Vital Remnants

About Vital Remnants

20 years after the publication of Vital Remnants: America's Founding and the Western Tradition, a book that set out to help America remember her vital roots in the western tradition, Dr. Gary L. Gregg II takes up the title of Vital Remnants once more to continue the mission of serving the future by remembering, thinking about, and learning from the great thinkers of the past. Join Dr. Gregg as he guides listeners through some of the most important texts in human history. Whether you are looking for help in reaching a long abandoned reading goal and continuing your life-long learning, or looking for leadership and life lessons from something deeper than the latest self-help book, Gregg brings a quarter of a century's worth of experience teaching leadership to help you along the way. Vital Remnants from our shared past await to inspire, encourage, and teach us today just as they changed the world we have inherited. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive McConnell Center updates directly in your mailbox: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/C970CD2C3514492B Download Dr. Gregg's Guide to The Prince here: http://louisville.edu/mcconnellcenter/programs/military/meditations/greggs-leadership-guide-to-the-prince/at_download/file Download Dr. Gregg's Guide to The Republic here: http://louisville.edu/mcconnellcenter/programs/military/meditations/greggs-reading-guide-to-thinking-with-plato/at_download/file Please share any thoughts, questions, comments, or concerns with us via email at connor.tracy@louisville.edu

Publisher

McConnell Center

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Nov 2018

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

15 of 82 episodes have a transcript.

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   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   7.15 America's Autobiography: President Franklin D Roosevelt's State of the Union Address of 1944 with Dr Jeffrey Tyler Syck

   Dr. Jeffrey Tyler Syck, Assistant Professor of Political Science, discusses President Franklin D. Roosevelt's pivotal 1944 State of the Union Address, revealing its enduring impact on American democracy.

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   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   7.14 America's Autobiography: MLK Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail with Dr. Nicholas Buccola

   Dr. Nicholas Buccola discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," revealing its enduring significance in American history.

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   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   7.13 America's Autobiography: James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments with Susan Laehn

   Adjunct Professor Susan Laehn discusses James Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments," revealing its historical significance for religious freedom in America.

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7.15 America's Autobiography: President Franklin D Roosevelt's State of the Union Address of 1944 with Dr Jeffrey Tyler Syck

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Each election, Roosevelt argued to voters that this crisis required the rewriting of the American social contract. It required building something more robust than the American founders have been able to envision when it came to regulating and supporting economic life. And the second Bill of Rights proposed in his 1944 State of the Unionist speech is the culmination of this new social contract articulated by Roosevelt. By and large, the rights declared by Roosevelt deal with economic security, promising everything from a good education to a good job to good housing to good health care. He argues that as a country founded on freedom, every individual must have the freedom to live their life according to their own lights. […]

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• Jeffrey Tyler Syck
• Nicholas Buccola
• Susan Laehn
• Justin Litke
• Jonathan den Hartog

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5.0 / 5

40 ratings

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5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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