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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May 26, 2020
Episode Summary
The Honorable Michael G. Adams, Kentucky Secretary of State, joins McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on Kentucky’s upcoming primary election, how his office has managed the challenges posed by the Coronavirus, and leadership lessons from this experience....
May 19, 2020
Episode Summary
Dr. Andrew Rabin, Professor of English at the University of Louisville, joins McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II to discuss the history of plagues and pandemics.
Links Mentioned
- Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron
- Edgar Allen Poe, The Masque of the Red Death
- Stephen Budiansky, Oliver Wendell...
May 12, 2020
Episode Summary
Dr. Mark David Hall, Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor of Politics at George Fox University, joins McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II to discuss Christianity and the American Founding. This episode was recorded in September 2019.
Links Mentioned
- Mark David Hall, Did America Have a...
May 5, 2020
Episode Summary
McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II invites you to participate in our summer 2020 digital book club. He is joined by a few special guests who will be leading webinars at the end of each month, to introduce you to the book they’ll be covering in the series. Vist mcconnellcenter.org or the...