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01:51:28

On Phyllis Schlafly, w/ Schlafly's Biographer (1981,...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/08/07

She's had access to such luminaries as President Bill Clinton and the Washington Post's Kay Graham for her biographies of them, but her very first book was on the woman that seemed to split the country in half, Phyllis Schlafly. Schlafly is most notorious (or famous, depending) for nearly single-handedly stopping the Equal Rights Amendment from most certainly being ratified in my lifetime. How she did that -- and the fact that it is probably only her that could have done something like that -- is an

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00:46:51

The Case for the AR-15 w/ Constitutional Law Scholar...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/08/01

The author of the most thorough, clear, interesting and persuasive academic textbook on Constitutional Law of the Second Amendment is today's guest. That book is "America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15" and the scholar's name is Dr. Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D., J.D. Get it today and buy a copy for a friend or family member. Share this book, and read it carefully yourself -- you will not regret it for a second. Guest co-hosting this episode today is Instagram's @highcalibernc , Heather Allen, a

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02:05:33

Common Sense Moral Epistemology & the Rational Status...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/28

Dr. Jonathan Fuqua, Ph.D. teaches full time with Benedictine monks in Missouri, but before that he was a jock, played football, and majored in PE as an undergraduate. He has five kids and has been married for 20 years. And he sensed a calling to do a Ph.D. dissertation in Philosophy at Purdue University on Common Sense Epistemology. He is an expert, a legit expert, in the philosophy of Common Sense. And yes , there is such a thing to be an expert in, and he's one of them. He's publishing a

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01:27:54

What to Make of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., w/ Jeffrey...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/25

It's wonderful to listen to Mr. Jeffrey Tucker opine on anything, and here he does in some detail on what he thinks of RFK, Jr. and anything related to the recent public health panic and civil and economic liberties. Mr. Jeffrey Tucker writes for the Epoch Times and is founder of Brownstone Institute, and joins us to talk about what we like and don't like about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s run for 2024 President of the United States. I have some serious concerns about him, but Jeffrey is a fan

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00:24:54

Office Hours with Dale Fincher, @ChartingLiberty :...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/20

Office hours are shorter segments where an idea is unpacked and tested. This one is postmodernism and Marxism with @ChartingLiberty's Dale Fincher. First in a series called "Office Hours" Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The Republican Professor Podcast The Republican Professor Newsletter on Substack https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/podcast/ https://www.therepublicanprofessor.com/articles/ YouTube channel:

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00:57:03

The Entrepreneur Mindset w/ Afghanistan Navy Veteran...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/17

After retiring as a former Navy enlisted LCDR and former police officer in Honolulu and San Diego, Mr. Chris Tighe became an entrepreneur. He owns and operates Elevation Construction. Elevation Construction is a service disabled veteran owned business headquartered in Houston, Texas with an office in Tacoma, Washington. Elevation Washington specializes in apartment complex renovations while Elevation Houston specializes in kitchen/bathroom remodels, new additions, and new construction. Mr

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01:12:17

Religious Liberty, Foreign Policy, International...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/11

Our guest today is Matias Perttula, author of a recent piece on Religious Liberty and International Relations for the America First Policy Institute, a non-profit educational organization. The piece is called "ISSUE BRIEF: Religious Freedom Challenges Transcend the International and Domestic Divide" available here : https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/issue-brief-religious-freedom-challenges-transcend-the-international-and-domestic-divide It discusses the issue of religious liberty both here

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00:18:20

Continued: A Conversation About Liberty w/...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/07

... Continued ... For many years he was @VoiceoftheSecond on Instagram, writing about the queen of the liberties, as it were : The Second Amendment. TRP Podcast hosted him twice last year on the topic of spiritual abuse and gun control. Mr. Dale Fincher, in preparation for going to sea with his family next year, has begun @ChartingLiberty. This is the first part of our first conversation. We talk about taxes and Jesus and rendering unto Ceasar and all sorts of stuff like that. This is the first

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01:17:01

A Conversation About Liberty w/ @ChartingLiberty 's...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/07

For many years he was @VoiceoftheSecond on Instagram, writing about the queen of the liberties, as it were : The Second Amendment. TRP Podcast hosted him twice last year on the topic of spiritual abuse and gun control. Mr. Dale Fincher, in preparation for going to sea with his family next year, has begun @ChartingLiberty. This is the first part of our first conversation. We talk about taxes and Jesus and rendering unto Ceasar and all sorts of stuff like that. This is the first in a new weekly

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01:32:43

A Real-Life Magnum PI: Mr. Phil Little, President of...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/07/04

Mr. Phil Little is not the first guest on TRP Podcast who's been shot at by terrorists, but it's a fairly small group of guests that "enjoy" that distinction. Our guest today is the long-time chief of West Coast Detectives, originally an LA-based private investigative and counter-terrorism agency with offices in several foreign countries that is several decades old. Mr. Little was a special guest speaker in Dr. Mather's Pepperdine University School of Business course "Business Ethics and Public

