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Portraits of Liberty

Portraits of Liberty

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 Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

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Episodes
  • Joseph Hiam Levy: A Forgotten Radical for Liberty, with guest Matt Zwolinski

    Joseph Hiam Levy: A Forgotten Radical for Liberty, with guest Matt Zwolinski
    Aug 12 2025

    J.H. Levy was a prominent but now largely forgotten voice in the individualist intellectual circles of Victorian Britain, known for his passionate defense of self-ownership and voluntary social cooperation. Matt Zwolinski introduces listeners to Levy’s life, intellectual context, and the principles that drove his activism in organizations like the Personal Rights Association.


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    28 mins
  • Liberty With an Asterisk: Black Americans In the Revolution Era

    Liberty With an Asterisk: Black Americans In the Revolution Era
    Jul 3 2025
    In this podcast, we revisit the lives of Elizabeth Freeman, Lemuel Haynes, and James Forten, three Black Americans who lived through the contradictions of the Revolutionary era and helped expand its ideals. These three did not passively await emancipation but seized the rhetoric of liberty and used it to reshape law, religion, and civil society. Their stories illuminate the untold Black contribution to the founding vision of the American Republic.

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    21 mins
  • The Father of Abolitionism: John Rankin (With Caleb Franz)

    The Father of Abolitionism: John Rankin (With Caleb Franz)
    Jun 19 2025
    An episode interviewing Caleb Franz covering the life of the abolitionist minister John Rankin. From his hilltop home in Ripley, Ohio, Rankin established a safe haven for enslaved people crossing the Ohio River. Over the course of his life, he became one of the most active conductors on the Underground Railroad, helping hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom. Rankin was a powerful voice for individual liberty. His Letters on American Slavery, published in the 1820s, were among the earliest and most forceful arguments for the immediate abolition of slavery.

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    50 mins
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