Live at America's Town Hall: George F. Will
We the People
National Constitution Center
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🗓️ 15 August 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi We the People listeners. I'm Lana Ulrich, Senior Director of Content at the National Constitution Center. Jeffrey Rosen is away this week. |
| 0:09.0 | Earlier this summer, Jeff sat down with George Will at the NCC to discuss his new book, The Conservative Sensibility. |
| 0:16.0 | Their wide-ranging discussion covered everything from the presidency to the Supreme Court |
| 0:21.0 | as they explored Will's political and constitutional philosophy. |
| 0:25.9 | This episode was originally published on our companion podcast, Live at America's Town Hall, |
| 0:30.8 | which features live constitutional conversations held here at the National |
| 0:34.4 | Constitution Center in Philadelphia and across America. Jeff will be back |
| 0:38.9 | next week for our regular weekly show of constitutional debate. We'll see you back here next Thursday. |
| 0:44.0 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:47.0 | Welcome to Live in America's Town Hall. |
| 0:51.0 | Live constitutional conversations held here at the National Constitution |
| 0:54.1 | Center in Philadelphia and across America. |
| 0:56.9 | I'm Tainte Hall, Director of Town Hall Programs. |
| 1:00.1 | Pulitzer Prize winning journalist George F Will returned to the National Constitution Center stage last month to discuss his latest book the conservative sensibility, a reflection on American conservatism. |
| 1:11.0 | He sat down with National Constitution Center President Jeffrey Rosen for a wide-ranging |
| 1:15.5 | conversation on American politics today. |
| 1:18.5 | Here's Jeff to get us started. This important substantial illuminating book the conservative sensibility takes as its |
| 1:37.3 | hero James Madison and George Will does need no introduction at the National Constitution Center. |
| 1:44.9 | He was here just a few years ago where he presented on Freedom Day the germ of an idea that is central to this book, namely that all of American |
| 1:57.4 | constitutional history can be seen as a battle between two Princetonians, James Madison and Woodrow Wilson. |
| 2:04.7 | So George, first, it's such an honor |
| 2:06.4 | to have you back all the time. |
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