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Bradley Lectures Podcast
by American Enterprise Institute
Great lectures from the past applied to pressing issues of the present, hosted by Jackson Wolford at the American Enterprise Institute.
Episodes
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The Story of Ain't: America and Its Language
Things change, norms shift, and even the language we use alters with time. But despite being commonplace, change isn't always easy. This month we'll listen to David Skinner -- editor of Humanities magazine and formerly of The Weekly Standard -- deliver a 2012 lecture on how a crisis among the...
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Preserving Our Natural Capital
For decades, our appreciation for natural beauty has been tempered by an awareness of its impermanence. Our environment, its species, and the very climate in which we live all exist under conditions of duress. In this month’s lecture, we will hear from Pulitzer prize winner E.O. Wilson, one of…
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European questions, American answers
The European Union has lost a major member. Several EU countries are facing COVID crises. The German-backed European vaccine rollout has been widely derided as a disaster. Trust in the European Union and German leadership are in question. What will be the answer? This month, we hear a 2014…
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The Limits of Realpolitik
A new administration. A renewed American bombing campaign in Syria. An apparently reconsidered relationship with Saudi Arabia. After four years of comparative international quietude, is the United States reasserting its position as a forceful manager of world affairs? And if so, should it? This...
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Can We Predict the Future?
From the 2016 election through the present pandemic, the world has seemed anything but predictable over the last four years. In a world of Congressional chaos and a seething stock market, we might not be blamed for asking: "Can we really predict anything at all?" This month, we will hear a 2015...
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The Iron Curtain of "Alternative Facts:" Ideology and History in Soviet Russia
How does a great lie become believed? How can a small, passionate minority dictate reality for a whole nation? When does history become subordinate to fiction? This month, we will hear Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum address these questions through the lens of the Soviet crushing of Eastern...
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God and the Astronomers
In November and December, many of us slip into a familiar rhythm of renewed focus on our friends, our families, and the things we have faith in. As this particular year draws to a close with several COVID-19 vaccines potentially on the way, it is good to remember that science, too, can be…
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Political Order, Electoral Chaos - ft. Francis Fukuyama
Elections come and go, but the more fundamental basis of state society--political order--endures. Or does it? In the aftermath of the 2020 election, please join the Bradley Lecture Podcast for a conversation with Dr. Fukuyama on his 2012 lecture, "The Origins of Political Order," and the question...
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Capitalism and Its Failures
Is capitalism working? How is it supposed to work? And what do we do if it fails? In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis these questions were more relevant than ever. Now, in the midst of economic turmoil and uncertainty brought on by COVID-19, they are questions once again on everyone's mind.…
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Liberal Democracy and Radical Reform
Judge Stephen F. Williams (1936 – 2020) was not only a storied fixture of the United States Court of Appeals’ D.C. Circuit, but a prolific author with wide-ranging expertise. In this episode of the Bradley Lectures Podcast, AEI Senior Fellow Karlyn Bowman and Resident Scholar Adam J. White join…
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Saving Jonah from the Will
Should we impose term limits on members of Congress? Should we drastically expand the size of the House of Representatives? Are Republicans republicans and Democrats democrats? Jonah Goldberg joins the show to discuss George Will’s Bradley Lecture, how Dr. Will humbled Young Jonah with an answer...
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The evolution of the Bobo
The late 20th century brought into existence a new species of moneyed elite. This highly educated nouveau riche combined traditional bourgeois ethic with bohemian tastes to form a new species that David Brooks called the “Bobo.” What became of the Bobos, and how does their legacy live on — or not…
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So you want to build an institution
From Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France to Yuval Levin’s new book, A Time to Build, conservatives have long been fascinated by the relationship between the American individual, state, and mediating institutions. Building properly-functioning institutions of all kinds – media,...
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What’s the matter with Hollywood?
Decades prior to today’s political arguments about “coastal elites” misunderstanding “flyover country,” film critic, author, and talk show host Michael Medved made a cultural argument. Medved contended that the cloistered cultures of Hollywood were unresponsive to market demands, and chose to…
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Some reflections on Gertrude Himmelfarb
Prolific historian, author, and social critic Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922–2019) leaves behind a legacy of scholarship transcending time and place. Her insights into the past, such as her studies of Victorian England, help fashion a worldview for the present, one emphasizing virtue, truth-seeking…
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Work, progress, and administration
“In my business,” explained one immigrant entrepreneur in the mid-1930s, “I am the best economist.” So went the argument against centralized power acting for what it believed to be the common good. Knowledge is too diffuse for a command economy to function – just one lesson among many that...
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A last gasp for the First Freedom (ft. Ramesh Ponnuru)
The first Amendment to the Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” 200 years after its ratification, the Supreme Court determined that a nonsectarian prayer at a public high school’s graduation...
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Democracy with Chinese characteristics
In 2019, everyone from seven-time NBA All-Star James Harden to the writers of South Park has something to say about China. The narrative is fairly simple: China is an economic behemoth, full of billions of consumers ready to support American business – as long as said business keeps quiet about...
