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So-called “woke” ideologies pervading today’s culture are antithetical to a properly ordered and virtuous society.

Pope Gregory VII successfully reasserted Papal authority over the universal Church at the expense of secular monarchs in the eleventh century.

State conventions were called to ratify the Constitution, but concerns were raised over new federal powers.

Federalist vs. Antifederalist debates over a national constitution set the stage for the 10th Amendment and the Bill of Rights.

In this episode, the ideological origins of liberalism and subsequent division into the modern right and left are traced.