The Pursuit of Happiness: A Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Goldberg

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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On Presidents Day 2024, NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen launched his new book at the NCC in conversation with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic. They discuss The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. This program was recorded live on February 19, 2024, and presented in partnership with The Atlantic. Resources: Jeffrey Rosen, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America (2024) Cicero, The Tusculan Disputations (ca. 45 BC) The Quill Project The King James Bible (1611) Pythagoras, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy The Webster-Hayne Debates Trump v. Anderson “Should President Trump Be Allowed on the 2024 Ballot?,” We the People podcast (Jan. 11, 2024) “Rhetoric of Freedom,” The Atlantic (Sept. 1999) Questions or comments about the show? Email us at [email protected].  Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.  Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.  You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National
0:06.4	Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of
0:10.0	constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase
0:17.1	awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:21.6	On President's Day, I was thrilled to launch my new book, The Pursuit of
0:25.2	Happiness at the NCC, under the First Amendment tablet, with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.
0:32.1	Dear we, the people listenersin-chief of the Atlantic.
0:32.7	Dear We The People listeners, I know I've been sharing a lot of the Pursuit of Happiness launch
0:36.7	events with you and hope you'll find this conversation fresh and illuminating.
0:41.7	I love talking with Jeff, and as you'll see his chat gpity sonnet has put me out of the sonnet
0:47.0	writing business. Thank you for listening and thank you for reading the book
0:50.7	if you're moved to get it. I hope you find it meaningful and I so appreciate the notes
0:54.7	from We The People listeners asking for signed book plates and letting me know what you think of
0:58.8	the podcast. If you'd like a signed book plate, email me at J Rosen at constitution
1:03.7	center.org and I'd be honored to send one to you.
1:07.5	Enjoy the conversation and happy listening. Hello friends. What a thrill to welcome you to the National Constitution Center on President's Day!
1:31.1	It has been a wonderful President's Day full of students and learners and
1:36.7	presidential impersonators and that's all thanks to our friends at Citizens
1:42.2	Travelers,
1:43.0	who not only sponsored President's Day,
1:45.0	but have a wonderful Civics initiative
1:47.2	to inspire their employees to learn about the Constitution,
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