Ep 266: Blake Seitz & Mike Watson—Were the Founders Isolationists?
Blake Seitz, Content Strategist at Palantir Technologies, and Mike Watson, Executive Director at The Alexander Hamilton Society, join the show to discuss America’s relationship with the world at the time of the Founding Fathers.
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Show Notes
Blake Seitz, Content Strategist at Palantir Technologies, and Mike Watson, Executive Director at The Alexander Hamilton Society, join the show to discuss America’s relationship with the world at the time of the Founding Fathers.
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02:45 18th Century geopolitical landscape
06:25 Yorktown
11:17 Diplomacy of the Founders
16:23 Bold rhetoric
19:37 Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
25:45 Washington’s legacy
32:42 The roots of isolationism
36:38 Parallels and changes
44:16 What does it mean to be an American?
47:20 A grounding in history
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