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01:13:02

A New England Painter's Exhibit on Masks &...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/30

Jonalyn Fincher is a New England-based painter who has taken on the challenge of commenting on Covid-19 and the response to it as a way to process grief and trauma. Jonalyn invites dialogue as a part of the exhibit for her Exeter, New Hampshire Community. She uses carefully thought-out , expertly crafted watercolor to prompt reflection, healing, and dialogue. She’s aiming for a deeper community solidarity than existed prior to the lock-downs and mask mandates. Jonalyn is a gentle soul attentive

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00:53:38

Part 4 of The Definition of Marriage in Law &...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/28

This is Part 4 of The Definition of Marriage in Public Law and American Politics. Dr. Mather presents parts from his paper "Two Types of Marriage Equality: A Normative Analysis of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)". It takes a look at Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) and Reynolds v. United States (1879). Specifically, Dr. Mather provides a theoretical framework by which to understand the essence of Obergefell, including a distillation of the legal rule the Court relied on but never explicitly stated: what

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01:03:42

Adoption and Foster Care In the Wake of Roe's...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/23

It's been one year since Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and so alternatives to abortion, such as adoption, is on our minds here at The Republican Professor podcast. Today's special guest is Herbie Newell, president and executive director of Lifeline Children Services in Alabama. He has seen young women in blue states, not just red states, reach out for support in choosing continued Life for their unborn children. It's a great time to reflect on the importance of the support young, vulnerable

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01:02:15

Part 3 of The Definition of Marriage in Law &...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/21

This is Part 3 of a multipart series on The Definition of Marriage in Public Law and American Politics, Dr. Lucas J. Mather takes us through criteria for evaluating arguments by analogy in Iriving Copi's Introduction to Logic, 10th ed., chapter 13. We look at the analogy between between inventing a new definition of marriage under the guise of progress and desegregating marriage . The Republican Professor is a pro-defining-marriage-correctly, pro-analogies, pro-comparing-things, anti-alethophobia

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00:34:53

Part 2 of The Definition of Marriage in Law &...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/16

This is part 2 of the series on The Definition of Marriage in Public Law & American Politics. Dr. Mather provides introductory instruction on the concept of a logical fallacy. Professor Mather then focuses on specific instruction in 3 informal logical fallacies from Irving Copi's 10th Edition of Introduction to Logic: 1) Ad Hominem, Abusive 2) Begging the Question 3) Equivocation He provides a brief introduction on their relevance to the legal materials (e.g., judicial opinions) in the

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01:22:11

Introduction to The Definition of Marriage in Law &...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/12

In this first episode of a multi-part series, Professor Mather introduces us to the nature of definitions as he covers it in Introductory Logic courses, and their theoretical and practical relevance to the legal materials in the so-called "marriage equality" debate in American Law and Politics. Dr. Mather takes us through several dictionary definitions of marriage, and through Irving Copi's "Introduction to Logic" section on criteria for lexical definitions, covering some technical terminology. He

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00:27:47

Two Types of Students with Dr. Lucas J. Mather,...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/06/01

In this very special episode, we have with us today a non-special non-guest, me, Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D., holder of an Associates Degree as well. The brief topic today at the end of the academic year: Two Types of Students. There are some brief remarks about the progress of the podcast and the courses I taught this past year. I'd love to hear your comments if they're the kind I'd love to hear. Thanks for listening and watching, See you in June Warmly, Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D. The

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01:54:02

Combating Over-Criminalization w/ Jason Pye of Due...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/05/12

Jason Pye joins us from Due Process Institute. It's is a nonpartisan organization that works toward the goal of criminal justice reform, specifically in lobbying Congress against over-criminalization and for very specific improvements in sentencing and rehabilitation of drug crimes like simple possession, among other things. The Republican Professor thought it would be good to get a conversation going on these issues, as there is probably a lot of common ground . Republicans might learn a lot by

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02:07:44

Republicans & the So-Called "New Apostolic...

The Republican Professor ·

2023/05/06

They've done many podcast interviews but never yet with a host who has had cigars with Rick Joyner and Lance Wallnau, two people referenced in their books. I know people on both sides of this issue here, so I add what I can by way of eye-witness testimony and personal anecdote. My old (extremely old !) (j/k, Doug) Epistemology professor Dr. R. Douglas Geivett (I was his TA for a while, and had 3 courses with him at Biola -- my favorite professor during my time there) and his co-author/spearhead

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00:59:10

The Historical Reliability of the Gospels w/ Dr....

The Republican Professor ·

2023/04/29

Dr. Craig Blomberg, Ph.D., is the author of numerous books, one of the earliest of which is his monumental The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (IVP, 1987). Dr. Blomberg shares with us how he developed the goal to become a serious biblical scholar who would do quality work at the very top of the discipline, and help students and other scholars sort through the issues of history in the Bible. Craig wrote the first chapter of this book, Jesus Under Fire (eds. Wilkins and Moreland) which was

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