Ep 1344 | America Has Forgotten That Freedom Requires Skin in the Game
5/29/202649 min
Al, Zach, Christian, and John Luke look at how the French and Indian War helped forge a distinct American identity through hardship, failure, and the colonies’ growing frustration with British control. The guys connect taxation without representation, George Washington’s early battlefield lessons, and the founders’ fight for liberty to today’s entitlement culture. Zach challenges modern Americans to get “skin in the game” through family, work, ownership, and faith, while Al reflects on Phil’s longtime defense of America’s founders as flawed men who still built something worth honoring. Watch the trailer for Hillsdale’s full-length documentary Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeBinuMUhE Today’s conversation is about Lesson 6 of Colonial America: From Wilderness to Civilization from Hillsdale College. Take the course with us at no cost to you! Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/. More about Colonial America: Professors of history and politics guide us through the perilous journey of the Mayflower and the grueling winters of Cape Cod. They explore the ideas of religious liberty and natural rights, as well as the brutal conflicts, such as the wars on the frontier and the French and Indian War. Through this six-lesson appreciation of the colonial experience, you will learn how the unique American spirit was shaped. Journey to the New World and discover the origins of the American spirit. Sign up at http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters 00:00 Hillsdale’s New Film 04:05 Al Watches His Story On-Screen 08:15 Washington’s Translation Disaster 15:10 Larger Than Life Washington 19:00 America Becomes the Battleground 27:30 Taxation without Representation 31:50 John Luke Asks the Big Question 38:50 Liberty & the Danger of Wanting a King 45:30 America’s Flawed Story of Liberty— Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsZach Dasher· Host0:00
[upbeat country music] I am unashamed. What about you? Welcome back to the Unashamed podcast. It is our Friday episode with Hillsdale College. Uh, we're taking these free online courses. I can't believe they don't charge for these. You guys can, uh, check 'em out at, uh, unashamedforhillsdale.com. We're in colonial America, and I wanna tell you, our friends at Hillsdale College have a new documentary coming out to theaters. It's called Revolutionary America, narrated by Tom Selleck, the icon. It feels like the next chapter after this course we're taking right here on colonial America. It tells the real story of how this country started. It's not some watered-down version either. It's the real deal, how ordinary people risked everything, and against all odds they actually pulled it off and built something that's lasted for 250 years. And with that anniversary coming up, it's a story that people need to understand, and it's one we need to pass on. And this is one of those stories that you want to see on the big screen, not just stream it later. And it's only in theaters for a limited time, so you guys can get your tickets at hillsdale.edu/film, and we will put the link in the show notes. Al, everybody, welcome. It's good to see you guys again.
Al Robertson· Host1:07
It's good to be here.
Christian Huff· Panelist1:08
It's great to see you again, Zach. Thanks for being here today.
Al Robertson· Host1:11
Yeah. Chris- Hey, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Zach Dasher· Host1:13
Thank you for your sarcasm. [laughs] Noted.
Al Robertson· Host1:15
Chris and I are holding down, uh, the studio.
Christian Huff· Panelist1:18
I was not being sarcastic. [laughs] I was... It actually is good to- Oh, you weren't? No, it's actually good to see you, 'cause last episode- Okay ... John Luke was big and you were tiny. But now you're big- Yeah ... and John Luke's tiny on the screen. So it's- Yeah, John Luke is- ... it actually is good to see you ...
Al Robertson· Host1:29
John Luke is coming