Episode · · 00:19
I'm currently on vacation visiting a US National Park, and my work schedule is a bit hectic right after I get back. But we'll be back with new episodes soon!
Episode 25 · · 45:11
As America approaches the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Creating America revisits the documents that laid the foundation of the United States.In this special ...
Episode 24 · · 01:16:11
In this powerful episode of the Creating America Podcast, host Will Sarris presents a reading of the full text of Frederick Douglass’s landmark 1852 speech, “What to the Slave Is the...
Episode 23 · · 07:16
In this episode of Creating America, host Will Sarris presents one of the most influential speeches in American history: Sojourner Truth's powerful 1851 address, "Ain't I a Woman?"Bo...
Episode 22 · · 20:19
In this episode of Creating America, we read two foundational items (a speech and a document) that stand at the origins of the American women's rights movement. both from the histori...
Episode 21 · · 21:50
In this episode of Creating America, we explore one of the most consequential political debates in American history: the struggle over slavery, secession, and the future of the Union...
Episode 20 · · 26:06
The United States often celebrates its founding ideals of liberty and freedom, but this episode of the Creating America Podcast explores a far darker chapter in the nation’s history....
Episode 19 · · 27:50
In this episode of Creating America, host Will Sarris explores the origins of religious freedom in the United States through the First Amendment, Thomas Jefferson’s famous 1802 lette...
Episode 18 · · 46:29
In this episode of the Creating America Podcast, host Will Sarris explores one of the most influential speeches in American history: George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796).At th...
Episode 17 · · 18:32
In Episode 17 of the Creating America Podcast, we explore two extraordinary moments in the life of George Washingtonthat helped define the American experiment in self-government.Firs...
Episode 16 · · 25:39
ive into the origins of the United States Bill of Rights (Amendments 1–10) in this episode of Creating America: The Documents and Speeches That Shaped the United States, hosted by Wi...
Episode 15 · · 45:48
In this episode of Creating America, host and narrator Will Sarris presents dramatic readings of Federalist Papers No. 84 and No. 85, written by Alexander Hamilton during the debate ...
Episode 14 · · 47:45
Dive into the foundations of American government in this episode of Creating America: The Documents and Speeches That Shaped the United States. Host Will Sarris brings to life three ...
Episode 13 · · 36:29
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail—and how did that lead to the U.S. Constitution?In this episode of Creating America, we continue our exploration of the Federalist Papers wi...
Episode 12 · · 36:03
In this episode of Creating America, host Will Sarris introduces one of the most influential collections of political writing in United States history: The Federalist Papers. Written...
Episode 11 · · 41:50
In this episode of Creating America, we travel to the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788 to hear one of the most powerful Anti-Federalist voices of the founding era: Patrick Henry...
Episode 10 · · 33:12
his episode of Creating America is devoted to a full reading of the Constitution of the United States, the foundational document that established the framework of the American govern...
Episode 9 · · 31:02
In this episode of Creating America, host Will Sarris reads powerful but often overlooked voices from the Revolutionary era—documents written by enslaved people demanding the same fr...
Episode 8 · · 25:13
This episode features a dramatic reading of the first pamphlet from The American Crisis by Thomas Paine, published in December 1776 during the darkest days of the American Revolution...
Episode 7 · · 27:07
In this episode, we read one of the most misunderstood yet crucial documents in American history: The Articles of Confederation.After declaring independence from Great Britain in 177...