{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 260 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Samuel Postell | Balancing Act: The Founders\u2019 Big Idea","description":"Why do we consider the founding of this country to be such a momentous event that changed the trajectory of world history?&amp;nbsp; Think about this: governments had risen and fallen from power for millennia before our country\u2019s birth.&amp;nbsp; What was the one big idea that made our founding so unique and its effects long-lasting?&amp;nbsp; To answer this lofty question, we are thrilled to have a leading American scholar as our guest today.&amp;nbsp; Dr. Samuel Postell is Assistant Director of the Lyceum Scholars Program at Clemson University and will expand upon the origins of checks and balances in our U. S. Constitution and what inspired the founders! ","author_name":"Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America","author_url":"https:\/\/www.constitutingamerica.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37186325\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37186325"}