United States Declaration of Independence
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United States Declaration of Independence has come up in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including The Rest Is History, My First Million, Pod Save America. 4 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Neil GorsuchAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and co-author of Heroes of 1776
Gorsuch describes the U.S. as a creedal nation united by the Declaration's ideas rather than religion or ethnicity.
“We are not founded around any religion or any particular ethnicity. What we share is a commitment to those three ideas”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Katie Porter MELTDOWN, and Obama's Marriage Tension, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus Justice Gorsuch on America's 250th Birthday | Ep. 1311 (May 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:07
Gorsuch highlights that Americans celebrate a document and its ideas rather than a war or battle.
“We celebrate a document with those three great ideas that speak to every one of us”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Katie Porter MELTDOWN, and Obama's Marriage Tension, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus Justice Gorsuch on America's 250th Birthday | Ep. 1311 (May 6, 2026) · Listen from 59:32
Gorsuch notes that independence was contingent, with only about 40 percent of colonists supporting it in June 1776.
“Only about 40 percent supported independence. Another 20 or 30 percent were were loyalists and the rest were pretty eager to stay out of it”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Katie Porter MELTDOWN, and Obama's Marriage Tension, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus Justice Gorsuch on America's 250th Birthday | Ep. 1311 (May 6, 2026) · Listen from 57:29
David RubensteinAmerican businessman, co-founder of private equity firm The Carlyle Group, philanthropist and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles
Rubenstein says Thomas Jefferson did not expect the new country to last more than about 20 years.
“Jefferson didn't think it would survive for more than 20 years”
My First Million: David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 33:33
Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland interprets Franklin's change to 'self-evident' as typical of his effort to present Christian assumptions as products of reason.
“classic example of what had been Franklin's lifelong project as a moralist, which is to veil the assumptions that had derived from his Christian upbringing”
The Rest Is History: 684. Franklin: Revenge of the American Genius (Part 2) (Jul 1, 2026) · Listen from 52:53
Heather Cox RichardsonAmerican historian and author of the Substack newsletter Letters from an American
Richardson argues that Vance's vision rejects the natural-law basis of the Declaration and the entire enterprise of human self-determination.
“It's a rejection of the entire enterprise of human self-determination”
Pod Save America: Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 54:37
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 2 episodes
- My First Million · 1 episode
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
- The Megyn Kelly Show · 1 episode
Episodes
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500BMy First Million · Sep 14, 2026 · 47 min
Sam Parr interviews Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein about building a $500 billion private equity firm, missing out on Amazon, historic documents and American history.
686. Jefferson: The Betrayal of Liberty (Part 4)The Rest Is History · Jul 8, 2026 · 1 h 22 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook conclude their Founding Fathers series with Thomas Jefferson's political career, his relationship with Sally Hemings, and his betrayal of liberty through slavery.
- 684. Franklin: Revenge of the American Genius (Part 2)
The Rest Is History · Jul 1, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Benjamin Franklin's life from Puritan Boston boyhood and Enlightenment fame to revolutionary diplomat, Constitution signatory and late abolitionist.
Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th CelebrationsPod Save America · Jun 21, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Historian Heather Cox Richardson and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's 250th-anniversary celebrations, his Washington building projects, patriotism, and JD Vance's blood-and-soil nationalism.
Katie Porter MELTDOWN, and Obama's Marriage Tension, with Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis, Plus Justice Gorsuch on America's 250th Birthday | Ep. 1311The Megyn Kelly Show · May 6, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Megyn Kelly, Sohrab Ahmari and Sean Davis discuss the California governor debate, Obama and Iran; Justice Neil Gorsuch discusses his book Heroes of 1776.