Ep 266: Blake Seitz & Mike Watson—Were the Founders Isolationists?

School of War · Jan 16, 2026 · 48m

Blake Seitz, Content Strategist at Palantir Technologies, and Mike Watson, Executive Director at The Alexander Hamilton Society, join the show to discuss America’s relationship with the world at the time of the Founding Fathers.

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02:45 18th Century geopolitical landscape

06:25 Yorktown

11:17 Diplomacy of the Founders

16:23 Bold rhetoric

19:37 Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

25:45 Washington’s legacy

32:42 The roots of isolationism

36:38 Parallels and changes

44:16 What does it mean to be an American?

47:20 A grounding in history

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