About this episode
Dr. David Zanotti discusses America's 250th anniversary and his book revisiting a historic Fourth of July speech by John Quincy Adams.
Dr. David Zanotti, CEO and Chairman of The American Policy Roundtable and host of The Public Square, joins Wayne Shepherd in conversation about America's 250th. (click for more...) The conversation centers on a recently published book, An Oration, which Zanotti co-authored with political philosopher Dr. W.B. Allen. The book revisits an 1837 Fourth of July speech by John Quincy Adams — delivered at age 70, for 90 minutes without a microphone — in which Adams argued that Amer...
People in this episode
Host: Wayne Shepherd
Guest: Dr. David Zanotti
Topics covered
- American history
- political philosophy
- Fourth of July
- public discourse
- leadership
Keywords
- America's 250th
- John Quincy Adams
- An Oration
- political philosophy
- Fourth of July speech
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The American Policy Roundtable
Books & works: An Oration
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