Vital Remnants

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, is a podcast hosted by academics, experts, and guests of the McConnell Center, who will walk you through great texts in human history. Designed to accompany your own reading of the text, Season Seven focuses on exploring the McConnell Center's newest publication,  America's Autobiography: Key Documents that Tell...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, is a podcast hosted by academics, experts, and guests of the McConnell Center, who will walk you through great texts in human history. Designed to accompany your own reading of the text, Season Seven focuses on exploring the McConnell Center's newest publication, America's Autobiography: Key Documents that Tell O...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary reflects back on all of the ground covered this season and offers his closing reflections. ...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey is joined by author Amy H. Sturgis, faculty member at Signum Univ...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey is joined by Dr. Sara Henary from Missouri State University to ex...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, explores the themes of honor, patriotism & pugnacity within Tocq...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes McConnell Scholar Kathleen Price to join him for a disc...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary'explores Tocqueville's feelings towards the ideas of sanity and mental health, along with th...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes Trey Dimsdale , the Executive Director of the Center fo...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, welcomes McConnell Scholar Riley Maddox to join him for a discus...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary's co-host, Dr. John Wilsey, explores the theme of what Tocqueville believed defined a mindse...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary explores the theme of "prescient mind."  "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the McConnell...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your hosts - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg and Dr. John Wilsey - as they lead an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America . For this episode, Dr. John Wilsey explores the theme of "religion and race."  "Tocqueville's A...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary explores the theme of "the dangerous majority."  "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" is the M...

  Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary welcomes John Wilsey, PhD, to discuss the theme of "the press."  "Tocqueville's America -...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary welcomes John Wilsey, PhD, to discuss Chapter 6 and the theme of "judicial power."  "Tocquev...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's  Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary welcomes John Wilsey, PhD, to discuss Chapter 5 and the theme of "townships."  "Tocqueville'...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America . In this episode, Dr. Gregg starts the journey into what is considered one of the greatest books on democracy ever co...

Vital Remnants, a production of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, walks you through great texts in human history. This season, join your host - the Center's Director, Dr. Gary L. Gregg - as he leads an exploration of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America . For this episode, Gary welcomes John Wilsey, PhD, to deliver a lecture titled "Alexis de Tocqueville in Space and Ti...

In this final episode of Season 5, McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Richard Gamble , Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in History and Politics at Hillsdale College, discuss Russell Kirk's use of the term "membership," his storytelling, and the three great figures he includes in his final chapter of The Roots of American Order .   Corresponding Reading   Chapter 12, pp. 441-477 of...

McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Michael P. Federici , Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Middle Tennessee State University, explore the two foundational documents of the American founding period and discuss the nature of America's political order. Corresponding Reading  Chapter 11, pp. 393-440 of Russell K...

McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Khalil Habib , Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, explore four of the leading intellects of the Eighteenth Century who influenced American Order: Baron de Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, William Blackstone, and David Hume. Corresponding Reading  Chapter 10, pp. 347-391 of Russell Kirk,  The Roots of American Order Important Links   Dow...

McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Thomas Mackey , Professor of History at the University of Louisville, explore the history of colonial America and provide context for Kirk's chapter on the period.   Corresponding Reading  Chapter 9, pp. 301-345 of Russell Kirk,  The Roots of American Order Important Links   Download the corresponding reading guide to  The Roots of American Order  ...

McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary Gregg and Dr. Susan Hanssen , Associate Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at the University of Dallas, explore the roots of church and state in American order. The two discuss the history of 17th century Britain and the English Civil War, Hobbesian and Lockean political theory, and more. Corresponding Reading  Chapter 8, pp. 259-300 of Russ...

McConnell Scholar and assistant podcast producer Will Randolph is joined by Dr. Glenn Moots , Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Northwood University, to discuss the significance of the Protestant Reformation. The two explore the history of the Reformation, the different groups and strands of thought that it produced, and how the ideas of the Reformation impacted American order. Corr...