We the People

Exploring key founding-era documents and the ideas that shaped America’s constitutional democracy

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A weekly show from the National Constitution Center hosted by Julie Silverbrook and Tom Donnelly where listeners can hear the best arguments on all sides of the constitutional issues at the center of American life.

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