McConnell Center Podcast

Dec 12 2024 85 ep. 41 mins 21
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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.

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Why You Should Read Mary Shelley’s The Last Man with Dr. Amy Sturgis

Dec 12 2024 29 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Dr. Amy Sturgis to convince us to read Mary Shelley - but probably not the book of which you are thinking! Amy H. Sturgis earned her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University and specializes in Science Fiction/Fantasy/Gothic and Indigenous American Studies. She contributes the “Looking Back on Genre History” segment to the

Why You Should Read Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man with Lt. Col. Trivius Caldwell

Dec 12 2024 40 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we welcome Trivius Caldwell for a discussion centered around Ralph Ellison. Lieutenant Colonel Trivius G. Caldwell is an accomplished U.S. Army officer with over 18 years of diverse military experience. Commissioned in 2006 as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry through ROTC at Tuskegee University, he has served in a range of leadership roles, including co

Why You Should Read Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World with Dr. Gary Gregg

Dec 12 2024 16 mins  
Join #McConnellCenter Director Dr. Gary Gregg for a discussion regarding the seminal work of Aldous Huxley. An award-winning political science teacher and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited several books, including Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College. We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves wit

Why You Should Read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 with Dr. Gary Gregg

Dec 12 2024 26 mins  
Join #McConnellCenter Director Dr. Gary Gregg for a conversation about Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 . An award-winning political science teacher and expert on the U.S. presidency, Gregg has written or edited several books, including Securing Democracy: Why We Have an Electoral College. We all know we need to read more and there are literally millions of books on shelves with new

Why You Should Read John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty with Dr. Aurelein Craiutu

Nov 23 2024 50 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Aurelein Craiutu for a conversation regarding John Stuart Mill’s book On Liberty. Aurelian Craiutu (Ph.D. Princeton, 1999) is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and Adjunct Professor in the Lilly Family School of Philanthropic Studies at IUPUI, Indianapolis. We all know we need to read mor

Why You Should Read The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis with Dr. Carson Holloway

Nov 20 2024 42 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Carson Holloway for a conversation about C.S. Lewis' book The Abolition of Man and exactly why reading it is important. Carson Holloway is a Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. His research focuses on American constitutionalism and the liberal nationalism of the American Founding. He is Ralp

Why You Should Read Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States with Dr. Carson Holloway

Nov 20 2024 44 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Carson Holloway for a conversation regarding the work of Joseph Story. Carson Holloway is a Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. His research focuses on American constitutionalism and the liberal nationalism of the American Founding. He is Ralph Wardle Diamond Professor of Arts and Sciences an

Why You Should Read Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death with Dr. John Kleber

Nov 18 2024 38 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. John Kleber for a conversation regarding the work of Neil Postman. Now one of Kentucky’s most respected historians, John Kleber was a member of the third graduating class of Trinity High School in 1959. Four years later he earned a history BA at Bellarmine College, graduating summa cum laude. By 1969, Kleber had earned his Master’s degre

Why You Should Read Dante’s Divine Comedy with Dr. Andrew Rabin

Nov 12 2024 49 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Andrew Rabin for a conversation on the merits of reading Dante. Dr. Andrew Rabin joined the University of Louisville English Department in 2005 after receiving his B.A. from Grinnell College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His research examines the law and literature of early medieval England. His books include Crime a

Why You Should Read James Huntington’s American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony with Dr. Barbara Perry

Nov 12 2024 43 mins  
Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Barbara Perry and she does her best to convince you to read a work of James Huntington. Barbara A. Perry is the J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance at the Miller Center, where she co-directs the Presidential Oral History Program. She has authored or edited 17 books on presidents, First Ladies, the Kennedy family, the Supreme Court, and