McConnell Center Podcast

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The McConnell Center Podcast offers thought-provoking conversations with authors, scholars, leaders in the U.S. military, and political professionals focusing on leadership, literature, history, education, politics and life.

  1. OCT 30

    Why You Should Read Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain with Mark Meade

    Join Mark C Meade for a discussion regarding the importance of  The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton. Mark C. Meade is the Assistant Director of the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. In over 20 years at the Center as an archivist, he has assisted scholars from around the world while himself presenting and publishing internationally on Merton's writings. Mark served as the sixteenth president of the International Thomas Merton Society. His scholarship has focused on Merton's autobiography and dialogue with the writings of Victoria Ocampo, Albert Camus, and Flannery O'Connor. About the podcast: We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    30 min

  2. OCT 27

    One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King and the Struggle over an American Ideal with Nicholas Buccola, PhD

    Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Nicholas Buccola, PhD for the Capt. Daniel H. Utley Memorial Lecture, a talk entitled "One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King and the Struggle over an American Ideal." Nicholas Buccola is a writer, lecturer, and teacher who specializes in the area of American political thought. He is the author of One Man's Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal, which will be published by Princeton University Press in October 2025. His previous books include The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America (Princeton University Press, 2019) and The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty (New York University Press, 2012). He is the editor of The Essential Douglass: Writings and Speeches (Hackett, 2016) and Abraham Lincoln and Liberal Democracy (University Press of Kansas, 2016). Nicholas is the Dr. Jules K. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics in the Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College. His essays have appeared in scholarly journals including The Review of Politics and American Political Thought as well as popular outlets such as The New York Times, Salon, The Baltimore Sun, and Dissent. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    1h 7m

  3. OCT 16

    Why You Should Read Hayek on Hayek with Dr. Abby Hall Blanco

    Join #McConnellCenter scholars for a presentation from Dr Blanco explaining the importance of Hayek's work and how to understand it in modern times. Abby Hall Blanco is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. She is a Senior Affiliated Scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow with the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. She is a Non-Resident Fellow with Defense Priorities and a Public Choice and Public Policy Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research. She earned her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Hall's work includes topics surrounding militarism, security, and national defense. She has written extensively on issues related to foreign intervention and institutional change and military technologies. Her coauthored books include "Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S. Militarism" and "Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror," with Stanford University Press, "The Political Economy of Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the War on Terror" with Cambridge University Press, and "How To Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite" with the Independent Institute. About the podcast: We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    54 min

  4. SEP 15

    Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism with Marc Landy, PhD

    Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr. Marc Landy for a Constitution Day discussion on Constitutionalism. Marc Landy is the Edward and Louise Peterson Professor of American History and Government at Ashland University and a Professor of Political Science at Boston College. He is the co-author, with Sidney Milkis, of Presidential Greatness and the textbook American Government: Enduring Principles, Critical Choices. His other books include The Environmental Protection Agency from Nixon to Clinton and edited volumes on regulatory reform and public policy. His latest work, co-authored with Dennis Hale, is Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism, published in 2024. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    52 min

  5. JUL 29

    Why You Should Read The Federalist with Dr. Gary Gregg

    Join #McConnellCenter Director Dr. Gary Gregg for a discussion regarding the importance of The Federalist by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Links to resources referenced in the episode:  Purchase a copy of Reflection and Choice: The Federalists, the Anti-Federalists, and the Debate that Defined America.  Download our Reflection and Choice podcast series and accompanying reading guide.  About the host: An award-winning political science teacher and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited several books, including Reflection and Choice and Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College.  About the podcast: We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    16 min

  6. JUL 22

    Why You Should Read Dr. Seuss with Steve Ealy

    Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Steve Ealy as he attempts to convince us of the importance of reading the work of Dr. Seuss! Steve Ealy is a Senior Fellow Emeritus at Liberty Fund, Inc. He has published academic articles on Robert Penn Warren, Ralph Ellison, the Qur'an, and The Federalist Papers. He received his BA in political science from Furman University, and earned an MA in government at Claremont Graduate University and his PhD in political science from the University of Georgia. We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    42 min

  7. JUL 15

    Why You Should Read Louis de Bonald with Jerry Salyer

    Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Jerry Salyer to convince us why we should read the writings of Louis de Bonald! Jerry Salyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics from Miami University and a Master of Arts from the Great Books Program of St. John's College, Annapolis. A veteran of the US Navy, Mr. Salyer has navigated ships, deployed to the Persian Gulf, and served as an assistant security officer at the American naval base in Naples, Italy. He works as an educator and as a freelance writer. We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    18 min

  8. JUL 1

    Why You Should Read The Education of Henry Adams with Natalie Taylor

    Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Natalie Fuehrer Taylor for a presentation on the importance of the book The Education of Henry Adams! Natalie Taylor is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Skidmore College.  She is the author of The Rights of Woman as Chimera: the Political Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft and the editor of A Political Companion to Henry Adams.  We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new ones printed every day. How do we sort through all the possibilities to find the book that is just right for us now? Well, the McConnell Center is bringing authors and experts to inspire us to read impactful and entertaining books that might be on our shelves or in our e-readers, but which we haven't yet picked up. We hope you learn a lot in the following podcast and we hope you might be inspired to pick up one or more of the books we are highlighting this year at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center. Stay Connected Visit us at McConnellcenter.org Subscribe to our newsletter  Facebook: @mcconnellcenter Instagram: @ulmcenter  Twitter: @ULmCenter This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center

    33 min
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