Whiskey Politik: Recent Episodes
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Frank discussions on the political history of the United States and analysis of how we came to be a Constitutional Republic.
In the twenty-first episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the interaction of Christianity and Philosophy. Specifically, we cover works from Tertullian, Clement, and Augustine, all of whom are grappling how they should balance their faith in scripture and existing Greek and Roman philosophies.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
In the twentieth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover Galatians. In this book from the New Testament we see the argument for a legal split between abiding by Christian "law" and Roman Law.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Spirit Hound Straight Malt Whisky.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Spirit Hound.
In the nineteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the start Acts of the Apostles. In this text we can see how the fledgling religion began to spread throughout the Roman Empire and attracting government officials to its cause.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Foundry Distilling Sinister Malt Whiskey.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Foundry.
In the eighteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the Gospels According to Matthew and John. From these texts we get some historical context as to what is happening in the world and how the early Christians interacted with the Romans.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon 9 Years.* No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Knob Creek.
In the seventeenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the start of early Christianity. From a technical standpoint, we are actually going back in a time a bit as the origins of Christianity began in 3 BC. We discuss what was happening in the world as the early apostles were beginning to spread the new faith throughout the Roman Empire.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Pendleton Whisky.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Pendleton.
In the sixteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover The Institutes as organized by Justinian. This project gives us a great deal of insight into Roman law, both those written and unwritten. This collection of laws factored heavily within medieval Europe.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Woodford Reserve Double Oaked.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Woodford.
In the fifteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we compare the ruling styles of Nero and Marcus Aurelius. We learn about Nero's rule through Suetoniusand we learn about Marcus Aurelius through his private journal titled Meditations.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Basil Hayden Toast.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Basil Hayden.
In the fourteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the Res Gest ae Divi Augusti and The Annals by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Our conversation covers the differences in depiction between Augustus himself and an historian writing about him many years later. We compare how glory and achievements are viewed differently with the passage of time and a more remote view.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Jameson Irish Whiskey Caskmates Stout Edition.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Jameson.
In the thirteenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover the prologue from Sallust's The Conspiracy of Cataline as well as the introduction to The Roman Empire by the Hillsdale College staff.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Shinobu Pure Malt Whiskey Mizunara Oak.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Shinobu.
In the twelfth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover Plutarch's Marcus Cato and Cicero's On Duties. These texts highlight more about the proper morals a citizen should have in order for the state at large to be successful. Both texts highlight actions that bring honor on people while also explaining what can harm one's character.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Jameson Irish Whiskey.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Jameson.
In the eleventh episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover The Histories by Polybius. Polybius was a prisoner in Rome and spent much of his captivity studying the Roman Constitution. He gives us some great insight into how the Roman Republic was organized.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Old Forester Straight Rye Whiskey
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Old Forester
In the tenth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover The Hellenistic World. This period is between the end of the Ancient Hellas (Greek) and the start of the Roman Republic.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is New Riff Bourbon
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or New Riff
In the ninth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover Aristotle's, Nicomachean Ethics and wrap up the Ancient Hellas time period.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Old Forester
In the eighth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we finish discussing Aristotle's, The Politics. Due to the depth and breadth of this text we opted to split our analysis into multiple episodes. For this third part we cover the section where Aristotle outlines the three necessary parts of government.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Laws Whiskey House, Henry Road Straight Malt Whiskey.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Laws Whiskey House
In the seventh episode of the Federalist Fridays series we continue discussing Aristotle's, The Politics. Due to the depth and breadth of this text we opted to split our analysis into multiple episodes. For this second part we cover the section where Aristotle analyzes a constitution and how a citizen relates to that constitution.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Laws Whiskey House, Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Laws Whiskey House
In the sixth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we begin discussing Aristotle's, The Politics. Due to the depth and breadth of this text we opted to split our analysis into multiple episodes. For this first part we cover the section where Aristotle analyzes what it means to be a "citizen".
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Laws Whiskey House, San Luis Valley Straight Rye Whiskey.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Laws Whiskey House
In the fifth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover Plato's, The Republic. In this text we see Socrates and his pupil Glaucon discuss freedom, justice and proper rule.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Laws Whiskey House, Four Grain Straight Bourbon.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Laws Whiskey House
For our fourth episode of the Federalist Fridays series we cover Plato's Crito. In Crito, Socrates explains how a citizen must choose to live by all laws of a society or by none of them. That once a citizen embarks upon a social contract they are obligated to uphold their end of the bargain, regardless of the circumstances.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Iwai Blue Label
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Iwai distillery
In the third episode of the Federalist Fridays series we introduce the Ancient Hellas and discuss Herodotus's The History. Herodotus creates a seen with multiple senators arguing the benefits and limitation of Democracy, Oligarchy and Monarchy.
As always we use the Hillsdale College Western Heritage reader as our source for the text.
The whiskey for this week is Jefferson's Very Small Batch Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys.
- No affiliation with Hillsdale College or Jefferson's or McLain & Kyne.
In this episode of Federalist Fridays we discuss the first texts in our journey. These are two of the earliest texts regarding the organization of humans within a society: The Code of Hammurabi and the first five books of the Bibile.
Welcome to Whiskey Politik and our first episode of our first series titled Federalist Fridays. In this episode we introduce ourselves and what Federalist Fridays will cover.