Americans talk a big game about the U.S. Constitution and its role in guiding the nation for nearly 250 years, but few try to live strictly by the words of said document. AJ Jacobs is one of them. For a year, this patriot upheld the high values, carried a musket in public, and struggled against the oppression of Revolutionary era socks, and he is out with the book, <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Year-Living-Constitutionally-Constitutions-Original/dp/0593136748/ref=asc_df_0593136748/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14109871767700756237&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9004590&hvtargid=pla-2281435180258&psc=1&mcid=870c438aa2153f4591cee5a10da677f8&hvocijid=14109871767700756237-0593136748-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1"> The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning</a>. Plus, Mike officially disses the Articles of Confederation. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at <a href= "http://thegist@mikepesca.com">thegist@mikepesca.com</a> To advertise on the show: <a href= "https://advertisecast.com/TheGist">https://advertisecast.com/TheGist</a> Subscribe to our ad-free and/or PescaPlus versions of The Gist: <a href= "https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/">https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ </a> Follow Mike's Substack: <a href= "https://mikepesca.substack.com/">Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href= "https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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