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Hosted by The Tocqueville Center · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 28 episodes
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Tocqueville Talks delivers sharp, fast interviews from the Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society at Furman University. Hosts Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée talk with top scholars and public thinkers about public affairs in the United States and abroad. Tocqueville asked questions about almost everything, and so do we—in twenty minutes or less.
The Tocqueville Center hosts Tocqueville Talks, a news show with 28 episodes published.
Why does patriotism seem so powerful in America—and what happens when it begins to disappear? As Americans celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary, Alexis de Tocqueville's reflections on patriotism may be more relevant
For generations, politics in Europe and America was dominated by large, stable political parties. Today, those old political alignments are breaking down. Why are voters abandoning established parties? Why are populist m
What can a neighborhood swim league teach us about democracy? More than you might think. When Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in 1831, he was astonished by what he called associations —ordinary citizens voluntarily
For eighty years, Europe and the United States built a common political, economic, and military order. Today, many Europeans wonder whether that world is ending. In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelson intervi
Why does everything feel increasingly unreal? The people most trapped in abstraction are often the people consuming the most information. Tocqueville saw this danger almost 200 years ago. In this episode of Tocqueville T
What does it mean to be European in the twenty-first century? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen joins three Tocqueville Fellows—Madison (“Maddie”) Maddie, Zach LaComb, and Lane Lytle—from Strasbourg, Fra
What questions defined this year’s biggest conversations at the Tocqueville Center? In this special year-end reflection episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen, Beth L’Arrivée, and longtime Furman University professor
What does it take to build a community of students who still read books, ask difficult questions, and engage seriously with ideas? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen sits down with Lucy Southwell, the beh
What happens when a year of serious conversation forces you to rethink what you believe? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen sits down with Tocqueville Fellows Makena Wyngaard and Lane Lytle for an end-of-
What happens when students encounter Friedrich Nietzsche for the first time—and take his ideas seriously? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen shares a series of conversations recorded during the Tocquevill
What does it mean to have a right—and who decides its limits? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen and Beth L’Arrivée sit down with Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Chair in Political Science at the Unive
What if the purpose of education isn’t knowledge—but the formation of character? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen and Beth L’Arrivée share a conversation recorded at the Tocqueville Fellows retreat, whe
What if globalization didn’t just reshape markets—but quietly reshaped the structure of American life? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen and Beth L’Arrivée sit down with Mark DiPlacido of American Compas
What if the policies designed to “protect” American workers are quietly doing the opposite? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelsen and Beth L’Arrivée sit down with Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute—a trad
What happens when the global system still looks stable—but the forces beneath it are shifting? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelson speaks with Josef Braml, European Director of the Trilateral Commission, a
What is the role of the nation state in protecting human rights, securing peace, and shaping global order—and where do morality and religion fit into that mission? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelson is jo
What does a life in diplomacy actually look like from the inside? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Director Brent Nelson speaks with Larry Richter, a recently retired Senior Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Dep
How does a free society maintain a powerful military without allowing it to dominate politics? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Director Brent Nelson and co-host Beth L’Arrivée speak with Peter Feaver (Duke Universi
When moral conviction meets the realities of global politics, easy answers disappear. In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Director Brent Nelsen and co-host Elizabeth L’Arrivée sit down with Mark Amstutz, Professor Emer
What happens when students actually sit down and talk — across disagreement? In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Director Brent Nelson hosts Tocqueville Fellows Nathan, Maddie, and Sim for a candid conversation about c
Scott Lincicome
Vice President of General Economics · Cato Institute
1 appearance on this show
Nathan Johnson
ultra distance athlete; motivational speaker; fundraiser · New College Franklin
1 appearance on this show
Ben Sasse
former US senator from Nebraska, president of two universities · SouthState Bank
1 appearance on this show
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