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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.

This podcast is a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville. For more information, including upcoming events, please visit us online at mcconnellcenter.org or on social media at:

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Nov 7, 2024

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. E Christian Kopff and he makes an argument as to why you need to read the works of poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC). Dr. Kopff was born in Brooklyn NY, November 22, 1946 and educated at St. Paul's School (Garden City NY),...


Nov 5, 2024

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Dr. N Susan Laehn. and she attempts to convince you to read the works of the Father of Tragedy - Aeschylus. Dr. Laehn currently serves as a part-time faculty member at the University of Louisville, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University, and is a Non-Resident...


Oct 29, 2024

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Amy Sturgis, Ph.D., as she attempts to convince you to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Dr. Sturgis, an American author, speaker, and scholar of science fiction and fantasy studies and Native American studies, speaks as part of the "Why You Should Read" series.

We all know we need...


May 21, 2024

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Amy Sturgis, Ph.D., to deliver a lecture titled "A Fortnight in the Wilderness." Dr. Sturgis, an American author, speaker, and scholar of science fiction and fantasy studies and Native American studies, speaks as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series.

Long considered...


May 15, 2024

Join the #McConnellCenter as we host Justin Litke, Ph.D., of the Catholic University of America, speaking as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series. He presents the lecture "Tocqueville, Publius, and Henry Clay on Compromise." 

Long considered a classic consideration of the origins, evolution, and future...