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Speech codes, bureaucracy, and the ‘shadow university’
College campuses play a central role in shaping the thinking of future leaders and current public intellectuals. But starting in the 1990’s, campuses took a strange tack, engaging in more banning than shaping. Speech codes developed by shadowy bureaucracies restricted activities that might offend…
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Stork realities (ft. Lyman Stone)
Are we doomed? Probably. But the reason for that doom depends on whom you ask. If you ask a candidate at a recent Democratic town hall event on climate change, we might be doomed because our planet cannot sustain current population levels. But if you ask writer Jonathan V. Last, he will write a...
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Back to America’s political future (ft. Karlyn Bowman)
“Predictions are hard,” goes the proverb, “especially about the future.” But as the 2020 election season ramps up and Democrats compete for the opportunity to take the White House, it seems as though everyone will try anyway. Some predictions are based on a close look at demographic and other...
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The post-humanist counterculture
Irving Kristol examines the origins and legacies of counterculture and how it continues to reverberate in the world of politics today. The post The post-humanist counterculture appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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The measure of man
“We use our conceptions of human nature to manage our relationships, to control our own behavior, and guide our policies in law and government.” But what is human nature? The post The measure of man appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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Making men normal
Can the state order its culture to a higher good? Should it? The post Making men normal appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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We are all Jeffersonians. We are all anti-Jeffersonians.
Nicole Penn joins the podcast to discuss Thomas Jefferson, a man of endless contradictions. The post We are all Jeffersonians. We are all anti-Jeffersonians. appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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What it means to be free
Without our ugly history of slavery, are we able to truly cherish the gift of liberty as we should? The post What it means to be free appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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What is American education? Feat. Frederick Hess
AEI’s Frederick Hess joins the show to discuss whether Peltzman had the right answers — or was even asking the right questions. The post What is American education? Feat. Frederick Hess appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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You can’t say that! Censorship in public discourse (feat. Sam Abrams)
For challenging the campus orthodoxy, he was condemned with every slander imaginable. The post You can’t say that! Censorship in public discourse (feat. Sam Abrams) appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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The Old New Israel
Is Israel a Jewish state? Or just a state of Jews? The post The Old New Israel appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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How did we get here? The roots of American primacy
We take for granted that America is the world’s preeminent superpower, with hegemony abroad and prosperity at home. But how did we get here? And what does it mean for the US to use its superpower status to be a world leader? The post How did we get here? The roots of American primacy appeared…
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Is civil society eroding or evolving?
What is social capital? And whatever it is, are Americans losing it? In his 1998 lecture, “Bowling with Tocqueville”, Everett Carl Ladd explained that he did not think so: His data and analysis led him to optimism about the state of participation in civil society, such as churches, recreational...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Abraham Lincoln at 200 with Walter Berns
In this episode of the Bradley Lecture Series Podcast, released for President’s Day 2019, Walter Berns discusses the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. The ideas contained in this lecture were the fruits of life-long study and reflection, and Professor Berns offers us additional reasons for...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Defining deviancy up with Charles Krauthammer
In this episode of the Bradley Lecture Series Podcast, Charles Krauthammer discusses “Defining Deviancy Up.” This lecture was originally delivered at AEI in 1993. Dr. Krauthammer worried that Americans were beginning to define typical, healthy behaviors as deviant, changing everything from...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: What went wrong with the media and how to put it right with Paul Johnson
In this episode of the Bradley Lecture Series Podcast, Paul Johnson discusses “What went wrong with the media and how to put it right.” This lecture was originally delivered at AEI in October of 1994. This lecture predated “alternative facts” and “fake news,” and, most importantly, it was given...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Conservative internationalism: Armed diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan with Henry Nau
In this episode of the Bradley Lecture Series Podcast, Henry Nau discusses “Conservative internationalism: Armed diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan.” Two schools of thought typically emerge when Americans debate their place in the world: a realist, nationalist school and a…
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: The clash of civilizations with Samuel Huntington
Professor Samuel Huntington discusses his famous essay “The Clash of Civilizations" and his hypothesis that conflicts in the post–Cold War world will no longer be defined by ideology or economics. Rather, they will be about culture and culture’s broadest level of identity short of what...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Did we really lose the War on Poverty with Christopher Jencks
Professor Christopher Jencks evaluates the impact of major social welfare programs dating back to the New Deal, concluding that, contrary to popular opinion, they have done a better job over the past generations than most of us realize. The post Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Did we really lose...
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: From Victorian virtues to modern values with Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude Himmelfarb speaks about the cultural transformation from Victorian virtues to modern values in a morally relativist society. She argues that people during the Victorian era developed policies and social norms to encourage hard work, self-reliance, self-respect, and pride in country…
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Human flourishing and human excellence with Leon Kass
Leon Kass discusses the exploration of human flourishing in Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics” and its modern-day implications. The post Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: Human flourishing and human excellence with Leon Kass appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
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Bradley Lecture Series Podcast: An introduction by Karlyn Bowman
AEI’s Karlyn Bowman introduces the Bradley Lectures, the newest offering on the AEI Podcast Channel, launching early in September 2018. The Bradley Lectures were a series of occasional lectures at the American Enterprise Institute, made possible by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation of...
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