EPISODE 47 - Building Places of Intellectual Community (2025 Conference Roundtable)

This special episode is a recording from our 2025 Conference in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

The round table title is "Building Places of Intellectual Community," and the speakers are:

Paul Mueller (American Institute for Economic Research)

Jeff Nelson (The Russell Kirk Center)

Zach Howard (Bethlehem College)

After Q&A, there are remarks by Josh Bowman, Bill Batchelder, and James Patterson (Ciceronian Society).

If you like this panel, please consider attending our next conference, March 12-14, 2026, in Omaha, Nebraska. For details, go to https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/2026-conference-registration/

0:00 Episode Introduction

2:30 Panel Introduction

7:06 Mueller

17:30 Nelson

35:48 Howard

53:35 Q & A

1:22:41 Bowman

1:32:07 Batchelder

1:41:05 Patterson

1:53:07 Song

Links: 

https://aier.org/

https://aier.org/people/paul-mueller/

https://bcsmn.edu/

https://bcsmn.edu/profile/zach-howard/

https://kirkcenter.org/

https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/batchelder-award/

https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/lawler/

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Episode Introduction
• (00:02:30) - Roundtable Introduction
• (00:07:06) - Mueller
• (00:17:30) - Nelson
• (00:35:48) - Howard
• (00:53:35) - Q & A
• (01:22:41) - Bowman
• (01:32:07) - Batchelder
• (01:41:05) - Patterson
• (01:53:07) - Song