in the Chaos (2023), we discuss modern disenchantment, recent attempts at re-enchantment, and the virtue of hope from its pale imitators to its authentic examples, from Anglo-Saxon warriors to Soviet dissidents. Hosted by Ryan Shinkel, Madison’s Notes is the podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. The transcript for this interview is available on our new Substack page, “Madison’s Footnotes.”
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • S5E2 The Augustan Revolution: On Ancient Rome with Reece Edmends

    S5E2 The Augustan Revolution: On Ancient Rome with Reece Edmends
    Mar 11 2026
    In this second episode of Season 5, I interview Dr. Reece Edmends, a graduate of King’s College, Cambridge, and a junior faculty member in the Classics Department at Princeton University. Drawing on his recent PhD dissertation, “‘Liberation’ in Augustan Propaganda” (2025), we discuss the fall of the Roman Republic, the empire that Caesar Augustus forged, as well as the other fascinating figures in this story, from Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony to Brutus and Cicero. The transcript for this interview will be available on our new Substack page. Hosted by Ryan Shinkel, Madison’s Notes is the podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
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