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Tocqueville Talks

Tocqueville Talks

Written by: The Tocqueville Center
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 Tocqueville Talks is a podcast of the Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society at Furman University. The podcast is hosted by Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée who interview academics and public intellectuals featured in the Tocqueville Center’s celebrated speaker series and talk to professors, students, and opinion leaders about public affairs in the United States and abroad. The subject-matter focus of the podcast is “anything Alexis de Tocqueville was interested in”—which turns out to be just about everything!The Tocqueville Center Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • 3. The Crisis in American Higher Education — John Tomasi

    3. The Crisis in American Higher Education — John Tomasi
    Dec 17 2025

    In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, co-hosts Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée welcome political philosopher and Heterodox Academy president John Tomasi for a conversation with Dr. L’Arrivée on the crisis facing American higher education, including free inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and the purpose of the modern university.
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    19 mins
  • 2. Religion in a Pluralistic America — Kaitlyn Schiess

    2. Religion in a Pluralistic America — Kaitlyn Schiess
    Dec 16 2025

    In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, co-hosts Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée welcome public theologian and Holy Post co-host Kaitlyn Schiess for a conversation with Dr. L’Arrivée on religion in pluralistic America, civic life, and the ongoing legacy of the American founding.
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    16 mins
  • 1. The Bible and the American Founding — Mark Noll

    1. The Bible and the American Founding — Mark Noll
    Dec 15 2025

    In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, co-hosts Brent Nelsen and Elizabeth L’Arrivée welcome Notre Dame historian Mark Noll for a conversation on how the Bible was used—and misused—in American political discourse during the Revolutionary War and the founding era.
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    21 mins
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