McConnell Center Podcast

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Kelly Hyberger, the Native American Collections Specialist of the Filson Historical Society, speaking as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series.  Long considered a classic consideration of the origins, evolution, and future of democratic self-governance in America, we

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Francisco Gonzales to deliver a lecture titled "The American Dream is a Terrible Thing to Waste - Entrepreneurs and Being Fearless in Today's Economy." Francisco Gonzalez is the founder and CEO of Fearless Journeys. As host of the Agents of Innovation podcast since 2015, Francisco h

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Trey Dimsdale to deliver a lecture titled "Rights Inflation? Can We Talk Too Much About Rights?" Mr. Dimsdale, Director of the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, speaks as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Luke C. Sheahan, Ph.D., to deliver a lecture titled "Why Associations Matter." Dr. Sheahan, a professor of political science at Duquesne University and a non-resident scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series. Long con

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Aurelian Craiutu, Ph.D., to deliver a lecture titled "Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals." Dr. Craiutu, a political science professor at Indiana University and adjunct professor in the American Studies Program and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropic Studies at IUPUI,

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. Brad Birzer to deliver a lecture titled  "Robert Nisbet - The 20th Century's Tocqueville?" Bradley J. Birzer (born 1967) is an American historian. He is a history professor and the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, the author of five books and the